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Sheffield Tigers v Workington Comets
Premier League, 25 August 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

Sheffield 59
1Sean Wilson1*2*32*2* ..104
2Ben Wilson2321. ..80
3Ricky Ashworth2333. ..110
4Richard Hall1*12*2. ..62
5Andre Compton33333 ..150
6Paul Cooper300X. ..30
7Kyle Legault2*2*1*1. ..63
Workington 36
1(g)Stuart Robson324^11 ..110
3Shaun Tacey326^00 ..110
4Kauko Nieminen01*230 ..61
5James Wright1110. ..30
6(g)Benji Compton010M0 ..10
7Tomasz PiszczX0001* 2141

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

Sheffield were at full strength again for tonight’s match but Workington had Stuart Robson at number 1 as their guest replacement for Carl Stonehewer. They also used R/R at number 2 for the injured Scott Robson and had Benji Compton at number 6 replacing Jaimie Courtney with newcomer Tomasz Piszcz making his Premier League debut at number 7.

Stuart Robson continued his blistering form of late by winning the opening heat for a share of the points but Sheffield took maximum points from the reserves race which was rerun with three riders after Tomasz Piszcz had fallen, brought down Paul Cooper and been excluded. Shaun Tacey got the better of Ricky Ashworth in heat 3 for a 3-3 but Sheffield scored another 5-1 in heat 4 as Andre Compton and Kyle Legault headed James Wright home taking the score after the opening four heats to 16-8.

Ricky Ashworth inflicted a rare defeat on Stuart Robson in a closely contested heat 5 and, with Richard Hall third, the Tigers took a 4-2 which increased their lead to 10 points. The two Wilsons, Ben and Sean, added a 5-1 in heat 6 beating James Wright into third place to stretch the lead further to 14 points. Andre Compton won heat 7 from Shaun Tacey and Kauko Nieminen for a shared heat then, in heat 8, Shaun Tacey took the Rider Replacement ride for Scott Robson and also took a TR. In winning the heat he took the full six points for a 3-6 to Workington which brought the score after eight heats to 31-20.

Heat 9 saw James Wright on the wrong end of a 5-1 for the third time as Ricky Ashworth and Richard Hall took another 5-1 for Sheffield which opened the gap to 15 points. In heat 10 Kauko Nieminen led until the last lap but ended up finishing second to Sean Wilson ahead of Ben Wilson as the Tigers added a 4-2 then in heat 11 Stuart Robson took a TR. Andre Compton won the race but with Robson second and Tomasz Piszcz taking third place from Paul Cooper the Comets won the heat 3-5. Tomasz Piszcz was now beginning to look more at home on the track as he beat Kyle Legault in heat 12. The race was won by Ricky Ashworth but, disappointingly for the Comets, Shaun Tacey finished last. The 4-2 to Sheffield took the score after twelve heats to 46-30.

The Sheffield double act of Andre Compton and Sean Wilson produced a 5-1 in heat 13 relegating Stuart Robson to third place although Robson chased Wilson hard for all four laps. In heat 14 Paul Cooper crashed into Richard Hall causing him to fall. Cooper was excluded and in the rerun Kauko Nieminen beat Hall with Tomasz Piszcz picking up the gift third place for a 2-4 to Workington. In the last race Andre Compton and Sean Wilson repeated their heat 13 success with a 5-1 ahead of Stuart Robson with Kauko Nieminen bringing up the rear resulting in a 23 point win for the Tigers to defend for the bonus point when the teams meet again at Workington.

Match Report by Merlin