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Rye House Rockets v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier League, 02 September 2006
Hoddesdon Stadium, Rye House
| 1 | Edward Kennett | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 1 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Steve Boxall | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | 3 | 1 | 2* | 1* | 2 | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Adam Roynon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Ben Powell | 3 | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Kevin Doolan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Trevor Harding | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Nermark | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 16 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1* | R | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Mills | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | John Oliver | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Rye House were at full strength but King’s Lynn were without Troy Batchelor who was required to travel to the World under 21 Final in Italy where he was a reserve for the meeting. The Stars used R/R at number 2 to cover for his absence. It looked like Troy Batchelor’s absence would be a blow to King’s Lynn’s chances of winning on the night but they had little fears about the bonus point having beaten Rye House at home by a massive 36 points. King’s Lynn are made of stern stuff though and were clearly up for the match. Some inspirational gating, the fastest seen at Rye for a long time, from Daniel Nermark which netted him five race wins was too much for the Rockets. The Rockets started with a 4-2. Edward Kennett won the race after fending off the challenge of Kevin Doolan for the first couple of laps while Lee Smethills beat (R/R) Trevor Harding. The next three shared races were all shared. Ben Powell won the reserves race from Mills and Oliver then, in heat 3, Tommy Allen won from Harding and Nermark while Steve Boxall finished at the back. Tomas Topinka rode an excellent race to beat Chris Neath in heat 4, after Neath finally got the bit between his teeth on the last lap, while Powell beat Oliver at the back. This took the score after four races to 13-11. Rye House doubled their lead to four points with another 4-2 in heat 5. Steve Boxall won the heat but behind him there was a titanic struggle between Kevin Doolan and Tommy Allen for the third place point which produced one of the best races of the season at the Hoddesdon track as the riders traded places all race. Doolan prevailed to limit the damage for the Stars. In heat 6 Tomas Topinka produced another excellent win beating Edward Kennett who just could not get past. Lee Smethills was third so this race was shared keeping the Rockets four points in front. Two heats later it was all square. In heat 7 Daniel Nermark won from Chris Neath and Trevor Harding took third place for a 2-4 to the Stars then in heat 8 another 2-4 levelled the scores. Daniel Nermark (R/R) won again this time from Ben Powell while Chris Mills relegated Lee Smethills to last place. The score after eight races was now 24-24. Rye House regained their four point lead in heat 9 when Tommy Allen shot from the gate ahead of Topinka while Steve Boxall rounded Topinka off the second bend for a home 5-1 but back came King’s Lynn in heat 10 with a real shock for the Rockets. Daniel Nermark and Trevor Harding did the damage with Edward Kennett stuck at the back behind his partner, Ben Powell. It took Kennett three laps to round Powell but he couldn’t catch the Stars’ duo. This produced a 1-5 for the visitors levelling the scores again at 30-30. Heat 11 produced another shared heat but the winner, Chris Neath, had his work cut out having to pass, firstly, (R/R) Chris Mills before setting off after Kevin Doolan. He rounded him off the last bend to win the race on the line which kept the match tied. King’s Lynn then took the lead for the first time in the match in heat 12. Trevor Harding just held off a desperate dash to the line from Steve Boxall to win the heat with Chris Mills taking third place from Ben Powell. After the race Steve Boxall crashed into the fence on the slow down lap after passing Harding just after the line and required treatment. This resulted in a 2-4 to the Stars which brought the score after 12 heats to 35-37. Tomas Topinka fell on the first bend of heat 13 but it was all four back for the rerun. The rerun was another excellent race. Chris Neath passed Kevin Doolan to win the heat while Tomas Topinka passed Edward Kennett for third place and then blocked every attempt by Kennett to get past again. Daniel Nermark then had an easy win in heat 14 to maintain the Stars’ lead but Chris Mills fell resulting in a shared race making the score 41-43 going into the last race. For the last heat the referee would not allow Steve Boxall to compete because he had been knocked out in the aftermath of heat 12. The Rockets went with Chris Neath and Tommy Allen instead while the Stars tracked Daniel Nermark and Tomas Topinka. Topinka pulled up with an engine failure but Daniel Nermark produced his fifth consecutive race victory to share the heat giving King’s Lynn yet another away win. Just who is going to stop them this year? Match Report by Merlin |