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Reading Racers v Rye House Rockets
KO Cup (SF), 05 September 2005
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
| 2 | Zdenek Simota | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 1 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 3 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Danny Warwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard Wolff | 1 | 1* | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Stuart Robson | 0 | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel King | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Tommy Allen | 2* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Luke Bowen | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Reading , fresh from their win at Newport yesterday, had Andrew Appleton and Mathieu Tressarieu back in the side but had to use R/R for the injured Danny Bird. Chris Johnson was missing again at reserve and the racers had Daniel Warwick at number 6. Rye House were without Steve Boxall and had Luke Bowen at number 7 instead. Matej Zagar got Reading off to a winning start by beating Edward Kennett in heat 1 with Zdenek Simota holding off Stuart Robson for third place giving the home side a 4-2. However Rye House took the reserves race 1-5 when Luke Bowen and Tommy Allen beat Richard Wolff putting the Rockets two points in front. Brent Werner retired in heat 3 as Andrew Appleton beat Daniel King giving the Racers a 4-2 advantage and levelling the scores. Chris Neath then beat Matej Zagar in heat 4 for a shared heat bringing the score to 12-12. Andrew Appleton headed home the Kennett/Robson pairing for a shared heat 5 then Chris Neath won again in heat 6 from Simota and Appleton for another 3-3. Matej Zagar got another shock in heat 7 when Daniel King beat him comfortably. With Brent Werner third the Rockets went back in front with the 2-4 and they added another 2-4 in heat 8 as Edward Kennett beat Zdenek Simota with Tommy Allen beating the disappointing Richard Wolff. The score after eight races was now 22-26. Chris Neath produced his third consecutive race win in heat 9 but again it was only for a shared heat then in heat 10 the Racers fell further behind as Daniel King won again beating Zdenek Simota with Brent Werner again picking up the third place point for a 2-4. Matej Zagar got back to winning ways in heat 11 but Robson and Kennett shared the heat. In heat 12 Reading clawed two points back with a 4-2 from Appleton and Wolff with Brent Werner taking second place which brought the score after twelve races to 34-38. Another 4-2 in heat 13 for the Racers brought them to within two points of Rye House. Matej Zagar finally lowered Chris Neath’s colours and Zdenek Simota beat Stuart Robson although Robson seemed less than pleased at being taken on an inspection of the fence by Simota. Finally, in heat 14, Reading were back on level terms in surprising fashion. Mathieu Tressarieu who had only managed two points by this point won the race but the action was all behind him where Daniel King and Richard Wolff fought tooth and nail for the second place. King won that battle so Reading had only taken a 4-2 and the score was 42-42. In the last race Daniel King won by the proverbial mile with Chris Neath following him home for a 1-5 ahead of Matej Zagar and Andrew Appleton for a four point victory in a cracking contest which surely makes Rye House big odds-on favourites to reach the final. Match Report by Merlin |