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Stoke Potters v Workington Comets
Premier Trophy (Group), 30 April 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Paul Clews | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 1* | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | Peter Carr | 2* | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Jan Staechmann | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Rob Grant | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Barrie Evans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 2 | 3 | 4^ | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Kevin Little | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Scott Robson | 0 | 1* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Kauko Nieminen | 1 | 2 | R | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Shaun Tacey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Tony Atkin | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | 0 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | Scott Courtney | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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After a long spell on the injury list Stoke welcomed back Jan Staechmann in this match against Workington . The redeclared side was at full strength for the first time while Workington had former Stoke rider, Tony Atkin, at number six in place of James Wright. Workington these days seem to be needing big scores from their reserve guests. After James Birkinshaw’s 17 points at Sheffield they struck gold again when Tony Atkin ran up 13 from the number six spot tonight. After Alan Mogridge had beaten Carl Stonehewer to share the opening heat Stoke quickly established an eight point heat with a 4-2 from Grant and Evans, a 5-1 from Kessler and Carr then another 4-2 from Staechmann and Evans. The score after heat 4 was 16-8. Workington hit back with consecutive 2-4s in heats 5 and 6 from Stonehewer and Little then Tony Atkin who beat Alan Mogridge and Shaun Tacey to bring the score back to 20-16. A Staechamann win shared heat 7 before Stoke went six points ahead again in heat 8 from Paul Clews who beat Tony Atkin and Barrie Evans. The score was now 27-21. Shaun Tacey won heat 9 to keep the gap at six points but Stoke hit a decisive 5-1 in heat 10 from Alan Mogridge and Paul Clews to go 10 points up at 35-25. Carl Sonehewer took a TR in heat 11 but Staechmann won it with Grant third for a 4-4. So Tony Atkin took a TR in heat 12 only to finish second to Robbie Kessler with Evans third for another 4-4. The last three heats were all shared with Carl Stonehewer winning two of them so Workington ended up 10 points adrift. Match Report by Merlin |