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Rye House Rockets v Reading Racers
Premier Trophy (Group), 02 April 2005
Hoddesdon Stadium, Rye House
| 1 | Stuart Robson | 2 | 1 | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | Chris Neath | 2* | 2* | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | Brent Werner | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 1* | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | Steve Boxall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Daniel King | 2 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | 8 | 1 |
| 2(g) | Daniel Giffard | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Wolff | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Andrew Appleton | 1 | 1* | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Leigh Lanham | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | . | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2* | 4^ | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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After last night’s close encounter and TR gaff at Somerset it was the turn of Rye House to take on Reading. The Rockets are still using R/R for the injured Tommy Allen. Reading lost Chris Mills last night in an accident at Somerset so had Daniel Giffard guesting at number 2. They were also without Danny Bird and used R/R at number 1. With Matej Zagar also still absent on duty in the Slovenian Championships they used another Elite League guest. Last night Simon Stead racked up a 21 point maximum and tonight it was Leigh Lanham’s turn to hit home a 20 point return! It must be a first for a team to use guests on consecutive nights who total 41 points between them! This was a decent showing from Reading given they were using two guests and R/R. In fact they were in front after heat 2 thanks to a 2-4 from Johnson and Tressarieu after Leigh Lanham had won the opening heat for a shared heat. However two 5-1s to Rye House sandwiching another Lanham win opened up a six point gap at 18-12. Then in heat 6 Leigh Lanham suffered his one and only defeat of the night when Edward Kennett beat him with Stuart Robson third for a 4-2. Another 4-2 in heat 8 from Kennett and King with Tressarieu separating them saw the Rockets comfortably ahead at 29-19. However they got a shock in heat 9. Leigh Lanham on a TR and Mathieu Tressarieu took a 1-8 ahead of Chris Neath and Jason King to drag the Racers back into contention at 30-27 only three points down. Their joy did not last long however as Rye House thumped home two consecutive 5-1s in heats 10 and 11 to open up the gap to 11 points again. Mathieu Tressarieu took a TR in heat 12 and finished second to Chris Neath for a 4-4. Then Leigh Lanham won heats 13 and 15 for shared heats with Rye House taking a 5-1 in heat 14 from Chris Neath and reserve Steve Boxhall from Tressarieu and Appleton. Match Report by Merlin |