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Kings Lynn Stars v Reading Racers
Premier League, 08 June 2005
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn 53
1Tomas Topinka32333 ..140
2Paul LeeR1*31. ..51
3Adam Allott33232* ..131
4Ashley Jones11RF. ..20
5Oliver Allen2332*. ..101
6Tommy Stange2*02*1. ..52
7Jan Jaros3010. ..40
Reading 39
1Zdenek Simota22F1. ..50
3Andrew Appleton22224^ 0.120
4Richard Wolff001*02* ..32
5Matej Zagar333F^1 ..100
6Chris JohnsonT001. ..10
7(g)Simon Lambert1*1101 1*382

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

It was a full strength King’s Lynn side which took on Reading in this return Pemier League match. Reading again used R/R for Steve Masters and had Simon Lambert as a guest at reserve for Mathieu Tressarieu. The Stars needed to overcome a 10 point deficit to challenge for the bonus point.

A shared opening heat, won by Tomas Topinka as Paul Lee suffered an engine failure, was followed by a 5-1 for the Stars in the reserves race and a 4-2 in heat 3 with Adam Allott beating Adam Appleton. Reading took a 2-4 in heat 4 won by Matej Zagar as the score went to 14-10.

Another 4-2 went the Stars way in heat 5 as Andrew Allott won again but the next two heats were shared. In heat 8 King’s Lynn increased their lead to eight points with another 4-2 with Paul Lee winning from Andrew Appleton at 28-20. Reading pulled two points back with a 2-4 in heat 9 as Matej Zagar won for the third time and both the result of the match and destination of the bonus point were in the melting pot at the interval with the score at 30-24.

After the break, King’s Lynn hit hard with a 4-2 in heat 10 then a 5-1 in heat 11 after Zdenek Simota had fallen. Now the Stars had a 12 point lead in the match and also led by two points on aggregate in their quest for the bonus. Andrew Appleton took a TR in heat 12 but could only finish behind Adam Allott. However with Simon Lambert picking up the third place point Reading won the heat 3-5 and trailed by only ten points before disaster struck.

Matej Zagar took a TR and was lying in second place behind Tomas Topinka when he fell off on the second lap so what was looking like a 4-4 became a 5-1 to King’s Lynn putting them 14 points ahead and strong favourites for the bonus point. It was all to play for again though after Reading scored a 1-5 in heat 14 thanks to guest reserve Simon Lambert and Richard Wolff to cut the home side’s lead to ten points again with only heat 15 to come. However in the last race it was Tomas Topinka and Adam Allott who got out in front with Matej Zagar unable to pass Allott as the Stars finished with a 5-1

Match Report by Merlin