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Somerset Rebels v Kings Lynn Stars
KO Cup (Final), 06 October 2006
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Stephan Katt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Glenn Cunningham | 1 | R | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Emil Kramer | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 1* | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Daniel Nermark | 2 | 3 | Fx | Fx | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Trevor Harding | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Troy Bachelor | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Fn | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | 2* | 2* | 1* | 2 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 5(g) | Chris Holder | 2* | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Mills | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | John Oliver | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | R | 0 | . | 7 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset were back at full strength with the return to the side of Glenn Cunningham but King’s Lynn were without Tomas Topinka who has a broken finger and had Chris Holder as a guest instead at number 5. For the second week in a row Somerset came back from the dead to rescue a draw from a match which they had looked certain to lose. But, as with the play-off meeting against Rye House, the draw is not likely to be enough for an aggregate win when they race the second leg at King’s Lynn. The visitors lost another key rider when Troy Batchelor suffered an arm injury in the last heat leaving them to fight on in some important forthcoming meetings with depleted resources. The Rebels took the lead in the opening heat with a Magnus Zetterstrom win from Daniel Nermark who had a hard time fending off Glen Phillips for second place. The 4-2 gave the home side a two point lead but it didn’t last long. Chris Mills won the reserves race from the gate for a shared heat but King’s Lynn scored back to back 1-5s in heat 3 and 4 to establish a six point lead. It was the ‘old firm’ of Batchelor and Doolan who gated to success in heat 3 ahead of Glenn Cunningham before John Oliver and Chris Holder repeated the dose in heat 4 ahead of Emil Kramer. This took the score after four races to 9-15. The heavy skies and intermittent showers might have offered the Rebels an escape route but it was not to be. The visitors went further ahead in heat 5 as Daniel Nermark and Trevor Harding took advantage of a Glenn Cunningham engine failure to score a 4-2 when split by Stephan Katt. This stretched the lead to eight points but Somerset pulled two points back in heat 6 as Magnus Zetterstrom stopped the Stars’ run of success by winning from Chris Holder. Glen Phillips was third so the 4-2 cut the gap to six points again. Batchelor and Doolan were at it again in heat 7 though with another 1-5 from Walker and Kramer which increased the Stars’ lead to 10 points leaving Somerset in big trouble. They must have wished they’d given a TR to Ben Barker in heat 8 as the young reserve won from John Oliver and Glen Phillips for a 4-2 which cut the gap to eight points and took the score after eight heats to 20-28. Chris Holder won heat 9 from Katt and Cunningham for a shared heat then Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 10 stopping the unbeaten run of both Batchelor and Doolan who followed him home. This race was shared too but the home side pulled two more points back in heat 11. This race was rerun after Daniel Nermark fell and was excluded. Emil Kramer won the rerun from John Oliver for a 4-2 but King’s Lynn hit back with a 2-4 in heat 12 when Troy Batchelor beat Stephan Katt with Chris Mills third taking the score after twelve races to 32-40. Daniel Nermark fell again in heat 13 and was excluded leaving Zetterstrom and Kramer to score a 5-1 at the expense of Chris Holder which brought the Rebels back to within four points of the Stars. They pulled two more points back with a 4-2 in heat 14 won by Simon Walker who beat Kevin Doolan with Glenn Cunningham third cutting the lead to just two points with on heat to go. Troy Batchelor fell on the first bend of heat 15 and, although it was an ‘all four back’ decision, he was unable to take his place in the rerun in which Magnus Zetterstrom completed his full five ride maximum by beating Kevin Doolan. Emil Kramer picked up third place from John Oliver who came in to replace Batchelor and the Rebels completed a stirring come back by scoring the 4-2 which tied the scores. Match Report by Merlin |