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Exeter Falcons v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier Trophy (Group), 02 May 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 2* | 2* | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 4 | Antonin Svab | 2* | 3 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | Seemond Stephens | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Nick Simmons | 1 | Fx | 1* | 2* | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 1 | Tomas Topinka | 1 | 4^ | 3 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | James Brundle | R | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Kevin Doolan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Adam Allott | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Michael Coles | 2 | R | 0^ | 3 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Jan Jaros | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2! | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Ashley Jones | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Exeter went into this match using Rider Replacement for the departed Jernej Kolenko but were otherwise at full strength. King’s Lynn had Michael Coles as a guest for the injured Oliver Allen at number five with Ashley Jones continuing at number 7. King’s Lynn went into the match defending a 20 point lead in search of the bonus point. This turned out to be the biggest win of the season as Exeter eclipsed Edinburgh’s trouncing of Berwick by 62-29 to win by 35 points and take the bonus by 15. There’s not much can be said about the match as a contest although there was enough incident to keep the crowd involved. It took until heat 5 before King’s Lynn managed to share a heat having suffered a string of Exeter successes. The Falcons started with two 5-1s and two 4-2s to lead 18-6 before Tomas Topinka taking a Tactical Ride managed a second place behind Toni Svab with Pavel Ondrasik taking the third place point for a 4-4. Another 5-1 in heat 6, after a Michael Coles engine failure, was followed by another shared heat when Mark Simmons fell and was excluded from the rerun of heat 7. The score was then 30-14 and Kings Lynn’s chances of the bonus point were looking shaky to say the least. Then followed three successive 5-1 heat wins to Exeter which included a TR for Michael Coles in heat 9 (his partner Jan Jaros didn’t even let him through for the extra point at the back!). Exeter had now taken the score to 45-17 and the bonus point looked secure. Finally King’s Lynn produced a race winner when Tomas Topinka won heat 11 for a shared heat. Another 5-1 to Exeter was then followed by a 1-5 to King’s Lynn for a ray of sunshine amongst the carnage. This occurred in heat 13 thanks to Michael Coles and Tomas Topinka who beat Mark Lemon and Seemond Stephens. Although King’s Lynn were 28 points down they still had a mathematical chance of winning the bonus point but it meant Jan Jaros going from 15 metres back as a Tactical Substitute in heat 14 to partner Adam Allott. There was no fairy tale finish though as Exeter thumped home a 5-1 and finished with yet another in heat 15. Match Report by Merlin |