Team Websites for News and More Detailed Match Reports:
Hull Vikings Website (Official)
Live Updates for a Current or Recent match: Live Speedway Updates
Discussion on Matches and Other Speedway Issues: Speedway Forum
Hull Vikings v Somerset Rebels
Premier League, 31 August 2005
Craven Park, Hull
| 1 | Emiliano Sanchez | 2 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | Paul Thorp | 1* | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Craig Branney | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 1 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Simone Terenzani | 3 | 1 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7(g) | John Branney | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 0 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Simon Walker | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Chris Mills | 2 | 1* | M | 3 | F | 0 | . | 6 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
|
Hull had John Branney at number 7 for the injured Daniel Giffard. Somerset were missing Ritchie Hawkins, for whom they operated R/R at number 3, and Trevor Harding. Simon Walker continued at number 6 in his place. After two shared heats, won by Magnus Zetterstrom and Simone Terenzani respectively, it was Somerset who took the lead with a 1-5 in heat 3 when Ulrich Ostergaard and Krister Marsh outpaced Emil Kramer. Garry Stead won heat 4 but only for a shared heat so the score after the opening four races was 10-14. Another Zetterstrom win was followed by an equalising 5-1 from Paul Thorp and Emiliano Sanchez in heat 7. Then Hull took the lead for the first time with a 4-2 in heat 7 won by Garry Stead from Paul Fry with Terenzani third but Chris Mills had an excellent win over Paul Thorp in heat 8 for another shared heat to take the score after eight races to 25-23. Ominously it had started to rain at that point. Heats 9 and 10 were killer blows for the Rebels. A 4-2 from Emil Kramer who beat Glenn Cunningham and Craig Branney doubled the Vikings’ lead to four points then the Thorp/Sanchez pairing registered another 5-1 to stretch the lead to eight points. Garry Stead won heat 11 from Jaimie Smith and Magnus Zetterstrom but the next two heats, won by Garry Stead and Paul Fry, were shared so the heat 12 score was 40-32. With the rain now very heavy and accompanied by thunder and lightning the match was called off but, since heat 12 had been reached, the result stood. Match Report by Merlin |