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Sheffield Tigers v Somerset Rebels
Premier League, 01 September 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1* | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 3 | 3 | Fx | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | 2* | 2* | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 2* | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 2 | 1 | 4^ | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 1 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 2 | R | . | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Simon Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Chris Mills | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6^ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Sheffield were at full strength but Somerset used R/R for Ritchie Hawkins at number 3 and again had Simon Walker at number 6 for Trevor Harding. Sheffield already had a two point advantage from the match at Somerset in their quest for the bonus point. Ricky Ashworth and Kyle Legault just missed out on joining Sean Wilson, Andre Compton and Richard Hall in going through the match unbeaten. Ricky Ashworth fell in heat 12 while comfortably leading with his partner, Kyle Legault on a 5-1. He lost control on the second bend of the last lap and fell heavily requiring a visit to hospital for a check up. Kyle Legault’s only defeat came in heat 8 in a fantastic race when he was beaten on the line by Chris Mills who, fortuitously for Somerset, was on a TR at the time. Legault got caught in traffic on the opening bends and found himself back in third place. However he soon passed his partner Ben Wilson and chased Chris Mills for the remainder of the race just failing to catch him. To say that Somerset were completely out of it is an understatement. After an opening heat 4-2 when Magnus Zetterstrom finished second to Sean Wilson, Sheffield reeled off four consecutive 5-1s to lead 24-6. Glenn Cunningham produced a spectacular pass on Ben Wilson to finish second to Sean Wilson in heat 6 for a 4-2 to the home side then the Rebels relegated Paul Cooper to last place in heat 7 for a share of the points. In heat 8 Chris Mills took a TR and won the heat for a 3-6 to Somerset bringing the heat 8 score to 34-17. Another two maximum heat wins for Sheffield was followed by a TR for Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 11. A second place to Andre Compton netted the Rebels number 1 four points in a shared race then came Ricky Ashworth’s fall in heat 12. Sheffield then dropped only one point over the last three heats in a match where the racing was a lot better than the score might suggest. Match Report by Merlin |