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Somerset Rebels v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier Trophy (Group), 15 April 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 2 | 2 | F | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 1* | 1* | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Smart | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Jason King | 2 | 2* | 2* | 0 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | R | 1* | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | Fx | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset were forced into a last heat decider to beat the Isle of Wight by the slenderest of margins. They would be disappointed not to do better given that they had held the Islanders to a ten point win on the Island and had hopes of contesting the bonus point. After their injuries of last week Somerset were back to full strength while the Isle of Wight used R/R at number 5 for the injured Jason Bunyan. After two shared heats Somerset went in front with a heat three 4-2 and increased their lead to six points with a 5-1 in heat 4 from Glenn Cunningham and Jason King from Steen Jensen. The score after these four heats was 15-9. The next two heats were shared then, in heat 7, the Islanders got two points back with a 2-4 from Ostergaard who beat Glenn Cunningham with Krister Marsh third. This pulled the score back to 23-19 but a Smith/King 5-1 in heat 8 saw the Rebels go eight points in front. At this stage Somerset were only two points behind on aggregate and had their eyes on the bonus point. That idea was knocked on the head by a run of four 2-4s to the Isle of Wight with wins from Craig Boyce (twice ) and Ulrich Ostergaard (twice) and a rare fall from Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 10. The result of these heats meant that at heat 12 the scores were tied at 36-36. Craig Boyce won heat 13 from Cunningham and Zetterstrom to keep the scores level but the Rebels went back into the lead in heat 14 with a Paul Fry win from Ulrich Ostergaard with Jason King taking third place after Jason Doyle had fallen. This left them two up with only heat 15 to come. In the last heat Craig Boyce had his fifth win of the evening beating Glenn Cunningham and Paul Fry while Ulrich Ostergaard was left to bring up the rear so Somerset took both points. The Islanders had the consolation of winning the bonus point though. Match Report by Merlin |