Around the Premier League Tracks 2005

[Merlin]

Thursday, 7 April

It was the turn of Sheffield to take on Glasgow tonight, the Scottish Tigers having raced at Hull last night their third match in a period of eight days which sees them undertake no fewer than 5 matches!

Premier Trophy: Sheffield 61, Glasgow 36

Sheffield were at full strength for this match but Glasgow, still without James Cockle, had Mark Thompson at reserve in his place. They may have taken the bonus point at last night at Hull but could be pushed to reel in this deficit at home in the return match at Ashfield on Sunday.

Three 5-1s and a 4-2 in the opening four heats had the Glasgow Tigers reeling at 19-4 after which they asked for a regrading of the track. Their only genuine points came from former Sheffield rider James Birkinshaw who finished second to Ricky Ashworth in heat 3.

After the regarding Glasgow improved although they were lucky in heat 5 when Richard Hall suffered an engine failure while following his partner, Ricky Ashworth, and leading George Stancl who was taking a TR in the heat. So instead of a potential 5-1 to Sheffield the heat score was 3-5 to Glasgow. Sheffield scored two more 4-2s in the next two heats then, in heat 8, Glasgow nominated James Birkinshaw for a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Although the heat was won by Ben Wilson, James Birkinshaw battled through to second place for a 4-4. Glasgow played their last double-point card in the next heat, heat 9, when Shane Parker took the TR and duly won it for a 3-6. The score was now 37-24.

Although Sheffield took another 4-2 in heat 10 when James Birkenshaw separated the two Wilsons, Glasgow shared the next two heats to take the score on to 47-32 with just the last three heats to come. Sheffield’s big two of Wilson and Compton took a 5-1 in heat 13 ahead of Parker and Stancl and that was followed by another 5-1 in heat 14 from Ricky Ashworth and Paul Cooper when Glasgow replaced the pointless Paul Bentley with reserve Mark Thompson. However in the last heat Shane Parker had the satisfaction of ruining Andre Compton’s unbeaten run by following Sean Wilson home. Sheffield’s lowest scorer in this match was Richard Hall but he managed as many as Trent Leverington, Matthew Wethers, Paul Bentley and Mark Thompson put together.




Scorers: For Sheffield – Sean Wilson 15 (5) full maximum, Andre Compton 12+1 (5), Ricky Ashworth 11 (4), Ben Wilson 7+1, Kyle Legault 6+3 (4), Paul Cooper 6+1 (4) and Richard Hall 4+1 (4).


For Glasgow – James Birkinshaw 13 (6) including a 4 point GDTS, Shane Parker 12 (5) including a 6 point TR, George Stancl 7 (4) including a 4 point TR, Matthew Wethers 2+1 (4), Trent Leverington 2 (4), Paul Bentley 0 (3) and Mark Thompson 0 (4).

[Merlin]

Friday, 8 April

The Premier Trophy matches this evening were at Edinburgh , where Berwick were the visitors, and at Somerset who were at home to King’s Lynn .


Premier Trophy: Edinburgh 62, Berwick 29


On a bitterly cold evening at Armadale Edinburgh took on Berwick looking for a big lead to take to Shielfield Park in the return fixture for the bonus point. They got it! With Piotr Dym having recovered from a wrist strain both teams were at full strength for this match.

This was a much better match than the score would suggest with a number of exciting races and close finishes. The trouble for Berwick was that they kept losing them. Although the Bandits lost the opening two heats 5-1 they put up a good deal of resistance sharing the next three heats to take the score to 19-11 after five heats. Another 5-1 to the invincible Nermark/Pijper pairing in heat 6 got the Monarchs back on the winning trail followed by a 4-2 from Ross Brady and Robert Kseizak who held second place for three laps before being passed by Michal Makovsky. However Berwick shared the next two heats to take the score to 34-20 with had still to use a TR or TS.

Heat 10 was not the time to use one as Daniel Nermark and Theo Pijper were out for the Monarchs but Simon Cartwright came round the field on the first two bends to lead the heat briefly before crashing on the third bend. The rerun provided an easy 5-1 to Edinburgh. Then, at last, Berwick gave a TR to Adrian Rymel, their only race winner when he won heat 5. This proved to be a bad decision as Rymel made a poor start and was kept at the back by William Lawson as Ross Brady beat Adam Pietraszko for a 4-2 to Edinburgh.

So in the next race, heat 12, Berwick tried again giving Simon Cartwright the TR but he finished behind Rusty Harrison and Robert Ksiezak for a 5-2 to Edinburgh. The heat 13 battle of the heatleaders also went to Edinburgh with a 5-1 as both Daniel Nermark and Ross Brady remained unbeaten. Cameron Woodward won heat 14 from Michal Makovsky and William Lawson to take the score to 57-28 before we were treated to the race of the night.

Michal Makovsky and Piotr Dym made the gate from Daniel Nermark and Theo Pijper. Nermark passed both Berwick riders coming off bend two on the second lap with a brilliant inside drive and a lap later Theo Pijper finally got past Piotr Dym and set off to reel in Makovsky. This he did on the last bend just pipping the Berwick rider on the line for another 5-1 leaving the Bandits score of 29 as the lowest score of the season so far (but not the biggest defeat!).

Scorers: For Edinburgh – Theo Pijper 13+2 (5) paid maximum, Daniel Nermark 12+3 (5) paid maximum, Ross Brady 12 (4) full maximum, Rusty Harrison 10+1 (4), Robert Ksiezak 5+2 (4), Cameron Woodward 5 (4) and William Lawson 5 (4).

For Berwick – Michal Makovsky 7+1 (5), Adrian Rymel 5 (4), Piotr Dym 4+1 (5), Josef Kugelmann 4+1 (4), Adam Pietraszko 4 (4), Simon Cartwright 4 (4) including a 2 point TR and Chris Schramm 1+1 (4).



Premier Trophy: Somerset 54, King’s Lynn 43 Somerset won the bonus point on aggregate by 98-94


Somerset went into this match against a depleted King’s Lynn side with only seven points to pull back in their quest for the bonus point. Somerset were at full strength but King’s Lynn had Davey Watt deputising for the injured Oliver Allen while Jan Jaros was replaced at reserve by Adam Roynon.

