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Kings Lynn Stars v Rye House Rockets
Premier Trophy (Group), 27 April 2005
Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn
| 1 | Tomas Topinka | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | James Brundle | 3 | 2* | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Kevin Doolan | 1* | 2* | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Adam Allott | 2 | 3 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Davey Watt | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Jan Jaros | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Ashley Jones | 1 | 1 | Fx | R | 1 | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Stuart Robson | 1 | F | 1* | 2 | 2 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | F | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brent Werner | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Daniel King | 2* | 2 | 6^ | 2 | 0 | R | . | 12 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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There was little real prospect of King’s Lynn pulling back a 25 point deficit to challenge for the bonus point in this match. In fact it was expected that the on-form Rye House side would push them all the way. King’s Lynn had Davey Watt as a guest for the injured Oliver Allen while Rye House had Mathieu Tressarieu as a guest at reserve for Steve Boxall also out injured. The teams exchanged 5-1s in heats 1 and 2 and shared heat 3 when Chris Neath beat the powerful Doolan/Allott pairing. A heat four 4-2 for the Stars from Davey Watt and Ashley Jones got the Stars noses in front again with the score after 4 heats 13-11. Then King’s Lynn took a giant step forward with two consecutive 5-1s, firstly, from Allott and Doolan after Stuart Robson had fallen, then from Topinka and Brundle to surge ten points ahead at 23-13. There was no TR in heat 7 won by Chris Neath for Rye House for a shared heat but there was in heat 8, Daniel King taking the ride. With Jones falling in the first running of the heat and being excluded, King scored the full six points in the rerun and the 2-7 to the Rockets clawed them back to 28-23. The Rockets’ guest, Mathieu Tressarieu, won heat 9 from Doolan and Allott to keep the gap at 5 points but King’s Lynn stretched it to seven points with a 4-2 in heat 10 from Topinka and Brundle, Topinka lowering Chris Neath’s colours for the first time in the match. Back came Rye House with a heat 11 2-4 from Neath and Tressarieu to get within five points again but consecutive 4-2 heat wins for King’s Lynn in heats 13, 14 and 15 closed out the match. Match Report by Merlin |