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Somerset Rebels v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 22 July 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 0 | 1* | R | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 2* | 2* | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Trevor Harding | 3 | 2* | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Chris Mills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Peter Carr | 1* | R | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Robbie Kessler | 2 | 1 | 6^ | 1* | 2 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Alan Mogridge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Stuart Robson | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 0 | 1* | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jack Hargreaves | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset paraded their two new signings with Trevor Harding coming into the side at number 6 and Chris Mills at number 7. Stoke had popular guest Stuart Robson at number 5 as a guest for Jan Staechmann. The Potters were defending a 6 point lead for the bonus point. Although Stoke twice used their TRs to gain the maximum 6 points from each, they never looked liken even taking the bonus point as Somerset’s new reserves proved the major difference between the sides outscoring their Stoke counterparts by 11-3. Zetterstrom’s heat 1 win was only good enough for a shared heat but Somerset soon stormed ahead with a 4-2 in the reserves race won by Trevor Harding from Barrie Evans then a 5-1 from Fry and Hawkins in heat 3. Glenn Cunningham beat Stuart Robson with Chris Mills third for a 4-2 in heat 4 to take the score to 16-8. Another Fry/Hawkins 5-1 in heat 5 had the Potters trailing by 12 points so they gave Stuart Robson a TR even though he was facing Magnus Zetterstrom. Robson won the heat for a Stoke 3-6 but Glenn Cunningham and Trevor Harding added another 5-1 in heat 7 to put the Rebels 13 points ahead so Stoke then gave Robbie Kessler a TR in heat 8. Kessler won the heat and with Barrie Evans taking the third place point after Jaimie Smith had retired Stoke gained a 2-7 advantage to make the score after 8 heats 31-23. Stuart Robson won heat 9 for a 3-3 then Zetterstrom and Smith took a 4-2 to increase the Rebels lead to 10 points, 4 points on aggregate. Glenn Cunningham won heat 11 from Carr and Kessler for a shared heat then Hawkins and Mills took another 4-2 for Somerset before Magnus Zetterstrom and Glenn Cunningham tied things up with a 5-1 in heat 13 to put the home side 16 points ahead. That’s the way it stayed as Alan Mogridge then Magnus Zetterstrom won the last two heats each if which was shared. Match Report by Merlin |