Somerset got off to a scorching start taking two 5-1s and two 4-2s to lead 18-6 after only four heats. King’s Lynn then gave a TR to Tomas Topinka who had finished third to Jaimie Smith and Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 1. The Stars number one duly obliged with a heat win from Paul Fry but with James Brundle at the back behind Ritchie Hawkins the Stars’ advantage was restricted to a 3-6.

The next two heats were shared to take the score to 27-18 before Somerset stretched their lead to 13 points with another 5-1 from Jaimie Smith and Jason King in heat 8. King’s Lynn responded by giving a TR to their guest, Davey Watt, and he too produced a heat victory for another 3-6 to pull the deficit back to 10 points at 35-25. However another 5-1 from the Zetterstrom/Smith pairing, this time at the expense of Kevin Doolan and Adam Allott, put Somerset 14 ahead. Again back came King’s Lynn this time with a 1-5 of their own from James Brundle and Tomas Topinka and there were still only ten points in it, three on aggregate to the Rebels.

The next two heats were shared as the bonus point became the burning issue. In heat 14 the Stars played their last card with James Brundle taking a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Although he got past Lee Smart he finished behind his partner as Paul Fry won the heat for a 3-4 to King’s Lynn. Going into the last heat, therefore, the Rebels led by 50-41 and the Stars needed a 2-4 from heat 15 to force a run off for the bonus or a 1-5 to win it outright. Magnus Zetterstrom put paid to their hopes winning the heat from Tomas Topinka while Paul Fry took the third place point from Davey Watt.

Scorers: For Somerset – Magnus Zetterstrom 13+1 (5), Paul Fry 10+1 (5), Jaimie Smith 9+2 (4), Ritchie Hawkins 8+2 (4), Jason King 6+1 (4), Glenn Cunningham 5 (4) and Lee Smart 3 (4).

For King’s Lynn – Tomas Topinka 13+1 (5) including a 6 point TR, Davey Watt 12+1 (5) including a 6 point TR, James Brundle 6 (5) including a 2 point GDTS, Ashley Jones 6 (5), Kevin Doolan 5+1 (4), Adam Allott 1+1 (3) and Adam Roynan 0 (3).

[Merlin]

Saturday, 9 April

Four Premier Trophy matches were raced tonight. The three northern section matches were at Berwick where Glasgow were the visitors, Stoke [/color] who entertained Edinburgh and Workington who met Hull. In the southern section match Rye House took on Exeter [/color].

Premier Trophy: Berwick 45, Glasgow 45 The teams tied for the bonus point on aggregate 90-90 but Glasgow won the race-off


Both sides went into this match following heavy away defeats but Berwick only needed a win to take the aggregate bonus point following their draw at Glasgow three weeks ago. Berwick were at full strength but Glasgow were still without James Cockle and had Mark Thompson at reserve.

It was clear that this was going to be no picnic for the Bandits when Glasgow provided the first 6 race winners. With Matthew Wethers twice bringing home the third place point and with Mark Thompson picking up a gift point when Kugelmann retired in a rerun heat 2 Glasgow shot into a six point lead at 15-21. Berwick provided their first race winner in heat 7 through Piotr Dym and with his partner Chris Schramm following him home the Bandits got themselves back into the match with a 5-1 to take the score to 20-22.

However, Glasgow restored their six point advantage with a 1-5 through Trent Leverington and Shane Parker from Michal Makovsky only for the Bandits to hit back again with their own 5-1 when Adrian Rymel and Adam Pietraszko headed Paul Bentley home to reduce the gap to two points again. In heat 11 Piotr Dym stopped George Stancl’s winning run but Matthew Wethers took the crucial third place point from Chris Schramm to keep the Tigers two ahead. It was clear that heats 13 and 15 looked as though they would go Glasgow’s way so the Bandits needed to make the best of heats 12 and 14.

Sure enough they took a 5-1 in heat 12 from their reserve pairing of Schramm and Kugelmann before Parker and Stancl did likewise for the Tigers to leave Berwick trailing by two points again. In heat 14, though, again the Bandits took a 5-1 this time from Makovsky and Schramm ahead of Mark Thompson leaving them two points ahead facing Parker and Stancl in heat 15. However, Glasgow were denied the outright win because, although Shane Parker won the race, Adam Pietraszko beat George Stancl for the second place points. The 2-4 to Glasgow tied the score at 45-45 so a race-off was needed to decide the bonus point. In the race-off Shane Parker beat Adam Pietraszko so Glasgow went home with 2 points while Berwick had to settle for one.

Scorers: For Berwick – Adam Pietraszko 10+2 (5), Chris Schramm 9+2 (5), Piotr Dym 8+1 (5), Michal Makovsky 8 (4), Adrian Rymel 5 (4), Joachim Kugelmann 4+1 (4) and Simon Cartwright 1+1 (3).

For Glasgow – Shane Parker 14+1 (5) paid maximum, George Stancl 11+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8 (6), Paul Bentley 6 (4), Matthew Wethers 4+2 (4), Mark Thompson 2 (3) and James Birkinshaw 0 (3).



Premier Trophy: Stoke 31, Edinburgh 28 (match abandoned due to heavy rain after heat 10 so the result does not stand)


Injury hit Stoke faced the on-form Edinburgh side again without Paul Pickering and Jan Staechmann. This week they had Sheffield’s Andre Compton guesting for them while Edinburgh were at full strength.

This match didn’t go the distance being abandoned after heat 10 with Stoke three points ahead. After a shared opening heat won by Theo Pijper, Stoke moved into a four point lead taking the reserves race 5-1. Edinburgh hit back with a 2-4 in heat three won by Rusty Harrison from Robbie Kessler with Cameron Woodward taking third place when Alan Mogridge fell off. The Monarchs followed this with a 1-5 in heat 4 from Ross Brady and Robert Ksiezak from Barrie Evans with the Stoke guest, Andre Compton, tailed off at the back. The score was now 11-13 in favour of Edinburgh.

Mogridge and Kessler took a 5-1 from Pijper and Nermark in heat 5 to take over the two point lead and the Potters increased their advantage to four points when Alan Mogridge got past Ross Brady with Paul Clews third. Back came Edinburgh as Cameron Woodward beat Andre Compton in heat 7 with Rusty Harrison third to take the score to 22-20. Theo Pijper kept it that way by winning heat 8 then Edinburgh had a disastrous heat 9.

