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Sheffield Tigers v Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League, 07 July 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1(g) | George Stancl | 2* | 2* | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 2* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 3 | 1 | 2* | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Theo Pijper | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cameron Woodward | 2 | 4^ | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Nermark | 1* | 1* | 2 | 2 | 1* | . | . | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 2^ | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | William Lawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Chris Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1* | 1* | . | . | 4 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Sheffield again used George Stancl as their guest for Sean Wilson at number 1 and R/R for Richard Hall at number 4. Edinburgh had Chris Mills at number 7. This was a match of two halves. In the first eight heats Edinburgh were blown away and found themselves 34-17 down with both TRs used. Then they got to grips with the track and gave Sheffield a match of it over the last seven heats. Two 5-1s in the opening two heats put Sheffield in the comfort zone and even gave them a six point lead on aggregate for the bonus point. Edinburgh shared heat 3 won by Ricky Ashworth but with Cameron Woodward and Daniel Nermark filling the minor places. A 4-2 in heat 4 from Compton and Legault took the score to 17-7. After another 4-2 for Sheffield in heat 5, Edinburgh decided it was time to use a TR. Rusty Harrison took the TR in heat 6 but was beaten by Wilson and Stancl from the tapes and the Monarchs lost the heat 5-2. In heat 7 they played their second TR card giving the ride to Cameron Woodward. Although Andre Compton passed him for the win, Woodward finished second with his partner, Daniel Nermark, third for a 3-5 and the only Edinburgh heat advantage of the match. Their joy was shortlived as Ben Wilson and Kyle Legault banged in another 5-1 for a heat 8 score of 34-17. Two more 4-2s to Sheffield in competitive races were followed by a more robust Edinburgh challenge over the last five heats all of which were drawn. In heat 13 Theo Pijper produced Edinburgh’s only race win of the match ruining Andre Compton’s maximum hopes in the process and leaving Ricky Ashworth, who won heats 12 and 14, to end up the only unbeaten Sheffield rider. Match Report by Merlin |