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Workington Comets v Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League, 17 June 2006
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Garry Stead | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 1* | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | Tomasz Piszcz | 3 | 2* | 1* | 1 | 3 | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | James Wright | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6(g) | John Branney | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Aidan Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Henrik Moller | 3 | 1 | 1* | R | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Theo Pijper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2!* | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Matthew Wethers | 0 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 6^ | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Sean Stoddart | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Derek Sneddon | 2 | 1* | 1* | 0 | 0 | X | . | 4 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington were still missing Paul Thorp so used R/R at number 2 with Garry Stead moving to number 1 and James Wright to number 5. John Branney filled the number 6 spot in Lee Derbyshire’s absence. Edinburgh were again without William Lawson so used R/R at number 4.. With only two race winners all match Edinburgh were never in the hunt. All the Comets, except John Branney, had at least one race win as the home side consistently led their opponents from the gate or second turn. After six races Workington had built up a ten point lead so Edinburgh gave Rusty Harrison a TR in heat 7 which he duly won for a 3-6. Edinburgh hung on but lost a 4-2 in heat 8 which put them nine points down so they gave Matthew Wethers a TR. His second place produced a 4-4 result. Following a heat 11 shared race, the Monarchs then gave Theo Pijper a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Pijper chased and finally caught and passed Aidan Collins on the last bend but there wasn’t time for Pijper and Wethers, who was in second place, to exchange positions so the race produced a 3-4. The final three heats all produced advantages for the Comets giving them an eighteen point lead for the bonus point in the return match at Armadale Match Report by Merlin |