William Lawson had passed Robbie Kessler but fell off so the race had to be rerun. In the rerun Ross Brady also came to grief presenting Stoke with a 5-0. Edinburgh were by no means finished though and Cameron Woodward had his second consecutive heat win in heat 10 and was followed home by his partner Rusty Harrison for a 1-5 ahead of Andre Compton to reduce the gap to three points.

At that point the skies opened and the match was abandoned.

Scorers: For Stoke – Alan Mogridge 9 (4), Robbie Kessler 7+3 (4), Paul Clews 5 (4), Barrie Evans 4+2 (3), Rob Grant 3 (2) and Andre Compton 3 (3).

For Edinburgh – Theo Pijper 7 (3), Cameron Woodward 7 (3), Rusty Harrison 6+1 (3), Ross Brady 5 (3), Robert Ksiezak 2+1 (3), William Lawson 1 (3) and Daniel Nermark 0 (2).



Premier Trophy: Workington 56, Hull 36


The form team in the northern section is without doubt Workington with two away wins already to their credit. This evening it was Hull who had to face the might of the Comets. Workington were at full strength but replaced Tony Dart with Scott Courtney at number six. Hull, still without Joel Parsons, had planned to use Jan Jaros of King’s Lynn at reserve but he suffered concussion on Wednesday night and his place was taken by his team mate James Brundle.

This match was highly competitive for the first seven heats after which the scores were tied at 21-21. Five of the heats were shared with Workington taking a 4-2 in heat 3 when Kramer finished second to Nieminen with Robson third. Then Hull hit back with a 2-4 in heat 5 with a win for Paul Thorp from Nieminen with Sanchez third. After that Workington stepped up a gear!

A 4-2 in heat 8 was followed by two 5-1s for the Comets and Hull were then looking at a ten points deficit. They immediately gave Paul Thorp a TR in heat 11 but to no avail. He finished third behind Shaun Tacey and James Wright for a 5-2 to the Comets. A shared heat followed in heat 12 then Workington scored a 4-2 in the battle of the heatleaders in heat 13.

Hull used their second TR in heat 14, giving it to reserve Craig Branney but he had no more success than Paul Thorp in heat 11 finishing behind the two Comets’ riders, James Wright and Kauko Nieminen for another 5-2 for the home side. Workington polished things off with a last heat 4-2 from Carl Stonehewer and Kauko Nieminen with Paul Thorp again finishing second.

Scorers: For Workington – James Wright 14+2 (6), Carl Stonehewer 13+1 (5), Kauko Nieminen 11+1 (5), Shaun Tacey 8+1 (4), Scott Robson 6+1 (4), Kevin Little 4 (3) and Scott Courtnet 0 (4).

For Hull – Paul Thorp 12 (5) including a 2 point TR, Craig Branney 8 (6) including a 2 point TR, Garry Stead 5+1 (4), Emil Kramer 5 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 3 (4), Lee Dicken 2+2 (3), James Brundle 1 (3).



Premier Trophy: Rye House 59, Exeter 33


This looked to be a battle of the pre-season favourites to win the league this year as Rye House were at home to Exeter. Both sides had away wins at Newport to their credit in the southern section and would be looking at the bonus point to give them the edge for qualification. Rye House again used R/R for the injured Tommy Allen while Exeter also used R/R for Jernej Kolenko who had returned home to take part in his national championships.

Exeter managed to produce only one race winner all night and were left chasing the minor place points in most heats. But there was no sign of a big Rye House win in the early heats. The Rockets got off to a 4-2 start when Mark Lemon finally got the better of Stuart Robson behind Edward Kennett. The reserves heat was then shared after Steve Boxall fell and was excluded from the rerun. Exeter drew level in heat 3 after Toni Svab had beaten Chris Neath with Lee Smethills third. Brent Werner and Daniel King took a 4-2 in heat 4 with Pavel Ondrasik second and heat 5 was shared. At that stage the score was 16-14 and there was no sign of the carnage to come.

Over the next five heats Rye House ran up four 5-1s and a 4-2 to kill the Falcons off at 40-20. Knowing the Rockets’ dislike for the County Ground, Exeter needed to dig in to give themselves the best chance for the bonus. In heat 10 Toni Svab had taken a TR and finished last! In heat 11 it was Mark Lemon’s turn for the TR. He finished second to Brent Werner but with Lee Smethills in third place the heat went 3-5 to Exeter.

Then each of the last four heats finished 4-2 to Rye House so the Rockets just failed to hit the 60 point mark. It will be interesting to see if this 26 point lead is good enough for Rye House when they make the trip to Exeter on Monday.

Scorers: For Rye House – Edward Kennett 15 (5) full maximum, Chris Neath 14 (5), Brent Werner 13 (5), Daniel King 7+1 (5), Stuart Robson 6+2 (4) and Steve Boxall 4+1 (5).

For Exeter – Mark Lemon 12 (5) including a 4 point TR, Toni Svab 9 (6), Lee Smethills 4+1 (5), Pavel Ondrasik 4 (5), Seemond Stephens 3 (5) and Nick Simmons 1+1 (4).

[Merlin]

Sunday, 10 April

Of today’s three matches only two were in the Premier Trophy and both of those were northern section matches. These were the matches between Glasgow and Sheffield and between Newcastle and Stoke. The other was a Challenge match between Newport and Somerset .

Premier Trophy: Glasgow 52, Sheffield 43 Sheffield won the bonus point on aggregate by 104-88


Glasgow went into this match on the back of Thursday night’s heavy defeat at Sheffield and a creditable draw at Berwick last night. Glasgow needed to pull back 25 points to challenge for the bonus point. With James Cockle returning to the Glasgow side both teams were at full strength.

What a start for Glasgow! They blew Sheffield away with four consecutive 5-1s. But just when they thought the bonus point was as good as theirs back came Sheffield with their own 1-5 in heat 5 as the two Wilsons headed home Paul Bentley to make the score 25-9.

The next two heats were shared as was heat 8 but it took a TR from Ben Wilson to neutralise the four points scored by Trent Leverington and Matthew Wethers in that heat. Sheffield got another two points back with a 2-4 from Andre Compton and Paul Cooper with Paul Bentley taking second place. The score after heat 9 was 33-23 and the bonus was now beginning to look like a forlorn hope for Glasgow. Firstly, Stancl and then Parker won the next two heats but Glasgow could gain no advantage from them.

