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Somerset Rebels v Newport Wasps
Premier League, 18 August 2006
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 2 | M | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Stephan Katt | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 2* | 1* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 2* | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 1 | 2* | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 1(g) | Chris Neath | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Tony Atkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Schramm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1# | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Wilkinson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Billy Legg | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 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 match while Newport again had Chris Neath guesting for Craig Watson at number 1. After a terrible start Newport recovered to trail by only 5 points at the half way mark but Somerset finished strongly dropping only one point over the last four heats to build a 23 point lead to take to Newport for the bonus point. Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 1 while Chris Neath warded off the challenge from Glen Phillips for a 4-2 to give the Rebels a two point lead which they doubled in the reserves race won by Simon Walker. Heats 3 and 4 resulted in 5-1s for Somerset from Katt and Kramer in heat 3 and Cunningham and Barker in heat 4 and already Newport looked out of it with the score reading 18-6. However, the Wasps hit back. Chris Neath was out in heat 5 as a TR and came from behind to beat Katt and Kramer for a 3-6 to cut the gap to 9 points. A Zetterstrom win produced a shared heat 6 but in heat 7 Neil Collins and Chris Schramm gated and looked as if they might score a 1-5 until Glenn Cunningham passed Schramm to limit the damage to a 2-4. Newport produced a heat advantage in heat 8 too. Joel Parsons won from the gate and Tony Atkin took third place behind Phillips for another 2-4. This brought the score to 28-23 after eight races. That was as good as it got for the Wasps though. Carl Wilkinson could only split the Katt/Kramer pairing for a 4-2 in heat 9 then Neil Collins did likewise to Zetterstrom and Phillips again for a 4-2 in heat 10. Chris Neath won heat 11 to share the points but Barker and Katt added a 5-1 in heat 12 to increase the Rebels’ lead to 13 points with the score at 44-31. Chris Neath finished second to Zetterstrom in heat 13 but that was the last time a Newport rider finished ahead of a Rebel as the home side finished with two 5-1s with Magnus Zetterstrom completing yet another home maximum. Match Report by Merlin |