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Rye House Rockets v Somerset Rebels
PL Playoff (QF), 30 September 2006
Hoddesdon Stadium, Rye House
| 1 | Edward Kennett | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Fx | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Stuart Robson | 2* | 1 | 2 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Steve Boxall | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 6(g) | Daniel Giffard | 3 | 1* | F | 1 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Danny Betson | 0 | 2* | 1* | R | 1 | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 8(g) | Barry Burchatt | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 2* | . | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | M | Fx | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3(g) | Chris Schramm | 0 | 2* | 1 | 2 | 0 | F! | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | Fx | 1* | Fx | 0 | 0 | R | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Rye House were without Tommy Allen and Ben Powell so used R/R at number 4 for Allen and Danny Betson at number 7 to replace Powell. Daniel Giffard again guested for the injured Adam Roynon. Barry Burchatt was nominated as the Rockets’ number 8. Somerset were missing Stephan Katt and Glenn Cunningham. They had Chris Schramm as a guest for Katt at number 3 and used R/R to cover Cunningham’s rides. After finishing all square at Somerset last night Rye House were huge favourites to win through comfortably to the semi-finals but the two-pronged attack of Zetterstrom and Kramer made it anything but comfortable for them. However, without Glenn Cunningham and with Glen Phillips withdrawing from the meeting following a fall in heat 4 when he hurt his elbow, Somerset didn’t have enough fire power to win through. The opening race looked as if it would never be completed! Firstly the race was called back and Magnus Zetterstrom warned for moving at the start, then Glenn Phillips had machine problems and was excluded under the two minute rule. He was replaced by Ben Barker and when the race next got under way Barker fell on the second bend and stayed down causing the race to be stopped. He was excluded from the rerun in which Magnus Zetterstrom was then excluded for moving at the start. He went from 15 metres back and failed to mount a challenge to Edward Kennett and Stuart Robson who scored an easy 5-1. The reserves race was shared when Daniel Giffard passed Simon Walker after Danny Betson had fallen while mounting a challenge for second place. Emil Kramer won heat 3 from the gate beating Steve Boxall and Daniel Giffard (R/R) for a shared race then heat 4 needed a rerun after Glen Phillips fell on the fourth bend causing him to withdraw from the meeting. In the rerun Chris Neath and Danny Betson were given a clear run as Ben Barker fell and was excluded causing the race to be awarded. This gave the Rockets a 5-0 and the score after four heats was 16-7. In heat 5 the Rebels pulled two points back. Magnus Zetterstrom won from Steve Boxall while Simon Walker took third place from the Rye House number 8, Barry Burchatt, taking the R/R ride. The 2-4 cut the gap to 7 points but Rye House stretched it to 9 again with a 4-2 in heat 6. Edward Kennett beat Magnus Zetterstrom who passed Stuart Robson on the back straight then Rye House got a real jolt in heat 7 when Emil Kramer and Chris Schramm jetted from the tapes to score a 1-5 over Chris Neath as Daniel Giffard fell at the back. Hindsight is a great thing but Somerset must have been kicking themselves for not giving a TR to Kramer. As it was the Rockets’ lead had been cut to five points and it stayed that way when young Somerset reserve, Simon Walker, kept the shocks coming by heading home Stuart Robson and Danny Betson for a 3-3 which made the score after eight heats 26-21. The Rockets’ fans had more to worry about after heat nine. Emil Kramer (R/R) stormed off to win the race while Simon Walker took third place as Danny Betson pulled up with bike problems. This meant that the race resulted in a 2-4 and the gap between the teams was now only three points. However Rye House replied with a maximum in heat 10. Edward Kennett and Stuart Robson inflicted a 5-1 on the Rebels pair of Schramm and Kramer to stretch the home side’s lead to six points. The Rockets inflicted more damage in heat 11. Chris Neath beat Magnus Zetterstrom and Daniel Giffard took third place as Ben Barker’s bike gave up the ghost for a 4-2 which put the Rockets nine points ahead. The lead went to 11 after heat 12 when Steve Boxall beat Chris Schramm and Betson beat Walker for a 4-2 which took the score after twelve races to 41-30. Magnus Zetterstrom took a TR in heat 13 and won the race from Kennett and Neath so the heat score was 3-6 and Somerset trailed by eight points. This meant the Emil Kramer couldn’t take a TR in heat 14 so Somerset wisely did the next best thing by nominating Chris Schramm for a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. It was always a long shot but when Schramm fell on the last bend in a desperate effort to get round the outside of Daniel Giffard it was all over. Steve Boxall won the race from Emil Kramer so the 4-2 put Rye House through to the semi-final with a ten point lead. Somerset had the satisfaction of running up a 1-5 in the rerun of heat 15 when Kramer and Zetterstrom ahead of Stuart Robson after Edward Kennett had fallen in the first running of the heat and been excluded. Match Report by Merlin |