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Stoke Potters v Hull Vikings
Premier League, 28 May 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 2 | R | 3 | 0 | 3 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Paul Clews | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Peter Carr | 2* | 0 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Magnus Karlsson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Jack Hargreaves | 0 | 1 | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Emiliano Sanchez | 3 | 1* | 4^ | 1* | 1* | . | . | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Paul Thorp | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Craig Branney | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 1* | 2* | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Simone Terenzani | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Stoke returned home after two impressive displays at Exeter and the Isle of Wight to take on Hull. Stoke had Magnus Karlsson as a guest replacement for Jan Staechmann and continued with Jack Hargreaves at number 7 for Rob Grant. Hull were at full strength. Hull were first to lead with a 2-4 in the opening heat from Sanchez and Thorp but, after a shared heat 2, Robbie Kessler and Peter Carr took a 5-1 from Emil Kramer then Karlsson and Hargreaves added a 4-2 in heat 4 to take the score after 4 heats to 14-10. Heat 5, won by Robbie Kessler, was shared but Hull hit back with 1-5 from Garry Stead and Joel Parsons from Paul Clews as Alan Mogridge suffered an engine failure in heat 6. The match was all square now but not for long as Stoke took a 4-2 in heat 7 from Karlsson and Evans. They added a 5-1 in heat 8 with a 5-1 from Clews and Hargreaves to take the score to 27-21. Two more 4-2s in heats 9 and 10 put the Vikings ten points in arrears so Emiliano Sanchez took a TR in heat 11. He could only finish second to Magnus Karlsson and with Paul Thorp at the back the race was shared 4-4. Peter Carr won heat 12 for another 4-2 to Stoke which put the Potters twelve points up with three heats to go and nearly safe. Garry Stead took a TR in heat 13 but, like Sanchez, he could only finish second to Magnus Karlsson. With Sanchez third ahead of Alan Mogridge, Hull took a 3-5 which reduced the gap to ten points at 46-36. A 2-4 from Kramer and Terenzani in heat 14 shaved another two points from the Potters lead but it was too little too late. The last heat was won by Alan Mogridge for a share of the points. Match Report by Merlin |