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Stoke Potters v Exeter Falcons
Premier League, 16 July 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Peter Carr | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Robbie Kessler | 1* | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 2 | 1 | 2* | 1* | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Alan Mogridge | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2 | 2* | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Jack Hargreaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | M | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 0 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Ray Morton | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | Antonin Svab | 1* | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Ben Barker | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 0 | 2 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Stoke had Glenn Cunningham as a guest for Jan Staechmann at number 5 but otherwise were at full strength. Exeter were unchanged with a full strength side. The Falcons won the match at the County Ground by only two points so were going to have their work cut out trying to win the bonus point. Mark Lemon won heat 1 for a 3-3 then the Potters’ reserves scored a 4-2 in heat 2 to take the lead. Ray Morton won heat 3 for Exeter and the heat was shared as was heat 4 won by Glenn Cunningham. The score after the opening four heats was 13-11. Stoke doubled their lead with a 4-2 in heat 5 from Alan Mogridge and Paul Clews then the meeting was held up for around 40 minutes allowing the sun to set so that the riders could see properly. On the restart Stoke took another 4-2 in heat 6 won by Peter Carr with Robbie Kessler third but Exeter hit back strongly with a 1-5 in heat 7 from Ray Morton and Seemond Stephens ahead of Glenn Cunningham to cut the home side’s lead to two points at 22-20. Robbie Kessler won heat 8 for a shared heat to take the score after 8 heats to 25-23. In heat 9 Stoke hit home a 5-1 from Mogridge and Clews but Exeter responded immediately in heat 10 with their own 1-5 from Stephens and Morton so there were still only two points in it. Back came Stoke with another 5-1 this time from Barrie Evans and Glenn Cunningham ahead of Mark Lemon to open up the six point lead again at 36-30. Heat 12 was shared then Exeter pulled two points back again with a 2-4 from Lemon and Svab in heat 13 to make the score 41-37. There were now only four points between the teams with two heats remaining but in heat 14 Stoke scored a match-winning 4-2 when Alan Mogridge ended Ray Morton’s unbeaten run with Barrie Evans picking up the vital third place point. Mogridge also won the last heat and with Glenn Cunningham second ahead of Mark Lemon Stoke clinched the bonus point too. Match Report by Merlin |