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Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier Trophy (Group), 30 April 2006
West Row Stadium, Mildenhall
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | James Brundle | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Shaun Tacey | T | 3 | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Jason King | 1* | 2* | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | Daniel King | X | 0 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Jon Armstrong | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 3 | 2* | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| 7 | Barry Burchatt | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Daniel Nermark | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2* | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Trevor Harding | 1* | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Troy Bachelor | 3 | 1* | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | 0 | 2 | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 3 | . | . | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Mills | 1* | 0 | F | 0 | Fx | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7(g) | John Oliver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Both Mildenhall and King’s Lynn were at full strength for this match. Mildenhall did very well to restrict the Stars to a 6 point win at Saddlebow Road last Wednesday and they did very well to win the return considering that their three heat leaders contributed only 15 points to their 49 point total! A last heat 1-5 gave the Stars the bonus point. Jason Lyons won the opening race from Daniel Nermark and Trevor Harding for a shared race and Jon Armstrong won the reserves race which was also shared. It was all square again in heat 3. Shaun Tacey touched the tapes and was replaced by Jon Armstrong. Troy Batchelor won the heat but Armstrong and Jason King finished behind him to keep the scores tied. The deadlock was finally broken in heat 4 as King’s Lynn scored a 2-4. In the first running of the race Jason King fell and was excluded. In the rerun Tomas Topinka won the race passing early race leader Barry Burchatt. John Oliver picked up the gift third place point and the heat 4 score was now 11-13. The lead changed hands in heat 5 as Mildenhall took a 5-1. Shaun Tacey led from the start but Jason King rode a good race to pass both Trevor Harding and Daniel Nermark to put the Fen Tigers two points ahead. They doubled their lead to four points with a 4-2 in heat 6. Jason Lyons won for the second time this time beating Tomas Topinka after a hard tussle and James Brundle finished third for a 4-2. Super-reserve Jon Armstrong won heat 7 from Doolan and Batchelor for a shared race after Daniel King had had to go from 15 metres back as a result of touching the tapes. The home side went further ahead in heat 8 with another 4-2. James Brundle won the race from Trevor Harding and Barry Burchatt. So the heat 8 score went to 27-21 with the aggregate scores now tied. In heat 9 another home 4-2 put the Fen Tigers eight points ahead and two on aggregate. Jason King headed home Tomas Topinka with Shaun Tacey third after Chris Mills had fallen. James Brundle won heat 10 from Batchelor and Doolan then Daniel Nermark won heat 11 from Daniel King and Jon Armstrong so both heats were shared. Mildenhall made the mistake of winning heat 12 by 4-2 to go ten points ahead. In the first running of the race the home side were on a 5-1 when Chris Mills fell and was excluded. In the second running Jon Armstrong won the race but this time Troy Batchelor finish second ahead of Shaun Tacey for a 4-2. This took the score after 12 races to 41-31. Not for the first time today a hard won 10 point lead was decimated by the ludicrous TR rule. In heat 13 Tomas Topinka took the TR and won the heat from Daniel King. Daniel Nermark took third place from Jason Lyons so the Stars took a 2-7 which cut the lead to five points and put them one ahead on aggregate. Things looked much brighter for Mildenhall’s bonus point hope when they scored a 5-1 in heat 14 thanks to Jason King and Jon Armstrong winning from Kevin Doolan. This put the home side nine points in front and three up on aggregate for a bonus point which could prove vital in the qualifying stakes from this section. But it all went wrong for them in heat 15 as the Stars` had the last laugh. In the first running of heat 15 Jason Lyons brought down Daniel Nermark and was excluded from the rerun. In the rerun Tomas Topinka and Daniel Nermark beat Jon Armstrong for the 1-5 which earned King’s Lynn the bonus point by a single point. Match Report by Merlin |