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Exeter Falcons v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 12 September 2005
County Ground, Exeter

Exeter 37
1Mark Lemon1222R 1.80
2Lee Smethills0031*1 ..51
3Seemond Stephens1*0330 ..71
4Sebastien Tresarrieu22110^ ..60
6(g)Danny Warwick2*00.. ..21
7Pavel Ondrasik31*023 0.91
Rye House 53
1Stuart Robson2*332*3 ..132
2Edward Kennett3122*. ..81
3Brent Werner01*03. ..41
4Daniel King3231*. ..91
5(g)Shaun Tacey33232* ..131
6(g)Luke Bowen000.. ..00
7Tommy Allen111*12 ..61

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

In what looks like being the last ever league match staged at the County Ground Exeter completed their home programme with a match against the title favourites Rye House . The Falcons were still without Ray Morton and used R/R at number 5 and had Daniel Warwick at number 6 in place of Ben Barker. The Rockets were without Chris Neath and had Shaun Tacey as a guest at number 5 in his place. They were also missing Steve Boxall and had Luke Bowen at number 6 instead.

After all these years of racing at the County Ground it was perhaps disappointing for the home side to go out on such a low key note. They never led in this match although there was little between the teams over the first 10 heats. However this match will be considered by the Rockets as the one which finally clinched the league championship. Rye House have only two matches left both at home and may not even need to win them both to lift the league title.

The Rockets got off to the perfect start in heat 1 with a maximum from Edward Kennett and Stuart Robson leaving Mark Lemon chasing them for third place. Exeter responded in kind with a 5-1 in heat 2 from Pavel Ondrasik and Daniel Warwick and heats 3 and 4, won by Daniel King and Shaun Tacey for the Rockets, were both shared. This made the score after the opening four heats 12-12.

In heat 5 Rye House went in front again with a 2-4 when Stuart Robson beat Sebastian Tressarieu with Edward Kennett third and they repeated that score line in heat 6 when Shaun Tacey gated to beat Mark Lemon with Tommy Allen heading home Lee Smethills for the third place point. Heats 7 and 8, won by Seemond Stephens and Lee Smethills for the Falcons, were shared so the score after eight heats as 22-26.

Exeter pulled two points back with a 4-2 in heat 9 as Seemond Stephens provided the Falcons’ third consecutive race winner ahead of Shaun Tacey with Sebastian Tressarieu third to trail by only two points then Daniel King won heat 10 for another shared heat to make the score 29-31. Things looked bad for the home side when Robson and Kennett took a 1-5 ahead of Tressarieu in heat 11 as Rye House slipped up a gear. In heat 12 Brent Werner beat Pavel Ondrasik with Tommy Allen third ahead of Seemond Stephens for a Rockets’ 2-4 in a heat which Exeter must have hoped would bring them an advantage. Instead they now trailed by eight points with the score standing at 32-40.

The match was put beyond Exeter’s reach in heat 13 with another killer 1-5 from Shaun Tacey and Stuart Robson. In heat 14 they gave Sebastian Tressarieu a TR but he finished last as his partner in the race, Pavel Ondrasik, won from Tommy Allen and Daniel King then, in the last race, Rye House put a most emphatic seal on their victory by running away with their fourth 1-5 success with Stuart Robson completing his paid maximum and super-guest Shaun Tacey heading home Mark Lemon to make it a thoroughly miserable evening for the Falcons’ number one who failed to win a race.

Match Report by Merlin