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Stoke Potters v Berwick Bandits
Premier League, 21 August 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 2 | 2* | 4^ | 3 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Adam Allott | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | Fx | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5(g) | James Wright | 3 | 1 | 6^ | 1 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Luke Priest | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | Tom P Madsen | 2 | 2* | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Adam Pietraszko | 1* | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 1* | 1 | 2* | Fx | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Chris Schramm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | 9 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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For this match Stoke had James Wright at number 5 as the guest replacement for Jan Staechmann while Berwick used R/R for Scott Smith at number 2. Berwick took giant step towards winning the league championship by winning this match at Stoke. In truth the Bandits never looked in much danger. They led from heat 1 and were never pegged back. It was only a last heat 5-1 for the Potters which put a better gloss on the final score. Stoke took the opening two heats 2-4. Adrian Rymel beat Alan Mogridge in heat 1 with Carl Wilkinson third then Wilkinson won heat 2 from Barrie Evans with Chris Schramm third. In heat 3 Robbie Kessler won for a shared heat as did James Wright in heat 4 as the score moved to 10-14. Robbie Kessler fell in heat 5 and Adrian Rymel won the rerun for another 2-4 as Berwick stretched their lead to six points but Stoke pulled four points back with a 5-1 in heat 6 through Allott and Mogridge only for Berwick to reply in kind through Pietraszko and Madsen in heat 7. Luke Priest won heat 8 for a share of the points so the heat 8 score was 21-27. Berwick were almost out of sight with another 1-5 in heat 9 this time from Schramm and Makovsky ahead of Robbie Kessler and Paul Clews. In heat 10 Alan Mogridge took a TR but he was beaten into second place by Tom P Madsen. With Adam Pietraszko third the heat resulted in a 4-4. In heat 11 James Wright took a TR and this time he won for all six points and a 6-3 to the Potters. Stoke were now just 7 points behind but yet another 1-5 for Berwick in heat 12 finally sunk any remaining hopes the home side may have entertained. The score after 12 heats was 33-44. Although Stoke took the last three heats with two 4-2s and a 5-1 it was too little too late as Berwick took all three points. Match Report by Merlin |