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Somerset Rebels v Reading Racers
Premier League, 19 August 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset

Somerset 47
1	Magnus Zetterstrom	0	2	3	3	.	.	.	8	0
2	Jamie Smith	3	R	F	2*	.	.	.	5	1
3	Ritchie Hawkins	3	1*	1*	3	0	.	.	8	2
4	Paul Fry	2*	2	2	3	1	.	.	10	1
5	Glenn Cunningham	0	3	3	1	.	.	.	7	0
6(g)	Simon Walker	2	0	1	.	.	.	.	3	0
7	Chris Mills	1*	1	1	2*	1	.	.	6	2
Reading 43
1	Danny Bird	2	3	2	0	.	.	.	7	0
2	Zdenek Simota	1*	0	2*	0	.	.	.	3	2
3	Andrew Appleton	1	2	0	0	.	.	.	3	0
4	Richard Wolff	0	1*	1	0	.	.	.	2	1
5	Matej Zagar	2*	3	3	2	3	.	.	13	1
6(g)	Lee Smart	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	1	0
7(g)	Tomas Suchanek	3	3	3	1	2	2*	.	14	1

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

Somerset had Chris Mills, one of their injured reserves, back for this meeting but had Simon Walker at number 6 in place of Trevor Harding. Reading were without both their regular reserves, Chris Johnson and Mathieu Tressarieu, and had Lee Smart at number 6 and Tomas Suchanek at number 7 instead. Reading had a two point advantage from their home match in the fight for the bonus point. This match was a close tussle with the lead changing hands as both sides contested the league points and the bonus point. In the end they both went to Somerset which was perhaps fair since Reading were indebted to a sensational 14+1 return from their guest Tomas Suchanek to keep them in the picture. In a surprising heat 1, Jaimie Smith passed Danny Bird to win the heat with Zdenek Simota relegating Magnus Zetterstrom to last place for a shared heat. Tomas Suchanek won heat 2 for another share of the points but Somerset drew first blood when Ritchie Hawkins and Paul Fry took a 5-1 ahead of Andrew Appleton. This was nullified in heat 4 when Reading scored a 1-5 through Suchanek and Matej Zagar ahead of Chris Mills for a heat 4 score of 12-12. Danny Bird won heat 5 from Fry and Hawkins for a shared heat then Reading took the lead in heat 6 when Matej Zagar won the battle of the Zs by beating Magnus Zetterstrom. With Jaimie Smith retiring from the race Lee Smart picked up the third place point for a 2-4. Glenn Cunningham won heat 7 for another shared heat then Reading went 6 points ahead with a 1-5 in heat 8 from Tomas Suchanek and Zdenek Simota from Chris Mills as Jaimie Smith fell. This took the heat 8 score to 21-27. Matej Zagar won heat 9 from Fry and Hawkins for a 3-3 but Somerset then slipped up a gear. In heat 10 Magnus Zetterstrom and Jaimie Smith took a 5-1 from Richard Wolff and Andrew Appleton then Glenn Cunningham beat Danny Bird with Simon Walker third for a 4-2 which levelled the score at 33-33. Now in full flow Hawkins and Mills rattled home another 5-1 in heat 12 to take the score to 38-34. Magnus Zetterstrom won the second battle of the Zs beating Matej Zagar with Cunningham heading home Bird for a Somerset 4-2. The home side were now 6 points ahead, four on aggregate and they tied up both match and bonus point with another 4-2 in heat 14 from Fry and Mills before Reading had the consolation of a 1-5 in the final heat when Matej Zagar and Tomas Suchanek beat Fry and Hawkins. It was too little too late though. Match Report by Merlin