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Workington Comets v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 06 May 2006
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Tomasz Piszcz | Fx | 2* | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 3 | 2* | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 4 | James Wright | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Sean Stoddart | 1 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Aidan Collins | 3 | 1 | 1* | 1* | 0 | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 1 | Ross Brady | 2 | R | Fx^ | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Courtney | 1* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Edward Kennett | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | Fx | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 2 | 1# | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Luke Bowen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Jon Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1* | 2 | 11 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington were without Lee Derbyshire who badly broke his leg at Sheffield last Thursday. They had in his place Edinburgh’s Sean Stoddart. Rye House too had injury problems with Steve Boxall missing after breaking his wrist at King’s Lynn last Wednesday. They had at number 7 as a guest Jon Armstrong of Mildenhall who has been returning some sensational scores from the reserve berth for the Fen Tigers. Rye House owe a big debt to Jon Armstrong, guesting for the injured Steve Boxall in this match. His 11+1 and two race wins helped the Rockets over the 30 point mark in a heavy defeat. There was no hint of the carnage to come in heat 1 when the Rockets shared the points after Tomasz Piszcz had fallen and been excluded from the rerun. Paul Thorp won the race from Ross Brady and the heat was shared. Workington took the lead in the reserves race. Aidan Collins beat Jon Armstrong with Sean Stoddart taking third place ahead of Luke Bowen for a 4-2. They added a 5-1 in a rerun heat 3 from Ritchie Hawkins and James Wright after Tommy Allen had fallen and been excluded then a 4-2 in heat 4 when Chris Neath could only split the Garry Stead/Aidan Collins pairing. This made the score after four heats 16-8. James Wright and Ritchie Hawkins added another 5-1 in heat 5 after Ross Brady had retired and yet another in heat 6 from Paul Thorp and Tomasz Piszcz. This was particularly disappointing for Chris Neath who was on a TR at the time and finished third for no advantage. It got better for the Rockets in heat 7 when they took a 2-4. Edward Kennett beat Garry Stead while Tommy Allen picked up third place. Heat 8 was shared with a win from Jon Armstrong as Tomasz Piszcz suffered a heat 8 defeat for the first time in nine matches, The score after eight races was 31-17. James Wright and Ritchie Hawkins made it three 5-1s from their partnership in heat 9 then Paul Thorp and Tomasz Piszcz added another in heat 10 as the Comets went 22 points ahead. In heat 11 Ross Brady took a TR but he fell and was excluded from the rerun. Perhaps Rye House gave the TR to the wrong man because it was Jon Armstrong who won the rerun for a shared race. Heat 12 was shared too when Edward Kennett won for the second time ending Ritchie Hawkins’ unbeaten run in the process. The score after 12 races was 47-25. Paul Thorp had his fourth win of the match in heat 13 and Garry Stead joined him for another home 5-1 before James Wright continued his unbeaten run winning heat 14 for a 3-3. In the last heat James Wright completed his paid maximum but Paul Thorp ruined his by finishing third to Jon Armstrong as the Comets scored a final 4-2. Match Report by Merlin |