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Reading Racers v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 12 September 2005
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
| 2 | Zdenek Simota | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 3 | 3 | 2* | 1* | 3 | 3 | . | 15 | 2 |
| 4 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | R | 2* | M | 1 | 3 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 2* | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Richard Wolff | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4! | 0 | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | David Meldrum | 0 | R | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 1* | Fx | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Paul Fry | 2 | 0 | 6^ | 0 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1* | . | 4 | 2 |
| 7(g) | Luke Priest | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Reading used R/R for Danny Bird at number 1 but otherwise were at full strength. Stoke had Paul Fry as a guest for Jan Staechmann at number 5. This was the Racers’ fourth meeting in three days returning from a Northern tour which netted them not a single point including bonus points. Stoke never threatened in this match. Their only race wins came about through the use of TRs and a TS which netted them an extra 7 points. Reading put their gruelling weekend behind them and ran out convincing winners with a 19 point lead which should be good enough for the bonus point when the two teams meet at Stoke. Alan Mogridge rode an excellent race in the opening heat by keeping ahead of the ever-pressing Matej Zagar to win for a 3-3 but Stoke were behind when the Reading reserves took heat 2 by 5-1. Mathieu Tressarieu suffered an engine failure while leading heat 3 so Andrew Appleton’s win was for another shared race then in heat 4 Matej Zagar came from the back on the last lap to beat Paul Fry for a 4-2 which took the score to 15-9. Over the next stanza of four heats Reading scored three 5-1s and a 4-2 , the only ‘genuine’ points being scored for Stoke by Paul Clews who was awarded second place to Matej Zagar in heat 7 ahead of Chris Johnson after Robbie Kessler had fallen and been excluded. As a result the score moved on to 34-14 after these eight heats. In heat 9 Paul Fry took a TR which he won from Richard Wolff and Andrew Appleton for a Stoke 3-6. In heat 10 Andrew Appleton won from Paul Clews with Mathieu Tressarieu on a R/R ride finishing third after having to go from 15 metres back after having been excluded under the two minute rule. Tressarieu passed Barrie Evans on lap two and pushed Clews all the way for second place. At this point it was announced that Robbie Kessler had pulled out of the meeting with a hand injury. In heat 11 Matej Zagar won for a shared race then, not for the first time this season at Reading, the starting gate failed and races were started on the green light. In heat 12 Paul Clews took a TR and finished second to Appleton but team rode with Barrie Evans to keep Richard Wolff at the back. This resulted in a 3-5 to the Potters and a heat 12 score of 47-30. Zdenek Simota won heat 13 but Matej Zagar found himself stuck behind Alan Mogridge and Paul Fry. He just got up to pass Paul Fry on the line for third place for a home 4-2. In heat 14 Alan Mogridge took a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Mogridge got past Chris Johnson and his partner, Barrie Evans, let him through to second place on the line as Mathieu Tressarieu won the heat. This gave the Potters another 3-5 success and it looked as though the last heat, won by Appleton, would be shared but Simota got up to pass Alan Mogridge on the line as Clews finished second for a home 4-2. Match Report by Merlin |