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Somerset Rebels v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier League, 26 May 2006
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | 15 | 1 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 1* | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Daniel Nermark | 2 | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Troy Bachelor | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Trevor Harding | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Doolan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Tomas Topinka | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Mills | 2 | 0 | 2* | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | John Oliver | 1* | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset were without Stephan Katt and used Rider Replacement at number 3. King’s Lynn were at full strength but switched their pairings around with Troy Batchelor moving to number 2 and Trevor Harding to number 3.. This match was a close run affair with only two points separating the teams after 12 heats but a late surge by the Rebels earned them a 12 point victory. Magnus Zetterstrom got the Rebels off to a good start winning the opening heat from Daniel Nermark with Glen Phillips holding off Troy Batchelor for the odd point and a 4-2 lead. Simon Walker won the reserves race which was shared with Ben Barker falling at the back then Kevin Doolan won heat 3 for another shared race as Paul Fry and Glen Phillips followed him home. Heat 4 produced the third consecutive shared heat. Tomas Topinka held off a strong challenge from Glenn Cunningham to win the heat while Ben Barker slipped inside John Oliver on the last lap for the 3-3 bringing the score to 13-11. Somerset doubled their lead to four points in heat 5 when Paul Fry won from Troy Batchelor with Simon Walker taking third from a lack-lustre Daniel Nermark for a 4-2 and they added another two points to the lead in heat 6. Magnus Zetterstrom took an untroubled win ahead of Tomas Topinka and Glen Phillips’ third place point produced a 4-2. Kevin Doolan won heat 7 from Simon Walker and Glenn Cunningham so this race was shared but the Stars hit back strongly with a 1-5 in heat 8. Troy Batchelor won the race and Chris Mills rode well to hold off Glen Phillips for maximum points which cut the home side’s lead to only two points and took the score to 25-23 after eight races. Suddenly King’s Lynn were back on level terms again when they added a 2-4 in heat 9. Tomas Topinka won the race from Paul Fry while John Oliver held off Simon Walker to square the match with six races to go. Somerset regained a two point advantage in heat 10 when they took another 4-2. Again Magnus Zetterstrom produced a heat win this time from the back ending Kevin Doolan’s unbeaten run in the process while Glen Phillips reversed his heat 8 defeat by Chris Mills by beating him this time and challenging Doolan unsuccessfully for second place. In heat 11 Glenn Cunningham produced an excellent pass on Troy Batchelor for a heat win but Daniel Nermark took third place from Simon Walker who was none too pleased with Nermark’s tactics in doing so. Heat 12 produced a shared race when Paul Fry beat Trevor Harding with Chris Mills third and the score was now 37-35 with all to race for. In heat 13 Somerset produced the killer blow and Glenn Cunningham took most of the credit. Magnus Zetterstrom was off for another win but the two Stars were behind him. Cunningham picked off Nermark before reeling in Topinka and passing him on the line for a 5-1 which stretched the lead to six points with just two heats to go. The Rebels then tied up the points with a 4-2 in heat 14. Paul Fry passed Doolan to win the race and Doolan then had to fend off Simon Walker to preserve his two points. Finally in the last race the home side wrapped things up with another 5-1 from their top men on the night Magnus Zetterstrom and Paul Fry when they headed home Tomas Topinka and Kevin Doolan and a 12 point win which had looked unlikely when the teams were all square after heat 9. Match Report by Merlin |