In heat 12 Sheffield gave a TR to Richard Hall and he came up trumps beating James Birkinshaw. With Paul Cooper taking third place Sheffield scored a 2-7 and were now only 5 points behind at 41-36. Any hopes they might have entertained about taking more than the bonus were ended by the usual Stancl, Parker 5-1 in heat 13. Sheffield took a 2-4 in heat 14 won by Ricky Ashworth and Glasgow replied in kind with their own 4-2 with George Stancl completing a full five ride maximum but Shane Parker was beaten by Richard Hall to deny him a paid maximum.


Scorers: For Glasgow – George Stancl 15 (5) full maximum, Shane Parker 12+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8 (4), Paul Bentley 5+1 (4), James Birkinshaw 5 (4), James 4+1 (4) and Matthew Wethers 3+1 (4).

For Sheffield – Richard hall 12+1 (5) including a 6 point TR, Ben Wilson 9 (4) including a 4 point TR, Ricky Ashworth 6+1 (4), Andre Compton 6+1 (5), Sean Wilson 4+2 (4), Paul Cooper 4 (4), Kyle Legault 2 (4).


Premier Trophy: Newcastle 51, Stoke 39

Newcastle must have been crossing their fingers and anything else which could be crossed that they would emerge from this match unscathed after their recent spate of injuries. They had no injury worries for this match, though, with Phil Morris shaking off his injuries from last week but used Craig Branney of Hull as a guest at reserve for Jaimie Robertson who was on under 21 duty. Stoke are no strangers to injury either having Paul Pickering and Jan Staechmann sidelined for some time. For this match they had Hull’s Garry Stead as guest replacement for Staechmann and used R/R for Pickering.

This match was an exciting and close run affair until late on. With nine heats gone there were only two points in it with the Diamonds in front at 28-26. After 12 heats the score was 38-34 but two 5-1s from James Grieves and Phil Morris in heats 13 and 15 stretched the winning margin to 12 points. Newcastle must have been delighted with the return of their reserve guest, Craig Branney. His paid 13 return from five rides was a major contribution to Newcastle’s win and he figured in two 5-1s for the Diamonds the first in the reserves race, heat 3, when he finished behind his partner, Lubos Tomicek and the second two heats later in heat 4 when he finished behind James Grieves and ahead of Garry Stead to get the home side off to a good start.

James Grieves was in superb form for the Diamonds. His efforts in heat 11 brought the house down as he picked off Paul Clews on the outside of the second bend and then Garry Stead on the inside of the third bend.


Scorers: For Newcastle – James Grieves 15 (5), Craig Branney 10+3 (5), Phil Morris 7+2 (5), Claus Kristensen 7+1 (4), Lubos Tomicek 6 (4), Josef Franc 4+1 (4) and Christian Henry 2 (3)

For Stoke – Alan Mogridge 12+1 (6), Robbie Kessler 10+1 (6), Garry Stead 9 (5), Paul Clews 5+1 (5), Rob Grant 2 (4) and Barrie Evans 1+1 (4).



Challenge Match (The M4 Trophy): Newport 57, Somerset 38


Inn the first running of this competition Newport won 50-46 at home and were leading Somerset 17-32 in the second leg before the match was stopped because of fog. However, the M4 Trophy is to be completely restaged so this match was the first leg. Newport were at full strength but Somerset had Chris Neath as a guest for Magnus Zetterstrom who had a prior engagement in Poland.

Newport hit the front with a reserves’ heat 5-1 and Somerset were hit by an injury to Paul Fry in an accident which saw Mads Korneliussen excluded. Fry withdrew from the meeting.

By heat 7 Somerset trailed by 26-15 but Jaimie Smith took an inspired TR in heat 8 which he won for a 3-6. Strangely Smith only scored one other point in his other four rides and ended up second top scorer. Newport followed with another two 5-1s before a second TR for Somerset from Chris Neath earned the Rebels a 3-5 when he followed Craig Watson home with Jaimie Smith third.

Newport scored three more 4-2s in the last four heats to take a 19 point lead to Somerset for the second leg.

Scorers: For Newport – Craig Watson 15 (5), Mads Korneliussen 9 (5), Kristian Lund 8+1 (4), Neil Collins 7+3 (4), Karlis Ezergailis 7+2 (4), Tony Atkin 7+1 (4) and Michael Coles 4+2 (4)

For Somerset – Chris Neath 14 (5) including a 4 point TR, Jamie Smith 7+1 (5) including a 6 point TR, Glenn Cunningham 5 (4), Lee Smart 4 (6), Jason King 4 (6), Ritchie Hawkins 2+1 (3) and Paul Fry 2 (3).

[Merlin]

Monday, 11 April

Simon Cartwright sacked.

Breaking news from Berwick is that team captain Simon Cartwright has been sacked. No replacement has, as yet, been announced. Cartwright was on loan to Berwick from his parent club, Hull and qualifies for a testimonial next year. This announcement comes on the back of the Bandits’ home draw last Saturday against Glasgow.

Two Premier Trophy matches were raced tonight – both in the southern section. Exeter were at home to Rye House while Reading faced King’s Lynn.


Premier Trophy: Exeter 54, Rye House 41 Rye House won the bonus point on aggregate by 100-87


On their two visits to Exeter last year Rye House lost 75-18 and 67-26. This time they arrived at the County Ground with a 26 point lead from their home match in search for the bonus looking for an improved performance. With Tommy Allen returning to the Rockets’ side after a long absence both teams were at full strength.

When Exeter found themselves 10 points up after 6 heats they still had the bonus point in their sights but good use of the TR facility by Rye House put it beyond them. After taking a four point lead in the opening heat Exeter were pegged back with a Rockets’ 2-4 in heat 3 when Tommy Allen in his first race back from injury took the win ahead of Svab and Neath. However the Falcons then had two 4-2s and a 5-1 to lead 23-13.

Heat 7 was shared but Rye House hit back with a 2-7 in heat 8 thanks to a TR win by reserve Daniel King with Edward Kennett taking third place behind Ondrasik. Lee Smethills scored a zero in this heat but was otherwise unbeaten. There were only five points between the sides now at 28-23. In heat 9 Brent Werner was excuded for tape touching then Toni Svab fell and was excluded. Daniel King won the heat for a 2-4 to Rye House and now they were only three points in arrears. In heat 10, however, they scored no points as Tommy Allen fell and Chris Neath shed a chain for an Exeter 5-0. A 4-2 for the Falcons in heat 11 stretched the lead to 10 points again so Rye House played their second TR in heat 12. Chris Neath obliged and with Daniel King taking third place the Rockets chalked up another 2-7 to take the score to 41-36.

