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Workington Comets v Sheffield Tigers
Premier Trophy (Group), 23 April 2005
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Kevin Little | 1* | 2* | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Scott Robson | 0 | 0 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Kauko Nieminen | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Shaun Tacey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2* | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Jonathan Bethell | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Tony Atkin | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2* | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Hall | 2* | 1* | 0 | 2^ | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 0 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 1* | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 2* | 2 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington faced Sheffield tonight without their high scoring reserve, James Wright. In his place they had Newport’s Tony Atkin as a guest and they fielded Jonathan Bethell at number six in place of Scott Courtney. Sheffield were at full strength. It must be a long time since there were three Tactical Rides in the one match. But that’s what happened in this match with one to Workington and two to Sheffield! Sean Wilson won the opening heat and a 1-5 by the Sheffield reserves put the Tigers four points up. They hit another 1-5 in heat 3 from Richard Hall and Ricky Ashworth from Kauko Nieminen and Scott Robson to go eight points ahead before Shaun Tacey stopped the rot by winning heat 4 for a shared heat. The score after heat 4 was 8-16. When Sean Wilson won heat five from Nieminen and Ben Wilson beat Scott Robson Workington must have been wondering what had hit them as they trailed 10-20. However they stormed back in heat 6 when Carl Stonehewer took a TR and won the heat with Kevin Little backing him up in second place for a big 8-1 to make the score 18-21. Two heats later the Comets were in front with a 5-1 from Tony Atkin and Kevin Little to make the score 26-25. Over the next five heats the Comets added another 5-1, a 5-2 (when Richard hall took a TR and finished third) and three 4-2s to lead 48-34 after 13 heats. In heat 14 Ricky Ashworth took a TR and won the race with Kyle Legault third for a 2-7 to pull the score back to 50-41 but a last heat 5-1 to Workington from Stonehewer and Tacey might just put the bonus point outwith Sheffield’s reach when the two teams meet later in the month. Match Report by Merlin |