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Somerset Rebels v Newcastle Diamonds
Premier League, 11 August 2006
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 2* | 2* | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Stephan Katt | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 3 | 0 | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 2* | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | George Stancl | 2 | 2* | 4^ | 1 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | 0 | 3 | F | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Christian Henry | 2 | 2* | 2 | 4^ | 0 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 0 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 2 | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam McKinna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Both Somerset and Newcastle were at full strength for this match. Newcastle welcomed back Manuel Hauzinger to the team and were able to track their full side for the first time in many weeks. Having drawn their match at Newcastle a few weeks ago, Somerset only needed a win to guarantee all three points from this return fixture. After an opening burst which saw them into a ten point lead over the opening four heats that was never really in doubt although Newcastle had their moments. Somerset got off to a blistering start. A 4-2 from Zetterstrom and Phillips in heat 1 was followed by a 5-1 in the reserves’ race. Christian Henry could only split the Kramer/Katt pairing in heat 3 so the Rebels added another 4-2 and repeated that score in heat 4 won by Cunningham from Grieves. This took the score to 17-7 leaving the Diamonds with a mountain to climb. Newcastle hit back with a 1-5 in heat 5 from Hauzinger and Stancl against the Rebels pairing of Katt and Kramer but that was nullified by another 5-1 for the Rebels via Zetterstrom and Phillips. Back again came Newcastle in heat 7 with a 1-5 from Franc and Henry against Cunningham but again the Rebels countered with their own 5-1 this time from Barker and Phillips after Hauzinger had fallen. This took the score after eight races to 29-19. The Diamonds fell further behind with yet another home 5-1 for Katt and Kramer ahead of Grieves. After Zetterstrom had won again in heat 10 for a shared heat, Newcastle gave George Stancl a TR in heat 11. Glenn Cunningham won the race form Stancl but Hauzinger’s third place meant that Newcastle took a 3-5 advantage to cut the lead to 12 points. In heat 12 it was Christian Henry’s turn to take a TR and again he could only finish second this time to Stephan Katt. With Ben Barker third the race was shared 4-4 and the score stood at 44-32. Zetterstrom and Cunningham scored a 5-1 over Stancl and Grieves in heat 13 before Simon Walker beat Josef Franc in heat 14 with Emil Kramer third for a 4-2 to the Rebels. In the last heat Magnus Zetterstrom completed his full five ride maximum but Josef Franc took second place from Glenn Cunningham for a 4-2 heat result which consigned Newcastle to a 20 point defeat. Match Report by Merlin |