Two Exeter 5-1s in the last three heats ensured that Seemond Stephens completed a full maximum and Mark Lemon a paid maximum and that the points stayed at the County Ground with the bonus point going back to Hoddesdon.

Scorers: For Exeter – Seemond Stephens 15 (5) full maximum, Mark Lemon 12+3 (5) paid maximum, Pavel Ondrasik 11 (5)Lee Smethills 7+2 (4), Toni Svab 5 (4), Jernej Kolenko 3 (4) and Nick Simmons 1 (3)

For Rye House – Daniel King 16+1 (7) including a 6 point TR, Chris Neath 9 (4) including a 6 point TR, Tommy Allen 6+1 (4), Stuart Robson 5 (5), Steve Boxall 2+1 (3), Edward Kennett 2 (4) and Brent Werner 1 (3).


Premier Trophy: Reading 52, King’s Lynn 39 Reading took the bonus point on aggregate by 96-88

Reading were looking for a six point win or better to take all three points up for grabs in this match against King’s Lynn at Smallmead. They had Chris Mills back in the side and used R/R for Danny Bird at number 1. King’s Lynn had Davey Watt guesting again for Oliver Allen and Darren Mallet stood in at reserve for Jan Jaros.

It was nip and tuck all the way for the first nine heats of which six were shared before Reading finally pulled away. During these heats Ashley Jones pulled out with concussion so the Stars were down to one reserve. Reading registered two 4-2s in heats 2 and 5 while King’s Lynn had a 2-4 in heat 3 when Andrew Appleton finished last after having to go from 15 metres back having touched the tapes. At the end of nine heats the score was 28-26.

In heats 10, 11 and 12 the Racers scored two 4-2s and a 5-1 to take a 10 point lead. Their 5-1 in heat 12 was by Mathieu Tressarieu and Richard Wolff from Darren Mallett and Kevin Doolan. A shared heat 13 won by Matej Zagar was followed by a 5-2 in heat 14 for Reading. In this heat King’s Lynn needed an advantage to get back into contention for the bonus point so Davey Watt took a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Unfortunately for the Stars he could only finish third behind Andrew Appleton and Mathieu Tressarieu and King’s Lynn’s chance had gone.

Scorers: For Reading – Matej Zagar 17 (6), Mathieu Tressarieu 11+2 (5), Richard Wolff 10+2 (6), Andrew Appleton 8 (5), Chris Mills 4+3 (5) and Chris Johnson 2 (3).

For King’s Lynn – Davey Watt 15 (6), Tomas Topinka 9+2 (5), Adam Allott 5 (4), Kevin Doolan 4+1 (4), James Brundle 3 (4), Ashley Jones 2 (1) and Darren Mallett 1 (6).

[Merlin]

Tuesday, 12 April

Tonight’s action on the Island tonight saw the Isle of Wight race against Somerset in a Premier Trophy match.

Premier Trophy: Isle of Wight 50, Somerset 40


Both teams went into this match with injury problems. The Isle of Wight will be without Jason Bunyan for some time in view of his broken leg and they used R/R at number 5 in his place. Somerset were without two of their riders. As a result of incidents in a challenge match at Newport last Sunday Paul Fry has sustained bruising to his coccyx and Ritchie Hawkins has aggravated his shoulder injury. As a result the Rebels also used R/R for Paul Fry at number 4 while Rye House reserve Daniel King guested for Ritchie Hawkins at number 3. The return fixture is at Somerset on Friday evening.

Up until the interval after heat 10 there had never been more than two points between the teams. The Isle of Wight’s problem had been their inability to finish with more than one rider in so many races. In five of those ten races they had only one finisher as Manuel Hauzinger (twice), Jason Doyle and Steen Jensen had all fallen while Ulrich Ostergaard had suffered an engine failure in heat 9. They didn’t have it all their own way, however, as Daniel King had also fallen and had an engine failure!

The Islanders took the lead in heat 3 with a 4-2 from their middle pairing of Ostergaard and Marsh, then went four ahead with another 4-2 in heat 7 from Jensen and Doyle. Somerset rocked the home side with a 1-5 in heat 8 which was awarded to Jaimie Smith and Jason King after Steen Jensen had fallen. The score was now 24-24. Then Somerset took the lead in heat 9 with a 2-4 through Cunningham and Smart after Ulrich Ostergaard had packed up at 26-28. Back came the Isle of Wight with their first 5-1 of the evening in heat 10 from Craig Boyce and Steen Jensen to turn the score round to 31-29.

After the tea break the Isle of Wight pulled away with a 5-1 in heats 12 and 14 with Craig Boyce taking all the odd numbered heats – 11, 13 and 15 to complete a six ride maximum and share each of these heats into the bargain. The ten points lead for the Islanders makes the match on Friday interesting for the bonus.

Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Craig Boyce 18 (6) full maximum, Steen Jensen 15+2 (7), Ulrich Ostergaard 8 (5), Krister Marsh 6+2, Jason Doyle 2+2 (4) and Manuel Hauzinger 1 (3).

For Somerset – Glen Cunningham 13+1 (6), Magnus Zetterstrom 9+2 (5), Jaimie Smith 8+1 (5), Jason King 6+1 (5), Lee Smart 4+2 (5) and Daniel King 0.

[Merlin]

Wednesday, 13 April

Two Premier Trophy matches were scheduled for tonight – but only one got under way. Hull were at home to Berwick , while the other match at King’s Lynn , where the Stars were due to race against Newport, was called off this morning due to a waterlogged track.


Premier Trophy: Hull 54, Berwick 42


On a rain soaked track at Hull the Vikings match against Berwick rather surprisingly got under way after water had been brushed off the track. Hull, still without Joel Parsons, had Newcastle’s Jaimie Robertson as a guest replacement at reserve while Berwick, invoking some rule unknown to me, were able to use R/R for their ex-Captain Simon Cartwright who they sacked on Monday!

Hull got off to a 5-1 start – the race being awarded after Adrian Rymel had fallen – but Berwick took a 2-4 in heat 2 after Jaimie Robertson had fallen. Heat 3 produced three fallers, Michal Makovsky who was run into be Chris Schramm and Lee Dicken. Schramm was excluded and Emil Kramer won the rerun for a 4-2 to Hull with Lee Dicken third. It subsequently transpired that Dicken had ridden in the rerun with a dislocated kneecap and he withdrew from the meeting. Another 4-2 in heat 4 for the Vikings took the score at the end of heat 4 to 15-9.

