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Sheffield Tigers v Reading Racers
Premier League, 19 May 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 2* | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 2* | 3 | 2 | R | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | 3 | 1 | 1* | Fx | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 3 | 2* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | Trevor Harding | 2* | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Andrew Appleton | R | 4^ | 0 | R | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Steve Masters | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Zdenek Simota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Richard Wolff | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 1* | 2 | 6^ | 2 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Richie Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | 10 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This turned out to be another runaway win for Sheffield which was perhaps not surprising as they took on a Reading side coming off the back of two away defeats and one home defeat last weekend. Sheffield were at full strength while Reading had Ritchie Dennis at number 6 for the injured Chris Johnson. Three 5-1s in the opening three heats set the pattern for the match. It took until heat 4 before Reading managed a shared heat when Trevor Harding finished last behind Tressarieu and Zagar. The score after the first four races was 18-6. The next four heats were all won by Sheffield riders although Andrew Appleton managed a second place behind Ricky Ashworth in heat 5 while on a TR and Matej Zagar did likewise behind Andre Compton in heat 6. Reading’s middle pairing of Wolff and Simota conceded the second of their three 1-5 reverses in heat 7 then Tressarieu finished second behind Ben Wilson in heat 8. The two 4-2s, 5-1 and 4-4 took the score to 35-15. In heat 9 Reading finally had some success when Matej Zagar, taking a TR, won the heat from Ashworth and Hall for a 3-6. However it was only a temporary halt to the Sheffield steamroller. In heat 10 the two Wilsons inflicted the third 5-1 over Wolff and Simota before Mathieu Tressarieu finished second to Compton for a 4-2. In heat 12 Ricky Ashworth suffered an engine failure but had been passed by Mathieu Tressarieu before he spluttered to a halt. Simota in third place also had an engine failure allowing Trevor Harding to finish second although Simota did complete the race for a point. The 2-4 to Reading brought the score to 49-28. Sean Wilson won heat 13 but the action was at the back where Matej Zagar finally got the better of Andre Compton while Appleton pulled up. In heat 14 Richard Hall fell trying to pass Richard Wolff and was excluded. Paul Cooper won the rerun for a shared heat. Heat 15, like heat 13, resulted in a win for Sean Wilson. Again the battle was at the back between Compton and Zagar with Zagar just getting up to beat Compton on the line for a last heat 4-2. Match Report by Merlin |