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Exeter Falcons v Sheffield Tigers
Premier League, 06 June 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Pavel Ondrasik | 1* | 0 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Ray Morton | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Antonin Svab | 2* | 1* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Seemond Stephens | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2* | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Ben Barker | Fx | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Lee Smethills | 3 | 1 | 2* | 3 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 1(g) | Scott Smith | 3 | 3 | 6^ | 1* | 0 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Cooper | 0 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4^ | 1 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Ben Wilson | 2 | 1 | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Trevor Harding | 1* | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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In tonight’s Premier League action at Exeter the Falcons were at full strength with Ben Barker replacing Nick Simmons and the team reshuffled as a result of the new averages. However, Sheffield were still without Sean Wilson so Scott Smith rode at number 1 as a guest. The Tigers were also without Richard Hall who has broken fingers and they used R/R for him at number 4. After the opening two heats were shared with wins for Scott Smith and Lee Smethills, Exeter took the lead in heat 3 when Ray Morton and Toni Svab headed Ricky Ashworth home for a 5-1. They added another two points to that lead with a 4-2 in heat 4 when Seemond Stephens beat Andre Compton for a score of 15-9. Scott Smith won again in heat 5 for a shared heat then Sheffield pulled two points back with a 2-4 in heat 6 when Andre Compton beat Mark Lemon with Ben Wilson heading home Pavel Ondrasik to take the score to 20-16. Heat 7 was shared but Exeter opened up an eight point lead with a 5-1 in heat 8 through Ondrasik and Smethills taking the score to 28-20. Two more 4-2s to the home side in heats 9 and 10 won by Ray Morton and Mark Lemon saw the home side increase the lead to 12 points so Sheffield gave the on-fire Scott Smith a TR in heat 11 which he duly won for a 3-6 advantage for Sheffield. This took the score to 39-30 but another 5-1 went the Falcons way in heat 12 from Smethills and Morton to open up a 13 point lead. In heat 13 Andre Compton took a TR and, although he finished second to Mark Lemon, he was backed by Scott Smith in third place for a 3-5 but it was too little too late as Exeter were now 11 points ahead with two heats to go. To draw Sheffield needed a 1-8, 1-5 finish but they spurned the opportunity to use a Tactical Substitute in heat 14 which resulted in a 4-2 to the Falcons, the heat won by Toni Svab from Ricky Ashworth. Mindful of the bonus point to come Exeter added a 5-1 in heat 15 to finish 17 points in front on the night. Match Report by Merlin |