After Adrian Rymel had won heat 5 for a share of the points the Thorp/Sanchez pairing scored another 4-2 in heat 6 for Hull to put the home side 8 points ahead but the real killer for Berwick came in heat 8 when Emiliano Sanchez and Craig Branney took a 5-1 to leave the Bandits struggling 12 points in arrears at 30-18.

There was a glimmer of hope for the Bandits when Piotr Dym took a TR in heat 9 and won the race. Unfortunately Chris Schramm suffered an engine failure to restrict Berwick’s advantage to 3-6 and take the score to 33-24 significantly still 9 points in arrears. There was no TR in heat 10 though, and it was just as well for Berwick, as the Sanchez/Thorp pair took another 5-1 to open the gap to 13 points. Garry Stead kept it that way by winning heat 11. Hull had no option but to field their two reserves in heat 12. Berwick gave the Cartwright R/R ride to Joachim Kugelmann so they too had both reserves out for a repeat of heat 2! This time Craig Branney won it by passing both the Berwick riders so the size of Hull’s lead remained unchanged.

With the rain falling heavily again, the expected 5-1 from Garry Stead and Paul Thorp materialised in heat 13 to put Hull 17 ahead at 49-32 but Berwick’s decision to hold back the second TR until heat 14 paid big dividends when Michal Makovsky, taking the TR, won the heat with Chris Schramm beating Craig Branney for third place after Emil Kramer had fallen and remounted. The resultant 1-8 brought the score back to 50-40 with one race to go. The last race 5-1 to Hull did not materialise as Michal Makovsky denied Paul Thorp a paid maximum in a cracking race by taking second place for a Hull 4-2.


Scorers: For Hull – Garry Stead 15 (5) full maximum, Paul Thorp 11+2 (5), Craig Branney 11+1 (6), Emiliano Sanchez 9+1 (4), Emil Kramer 5+2 (4), Jaimie Robertson 2 (5) and Lee Dicken 1 (1).

For Berwick – Michal Makovsky 12 (5) including a 6 point TR, Piotr Dym 11 (5) including a 6 point TR, Chris Schramm 8+1 (7), Adam Pietraszko 5+1 (5), Adrian Rymel 4+1 (4) and Joachim Kugelmann 2+1 (4).

[Merlin]

Thursday, 14 April

The only match scheduled for tonight was at Sheffield where the Tigers were due to race Berwick . However, the match was postponed early this morning due to a waterlogged track.


Berwick released a statement on Monday night which appeared on their official website. The gist of the announcement was that the club and their captain, Simon Cartwright, “had parted company, and the rider will not return to Shielfield Park as a Bandit anymore” and that “Cartwright’s departure from the club takes immediate effect.”<br>
The Berwick promoter, Peter Waite is quoted as saying:

“It’s always a regretful day when a club and rider part company, and today is no exception, but this rapidly turned into an inevitability bearing in mind Simon’s poor form of late, both home and away, with no sign of any improvement on the horizon. So, sad to say, as of now Simon will no longer turn out for Berwick Speedway.

“It does mean that the search for a replacement has now, by necessity had to go into overdrive, but I always have irons in the fire, and I hope an announcement on that subject can be made very soon.

“It’s a nasty situation, but the club requires all 1-7 to provide success this year, and we are not prepared to tolerate sub-standard performances, no matter whom they come from”.

This makes it pretty clear that Cartwright was ‘sacked’ and the rider is said to have been devastated by the decision.

However, the timing of this was strange given that Berwick had two midweek matches lined up this week – at Hull last night and at Sheffield tonight with clearly no replacement available.

Nonetheless Berwick turned up at Hull last night and used Rider Replacement for Cartwright whose rides were taken by Chris Schramm (twice), Joachim Kugelmann, and Adam Pietraszko. The crowd were told that Simon Cartwright was ‘withholding his services’ so R/R would apply in terms of the rules.

Now either the rider has been sacked or he is withholding his services, Berwick can not have it both ways. The official statement on Monday makes the position clear and Berwick should not have been allowed to use the R/R facility in Cartwright’s absence. They should have employed a Conference League ‘3 point’ guest instead. No wonder speedway is a laughing stock in some circles.

Reading have today announced the signing of Zdenek Simota as a temporary replacement for Danny Bird who broke his leg badly in a crash with Jason Bunyan and is likely to be absent from the Racers line-up for at least two months.

The young Czech rider will line up for Reading on Sunday at home to Exeter. While he is unlikely to match the scoring power of Danny Bird, Reading have been quick to point out that, although Simota’s signing is a bit of a gamble, R/R has only been averaging 5-7 points from Danny Bird’s R/R rides.

Simota comes into the Reading side on an assessed average of 8.00.

[Merlin]

Friday, 15 April

Two Premier Trophy matches were raced tonight. In the northern section Edinburgh were at home to Sheffield while, in the southern section, Somerset [/color] took on the Isle of Wight .


Premier Trophy: Edinburgh 60, Sheffield 34 Edinburgh won the bonus point on aggregate 100-64 .


Edinburgh went into this match seeking to pull back the ten points they lost by at Sheffield. The Monarchs were at full strength but Richard Hall was feeling unwell so Sheffield used Rider Replacement at number 3 in his absence.

This match threatened to be one of the first to be abandoned for running out of safety fence! Monarchs kicked off with their usual 5-1 with Sean Wilson a poor last before the fence was demolished for the first time when Paul Cooper shunted Robert Ksiezak through it at a great rate of knots. Since William Lawson had looped at the gate the rerun had only two riders. Robert Ksiezak led briefly before he was moved over in no uncertain terms by Kyle Legault for a Sheffield 2-3. Rusty Harrison and Cameron Woodward took another 5-1 in heat 3 and Ross Brady beat Andre Compton with Robert Ksiezak in third place after Kyle Legault had brought the second bend fence down again in heat 4! The score was now 16-7 and Sheffield were just one point ahead on aggregate.

Rusty Harrison fell after shedding a chain in heat 5 and, in the rerun, Sean Wilson gated and just held on to beat Cameron Woodward for a Tigers 2-4. Andre Compton had an impressive win in heat 6 for a shared heat before Edinburgh scored another two 5-1s in heat 7, after Ricky Ashworth had fallen, and in heat 8. The score had now moved on to 31-16 with Sheffield’s hopes of the bonus point looking forlorn.

