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Reading Racers v Exeter Falcons
Premier League, 29 August 2005
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
| 1 | Danny Bird | 3 | 2* | 3 | R | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Zdenek Simota | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Wolff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Lee Smart | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 3 | 1 | 2* | 3 | 2 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | Fx | 2 | 4^ | 2 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4(g) | Kevin Doolan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Sebastien Tresarrieu | 2 | 2^ | 2 | 2 | 1* | 0 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Mark Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 2 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 4 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Reading had Lee Smart at number 6 for Chris Johnson but Exeter were in some disarray due to injuries to Seemond Stephens, Ray Morton and Ben Barker. They used R/R at number 3 and had Kevin Doolan at number 4 as a guest. Mark Thompson filled the number 6 spot in Barker’s absence. It seems that morning meetings agree with the Racers as they hammered the makeshift Exeter side and set up a 29 point lead to defend for the bonus point in the evening. Until Kevin Doolan, Exeter’s guest, won heat 14 the Falcons had not provided a single race winner and they could not claim a single heat advantage all meeting. Exeter had the rather unique experience of scoring 2 points in each of the opening 6 races although their two points in heat 6 was as a result of a third place to Sebastian Tressarieu taking a TR and following Zdenek Simota and Danny Bird home for the Racers’ first maximum heat win. The score at that stage was 25-12. Heat 7 was the first shared race of the match as Kevin Doolan and Pavel Ondrasik followed Matej Zagar home but Simota and Mathieu Tressarieu took Reading’s second maximum heat win in heat 8. Heats 9 and 10 produced another two 4-2s making 7 in 10 races to take the score 41-20. In heat 11 Mark Lemon took a TR and finished second to Matej Zagar for a 4-4 then Mathieu Tressarieu and Andrew Appleton headed home Kevin Doolan for a 5-1 as the track turned into such a dust bowl that there was a delay before the start of heat 13 for it to be watered. In heat 13 Mark Lemon passed Danny Bird on lap 2 before Bird retired from the race. Matej Zagar won it though and the heat was shared. The score was now 53-28. It looked as though Exeter would at last win a heat when Kevin Doolan led Mathieu Tressarieu in heat 14 with Pavel Ondrasik third. However Richard Wolff passed Ondrasik on the last bend to share the race before Appleton and Zagar both completed paid maximums with the inevitable 5-1 in heat 15. Match Report by Merlin |