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Stoke Potters v Reading Racers
Premier League, 17 September 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | David Meldrum | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 2 | 2 | 1* | 4^ | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Garry Stead | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 3 | 2* | 0 | 1* | 1* | 1* | . | 8 | 4 |
| 7(g) | Luke Priest | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Zdenek Simota | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 1* | . | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 1* | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Richard Wolff | 2 | 1 | 2* | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Stoke this week had Garry Stead as their guest for Jan Staechmann with Luke Priest continuing at reserve. Reading used R/R at number one for Danny Bird but otherwise were on the usual lines. The Racers had a 19 point lead from the match at Reading in search of the bonus point. Not for the first time this season Reading provided ten of the fifteen race winners away from home but this time they also won the match and took all three points. The Racers were always in control of this match and although Stoke pulled back to equality after 7 races the visitors ran out comfortable winners. The opening two heats, won by Alan Mogridge and Barrie Evans were shared, but the Racers won heats 3 and 4 by 2-4 thanks to wins from Andrew Appleton and Matej Zagar to move into a four point lead at 10-14. When Robbie Kessler could only split Zdenek Simota and Andrew Appleton in heat 5 the third successive 2-4 put the racers six points in front. Alan Mogridge beat Matej Zagar in heat 6 and, with David Meldrum finishing third, Stoke pulled two points back. They did even better in heat 7 with a 5-1 from Garry Stead and Barrie Evans ahead of Andrew Appleton which levelled the scores. However Zdenek Simota and Richard Wolff returned the compliment in heat 8 so the score after the opening eight heats was 22-26. Zagar won heat 9 for a share of the points then Reading took another 2-4 in heat 10 when Andrew Appleton beat Alan Mogridge with Mathieu Tresarrieu third. Reading provided the winners of the next two races too through Simota and Appleton both for shared heats to take the score after 12 heats to 33-39. Stoke were well and truly sunk when Zagar and Simota saw off Stead and Mogridge in heat 13 to move 10 points ahead with two races to go. Stoke gave Robbie Kessler a TR in heat 14 but this time it was Mathieu Tresarrieu who provided the killer blow by winning the race. Kessler was second and Evans third so Stoke scored a 5-3 but it was too little, too late. Alan Mogridge had the satisfaction of winning heat 15 beating Zagar and Simota but it was only for a shared heat as the Racers hit the fifty point mark. Match Report by Merlin |