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Kings Lynn Stars v Rye House Rockets
KO Cup (QF), 21 June 2006
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn
| 2 | Trevor Harding | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Troy Bachelor | Fx | 2* | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 1 | . | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Mills | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | John Oliver | 1* | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Edward Kennett | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2(g) | Danny Betson | F | R | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | 1* | 2 | 1 | R | 0 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 0 | . | 8 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Ben Powell | 3 | R | F | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Steve Boxall | F | 1* | 1* | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6^ | 15 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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King’s Lynn were without Daniel Nermark who injured himself in a fall while riding in Sweden last night. They used R/R at number 1 in his place. Rye House were without Jaimie Courtney, Ross Brady and Luke Bowen, all out injured. They patched up their side by putting their Conference League rider, Danny Betson, at number 2 in place of Jaimie Courtney, using R/R at number 3 for Ross Brady and employing Ben Powell as a guest at reserve at number 6 for Luke Bowen. In all the circumstances Rye House will be reasonably satisfied to have restricted the high-flying King’s Lynn side to a 13 point lead. Once again they were heavily indebted to top reserve Steve Boxall (where would they be without him?) to keep their hopes alive. Once again Boxall was asked to take seven rides the last of which he reserved for a winning TR. With twelve race winners King’s Lynn might consider that they were worth a bigger lead to take to the second leg which is now well set up for an exciting tussle. The first three heats all had fallers leading to three rider finishes. King’s Lynn took a two point lead from a heat one 4-2 won by Kevin Doolan (R/R) from Edward Kennett while Danny Betson fell at the back. Steve Boxall then fell in heat 2 but his team mate, Ben Powell, was awarded the win so the heat was shared 3-3. It was Troy Batchelor’s turn to fall in heat 3 trying to pass Tommy Allen and the race was rerun without him. Kevin Doolan won again so this heat was shared too as was heat 4 won by Tomas Topinka from Chris Neath taking the score after four races to 13-11. It had been a good start by the depleted Rockets’ side but they fell further behind when King’s Lynn scored a 5-1 in heat 5 through Kevin Doolan (again) and Troy Batchelor and added a 4-2 in heat 6 when Tomas Topinka (R/R) beat Chris Neath stretching the lead to eight points. Tomas Topinka was out again in heat 7 and won again this time beating Tommy Allen and Steve Boxall (R/R) for a shared race. At this point Doolan and Topinka between them has appeared in six of the first seven heats and won them all scoring 18 of King’s Lynn’s 25 points! Ben Powell replaced Danny Betson in heat 8 for the Rockets but he fell trying to pass John Oliver. With Trevor Harding passing Steve Boxall on the second lap King’s Lynn stretched their lead to 10 points with the score standing at 29-19 after eight heats. Troy Batchelor and Kevin Doolan added five more points to the Stars’ total in heat 9 when they relegated Chris Neath to third place as the match began to slip further away from Rye House. The trend was reversed in heat 10 though! Steve Boxall won the race beating Troy Batchelor (R/R) who came from the back to challenge him while Tommy Allen took third for a 2-4 cutting the gap between the sides to 12 points. King’s Lynn replied with a 4-2 in heat 11 from Tomas Topinka who beat Edward Kennett and Chris Mills and another 4-2 in heat 12 won by Troy Batchelor from Steve Boxall as Tommy Allen (R/R) had an engine failure at the tapes to take the score to 44-28 after twelve races. Finally Rye House got round to using a TR in heat 13 with Edward Kennett taking the ride. Tomas Topinka continued on his winning way for the home side but Kennet finished second and Chris Neath third so the Rockets took a 3-5 from the race. Then in heat 14 Steve Boxall was wheeled out wearing the black and white helmet cover. After the race was pulled back for an unsatisfactory start with Doolan and Boxall warned for moving, Steve Boxall made a lightning start for the big six points, ending Kevin Doolan’s maximum hopes and pulling three more points back for the Rockets which cut the home side’s lead to eleven points at 50-39. It looked as though the Rockets might share heat 15 when Kennett and Neath slotted in behind Tomas Topinka after Kevin Doolan had missed the gate but Doolan chased down Chris Neath and passed him on the last bend for a last gasp 4-2 which gives the Stars a 13 point lead for the second leg. Match Report by Merlin |