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Sheffield Tigers v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier League, 06 October 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

Sheffield 56
1Sean Wilson32331 ..120
2Ben Wilson2*1*32*. ..83
3Ricky Ashworth331*3. ..101
4Richard Hall1120. ..40
5Andre Compton3332*3 ..141
6(g)Benji Compton000.. ..00
7Kyle Legault31112 ..80
Kings Lynn 40
1Oliver Allen1220. ..50
2Ashley Jones0001*. ..11
3Troy BachelorR202. ..40
4Kevin Doolan21*16^0 ..101
5Tomas Topinka26^312 ..140
6(g)Darren Mallett1*00.. ..11
7Jan Jaros20201 ..50

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

Sheffield had Benji Compton back in the side at number 6 while King’s Lynn again used Darren Mallett at number 6 in place of Tommy Stange. King’s Lynn had a 13 point lead from the match at Saddlebow Road in the fight for the bonus point.

Sheffield got off to a good start with heat advantages in three of the first four heats. They started in perfect style with a 5-1 from the two Wilsons against Oliver Allen and Ashley Jones then the reserves race, won by Kyle Legault, was shared. The Tigers then won heats 3 and 4. Ricky Ashworth continued in winning vein from last week in heat 3 with Kevin Doolan second. Troy Batchelor suffered an engine failure so Sheffield took a 4-2. In heat 4 Andre Compton beat Tomas Topinka with Kyle Legault third for another 4-2 which took the score after the first four heats to 16-8.

King’s Lynn dug in after that. Ricky Ashworth won heat 5 for a shared heat then Tomas Topinka took a TR in heat 6. A win over the two Wilsons gave the Stars a 3-6 advantage and reduced their arrears to 7 points. Heat 7 was won by Andre Compton but Troy Batchelor and Kevin Doolan took second and third for a share of the spoils but in heat 8 Sheffield pulled two more points in front again when Ben Wilson headed Jan Jaros home with Kyle Legault third. This took the score after eight races to 30-21 and King’s Lynn were back in TR territory.

Tomas Topinka won again in heat 9 and ended Ricky Ashworth’s winning streak but Richard Hall and Ashworth followed him home for a 3-3. However Sheffield took a 5-1 in heat 10 as the two Wilsons headed home Kevin Doolan and Troy Batchelor. This heat win stretched the Tigers lead to 13 points which meant that the aggregate score was now all square. Andre Compton won heat 11 but Oliver Allen and Ashley Jones filled the minor places for another shared heat. King’s Lynn looked set to share heat 12 but Jaros lost third place to the chasing Kyle Legault. Ricky Ashworth won the race from Troy Batchelor with Legault in third place and the 4-2 put Sheffield in front by 45-30 on the night and by 84-82 on aggregate.

The bonus point looked well and truly wrapped up in heat 13 when the Sean Wilson/Andre Compton partnership scored a 5-1 ahead of Tomas Topinka and Oliver Allen taking the Sheffield lead to 19 points. But in heat 14 Kevin Doolan took a TR and won the heat from Kyle Legault. Jan Jaros backed him up with the third place point from Richard Hall so King’s Lynn scored a 2-7 which reduced their arrears to 14 points at 52-38 leaving them one behind on aggregate and needing an advantage from the last heat. As expected Sheffield tracked Sean Wilson and Andre Compton while King’s Lynn went with Tomas Topinka and Kevin Doolan in heat 15. It looked as though the Stars might do it when Tomas Topinka led Andre Compton with Kevin Doolan in third place. But it was not to be as Compton passed Topinka to win the race and complete his paid maximum guaranteeing the bonus point for the home side. King’s Lynn had the satisfaction of denying them a final race 5-1 as Tomas Topinka beat Sean Wilson, who passed Kevin Doolan, for second place resulting in a 4-2 to the Tigers.

Match Report by Merlin