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Sheffield Tigers v Belle Vue Select
Challenge, 23 June 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Andre Compton | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Cooper | 0 | 2* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | R | 3 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 4(g) | Adam Allott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Matej Zagar | 2 | 1 | 6^ | 1 | . | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Ben Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Trevor Harding | 0 | 1* | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Rusty Harrison | 1* | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Simon Stead | 3 | 3 | R | 1 | R | 1 | . | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Joe Screen | 2* | 2* | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | Krister Marsh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | James Wright | 2* | 3 | 2* | 0 | 2* | 0 | . | 9 | 3 |
| 8(g) | Aidan Collins | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This was billed as a challenge match between Sheffield and Belle Vue but they were two strange looking sides which took to the track. Sheffield had Adam Allott at number 4 for Richard Hall and Matej Zagar at number 5 for Sean Wilson. Belle Vue had Jason Lyons at number one, Simon Stead at number three and Joe Screen at number 4 but the rest of the team were essentially from the Premier League – Rusty Harrison, Krister Marsh, James Wright with R/R for Andy Smith at number 5 and Aidan Collins as number 8. Andre Compton won the opening heat from Lyons and Harrison then Belle Vue took 1-5s in heats 2 and 3 from, firstly, Krister Marsh and James Wright, then, Stead and Screen as Ricky Ashworth had an engine failure. James Wright beat Matej Zagar in heat 4 for a shared heat so the score after four heats was 8-16. Ashworth won heat 5 for a 3-3 then Sheffield hit back with a 5-1 in heat 6 from Andre Compton and Paul Cooper ahead of Aidan Collins and Krister Marsh but back came Belle Vue with a second 1-5 from Stead and Screen. Heat 8 was also a 1-5 to the Aces as Harrison and Wright beat Paul Cooper to take the score after heat 8 to 18-30. It was now TR time and Ricky Ashworth was first up winning heat 9 for all 6 points. Simon Stead had an engine failure so Adam Allott picked up the third place point for a 7-2 to get Sheffield back to 25-32. Joe Screen won heat 10 but Andre Compton stopped Simon Stead from following him home so the Aces were restricted to a 2-4. Next for a TR was Matej Zagar in heat 11 and he won, too. However Lyons and Harrison filled the minor places for a 6-3 to Sheffield to cut the Aces’ lead to 6 points at 33-39. Heat 12 saw the Tigers shave another two points off the lead with a 4-2 from Ashworth and Harding and heat 13 also resulted in a 4-2 when Lyons could only split Compton and Zagar. The score was now 41-43 but Belle Vue sealed the match result with a 1-5 in heat 14 from Screen and Wright. Sheffield pulled the final winning margin back to two points when Ashworth and Compton took a 5-1 in the last heat from Simon Stead and James Wright. Match Report by Merlin |