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Sheffield Tigers v Edinburgh Monarchs
Young Shield (QF), 29 September 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | R | 2* | 1 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 6(g) | Mark Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 1* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 1 | Ross Brady | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Nermark | 1* | 1 | 3 | 4^ | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Theo Pijper | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2! | R | . | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | William Lawson | 1* | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2^ | 1 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Matthew Wethers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Robert Ksiezak | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Sheffield had Mark Thompson at number 6 in place of Benji Compton who, in turn, had been replacing Paul Cooper but Edinburgh were at full strength. Sheffield were looking for a 20 point lead from this leg and they got it. With only two race winners all night Edinburgh’s lack of heat leader strength was again exposed as they fought a rearguard action to keep within sight of Sheffield. Sean Wilson won the opening race for a shared heat then Edinburgh looked like taking the lead in heat 2. Matthew Wethers won the race but Robert Ksiezak, lying third, fell then retired so another shared heat was the result. Ricky Ashworth won heat 3 but again the points were shared as Theo Pijper and William Lawson followed him home with Richard Hall suffering an engine failure at the back. Sheffield finally broke the deadlock in heat 4 with a 4-2 when Andre Compton passed Rusty Harrison, who had made the gate, on the third lap with Kyle Legault coming through for third place. This took the score after the opening four heats to 13-11. In heat 5 Edinburgh again looked like taking a heat advantage but Ricky Ashworth passed Daniel Nermark and Richard Hall went one better passing both Ross Brady and Nermark on the third lap for a home 5-1. In heat 6 Sheffield stretched their lead to eight points with a 4-2 when Sean Wilson got the better of Rusty Harrison with Ben Wilson third. Theo Pijper led briefly in heat 7 but Andre Compton was soon past for a shared heat. At this point it was announced that Ross Brady had retired from the meeting with an ankle injury. However Edinburgh took their first heat advantage when Daniel Nermark won heat 8 from Kyle Legault with Matthew Wethers taking third place from Ben Wilson for a 2-4 which took the score after eight heats to 27-21. Sheffield restored their eight point lead when Ricky Ashworth won for the third time but Rusty Harrison came from the back to pass Richard Hall as the Tigers took a 4-2. After a thrilling race for first place in heat 10 Sean Wilson finally won from Theo Pijper with Ben Wilson third for a 4-2 as Sheffield moved 10 points ahead. Edinburgh immediately gave Daniel Nermark a TR and. although Andre Compton won the heat, Nermark finished second with Matthew Wethers third so the Monarchs took a 3-5 advantage pulling their arrears back to eight points. It was ten again when Ricky Ashworth completed his full four ride maximum by winning heat 12 ahead of Theo Pijper who had his hands full keeping ahead of Kyle Legault who finished third for another 4-2 to the home side. This took the score to 42-32 with Sean Wilson, Andre Compton and Ricky Ashworth all still unbeaten for Sheffield. In heat 13 Rusty Harrison went as a TR but fell victim to the Wilson/Compton pair after passing Compton on the first lap before being repassed on the third. Sheffield threatened a big finish with the 5-2 stretching their lead to 13 points. In heat 14 Theo Pijper replaced William Lawson as a Tactical Substitute from 15 metres back. Matthew Wethers did his best trying to hold up Richard Hall but Hall passed him as the Tigers took a second consecutive 5-2 heat win for a 16 point lead. Finally in the last heat the expected 5-1 materialised from Wilson and Compton again as the Tigers built up a 20 point lead to take into tomorrow’s second leg at Armadale. Match Report by Merlin |