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Somerset Rebels v Exeter Select
Challenge, 16 June 2006
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Stephan Katt | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 1* | 2 | 0 | 1* | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 1 | 1* | 0 | 1* | 2 | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 3 | 1 | X | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | Michael Coles | 0 | 0 | M | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tommy Allen | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Brent Werner | 3 | 1* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Holder | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2^ | 2 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Jordan Frampton | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Luke Priest | 0 | 0 | 1 | R | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset were without Paul Fry and used Rider Replacement at number 2 with Glen Phillips moving to number 4. Exeter had Mark Lemon and Michael Coles as their opening partnership, Tommy Allen and Brent Werner at numbers 3 and 4 and Chris Holder at number 5. The reserve berths were filled by Jordan Frampton and Luke Priest. It was a nostalgic evening as an Exeter Falcons ‘select’ side took to the track in this challenge match led by former Exeter favourites Mark Lemon and Michael Coles. Magnus Zetterstrom beat Mark Lemon in the opening race for a 4-2 start with heat two producing the same result. Simon Walker went from 15 metres back after touching the tapes but passed Luke Priest for third place as Ben Barker won from Jordan Frampton. Brent Werner won heat 3 but the points were shared as Tommy Allen retired at the back and Glen Phillips fell and remounted for third place behind Stephan Katt. Glenn Cunningham won heat 4 holding off a late challenge from Chris Holder who had passed Ben Barker for another 4-2 which took the score to 15-9. Stephan Katt won heat 5 as a great battle developed behind him between Mark Lemon, Glen Phillips and Michael Coles but that’s the way it finished for the fourth 4-2 in five heats. Heat 6 was another cracker between Chris Holder and Magnus Zetterstrom with Holder maintaining his first bend advantage to win the race for a shared heat. Heat 7, won by Glenn Cunningham, was also shared but in heat 8 Exeter pulled two points back. Jordan Frampton hit the front while Luke Priest was passed by both Ben Barker and Glen Phillips. Barker passed Frampton on the inside but brought him down and was promptly excluded with the race awarded as a 2-4. This took the score to 27-21. In heat 9 Exeter pulled another two points back with another 2-4. Chris Holder won the race with Stephan Katt coming from the back to take second with Jordan Frampton third. Somerset stretched their lead to 8 points again with a 5-1 from Magnus Zetterstrom and Glenn Cunningham (R/R) in heat 10 then Mark Lemon won heat 11 to share the points. The lead went to 10 points after a 4-2 in heat 12 won by Stephan Katt with the score moving to 41-31. Chris Holder took a TR in heat 13. Unfortunately Exeter gave it to the wrong man as it was Mark Lemon who won the heat from Magnus Zetterstrom in an exciting race involving all four riders. Chris Holder took third place from Glenn Cunningham so Exeter gained a 2-5 from the race to cut the gap to seven points. Brent Werner won heat 14 and Magnus Zetterstrom heat 15 both from the gate and both for shared races as the Rebels won by seven points. Match Report by Merlin |