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Stoke Potters v Berwick Bandits
KO Cup (1st Round), 12 June 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke

Stoke 42
2	Paul Clews	0	0	1*	0	0	.	.	1	1
3	Robbie Kessler	1	2*	2	1*	1	.	.	7	2
4	Alan Mogridge	3	1*	2	3	1	2*	.	12	2
5(g)	Magnus Karlsson	3	3	3	3	3	3	.	18	0
6	Barrie Evans	2	R	0	0	.	.	.	2	0
7	Jack Hargreaves	0	0	2	0	.	.	.	2	0
Berwick 48
1	Adrian Rymel	3	3	1*	1*	1	.	.	9	2
2	Adam Pietraszko	2*	0	0	2	.	.	.	4	1
4	Tom P Madsen	0	1*	1*	.	.	.	.	2	2
5	Michal Makovsky	2	1*	3	2	0	.	.	8	1
6	Scott Smith	3	2	2	0	2*	3	.	12	1
7	Carl Wilkinson	1	1	1*	3	2	3	2*	13	2

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

The first leg of this match, due to be raced at Berwick, was rained off so tonight’s match became the first leg. Stoke had Magnus Karlsson at number 5 as a guest for Jan Staechmann and were again without Peter Carr for whom they used R/R at number 1. Jack Hargreaves was promoted to the team again at number 7 in place of Rob Grant. Berwick used R/R for Chris Schramm at number 3 but otherwise they were at full strength. Just as they did at Somerset on Friday night Berwick got off to a cracking start. Adrian Rymel and Adam Pietraszko took a 1-5 in the opening heat ahead of Robbie Kessler and they followed it with a 2-4 from the reserves race won by Scott Smith. Stoke hit back with a 5-1 in heat 3 from Alan Mogridge and Robbie Kessler then Magnus Karlsson won heat 4 for a shared heat. The score after the opening four heats was 11-13. The next two heats were shared before there was an interruption due to heavy rain falling. More shale was put on the track in an effort to continue the meeting. After the resumption with heat 7 there were five more shared heats which left Stoke still trailing by two points at 32-34 but Berwick scored a killer 1-5 in heat 12 as new boy Carl Wilkinson won the heat followed home by Scott Smith ahead of Robbie Kessler to take the score to 33-39 and leave Stoke staring defeat in the face. Heat 13 was won by Magnus Karlsson but Makovsky and Rymel relegated Paul Clews to the back for a shared heat. The clincher for Berwick came in heat 14 as the Smith/Wilkinson reserve pairing scored their second consecutive 1-5 from Barrie Evans and Alan Mogridge to give Berwick a 10 point lead at 37-47. Karlsson and Mogridge scored a consolation 5-1 for the Potters in the last heat to cut the lead to six points but the second leg looks a bit of a formality. This is the second week in succession that Stoke have lost at home despite having a guest who scored a full 18 point maximum! For Berwick, their two reserves Scott Smith and Carl Wilkinson scored 25 points – more than half of their total. Match Report by Merlin