Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Tuesday, 17 July
Tuesday night so it’s the Isle of Wight and tonight the Wightlink Islanders faced Somerset in a Premier League Match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 59, Somerset 34 .
The Isle of Wight were without Chris Holder who was on World Cup duty and had Leigh Lanham guesting at number 1 instead. Otherwise they were at full strength as were Somerset .
This was not a good night for Somerset currently challenging for honours at the top of the league. They lost the opening two heats – heat 1 by 4-2 when Cory Gathercole beat Magnus Zetterstrom with Lanham third then heat 2 by 5-1 with Andrew Bargh and Chris Johnson scoring the maximum ahead of Simon Walker – then saw Emil Kramer and Jordan Frampton crashing together in heat 3 after Jason Bunyan had dived inside Kramer moving him into Frampton’s path. Frampton was the one who had to go according to the referee but Emil Kramer went too – straight to the paramedics to be checked over. He was OK and took his place in the rerun finishing second to Jason Bunyan resulting in another 4-2 to the home side. Heat 4 needed to be rerun too after Glen Phillips had fallen on the second bend. He got up to win the all-four-back rerun from Ritchie Hawkins while Chris Johnson finished third after Danny Warwick had fallen. This gave the Islanders another 4-2 advantage and the score now stood at 17-7.
Ten points in arrears, it was time for Magnus Zetterstrom to take a Tactical Ride in heat 5 and he duly won it comfortably from Bunyan and Stojanowski. With Stephan Katt finishing last the Rebels took a 3-6 from the heat and now trailed by seven points. The Isle of Wight hit back with a 5-1 in heat 6 as Cory Gathercole won for the second time. This time Leigh Lanham followed him home ahead of Simon Walker and the maximum heat win put the home side 11 points clear. The lead stretched to 13 points with another home 4-2 in heat 7. Glen Phillips scored his second race win beating Emil Kramer in the process and Andrew Bargh took third place but was unlucky not to follow his partner home for a 5-1 when he picked up a puncture on the last bend allowing Kramer through for second. It looked as though another 4-2 was going the Isle of Wight’s way when Cory Gathercole led Stephan Katt in heat 8 with Chris Johnson in third place but Johnson fell spectacularly on the third lap causing the race to be stopped and awarded with Simon Walker being given the third place point for a shared heat, the first of the match. The score now stood at 32-19.
The home side recorded another 5-1 in heat 9 thanks to Krzysztof Stojanowski and Jason Bunyan who added another four points to the lead and the doze was repeated in heat 10 through Gathercole and Lanham with Kramer third. Gathercole completed a full four ride 12 point maximum in the process. Somerset rallied by replying with a 1-5 of their own. Stephan Katt won the race for the Rebels and Magnus Zetterstrom followed him home ahead of Glen Phillips. The Rebels’ joy was short lived, though, because the home side took another 5-1 in heat 12 through Andrew Bargh and Jason Bunyan taking the score to 48-27.
Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 13 for a shared race as Leigh Lanham and Glen Phillips followed him home but another 5-1 went to the home side when Krzysztof Stojanowski and Andrew Bargh beat the two Somerset reserves. In the last heat Magnus Zetterstrom finished in style by beating Jason Bunyan and Cory Gathercole for another shared heat which gave the Islanders a 25 point victory.
Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Cory Gathercole 13+1 (5), Jason Bunyan 11+2 (5), Andrew Bargh 9+1 (5), Glen Phillips 8+1 (4), Krzysztof Stojanowski 8+1 (4), Leigh Lanham 7+2 (4), Chris Johnson 3+1 (3).
For Somerset – Magnus Zetterstrom 16+1 (5)(with 6 point TR), Emil Kramer 5 (4), Stephan Katt 5 (5), Simon Walker 4 (5), Danny Warwick 2+1 (4), Ritchie Hawkins 2 (4), Jordan Frampton 0 (3).
Tuesday night so it’s the Isle of Wight and tonight the Wightlink Islanders faced Somerset in a Premier League Match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 59, Somerset 34 .
The Isle of Wight were without Chris Holder who was on World Cup duty and had Leigh Lanham guesting at number 1 instead. Otherwise they were at full strength as were Somerset .
This was not a good night for Somerset currently challenging for honours at the top of the league. They lost the opening two heats – heat 1 by 4-2 when Cory Gathercole beat Magnus Zetterstrom with Lanham third then heat 2 by 5-1 with Andrew Bargh and Chris Johnson scoring the maximum ahead of Simon Walker – then saw Emil Kramer and Jordan Frampton crashing together in heat 3 after Jason Bunyan had dived inside Kramer moving him into Frampton’s path. Frampton was the one who had to go according to the referee but Emil Kramer went too – straight to the paramedics to be checked over. He was OK and took his place in the rerun finishing second to Jason Bunyan resulting in another 4-2 to the home side. Heat 4 needed to be rerun too after Glen Phillips had fallen on the second bend. He got up to win the all-four-back rerun from Ritchie Hawkins while Chris Johnson finished third after Danny Warwick had fallen. This gave the Islanders another 4-2 advantage and the score now stood at 17-7.
Ten points in arrears, it was time for Magnus Zetterstrom to take a Tactical Ride in heat 5 and he duly won it comfortably from Bunyan and Stojanowski. With Stephan Katt finishing last the Rebels took a 3-6 from the heat and now trailed by seven points. The Isle of Wight hit back with a 5-1 in heat 6 as Cory Gathercole won for the second time. This time Leigh Lanham followed him home ahead of Simon Walker and the maximum heat win put the home side 11 points clear. The lead stretched to 13 points with another home 4-2 in heat 7. Glen Phillips scored his second race win beating Emil Kramer in the process and Andrew Bargh took third place but was unlucky not to follow his partner home for a 5-1 when he picked up a puncture on the last bend allowing Kramer through for second. It looked as though another 4-2 was going the Isle of Wight’s way when Cory Gathercole led Stephan Katt in heat 8 with Chris Johnson in third place but Johnson fell spectacularly on the third lap causing the race to be stopped and awarded with Simon Walker being given the third place point for a shared heat, the first of the match. The score now stood at 32-19.
The home side recorded another 5-1 in heat 9 thanks to Krzysztof Stojanowski and Jason Bunyan who added another four points to the lead and the doze was repeated in heat 10 through Gathercole and Lanham with Kramer third. Gathercole completed a full four ride 12 point maximum in the process. Somerset rallied by replying with a 1-5 of their own. Stephan Katt won the race for the Rebels and Magnus Zetterstrom followed him home ahead of Glen Phillips. The Rebels’ joy was short lived, though, because the home side took another 5-1 in heat 12 through Andrew Bargh and Jason Bunyan taking the score to 48-27.
Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 13 for a shared race as Leigh Lanham and Glen Phillips followed him home but another 5-1 went to the home side when Krzysztof Stojanowski and Andrew Bargh beat the two Somerset reserves. In the last heat Magnus Zetterstrom finished in style by beating Jason Bunyan and Cory Gathercole for another shared heat which gave the Islanders a 25 point victory.
Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Cory Gathercole 13+1 (5), Jason Bunyan 11+2 (5), Andrew Bargh 9+1 (5), Glen Phillips 8+1 (4), Krzysztof Stojanowski 8+1 (4), Leigh Lanham 7+2 (4), Chris Johnson 3+1 (3).
For Somerset – Magnus Zetterstrom 16+1 (5)(with 6 point TR), Emil Kramer 5 (4), Stephan Katt 5 (5), Simon Walker 4 (5), Danny Warwick 2+1 (4), Ritchie Hawkins 2 (4), Jordan Frampton 0 (3).
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