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Somerset Rebels v Exeter Falcons
Challenge, 23 September 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 1 | 2* | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 1 | 1 | Fx | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | R | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Lee Smart | 2* | 1 | 0 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Chris Mills | 3 | R | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 2 | 0 | 4^ | 0 | 2 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | R | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 1* | 1* | . | 12 | 2 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Emiliano Sanchez | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Luke Priest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Atur Boginczak | 1 | 1* | 0 | T | 0 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset were at full strength for this two-leg challenge match while Exeter who were without Ray Morton, Sebastian Tresarrieu, Ben Barker and Pavel Ondrasik used R/R at number 4, had Emiliano Sanchez at number 5, Luke Priest at number 6 and someone called Atur Boginczuk at number seven. The opening four races resulted in Somerset taking an eight point lead with 4-2s in heats 1 and 3 thanks to wins by Zetterstrom and Fry and a 5-1 in the reserves race. Heat 4 was won by Glenn Cunningham for a share of the points for a score of 16-8. In heat 5 Mark Lemon finished last as Paul Fry beat Lee Smethills with Ritchie Hawkins third for a 4-2 then Zetterstrom and Smith took a 5-1 ahead of Sanchez. The rout continued with another 4-2 in heat 7 when Seemond Stephens split Glenn Cunningham and Lee Smart. However, Exeter gave Smethills a TR in heat 8 and he duly delivered the six points by beating Mills and Smith for a 3-6 which took the score to 32-19 after eight heats. Exeter enjoyed another heat win in heat 9 when Emiliano Sanchez headed home Paul Fry with Luke Priest taking the third place point after Ritchie Hawkins fell and was excluded for an awarded 2-4. Back came Somerset for another 5-1 from Zetterstrom and Smith but in heat 11 Mark Lemon took a TR. Although Glenn Cunningham won the heat, Lemon and Smethills took second and third for a 3-5. Heat 12 saw Ritchie Hawkins beat Seemond Stephens for a 4-2 and a heat 12 score of 46-31. Somerset took two more 5-1s in heats 13 and 14 but had to settle for a shared heat in the last race won by Magnus Zetterstrom when Paul Fry retired. Match Report by Merlin |