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Workington Comets v Newport Wasps
Premier League, 13 May 2006
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 3 | R | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Tomasz Piszcz | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | Fx | 3 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | James Wright | 3 | 2* | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6(g) | John Branney | 1* | R | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Aidan Collins | 2 | 1* | 2* | 1 | 2* | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 1* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Carl Wilkinson | 1* | 1 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | Tony Atkin | 2 | 2* | 2 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 5(g) | Andre Compton | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1& | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Billy Legg | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington had John Branney as a guest at number 6 in place of the injured Lee Derbyshire. Newport had Andre Compton as a guest for Craig Watson at number 5 and used Rider Replacement for Neil Collins at number 1.. A depleted Newport put up stiff resistance in this match. There were never more than four points between the teams until after heat 11 when the Comets pulled ahead and out of touching distance. The opening race, won by Paul Thorp from R/R Andre Compton, was shared as was the reserves race won by Joel Parsons who failed to score another point all match! Ritchie Hawkins fell in heat 3 and was excluded from the rerun which was won by James Wright for another shared heat then heat 4 followed the shared race pattern with a win from Andre Compton over Garry Stead and Aidan Collins. As a result the score after the opening four races was 12-12. The Comets scored the first heat advantage of the match with a 5-1 in heat 5 from Ritchie Hawkins and James Wright then Tomasz Piszcz won heat 6 but Paul Thorp, who was on a 5-1 with him, had an engine failure on the last bend so the heat was shared. The Wasps squared the match in heat 7 when Carl Wilkinson and Tony Atkin took a 1-5 after Garry Stead’s bike packed up. Stead had to push home for a quarter of a lap for the third place point since Craig Branney had retired on the second lap. Newport’s joy was short-lived because they found themselves four points behind again after conceding a 5-1 in heat 8. Tomasz Piszcz and Aidan Collins won the race ahead of Chris Schramm to take the score after eight races was 26-22. Andre Compton kept the visitors’ ship afloat by winning heat 9 from James Wright and Ritchie Hawkins for a shared race then Tomasz Piszcz won heat 10 which was also shared when Carl Wilkinson and Tony Atkin filled the minor places. Heat 11 made it three shared races on the trot when Garry Stead won from Schramm and Atkin but the lead stretched to six points when the Comets scored a 4-2 in heat 12. Ritchie Hawkins beat Carl Wilkinson with Aidan Collins third to take the score after 12 races to 39-33. Paul Thorp beat Andre Compton in heat 13 while Garry Stead took third place for another 4-2 which put the home side eight points up with two races to go. Newport then gave Andre Compton a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back in heat 14 in place of Billy Legg but he couldn’t overcome the handicap as James Wright and Aidan Collins wrapped up the match with a 5-1 heat win. Andre Compton did win the last race, however, beating Tomasz Piszcz and James Wright in the process for a shared race. Match Report by Merlin |