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Workington Comets v Somerset Rebels
KO Cup (1st Round), 04 June 2005
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Kevin Little | 1* | 1 | 2* | 0 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Scott Robson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Shaun Tacey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Adam Roynon | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | James Wright | R | 2* | 1 | 3 | 1* | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1* | 2 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 2 | 2* | 1* | 3 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Smart | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jason King | 3 | 0 | R | 1 | 1* | . | . | 5 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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With a two point lead from the first leg last night Workington were expected to qualify with some ease against Somerset . It didn’t quite work out that way though! The Comets again used R/R at number 5 for injury victim Kauko Nieminen and their ‘revolving’ reserve position tonight was filled by Adam Roynon. The Rebels were at full strength. Magnus Zetterstrom won the opening heat against Carl Stonehewer for a share of the points and Somerset then took the lead and levelled on aggregate with a 2-4 in the reserves race after James Wright had suffered an engine failure. However a Tacey/Robson 4-2 in heat 3 restored the status quo and Workington finally went ahead in the match with a 5-1 from Carl Stonehewer and James Wright to lead 14-10 after four races. Somerset pulled two points back in heat 5 thanks to a win from Jaimie Smith ahead of Scott Robson with Magnus Zetterstrom third but this was nullified by a Workington 4-2 in the next heat when Glenn Cunningham was beaten by Carl Stonehewer with Kevin Little third. Then the Comets got a rude awakening in heat 8 when Somerset pulled off a 1-5 from Paul Fry and Ritchie Hawkins ahead of James Wright to level the scores on the night at 21-21. They returned the compliment in heat 8 however with a 5-1 from James Wright and Kevin Little to lead 26-22. Shaun Tacey and Scott Robson added a 4-2 in heat 9 and Workington threatened to race out of sight but Somerset hung on with a share of the points in heat 10 won by Carl Stonehewer from Fry and Hawkins and a race win from Magnus Zetterstrom again for a shared heat in heat 11. This took the interval score to 36-30 with Workington eight points up on aggregate with four heats remaining. After the break, in heat 12 Somerset pulled two points back again with Ritchie Hawkins winning the heat from Scott Robson and Jason King taking the third place point and it looked as though Magnus Zetterstrom’s races against Carl Stonehewer in heats 13 and 15 would decide Somerset’s fate. Stonehewer won heat 13 with Glenn Cunningham and Zetterstrom filling the minor places to take the score to 41-37 and Somerset now needed a 1-5 and 2-4 to force an aggregate draw. A 3-3 in heat 14 finally saw Workington home and dry but Paul Fry pushed James Wright hard for the win and Jason King did well to beat Shaun Tacey. The last heat, also won by Stonehewer, was shared too but it was a much better performance by Somerset than could be expected following on from last night’s home defeat. Match Report by Merlin |