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Kings Lynn Stars v Newcastle Diamonds
KO Cup (1st Round), 29 June 2005
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn
| 1 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2* | 3 | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | Ashley Jones | 2* | 2* | 1* | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Matthew Wethers | 1* | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Oliver Allen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Troy Bachelor | 2 | 1 | 2* | 3 | 1* | 0 | . | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | Jan Jaros | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Phil Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Lubos Tomicek | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Juul | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Christian Henry | 3 | 0 | 0 | T | 1 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 1 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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King’s Lynn paraded their new look side for the first time at home in their quest to pull back the 17 points from the first leg at Newcastle. The Stars had Jan Jaros back in the line up and Matthew Wethers made his home debut. Newcastle were at full strength for the match. A maximum 5-1 start for King’s Lynn looked like they might have an easy passage through to the next round but Christian Henry won the reserves race for a Newcastle 2-4 then wins for Josef franc and Oliver Allen resulted in shared heats for a heat 4 score of 13-11. In heat 5 the Stars pulled two more points back with a 4-2 from Kevin Doolan and Matthew Wethers then a 5-1 in heat 6 from Tomas Topinka who saw off James Grieves saw the Stars only 9 points behind on aggregate. Oliver Allen won heat 7 and, with Troy Batchelor just holding off Josef Franc for third place, King’s Lynn got closer to their target with a 4-2. In heat 8 Lubos Tomicek steadied Newcastle by passing, firstly, Ashley Jones, then Jan Jaros for a shared heat to take the score to 29-19. But a 5-1 to the home side in heat 9 from Kevin Doolan and Matthew Wethers, who got the better of James Grieves in an excellent race, took the interval score to 34-20 and aggregate score to 70-73. It was clear that Newcastle would have to up their game if they were to stand any chance of winning through. They started with a shared heat in heat 10 won by Josef Franc but the roof caved in for the Diamonds in heats 11, 12 and 13 all of which resulted in 5-1s to the Stars. Allen and Batchelor did the business in heat in heat 11 heading home Lubos Tomicek after Christian Henry, who had been warned by the referee for moving at the start, touched the tapes and was excluded. In heat 12 Troy Batchelor, out again, and Matthew Wethers added another maximum from Henry and Juul then in heat 13 it was Oliver Allen and Tomas Topinka who beat James Grieves and Phil Morris, the latter taking his third pointless ride. These three heats took the score to 52-26 and King’s Lynn led by 88-79 on aggregate. With the match won the last two heats were shared with wins for Josef Franc and Tomas Topinka. King’s Lynn announced that Matthew Wethers, who had been on a ‘trial’ period, had been signed for the rest of the season after his two excellent displays against Workington away and tonight. Match Report by Merlin |