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Kings Lynn Stars v Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League, 03 August 2005
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn 55
1(g)Shaun Tacey33232 ..130
2Jan Jaros0030. ..30
3Ashley Jones3Fx12*. ..61
4Kevin Doolan2*23R. ..71
5Oliver Allen2*Fn... ..21
6Troy Bachelor322*33 30161
7Matthew Wethers2*31*2*0 ..83
Edinburgh 41
1(g)Adam Allott26^01*3 ..121
2William Lawson1*111. ..41
3Cameron Woodward1X112!* ..51
4Daniel Nermark0332. ..80
5Rusty Harrison124^21 ..100
6Kristian Lund01*0.. ..11
7Robert Ksiezak1000. ..10

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

Matthew Wethers returned to the King’s Lynn team tonight but, as the new averages for July kicked in, he was at number 7 instead of in the main body of the team. Edinburgh were still without Theo Pijper and had Adam Allott as a guest in his place at number 1. The new averages meant that William Lawson moved to the number 2 spot while Kristian Lund went down to reserve at number 6. Edinburgh were defending a 19 point lead for the bonus point.

It looked as if the Stars were going to get off to a winning start but Jan Jaros fell while leading so Shaun Tacey’s win only earned them a share of the points. Matthew Wethers came from the back in heat 2 to produce a home 5-1 then Ashley Jones and Kevin Doolan did likewise in heat 3, with Daniel Nermark falling and remounting, as did Wethers and Allen in heat 4, after Robert Ksiezak had fallen impeding his partner, Rusty Harrison, to leave Edinburgh struggling even this early with only Jan Jaros’s fall earning them any points. The score after heat 4 was 18-6 with the Monarchs’ first leg lead already reduced to 7 points.

In heat 5 Adam Allott took a TR and was quickly in front but Ashley Jones fell and the race was rerun with Jones excluded. In the rerun Adam Allott won for the full six points and Edinburgh scored a 2-7 to cut the Stars’ lead to 7 points. In heat 6 Jan Jaros fell again as Shaun Tacey won again for a shared heat. This meant that the first six heats had produced 5 fallers. In heat 7 it became 7 fallers when Oliver Allen and Cameron Woodward both came to grief on the third bend of the second lap as Edinburgh threatened to take a 1-5 with Nermark leading. The referee excluded Woodward much to the dismay and annoyance of the Edinburgh rider. Oliver Allen suffered concussion in the fall and was withdrawn from the meeting as the King’s Lynn injury curse just will not let up. The rerun was won by Daniel Nermark for a shared heat as Matthew Wethers replaced Oliver Allen. In heat 8 the Stars increased their lead to 11 points when Jaros and Batchelor took a 5-1. Robert Ksiezak made it 8 fallers in 8 heats although he remounted. The score after heat 8 was 31-20.

In heat 9 Rusty Harrison took a TR but it was the home side who led from the start. Harrison passed Ashley Jones on the second lap so the heat resulted in a 4-4 as the interval was taken. After the break Daniel Nermark ended Shaun Tacey’s winning run by taking heat 10. With Cameron Woodward passing Jan Jaros to take third place Edinburgh took a 2-4 which cut King’s Lynn’s lead to 9 points leaving the Stars still with another 10 points to pull back to level on aggregate. They pulled four point more back in heat 11 with a 5-1 from their reserve pairing as Adam Allott finished well off the pace at the back then, in heat 12, they got within touching distance of the aggregate lead with another 5-1 from Batchelor and Jones which took the score to 47-30 with three heats to go and Edinburgh now looking at a two point advantage for the bonus point.

Shaun Tacey won heat 13 but Rusty Harrison and Adam Allott shared the points. In heat 14 Cameron Woodward was nominated for a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Troy Batchelor won the race but Kevin Doolan suffered an engine failure after he had been passed by Daniel Nermark who finished second with Cameron Woodward third. This led to the unusual 3-4 score from the heat which took the match score to 53-37. This meant that King’s Lynn needed a 5-1 from the final heat to win the bonus point by one point. In the last race Adam Allott rocketed from the tapes for a fast win ahead of Shaun Tacey while at the back Rusty Harrison won the battle with Troy Batchelor for the third place point to take the bonus point back to Edinburgh.

Match Report by Merlin