The second bend fence was thoroughly demolished for the third time in heat 9 when Cameron Woodward gated but Paul Cooper at the back collected Rusty Harrison and shunted him onto the dog track while Andre Compton on a TR laid down to avoid the carnage. Harrison won the rerun but Andre Compton cut back inside Cameron Woodward for second place for a 4-4. Another 4-2 to Edinburgh was followed by a 3-6 for Sheffield as Sean Compton on a TR rounded Ross Brady for a good win and the score was 42-28. Sheffield needed to pull back 4 points to get back on terms for the bonus but a 5-1 in a rerun heat 12 from Rusty Harrison and Robert Ksiezak from Ricky Ashworth made their task all the harder. The race was rerun after Kyle Legault had smashed into his partner on the fourth bend with the Monarchs pair in front to be excluded. It was all over in heat 13 when Edinburgh scored yet another 5-1. Daniel Nermark cut back hard on the second bend and Sean Wilson tried to move him over. Nermark was not moving however and Wilson gave up. Edinburgh finished with two 4-2s thanks to wins by Cameron Woodward and Theo Pijper to hit the 60 point mark.

Scorers: For Edinburgh – Theo Pijper 14 (5), Ross Brady 11 (4), Rusty Harrison 9 (4), Cameron Woodward 8+1 (4), Daniel Nermark 7+3 (5), Robert Ksiezak 7+2 (4) and William Lawson 4+2 (4).

For Sheffield – Andre Compton 12 (5) including a 4 point TR, Sean Wilson 9 (5) including a 6 point TR, Ricky Ashworth 5 (5), Kyle Legault 5 (7), Ben Wilson 3 (5) and Paul Cooper 0 (5).


Premier Trophy: Somerset 46, Isle of Wight 44 the Isle of Wight win the bonus point on aggregate by 94-86.


Somerset were forced into a last heat decider to beat the Isle of Wight by the slenderest of margins. They would be disappointed not to do better given that they had held the Islanders to a ten point win on the Island and had hopes of contesting the bonus point. After their injuries of last week Somerset were back to full strength while the Isle of Wight used R/R at number 5 for the injured Jason Bunyan.

After two shared heats Somerset went in front with a heat three 4-2 and increased their lead to six points with a 5-1 in heat 4 from Glenn Cunningham and Jason King from Steen Jensen. The score after these four heats was 15-9.

The next two heats were shared then, in heat 7, the Islanders got two points back with a 2-4 from Ostergaard who beat Glenn Cunningham with Krister Marsh third. This pulled the score back to 23-19 but a Smith/King 5-1 in heat 8 saw the Rebels go eight points in front. At this stage Somerset were only two points behind on aggregate and had their eyes on the bonus point. That idea was knocked on the head by a run of four 2-4s to the Isle of Wight with wins from Craig Boyce (twice ) and Ulrich Ostergaard (twice) and a rare fall from Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 10. The result of these heats meant that at heat 12 the scores were tied at 36-36.

Craig Boyce won heat 13 from Cunningham and Zetterstrom to keep the scores level but the Rebels went back into the lead in heat 14 with a Paul Fry win from Ulrich Ostergaard with Jason King taking third place after Jason Doyle had fallen. This left them two up with only heat 15 to come. In the last heat Craig Boyce had his fifth win of the evening beating Glenn Cunningham and Paul Fry while Ulrich Ostergaard was left to bring up the rear so Somerset took both points. The Islanders had the consolation of winning the bonus point though.

Scorers: For Somerset – Paul Fry 12+1 (5), Glenn Cunningham 11 (5), Jaimie Smith 7+2 (4), Jason King 7+2 (5), Magnus Zetterstrom 5+1, Ritchie Hawkins 3 (4) and Lee Smart 1+1 (3).

For the Isle of Wight – Craig Boyce 17 (6), Krister Marsh 8 (5), Ulrich Ostergaard 8 (6), Steen Jensen 7 (5), Manuel Hauzinger 3+1 (4) and Jason Doyle 1 (4).

[Merlin]

Saturday, 16 April

There were only three Premier Trophy matches scheduled for tonight since Rye House were hosting a Conference League meeting. During the morning the match at Workington , where Sheffield were due to be the visitors, was postponed due to a waterlogged track. This left just two matches which were actually raced, both in the northern section. Berwick were at home to Edinburgh and Stoke took on Newcastle.


Premier Trophy: Berwick 53, Edinburgh 43 Edinburgh won the bonus point on aggregate 105-82.


Berwick realised that they had little chance of the bonus point after their 33 point defeat at Edinburgh last week so were looking mainly for the two points for winning. The Bandits were able to use Rider Replacement for their departed ex-captain Simon Cartwright but otherwise were at full strength as were the Monarchs.

As other teams have found this season Edinburgh are nobody’s pushover these days. They put up strong resistance until later in the match when Berwick took two maximum heat wins in the last three heats to put a better complexion on the score. Edinburgh took the lead in heat one with a 2-4 but at a price. Daniel Nermark and Theo Pijper made good gates with Adrian Rymel pressing. As the riders entered the third bend Pijper stuck on the wide line had to move out so far to avoid hitting his partner that he clobbered the safety fence and hurt his back. He recovered to take third place though but was clearly in pain. Robert Ksiezak popped out the gate to win heat 2 but Berwick were back on level terms with a 4-2 in heat 3 when Michal Makovsky just managed to hold off Rusty Harrison They took another 4-2 in heat 4. Although Ross Brady made a good start Piotr Dym was soon round him for the race win and the score was 13-11.

Heat 5 was shared then the teams exchanged 4-2s in heats 6 and 7. In the latter heat there was a crash on the first bend when Chris Schramm and Cameron Woodward collided. After both riders had had treatment they were able to take part in the rerun. A determined first two bends by Woodward took him to the front while Rusty Harrison tried in vain to find a way past Piotr Dym to join him. In heat 8 Berwick opened up a six point lead with a 5-1 against the clearly struggling Theo Pijper who then withdrew from the meeting. The score was now 27-21.

