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Kings Lynn Stars v Exeter Falcons
KO Cup (QF), 20 July 2005
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn
| 1 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Ashley Jones | 0 | 2* | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Jan Jaros | R | 0 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Oliver Allen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | Troy Bachelor | 2* | 1 | 1* | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 7(g) | Trevor Harding | 3 | 2* | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 1(g) | Shaun Tacey | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 1* | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | T | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Ray Morton | 2 | 2 | Fn | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Antonin Svab | 1 | R | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Ben Barker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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King’s Lynn were at full strength for this second leg tie but Exeter were again without Mark Lemon and again had Shaun Tacey as a guest at number 1. King’s Lynn had done the hard work at Exeter on Monday night and were never in any danger of failing to win through for the semi-final tie against Berwick. Exeter’s cause wasn’t helped when Ray Morton had to withdraw from the meeting with concussion after crashing with Ashley Jones on the first bend of heat 10. Poor Exeter, demoralised by the news of their imminent closure at the end of the season and the failure to build any sort of lead in the first leg on Monday night, were never in this match and, without any tactical rides to boost their score, fell well short of the 30 point mark. Tomas Topinka won the opening heat but only for a 3-3 before the Stars took their first 5-1 of the meeting in the reserves race after Ben Barker had led from the start. Kevin Doolan won heat 3 but Exeter shared the race when Jan Jaros suffered an engine failure while lying second. Heat 4 produced a second 5-1 to the Stars so the score after the opening 4 heats was 16-8. Heat 5 was shared then the Stars dropped only one point over the next four races when Ray Morton managed a second place to Troy Batchelor in heat 7 to move the score on to 38-16 at the interval after heat 9. In heat 10 Ashley Jones and Ray Morton crashed with Morton withdrawing from the meeting. In the rerun with four riders Tomas Topinka won but Ben Barker, reserve replacement for Morton, took second place from Ashley Jones for a 4-2 to the home side. This was followed by a shared heat in heat 11 thanks to a race win by Shaun Tacey but another 5-1 in heat 12 from Harding and Jaros after both Exeter riders had fallen saw the score move on to 50-22. Tacey won again in heat 13 ruining Tomas Topinka’s maximum in the process for another shared heat but the Stars finished with two more 5-1s in the last two heats for a resounding victory. Match Report by Merlin |