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Somerset Rebels v Berwick Bandits
Premier League, 10 June 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | Paul Fry | Fx | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Jamie Smith | 1 | 1 | F | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Ritchie Hawkins | 3 | 3 | 3 | Fx | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Lee Smart | 0 | M | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jason King | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 2* | T | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Adam Pietraszko | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Schramm | 0 | 0 | F | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tom P Madsen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Scott Smith | 2* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 3 | 1 | 2* | 1* | 1 | . | . | 8 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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With a reshuffled team as a result of their new averages Somerset got back on the winning trail again against Berwick . Both teams were at full strength with Carl Wilkinson making his debut for the Bandits. Berwick must have thought they were on easy street as they hammered home 1-5s in the opening two heats. In heat 1 Adam Pietraszko and Adrian Rymel beat Magnus Zetterstrom then Carl Wilkinson got his Berwick career off to a brilliant start by winning heat 2 with Scott Smith second. Ritchie Hawkins beat Tom P Madsen in heat 3 and Jaimie Smith took third for a 4-2 to kick-start the Rebels’ and Jason King and Glenn Cunningham followed up with a 5-1 in heat 4 for a score of 11-13. It was all square again after heat 5 with another Hawkins/Smith 4-2 then Somerset took another two 4-2s in the next two heats to lead 23-19 although they would be disappointed that Magnus Zetterstrom could only finish third to Paul Fry and Scott Smith in heat 6. Berwick squared the match again in heat 8 with a 1-5 from Adam Pietraszko and Carl Wilkinson at 24-24. The next three heats were shared with Rebels providing all three heat winners but Somerset broke the deadlock in heat 12 with a 4-2 thanks to a win from Jason King from Scott Smith and Jaimie Smith. They looked to be home and dry when they added a 5-1 in heat 13 from Cunningham and Zetterstrom but Berwick weren’t finished yet. In heat 14 they responded with a 1-5 from Tom P Madsen and Scott Smith with Ritchie Hawkins falling so there were only two points in it going into the last heat. However Cunningham and Zetterstrom repeated their 5-1 success of heat 13 and the Rebels breathed a sigh of relief as they added two league points to their tally. Match Report by Merlin |