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Sheffield Tigers v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier Trophy (Final), 31 August 2006
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 2* | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Emiliano Sanchez | 2* | 3 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Legault | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Jason Lyons | 3 | 3 | 2 | R | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Benji Compton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Kevin Doolan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Troy Bachelor | F | 1 | 6^ | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Trevor Harding | 1 | 1* | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Nermark | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Topinka | 2 | R | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Mills | 2* | 1 | 1* | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | John Oliver | 3 | 1* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Sheffield again had Jason Lyons at number 5 as a guest for the injured Andre Compton while King’s Lynn were at full strength Sheffield had the proverbial mountain to climb attempting to pull back a 31 point deficit from the first leg at Saddlebow Road last night. Although they made a fight of it a 1-5 in the reserve s race and a 2-7 in heat 8 left them in a hopeless position and in the end they struggled to win on the night. Troy Batchelor got as far as the first bend in the opening heat before falling and Sheffield scored a 4-2 when Ricky Ashworth beat Kevin Doolan but heat 2 resulted in a 1-5 to the Stars from Oliver and Mills which put them two points in front increasing their overall lead to 33 points. The Tigers hit back with as 5-1 from Kyle Legault and Emiliano Sanchez from Harding and Nermark putting them two in front again. Jason Lyons won heat 4 for the home side from Tomas Topinka but Paul Cooper fell so the race was shared and the score after four races was 13-11. Sanchez and Legault raised home hopes again with another 5-1 this time ahead of the Stars’ top pairing of Doolan and Batchelor then they added another maximum in heat 6! Ben Wilson and Ricky Ashworth headed home Chris Mills as Tomas Topinka suffered an engine failure on the third lap although he was last at the time. Now the Tigers were 10 points in front. Jason Lyons passed Nermark and Harding in heat 7 but, with Paul Cooper last, the race was shared. In heat 8 Troy Batchelor, with two zeroes to his name, was given a TR and won it from Ben Wilson. John Oliver finished third so the Stars scored a 2-7 reducing the deficit on the night to five points and dealing a terminal blow to Sheffield’s hopes. The score was now 28-23. Heat 9 resulted in a win for Kyle Legault from Tomas Topinka but Chris Mills took third place from Emiliano Sanchez for a shared race which ensured that King’s Lynn had won the Trophy. Daniel Nermark won heat 10 from Ashworth and Wilson for another shared race then King’s Lynn pulled two more points back in heat 11 when Kevin Doolan stopped Jason Lyons’ winning run with Troy Batchelor third. Emiliano Sanchez won heat 12 but Harding and Mills kept Compton at the back so the race was shared bringing the score after 12 heats to 39-36. Sheffield now had a job on their hands to win on the night. Ricky Ashworth won heat 13 but Jason Lyons suffered an engine failure while lying third. As a result Doolan and Topinka shared the race as did Nermark by winning heat 14 from Legault and Compton. This left King’s Lynn needing a 1-5 in the last race for victory but Ricky Ashworth won again from Doolan and Nermark to give the Tigers the consolation of winning their home leg. Congratulations to the Stars on winning the Trophy! Match Report by Merlin |