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Workington Comets v Newcastle Diamonds
Premier Trophy (Group), 21 April 2006
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 2 | 1* | 1* | 3 | 1 | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Tomasz Piszcz | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 1 | 1 | R | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | James Wright | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 3 | 3 | R | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Derbyshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Aidan Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | George Stancl | 3 | 2 | 1* | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Manuel Hauzinger | 0 | 1* | Fx | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 2 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Adam McKinna | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington were at full strength again as were Newcastle who had Jaimie Robertson back in the side following his suspension.. Newcastle won the opening heat. George Stancl and Christian Henry made the gate but Paul Thorp passed Henry before the end of the first lap limiting the damage to a 2-4. Aidan Collins won the reserves race for a shared heat then the Comets drew level again in heat 3. James Wright produced a fine race to come from the back to beat Josef Franc with Ritchie Hawkins third for a 4-2. Another 4-2 in heat 4 saw the Comets take the lead. Garry Stead beat James Grieves who passed Aidan Collins and then had to fend off the challenge of the Workington number 7 for the rest of the race. This took the heat 4 score to 13-11. Another James Wright win in heat 5 produced a third consecutive 4-2 with George Stancl second and Ritchie Hawkins third as the Comets surged four points ahead. James Grieves stopped the rot by winning heat 6 from Piszcz and Thorp for the first of two shared heats. Garry Stead won again in heat 7 but Franc and Hauzinger shared the points for Newcastle. In heat 8 Workington stretched their lead to six points. Tomasz Piszcz won the race with Christian Henry passing Aidan Collins for second place for a 4-2 which took the score after eight races to 27-21. James Grieves touched the tapes in heat 9 and went from 15 metres back. James Wright won again but Ritchie Hawkins in second place suffered an engine failure so a potential home 5-1 ended in a shared race. In heat 10 Manuel Hauzinger fell and was excluded from the rerun which was won by his partner Josef Franc so the race was shared as was heat 11. Garry Stead produced his third consecutive race win to maintain the home side’s six point lead. Ritchie Hawkins came from third place to win heat 12 from Manuel Hauzinger with Aidan Collins third as the Diamonds slipped further behind. The score after the twelve heats was 40-32. Paul Thorp and Garry Stead were heading for a 5-1 in heat 13 when Stead suffered an engine failure so the heat was shared and Newcastle now needed two 1-5s for a share of the points. They declined the option of using a Tactical Substitute which, if successful, could still have yielded a win. Josef Franc won the race spoiling James Wright’s maximum hopes in a shared race which clinched the match and bonus point. James Wright then rounded things off by winning the final race from James Grieves and Paul Thorp for a 4-2 giving Workington a 10 point win. Match Report by Merlin |