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Stoke Potters v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 27 August 2005
Loomer Road, Stoke
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 2* | 2 | Fx^ | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Adam Allott | 3 | 1* | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | 2 | 1* | 4^ | 1* | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 5(g) | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Rob Grant | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1* | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| 7(g) | Luke Priest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Stuart Robson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2* | Fx | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 0 | 3 | 3 | R | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel King | 1* | 1 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Luke Bowen | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Tommy Allen | 2* | 1 | 2* | 2* | 0 | . | . | 7 | 3 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Stoke had Glenn Cunningham at number 5 for Jan Staechmann. At reserve they had Rob Grant at number 6 for Barrie Evans who was competing in the Conference League Riders Championship at Rye House. They also had Luke Priest at number 7 for the injured Jack Hargreaves. Rye House were missing Steve Boxall also riding in the Conference League Riders Championship and had Luke Bowen at reserve. Stoke were no match for Rye House producing only two race winners all match. Their cause wasn’t helped when Alan Mogridge on a TR fell in heat 10 and had to withdraw from the meeting with a back injury. Every one of the Rye House team was paid for at least one heat win and six of them took the chequered flag during the meeting such was the Rockets’ domination. It looked as though there might be a shock on the cards when Stoke opened with a 5-1 from Adam Allott and Alan Mogridge ahead of Stuart Robson and Edward Kennett but the home euphoria ended when the Rye House reserves reversed that score to level the match. Robbie Kessler won heat 3 from Brent Werner and Daniel King for a shared heat but it was to be the only point Werner was to drop all match. Rye House took the lead for the first time in heat 4 as Chris Neath registered the first of his five race wins beating Glenn Cunningham with Tommy Allen third for a 2-4 which took the score after four heats to 11-13. After that it was one way traffic. Over the next four heats the Rockets provided all the race winners. They took a 2-4 in heat 5 when Robbie Kessler could only split Edward Kennett and Stuart Robson. Alan Mogridge and Adam Allott shared heat 6 by following Chris Neath home but another 2-4 to the Rockets in heat 7 when Werner beat Cunningham was followed by a 1-5 in heat 8 from Kennett and Allen from Allott. This took the score to 19-29 and Rye House were in easy street. Chris Neath won again in heat 9 for a shared heat but Stoke’s night was finished after Alan Mogridge on a TR fell in heat 10 while chasing the Rye House pair of Werner and King. The 1-5 put the Rockets 14 points ahead and Stoke got a break when Edward Kennett had an engine failure while leading heat 11. Stuart Robson won the heat for a share of the points. Werner and Allen scored another 1-5 in heat 12 and Neath and Robson followed it with another in heat 13 to make the score 28-50. Stoke had some success in heat 14 though as Robbie Kessler took a TR. Although Daniel King won the race Kessler finished second with his partner, Rob Grant, third so the Potters took a 5-3. They shared the last heat too when Stuart Robson’s chain snapped causing him to fall. Chris Neath completed his maximum by winning the rerun but Cunningham and Kessler followed him home to share the heat. Match Report by Merlin |