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Exeter Falcons v Newport Wasps
Premier Trophy (Group), 16 May 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3(g) | Ben Barker | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Antonin Svab | 3 | 2 | 2 | R | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Seemond Stephens | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Nick Simmons | 1* | 0 | 1* | 1* | 1 | . | . | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Michael Coles | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 1* | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Mads Korneliussen | 1* | 2* | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Chris Neath | 2 | 1* | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 2* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This was quite a sensational result as Exeter were beaten at home for the first time this season by Newport tonight. Exeter chose to go with Ben Barker at number 3 for the injured Ray Morton who was expected to make his debut for the Falcons but who has a wrist injury. Newport had Chris Neath at number 5 as a guest replacement for Craig Watson. Newport have certainly had a rollercoaster ride over the last two weeks. They lost 46-47 yesterday at home to King’s Lynn yet went to Exeter tonight and produced this win. The opening three heats were shared before Exeter went ahead with a 4-2 in heat 4 with a Seemond Stephens win from Chris Neath with Pavel Ondrasik picking up the third place point. The score after heat 4 was 13-11. Newport squared the match in heat 5 with a win by Kristian Lund from Toni Svab with Michael Coles third then Mark Lemon won heat 6 for a 3-3 with Lee Smethills struggling at the back. In heat 7 Newport shot four points ahead with a 1-5 when Neil Collins and Mads Korneliussen headed home Seemond Stephens. Then an Ondrasik win in heat 8 produced a shared heat as Lee Smethills retired from the meeting through illness. The score was now 22-26. In heat 9 Newport stretched their lead to six points with a 2-4 from Chris Neath who beat Toni Svab with Tony Atkins third. Neil Collins won heat 10 for another shared heat then Michael Coles did likewise in heat 11. Things went from bad to worse for Exeter as Newport hit them with another 2-4 in heat 12 from Korneliussen and Ezergailis with Ondrasik in second place. The score was now 32-40 and Newport, who had lost 41-49 at home to Exeter had their eye on the bonus point. Exeter got back in touch with a heat 13 5-1 from Seemond Stephens and Mark Lemon but any hopes they had of a recovery were dashed in heat 14 when Newport scored their own 1-5 through Collins and Atkin to leave themselves eight points ahead going into the last heat. Lemon and Stephens repeated their heat 13 success in heat 15 with another 5-1 to reduce the gap to four points and ensure that they, at least, took the bonus point. Match Report by Merlin |