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Exeter Falcons v Newcastle Diamonds
Premier League, 04 July 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 3 | 3 | R | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 2* | 2* | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Ray Morton | 2* | 2* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | Antonin Svab | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Ben Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 1 | Josef Franc | 1 | 0 | 6^ | 1* | 1 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Lubos Tomicek | 0 | 1 | 1 | T | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Juul | 1 | 1* | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Phil Morris | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4^ | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Karlis Ezergailis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 0 | R | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Exeter were at full strength for this match looking to pull back a 14 point deficit from the match at Brough Park for the bonus point. Newcastle were without Christian Henry who was injured last night and had Karlis Ezergailis at number 6 as a guest reserve replacement. What a brilliant start Exeter made to this match as they chalked up four 5-1s and two 4-2s over the opening six heats to lead 28-8 before Newcastle stopped the rot. They were even 6 points ahead on aggregate for the bonus point at that stage. Only Newcastle’s guest, Karlis Ezergailis, in heat 2 and James Grieves in heat 4 managed second places during that spell. Finally, in heat 7, Phil Morris and Richard Juul relegated Ben Barker to last place to take the three points behind Tony Svab for a shared heat. However Exeter resumed normal business over the next three heats with two more 5-1s and a 4-2 to lead 45-15 before the sun came out for Newcastle! In heat 11 Josef Franc, who had yet to beat an Exeter rider, took a TR and won the heat from Toni Svab. With Karlis Ezergailis taking third place the Diamonds racked up a 2-7 to take the score to 47-22. After that excitement it was business as usual again with a 5-1 for the Falcons in heat 12. The Diamonds had a reprieve in heat 13 when Mark Lemon had engine failure so the heat, won by Toni Svab, was shared. Phil Morris then took a TR in heat 14. Although the race was won by Ray Morton, Morris finished second and, with Ben Barker suffering an engine failure at the gate, Jaimie Robertson took the third place for a 3-5. In the last heat Newcastle scored their third heat advantage of the match with a 2-4 thanks to a James Grieves win from Toni Svab and a third place from Josef Franc from Seemond Stephens. Newcastle had scored 20 of their 35 point total over the last five heats. Match Report by Merlin |