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Kings Lynn Stars v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 16 August 2006
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn 64
1Kevin Doolan3R32*2* ..102
2Troy Bachelor1332*. ..91
3Trevor Harding112*0. ..41
4Daniel Nermark3333. ..120
5Tomas Topinka33333 ..150
6Chris Mills3112*. ..71
7John Oliver112*3. ..71
Rye House 28
1Edward Kennett224^21 1.120
2(g)James Brundle0200. ..20
4Tommy Allen0F12R ..30
5Chris Neath0210. ..30
6(g)Ben Powell01*00. ..11
7Adam Roynon221#01* 1071

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

It was a strange looking Rye House side which faced the Stars in this latest battle of these old rivals. Following their drubbing on the Isle of Wight last night, the Rockets were again without Steve Boxall and had to use R/R for him at number 3. Ross Brady, who withdrew from last night’s meeting after two races, was missing too and Mildenhall’s James Brundle was recruited as a guest to fill his place in the team at number 2. Rye’s reserve pairing for this match was Ben Powell and Adam Roynon. By contrast King’s Lynn were at full strength.

There was never much chance of an upset in this match with the Rockets so much under strength but they needed to perform much better than on the Isle of Wight to contest the bonus point when the teams meet at Hoddesdon early next month. King’s Lynn, with so many matches to catch up on, must have been worried about the rain which was around at the start of the meeting.

The Stars took a 4-2 from the opening heat, won by Kevin Doolan from Edward Kennett in a very fast time, but Troy Batchelor had to come from the back to pass James Brundle for the third place point. The reserves race, won by Chris Mills from Adam Roynan, produced the same result and the pattern was maintained in heats 3 and 4 as, firstly, Daniel Nermark headed home James Brundle and Trevor Harding then Tomas Topinka won from Adam Roynon and John Oliver. This produced a score of 16-8 after the opening four heats and the Rockets were struggling.

There was no change in heat 5 which produced another 4-2 but Edward Kennett took till lap three to pass Trevor Harding for second place behind Nermark then heat 6 was shared. Kevin Doolan never left the start line but Troy Batchelor won the race comfortably to deny Chris Neath. In heat 7 Edward Kennett took a TR for Rye House while also taking the R/R ride. A good race it was too with Topinka and Kennett trading places several times before the King’s Lynn man prevailed. Since Tommy Allen had fallen on the second bend the result was that the race was shared 4-4. Then in heat 8 Rye House played their other TR card giving the ride to their young reserve Adam Roynon. This was not a success as Troy Batchelor and John Oliver scored the first 5-1 of the match at Roynon’s expense taking the score to 32-18.

Nermark and Harding added another 5-1 in heat 9 as King’s Lynn threatened to run riot. Doolan and Batchelor made it three 5-1s on the trot in heat 10 but Edward Kennett managed second place behind Topinka in heat 11 for a 4-2 as Rye House struggled again to reach the 30 point mark. Their chances improved when they shared heat 12. John Oliver won the race from Tommy Allen but Adam Roynon did well to relegate Trevor Harding to the back for the third place point. With three heats to go the score stood at 49-25.

Tomas Topinka and Kevin Doolan added another 5-1 for the Stars in heat 13 against Edward Kennett and Chris Neath. Nermark and Mills added another in heat 14 then Doolan and Topinka completed the rout with King’s Lynn’s sixth 5-1 of the match in the last heat as Rye House completed the match without a single race winner. With a 36 point deficit to make up this looks like another bonus point outwith the Rockets’ reach.

Match Report by Merlin