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Sheffield Tigers v Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Premier League, 14 September 2006
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 2* | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Emiliano Sanchez | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Legault | 2* | 1 | 2* | 2* | 3 | . | . | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Benji Compton | 2 | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 1 | 2 | 0^ | 2 | 3 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Jon Armstrong | R | T | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jason King | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Daniel King | 2 | 2 | 1# | 1* | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | James Brundle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Scott Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | F | F | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Sheffield decided to rely on their own resources by using R/R at number 5 for the missing Andre Compton rather than book a guest. Mildenhall had Scunthorpe’s Scott Richardson at number 7 as a guest in place of Jordan Frampton. This match was raced on a sodden Owlerton track following the heavy rain in the Sheffield area during the day. Sheffield were desperate to get the meeting run because, had it fallen victim to the weather. it could not have been rearranged before Sunday’s cut-off date with the result that the Yorkshire Tigers would have finished third in the table to King’s Lynn and Glasgow giving them third pick of opponents in the play-offs. Even a one point defeat would have clinched second place in the league table for Sheffield but, in the event, Mildenhall never looked like producing an upset so Sheffield moved into the runner up spot behind King’s Lynn. The opening heat was pulled back after Jason Lyons made a fast start but he didn’t in the rerun which went Sheffield’s way with a 5-1 from Ricky Ashworth and Ben Wilson. Mildenhall hit back with a 2-4 in the reserves race won by James Brundle from Benji Compton with Scott Richardson third. Back came Sheffield with another 5-1 in heat 3 from Emiliano Sanchez and Kyle Legault followed by a 4-2 when Ricky Ashworth (R/R) scored his second win of the meeting by beating Daniel King with Benji Compton third. This took the score to 16-8 after eight heats. Sanchez won again in heat 5 with Jason Lyons finishing second ahead of Kyle Legault after Jon Armstrong had touched the tapes, been excluded and replaced by James Brundle. The 4-2 increased the home side’s lead to 10 points and it was 12 after heat 6. Ricky Ashworth won for the third time in 6 races heading home Daniel King. Ben Wilson was third. Heat 7 produced the fourth 4-2 on the trot. Emiliano Sanchez (R/R) joined Ricky Ashworth as a three time winner from Jason King and Paul Cooper with Brent Werner last again. The run of 4-2s was broken in heat 8 but unfortunately for the Fen Tigers it was because Sheffield took a 5-1 from Ben Wilson and Benji Compton which took the score to 33-15. Daniel King took a TR in heat 9 but without success. Sanchez and Legault scored another 5-1, although King was in close attention, so the double point ride counted for nothing extra. Heat 10 provided Sheffield with their third consecutive 5-1. Wilson and Ashworth did the damage. Jason King took third place while Brent Werner trailed in last again. The lead had now stretched to 26 points but Jason Lyons took a TR in heat 11. This resulted in further disappointment for the Fen Tigers as Cooper and Legault (R/R) scored yet another 5-1 ahead of Jon Armstrong with Lyons last. Brent Werner was replaced by Scott Richardson in heat 12 but it didn’t get any better for the visitors when Emiliano Sanchez won for the fifth time in a row and was followed home by Benji Compton for another 5-1 taking the score to 53-19. Heat 13 was a much better race. Ricky Ashworth took the race win from Jason Lyons but Ben Wilson (R/R) and Daniel King passed each other several times before King finally made it stick. This produced the meeting’s first 3-3. Kyle Legault won heat 14 but Jason King took second place ahead of Paul Cooper for a 4-2 then, in the last race, Jason Lyons ruined Emiliano Sanchez’s attempt at a six ride maximum by passing Ben Wilson on the inside to won the race on the line with Sanchez finishing third ahead of Daniel King. The heat was shared 3-3 and Ricky Ashworth was the only rider to remain unbeaten by an opponent. Match Report by Merlin |