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Exeter Falcons v Somerset Rebels
Challenge, 26 September 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 1* | 1* | 1* | R | 2 | 3 | . | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 3 | 1* | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 11 | 3 |
| 4(g) | Michael Coles | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Ben Powell | 2* | 2 | 3 | R | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 3 | 0 | 2* | 3 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6^ | 2 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | R | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 3 | 4^ | R | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Simon Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Lee Smart | 0 | 1* | 0 | R | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Exeter had Michael Coles at number 4 and Ben Powell at number 6. They also used R/R at number 5. Somerset had Simon Walker and Lee Smart in the two reserve berths. With a 23 point lead from the first leg, Somerset were always favourites to win this Challenge Match. Exeter won comfortably enough but they couldn’t make inroads into the deficit quickly enough. Magnus Zetterstrom won the opening heat for a shared heat then Exeter gained six points with a 5-1 in the reserves race and a 4-2 from Seemond Stephens, who beat Paul Fry, and Michael Coles. Lee Smethills won heat 4 for a shared heat as the score went to 15-9. The next three heats, won by Zetterstrom, Cunningham and Fry for the Rebels were all shared before Exeter stretched their lead to 10 points with a 5-1 from Smethills and Ondrasik in heat 8. Glenn Cunningham took a TR in heat 9 and finished second to Seemond Stephens for a 4-4 but Somerset got two points back in heat 10 when Mark Lemon suffered an engine failure. Paul Fry Beat Lee Smethills for a 2-4 and the difference was 35-27 on the night with Somerset still 15 points ahead on aggregate. Exeter took 5-1s in heats 11 and 12. In heat 11 Ben Powell and Seemond Stephens took the maximum ahead of Magnus Zetterstrom and Ondrasik and Stephens repeated the dose in heat 11 which saw Exeter 16 points up on the night with another 7 points still to pull back. However a successful TR for Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 13 gave Somerset a 3-6 advantage to end the Falcons’ hopes. Michael Coles won heat 14 from Paul Fry for a 3-2 after Smart and Powell had both pulled out with engine failures and Mark Lemon beat Magnus Zetterstrom with Smethills third for a last heat 4-2 for the home side. Match Report by Merlin |