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Stoke Potters v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier League, 12 August 2006
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Trent Leverington | 0 | Fx | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 2* | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Robert Ksiezak | 3 | 2* | 1* | 2 | 2* | . | . | 10 | 3 |
| 7(g) | Billy Legg | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Chris Holder | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | 0 | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1* | 1 | . | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | Jason Doyle | 1 | 1* | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 0 | 1* | 2 | 2 | R | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Lee Smart | X | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Nick Simmons | 2 | R | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Stoke were without both of their declared reserves and had Robert Ksiezak guesting at number 6 in place of Barrie Evans and Billy Legg at number 7 in place of the unfortunate Luke Priest. The Isle of Wight had Jason Doyle back in the side following his absence from the injuries he sustained on the Island against Edinburgh. However with Ray Morton out for the season they used R/R as usual at number 5. They also had Lee Smart at number 6 replacing Chris Johnson. Having suffered a 28 point defeat on the Island there was never much prospect of Stoke picking up the bonus point in this match but they were soon into a lead which the Islanders never managed to close. The visitors took the lead in the opening heat with a 2-4 when Chris Holder beat Paul Thorp with Jason Bunyan in third place but Stoke pulled level with their own 4-2 in the reserve’s race won by Robert Ksiezak. The Potters then struck what was to prove two decisive blows with back-to-back 5-1s in heats 3 and 4. Kessler and Clews took the first in heat 3 then Lemon and guest reserve, Robert Ksiezak, added the second in heat 4 to give the home side a 16-8 lead. The Isle of Wight pulled two points back with a 2-4 in heat 5 with Holder beating Kessler for the win and Bunyan taking third from Clews then the match reached a stand-off with three consecutive drawn heats to take the score to 27-21 after eight heats. Stoke stretched their lead to eight points in heat 9 when Paul Clews held off Holder for the win with Kessler third and they added another in heat 10 from Thorp and Leverington. This took the lead to ten points just in time for Chris Holder to take a TR in heat 11. Although Holder led for most of the race, Mark Lemon passed him coming off the last bend. Jason Bunyan finished third so the Islanders at least scored a heat advantage with the 3-5 reducing their arrears to eight points again. They got it down to six in heat 12 when Jason Doyle headed home Ksiezak and Smart, the latter rather surprisingly passing Paul Clews for third place. The score now stood at 40-34. Mark Lemon beat Chris Holder again in heat 13 but again rather surprisingly Nick Simmons took third place ahead of Paul Thorp to share the heat. It was all over in heat 14 when Robbie Kessler and Robert Ksiezak scored a 5-1 to clinch the match with Krzysztof Stojanowski suffering an engine failure at the back. Another 5-1 in the last heat from Lemon and Kessler gave the Potters a 14 point win. Match Report by Merlin |