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Somerset Rebels v Workington Comets
KO Cup (1st Round), 03 June 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 2 | 1* | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | M | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 3 | 1* | F | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 2* | 2 | 1 | 2* | 1* | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason King | 1 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 0 | 3 | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Lee Smart | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Kevin Little | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Shaun Tacey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Scott Robson | 0 | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | James Wright | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2* | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | Jamie Courtney | 2* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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It was yet a third consecutive home defeat for Somerset as they went down again to Workington this time in the KO Cup. The Rebels were at full strength but Workington were again without Kauko Nieminen and used R/R at number 5. Their revolving reserve position at number 7 was tonight filled by Jaimie Courtney. With the new averages coming into effect James Wright moved back to reserve with Kevin Little moving the other way back to number 2. Somerset trailed from heat one onwards in this match with Carl Stonehewer beating Magnus Zetterstrom and Kevin Little third for a 2-4. They increased their lead to 6 points with a reserves heat 1-5 but then Somerset hit back with 1 5-1 in heat 3 from Hawkins and Fry. Back came Workington to take heat 4 by 2-4 with Carl Stonehewer taking the R/R ride for a 2-4 with James Wright. The heat 4 score was 10-14. The next four heats were shared and Workington’s four point lead was still intact at heat eight with the score now standing at 22-26. In heat 9 however, the home side were in big trouble when Workington scored a 1-5 from Shaun Tacey and James Wright ahead of Paul Fry as Ritchie Hawkins fell and the Rebels trailed 23-31. They shaved two points from the lead with a 4-2 in heat 10 from Zetterstrom and King but, after a shared heat 11, they were eight points in arrears again when Tacey and Wright scored a 2-4. Somerset’s hopes were revived by their winning heat 13 by 4-2 when Glenn Cunningham beat Carl Stonehewer with Zetterstrom third followed by a 5-1 from Jason King and Paul Fry which saw them trail by only two points at 41-43. Carl Stonehewer killed their hopes of taking anything from this match by winning heat 15 from Cunningham and Fry and it would be a brave person who put their money on Somerset winning the tie on aggregate after their visit to Workington. Match Report by Merlin |