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Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Somerset Rebels
Premier League, 09 September 2006
West Row Stadium, Mildenhall

Mildenhall 40
1Jason Lyons1*322. ..81
2Jon Armstrong201.. ..30
3Brent Werner001*2. ..31
4Jason King33210 ..90
5Daniel King32*21*2 ..102
6James Brundle33000 ..60
7Jordan Frampton1000. ..10
Somerset 50
1Magnus Zetterstrom02333 1.120
2Glen Phillips321*2*1 ..92
3Stephan Katt20130 ..60
4Emil Kramer1*2132* 3.122
6Simon WalkerFx1*01. ..21
7Ben Barker21*33. ..91

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

Mildenhall were at full strength for this match but Somerset were without Glenn Cunningham and used R/R at number 5 instead..

Somerset were looking for revenge for the 42-48 defeat which Mildenhall inflicted on them at home earlier in the season while Mildenhall were looking to get back on the winning trail after some poor recent home results. What a ding-dong battle it turned out to be!

In the opening heat Magnus Zetterstrom fell but the race was won by his partner, Glen Phillips from Armstrong and Lyons, for a shared heat. In the reserves race Simon Walker fell causing the race to be rerun without him. In the rerun Ben Barker, the early race leader, was passed by James Brundle and Jordan Frampton picked up the gift third place to put the Fen Tigers two ahead with the 4-2. Heat 3 was won by Jason King but Stephan Katt and Emil Kramer shared the points by keeping Brent Werner at the back. Heat 4 was a 3-3 as well. Daniel King won it but Jordan Frampton fell at the back as Glen Phillips (R/R) and Ben Barker took the minor places. This took the score after four races to 13-11.

Magnus Zetterstrom took the lead in heat 5 but Jason King passed him on the third bend for his second race win. Glen Phillips took third place so Brent Werner was last again and the heat was shared. Heat 6 was the fourth shared heat on the trot. Mildenhall were denied a 4-2 when John Armstrong suffered an engine failure while lying third. Jason Lyons won the race from Emil Kramer while Armstrong’s retiral promoted Simon Walker to third. The run of 3-3s ended in heat 7 though. Stephan Katt was the early leader but he was passed by both James Brundle and Daniel King and eventually finished last behind Emil Kramer. The 5-1 to the Fen Tigers increased their lead to six points. Their joy didn’t last long, however. In heat 8 Somerset hit back with a 1-5 of their own. Ben Barker and Glen Phillips led from the gate with Jon Armstrong third to close the gap making the score 25-23 after eight heats.

It stayed that way after heat 9 won by Magnus Zetterstrom from Jason King and Brent Werner but Somerset moved up a gear by squaring the match with a 2-4 in heat 10. It took a pass by Jason Lyons on Stephan Katt to stop the Rebels scoring a 1-5 as Katt lay second to Emil Kramer but the Rebels were on a roll and went ahead for the first time in the match in heat 11. Zetterstrom passed Daniel King on the second lap to win the race while Glen Phillips took third from James Brundle resulting in a 2-4 to the visitors and a 32-34 score. It got worse for Mildenhall when heat 12 produced the third 2-4 in a row to the Rebels. This time Stephan Katt passed Brent Werner to win the race while Ben Barker took third. The score after 12 races was now 34-38 and the Fen Tigers faced an uphill struggle again over the last three heats.

Heat 13 produced a magnificent race between Zetterstrom and Lyons with the riders trading places several times before the Rebels’ man prevailed. Daniel King finished third for a shared race. Now the bonus point was up for grabs as Mildenhall’s six point lead from their away win had been reduced to two on aggregate. The Fen Tigers collapse continued in heat 14 when Ben Barker and Emil Kramer team rode to a 1-5 ahead of Jason King to clinch the victory for the Rebels and give them a two point aggregate lead. The King brothers were entrusted with the final heat to face Zetterstrom and Kramer. The rout was completed when Emil Kramer won the race from Daniel King while Magnus Zetterstrom finished third for a 2-4 which won the bonus for the Rebels. Over the last six heats Mildenhall lost 12-24 turning what at one time was a six point lead into a ten point defeat.

Match Report by Merlin