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Workington Comets v Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League, 18 June 2005
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1(g) | Garry Stead | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Kevin Little | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2* | 2 | F | . | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | Scott Robson | R | R | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Shaun Tacey | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Fx | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Jamie Birkinshaw | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1* | F | Fn | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Theo Pijper | 3 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | William Lawson | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Ross Brady | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel Nermark | 1 | 1* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Cameron Woodward | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 2* | . | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | David McAllan | 1 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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It was a strange looking Workington side which took to the track tonight against Edinburgh . Carl Stonehewer fell at Edinburgh last night while guesting for Newport and suffered head injuries which kept him out of tonight’s match. Workington had Garry Stead as a guest at number 1. The Comets were also without James Wright who was riding in Italy on under 21 business and had James Birkinshaw as a guest at number 7. They also used R/R for the injured Kauko Nieminen. Edinburgh were at full strength looking to make it three away wins on the trot. The danger of using R/R on a long term basis while tracking a non-scoring reserve was cruelly exposed tonight. Although Garry Stead turned in an excellent score for the absent Stonehewer, Workington could not cope with engine failures for Scott Robson and a reduced contribution from their reserves. That said they made a good fight of it but the last thing they needed was to meet an Edinburgh side on a roll. Edinburgh got off to a cracking start with 2-4s in the opening three heats thanks to wins for Theo Pijper who beat Garry Stead in heat 1, Cameron Woodward and Ross Brady. Stead won heat 3 for a share of the points taking the heat 4 score to 9-15. Scott Robson had a second engine failure in heat 5 so Shaun Tacey’s win was for a 3-3. Then the Comets started the fight back. Garry Stead beat Rusty Harrison in heat 6 for a 4-2, and, after a shared heat 7, Kevin Little and James Birkinshaw scored another 4-2 in heat 8 to close the gap to 23-25. Edinburgh pulled away to four points in front again with a 2-4 when Harrison beat Tacey with Woodward third but Workington levelled the match with a 5-1 in heat 10 from Garry Stead and Kevin Little ahead of Daniel Nermark and the score was now 30-30. Theo Pijper won heat 11 to keep the scores level then Scott Robson suddenly burst into life by winning heat 12, again for a shared heat. Heat 13 saw Edinburgh back in front as Harrison beat Stead with Pijper third but Workington’s chances ended in heat 14. In the first running of the heat Daniel Nermark and Cameron Woodward were on a 1-5 for the Monarchs when Shaun Tacey, in third place, pulled a locker and spun round. James Birkinshaw couldn’t avoid him and clipped his back wheel with both riders falling. There was great concern about Birkinshaw’s condition and he was taken to hospital. Shaun Tacey was excluded from the rerun and Workington could only track Tom Brown. The easy Edinburgh 1-5 sealed the Monarchs’ victory and the last race, won by Garry Stead was shared. Match Report by Merlin |