Ipswich 84 .
Dan Chambers 13, Jamie Chittock 11, Josh Brooke 13, Leon Mower 11,
Richard Williamson 8, Dan Pike 10, Jordan Stant 6, Lewis Roberts 12 .
Sheffield 88 .
Nathan Groves 10, Mark Winwood 15, Leigh Cossey 11, Lee Grange 20 ,
Ryan Hoyland 9, Andy Angell 17, Lewis German 1, Aiden Owen 5 .
Referee . Andy Moody ( Hull ) .
Ipswich entertained Sheffield in this premier league fixture with high hopes of claiming only their second league win of the season. For most parts in the early stages of this match all was going well for the Suffolk team , Chambers and Chittock got the home team off to a perfect start with a 7-3 win , heat two saw Sheffield hit back 6-4 through Cossey/Grange partnership. Heats three and four were shared. Heat five saw Roberts and Chittock secure a 7-3 win with fifteen year old Roberts produced a lightning gate to take the heat. Young Roberts is really catching the eye and was to put in another solid performance and went on to score 12+1. Once again Sheffield responded with another 6-4 to close the gap to two points.
In heat eight Mower was cruelly given his marching orders when he was unlucky to have been adjudged to have rammed Groves by referee Moody. This allowed Sheffield to take a 7-2 heat and move in front for the first time in the match ,heat nine was shared half time score 44 – 45 .
Two shared heats open the second half ,then in heat twelve Chambers and Chittock got in a muddle allowing the Sheffield pairing to take the heat 7-3 and a five point cushion. Heat thirteen proved to be the crucial heat with three exclusion with neither Ipswich scoring. 4-0 Sheffield and a nine point lead. Heat fourteen saw an exclusion for Owen but his team mate Hoyland managed to see off the challenge of the Ipswich riders, 5-4 to Ipswich. Heat sixteen proved to be the match winning heat with Groves and Grange securing a 6-4 and moved the Yorkshire outfit ten points clear 71 -81 , Ipswich did rally for the last two heats winning 7-3 then a 6-4 in the last. Final score 84 – 88 to Sheffield with Lee Grange scoring 20 points, with solid back up by Winwood 15 and Angell 17 points. For Ipswich once again young Roberts with 12 and Chambers and Brooke 13 points.