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Stoke Potters v Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Premier League, 30 September 2006
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Trent Leverington | 2* | 1 | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 2* | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 7 | 3 |
| 7(g) | Shane Waldron | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 1 | 2 | R^ | 1 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2(g) | Mark Baseby | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Fx | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason King | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Jon Armstrong | 2 | 2 | 4^ | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | James Brundle | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Jordan Frampton | 0 | 1* | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Stoke had Shane Waldron at number 7 guesting for Luke Priest. Mildenhall were missing Daniel King and Brent Werner so used R/R at number 5 and had Mark Baseby at number 2 . Without Daniel King and Brent Werner, Mildenhall didn’t look to have enough firepower to challenge Stoke in this last Premier League match of the season. So it turned out but they might have expected to do better than fail to hit the 30 point mark. As the rain thundered down Stoke got off to the perfect start with two 5-1s. Jason Lyons was left well in the ‘wake’ of Paul Thorp and Trent Leverington in heat 1 and Shane Waldron and Barrie Evans added a second maximum race win in heat 2. Jon Armstrong led heat 3 until the last bend when he was passed by Paul Clews. However Robbie Kessler finished behind Jason King so the race was shared as was heat 4 won by Mark Lemon from the gate from Jon Armstrong again and Jordan Frampton. This took the score after four races to 16-8. Robbie Kessler jetted from the start to win heat 5 but Jason Lyons held off the determined challenges of Paul Clews for a 4-2 the same score as heat 6. In this race the Thorp/Leverington pairing was split by Jason King and Stoke had opened up a 12 point lead. Jon Armstrong took a TR in heat 7 and finished second behind Mark Lemon, With Barrie Evans beating Jason King for third place the heat was shared 4-4. Mark Baseby led heat 8 for nearly two laps but was passed by Trent Leverington on the second lap. Jordan Frampton was third so this race was shared too and the score after eight races was 31-19. Paul Clews beat James Brundle in heat 9 while Robbie Kessler was third. Jason Lyons (R/R) who was on a TR looked a trifle disinterested and failed to complete the four laps so the Potters took a 4-2 to lead by 14 points. In heat 10 Paul Thorp was fast away but Jason King and Jon Armstrong slotted in behind him. Trent Leverington then passed Armstrong on the second lap and King on the third lap to turn the 3-3 into a 5-1. In heat 11 Mark Lemon and Barrie Evans scored another 5-1 by team riding to victory ahead of Jason Lyons then Paul Clews won heat 12 from King and Brundle for a shared race which took the score to 48-26. That was it as far as the Fen Tigers were concerned. They lost the last three heats all by the 5-1 margin with Mark Lemon and Paul Thorp completing full and paid maximums respectively for Stoke. In heat 13 Mark Baseby led Thorp until the third lap before he fell. Jason Lyons fell too but was awarded a point by the referee as the race was awarded. Then Kessler/Evans and Lemon Thorp consigned Jon Armstrong to third place in each of the last two heats. Match Report by Merlin |