Berwick took another 5-1 in heat 9. Although the race was over only three laps (!) the referee allowed the result to stand as Schramm and Makovsky led Ross Brady at the time. This put Edinburgh 10 points in arrears so Rusty Harrison took a TR in heat 10. He stormed from the start and Cameron Woodward executed a fine pass on Adam Pietraszko on the third lap for the third place point to give the Monarchs a 2-7 and bring the score back to 34-29. Wins from Nermark and Harrison resulted in shared heats 11 and 12 but a 5-1 in heat 13 from Dym and Rymel saw the Bandits stretch their lead to nine points. Edinburgh then gave a TR to Cameron Woodward who was facing the unbeaten Michal Makovsky. Woodward made a good start but noticed Makovsky driving round the outside of him. However Woodward was having none of it and moved out to block the Bandit’s outside run and went on to win the heat comfortably for a 3-6. Although it took the score to 48-42 it wasn’t quite enough to give Edinburgh a chance of a point and in the last heat Berwick put some icing on their cake with a last heat 5-1 from Rymel and Dym ahead of Nermark and Harrison.

Scorers: For Berwick – Adrian Rymel 12+1 (5), Piotr Dym 12+1 (5), Michal Makovsky 10+1 (4), Chris Schramm 8+2 (6), Adam Pietraszko 6 (5) and Joachim Kugelmann 5+3 (5).

For Edinburgh – Rusty Harrison 12 (5) including a 6 point TR, Cameron Woodward 10 (4) including a 6 point TR, Daniel Nermark 10 (5), Ross Brady 5 (4), Theo Pijper 3+1 (3), Robert Ksiezak 3 (5) and William Lawson 0 (5).



Premier Trophy: Stoke 45, Newcastle 44 Newcastle took the bonus point on aggregate by 95-84


The last time Stoke faced Newcastle at home they were soundly beaten by to the tune of 43-51. This time they were looking not only for a win but to pull back a 12 point deficit for the bonus point. Stoke having redeclared their team had new signing Peter Carr at number four with Stuart Robson guesting for Jan Staechmann at number one and Alan Mogridge moving to number five. Newcastle were at full strength but, not for the first time this season, finished with a rider off to hospital.

Well one thing’s for sure – they don’t come any closer than this one. By all accounts it was a stormy affair which saw Phil Morris taken to hospital with a suspected broken rib and a clash between Lubos Tomicek and Rob Grant during which the starting marshall was hit by Grant’s bike and required him to go to hospital too with a suspected broken ankle! I think we’ll be hearing a lot more about this in due course.

Stoke were off to a 4-2 lead in the opening heat and stretched it to a six point lead with a 5-1 in the reserves race which saw Lubos Tomicek go from 15 metres back for tape touching. Robbie Kessler won heat 3 from Kristensen and Franc with Peter Carr finishing last. This turned out to be Josef Franc’s only defeat of the match. In heat 4 James Grieves ran up the first of his five heat wins but with Jaimie Robertson falling the heat was shared. The score was now 15-9.

Peter Carr won his first race for the Potters in heat 5 and was followed home by Robbie Kessler for a 5-1 ahead of Phil Morris to put the home side 10 points ahead at 20-10. Newcastle did not take the opportunity to use a TR in heat 6 and it was a decision they were to bitterly regret by the end of the meeting. As it happened James Grieves won the heat with Lubos Tomicek taking third place for a 2-4 pulling the score back to 22-14. In heat 7 another 2-4 came Newcastle’s way as Josef Frank beat Alan Mogridge with Claus Kristensen third and the deficit was now six points at 24-18. Christian Henry then won heat 8 as Newcastle were on a roll but Paul Clews and Barrie Evans filled the minor placings for a shared heat at 27-21.

In heat 9 Peter Carr broke the tapes and went unsuccessfully from 15 metres back. James Grieves beat Robbie Kessler with Lubos Tomicek third and Newcastle had pulled another two points back and were now trailing by only four points at 29-25. Josef Frank kept it that way by winning heat 10 but heat 11 saw Newcastle’s injury jinx strike again. Alan Mogridge was involved in a collision with Phil Morris which resulted in an ambulance ride for the Diamonds skipper to hospital with a suspected broken rib. The referee, however, excluded Morris from the rerun since he was deemed not to have been under power at the time of the collision. In the rerun Christian Henry was hit by Alan Mogridge which resulted in the Stoke rider being excluded. As Henry limped back to the pits he was replaced in the rerun by Lubos Tomicek. The rerun was won by Rob Grant for a 3-2 which opened Stoke’s lead to 35-30 with just four heats to go. Then Robbie Kessler won heat 12 with Barrie Evans third behind Lubos Tomicek for a 4-2 which stretched Stoke’s lead to 39-32

James Grieves kept on winning and his heat 13 success kept the difference at 7 points before the ‘events’ of heat 14. In this heat Lubos Tomicek replaced Jaimie Robertson to partner Josef Franc against Peter Carr and Rob Grant. According to reports, Lubos Tomicek was passing Rob Grant down the home straight when he was hit by Grant and the race was stopped. Tomicek got up and ran towards Rob Grant only to be restrained by the starting marshall. However Tomicek ‘escaped’ the clutches of his restrainers and went for Grant who, still seated on his bike, retaliated and, in attempting to ram Tomicek (so it is alleged), ran over the starting marshall which required a hospital trip for the poor official with a suspected broken ankle. The riders were eventually separated and returned to the pits where the aftermath will remain a mystery for the time being. Grant was exluded from the rerun which Josef Frank won from Peter Carr and Tomicek to take the score to 44-39 and put the match out of Newcastle’s reach.

It was just as well since James Grieves and Josef Frank wrapped things up with a last heat 1-5 for Newcastle against Alan Mogridge and Robbie Kessler for a one point defeat. Looking back to their decision not to give James Grieves a TR in heat 6, the Diamonds must be kicking themselves since the three extra points would have seen them win by 45-47! They must feel that Lady Luck has deserted them too after another injury to Phil Morris which saw him miss heat 13.

Scorers: For Stoke – Robbie Kessler 10+1 (5), Stuart Robson 9 (4), Alan Mogridge 6+1 (5), Rob Grant 6 (4), Barrie Evans 5+3, Peter Carr 5 (4) and Paul Clews 4+1 (4).

For Newcastle – James Grieves 15 (5) full maximum), Josef Franc 12+2 (5), Lubos Tomicek 7 (6), Phil Morris 3 (3), Christian Henry 3 (3), Claus Kristensen 3 (4) and Jaimie Robertson 1 (4).