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Workington Comets v Reading Racers
Premier League, 14 May 2005
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 2* | 2 | 3 | 1* | T | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 3(g) | Pavel Ondrasik | 2* | 2* | 1* | 1 | 3 | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | Shaun Tacey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Kauko Nieminen | 1* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Kevin Little | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2* | 2* | 1 | 1* | 14 | 3 |
| 7(g) | Scott James | 0 | 1* | T | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Andrew Appleton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Steve Masters | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Wolff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Zdenek Simota | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2!* | 3 | 1 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Simon Stead | 3 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 18 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Luke Priest | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Injury hit Workington were still without Scott Robson and Aidan Collins so used R/R at number 2 and had Pavel Ondrasik as a guest. Reading had new signing Steve Masters at number 2 and Simon Stead at number 5 for Matej Zagar who was riding on the continent. With Chris Johnson still out injured they had Luke Priest as a guest at number 6. Yet again Workington looked to the reserve berth for their top scorer, Kevin Little’s paid 17 tally coming from seven races, but only Simon Stead and Zdenek Simota offered any real threat to Workington’s domination. Kevin Little had three of his seven rides in the opening four heats by which time Workington had recorded two 5-1s with the other two heats shared. The score after heat 4 was 16-8. Another Comets’ 5-1 in heat 5 from Shaun Tacey and guest Pavel Ondrasik stretched their lead to 21-9 so Reading gave Simon Stead a TR in heat 6. Simon continued on his unbeaten way with the full six points and a Reading 3-6 but they enjoyed only a brief respite as Workington then scored two more 5-1s in heats 7 and 8 to lead 34-17.Another Stead win for a share of the points in heat 9 was followed by two more 4-2s in heats 10 and 11 for Workington with Andrew Appleton and Zdenek Simota finally taking a couple of second places. In heat 12 Simota came into the heat as a Tactical Substitute for Luke Priest from 15 metres back. Although he got past Scott James he couldn’t get past his own partner, Richard Wolff, who finished second to Pavel Ondrasik so the heat finished 3-4 to Reading. Simon Stead made it four wins from four in heat 13 for a 3-3 then Simota won a heat for Reading for a second consecutive 3-3. When Carl Stonehewer was thrown out of heat 15 for touching the tapes he declined to go from 15 metres back so, with Kevin Little having completed his seven rides, Workington had to field Scott James. Simon Stead won the heat from Kauko Nieminen with Zdenek Simota taking third place for a 2-4. Having trailed by 45-24 at the interval after heat 11 Reading can claim to have beaten the Comets over the last four heats by 11-14. Match Report by Merlin |