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Exeter Falcons v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 23 May 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2* | 2 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2(g) | Scott Smith | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Antonin Svab | 0 | 2 | R | 2* | 3 | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Seemond Stephens | 1* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Nick Simmons | 1 | R | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 3 | 2 | 1* | 2* | 3 | 0 | . | 11 | 2 |
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Paul Clews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Peter Carr | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Stuart Robson | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 2 | 0 | 2* | 1 | 1* | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7(g) | Jack Hargreaves | R | 0 | R | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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After last week’s shock defeat at home to Newport Exeter looked to get back to winning ways in this match against Stoke . The Falcons were still without two of their riders – Lee Smethills and Ray Morton. They used R/R for Morton at number 3 and had Berwick’s Scott Smith as a guest at number 2. Stoke used Stuart Robson as their guest for Jan Staechmann and had Jack Hargreaves at number 7 for Rob Grant who is currently serving out his ban. The County Ground seems to have lost its fear for visiting teams as the Falcons struggled to contain and finally beat the Potters. An opening heat 2-4 won by Alan Mogridge for the Potters was neutralised by a Falcon’s 4-2 in the reserves race. Stoke were back in front in heat 3 with another 2-4 this time from Kessler and Carr. Things stayed that way over the next two heats both shared before Exeter levelled the scores with a 4-2 from Mark Lemon and Scott Smith. The score after heat 6 was 18-18. Back in front went Stoke with a 2-4 in heat 7 from Kessler and Carr again but Exeter hit the front in the next heat with a 5-1 from Scott Smith and Pavel Ondrasik to make the score 25-23. By the end of heat 9 Stoke were back in front with a 1-5 from Scott Robson and Barrie Evans at 26-28 and they stretched that lead to four points with another 2-4 in heat 10 from Peter Carr and Robbie Kessler. A shared heat 11 was followed by two killer blows from Exeter. Heat 12 saw Pavel Ondrasik and Toni Svab take a 5-1 from Barrie Evans and Peter Carr to level the scores at 36-36 then another 5-1 in heat 13 from Seemond Stephens and Mark Lemon to put Exeter in front at 41-37. Heat 14 was shared as Toni Svab beat Robbie Kessler leaving Stoke requiring a 1-5 from the last heat for a draw. Alan Mogridge won heat 15 for the Potters but Mark Lemon took the second place Exeter needed with Stuart Robson finishing third. Phew! Match Report by Merlin |