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Exeter Falcons v Workington Comets
Premier Trophy (SF), 08 July 2005
County Ground, Exeter
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 1 | 1* | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | Ray Morton | 1 | 2* | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | Antonin Svab | 1 | 2 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Ben Barker | 1 | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | James Wright | T | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Shaun Tacey | 2 | 6^ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | Scott Robson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Stonehewer | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6^ | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Jason King | Fx | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | Fx | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Jamie Courtney | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Exeter had the legendary mountain to climb with a 29 point deficit to pull back from the first leg at Workington . The Falcons were at full strength while Workington used R/R for Kauko Nieminen at number 1 and had Jason King at number 6 for Kevin Little and Jaimie Courney at number 7. With Shaun Tacey and Carl Stonehewer scoring 32 points between them, Workington had enough firepower to leave Exeter with no chance of pulling back the lead. Four 4-2s and a 5-1 kept Exeter on target over the first five heats which saw them move into a 21-9 lead but a shared heat 6, won by Carl Stonehewer, and a 3-6 for Workington in heat 7 thanks to a 6 point TR by Shaun Tacey put the brakes on the Exeter charge as the score moved to 27-18. Nothing daunted Exeter hit back with two 5-1s and a 4-2 to reach a score of 41-22, still 10 points behind on aggregate with five heats remaining. Heats 11 and 12 were shared then Stonehewer and Wright produced the coup de grace by taking a 2-7 in heat 13 with Stonehewer on a TR and there was no way back for the Falcons with Workington progressing to the next round. Match Report by Merlin |