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Workington Comets v Somerset Rebels
Premier League, 10 June 2006
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1(g) | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Ritchie Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Tomasz Piszcz | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2* | 3 | 1* | . | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 2 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6(g) | John Branney | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Aidan Collins | 1 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Stephan Katt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6^ | 3 | 0 | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 3 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 2* | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington were without James Wright, on duty abroad, and Paul Thorp out injured. They used R/R for Thorp and had Rusty Harrison as a guest for James Wright at number 1. Somerset were without broken leg victim Paul Fry and used R/R for him at number 4. After a storming start by Somerset which saw them take a six point lead after a 2-4 in heat 1 and 1-5 in heat two, it looked like Workington were in for a real struggle. That’s the way that it worked out on a dry and very dusty Derwent Park circuit. The Comets clawed their way back to build up a ten point lead after heat 9 but a successful 6 point TR in heat 10 for Glenn Cunningham resulted in a 2-7 which brought the Rebels back into contention at 34-29. A 2-4 in heat 11 meant that there were only three points between the teams after heat 11 at 36-33. Another 2-4 in heat 13 left just one point in it at 41-40 but a 4-2 in heat 14 gave Workington a three point lead leading to a last heat decider with the Rebels needing a 1-5 for victory. Although Magnus Zetterstrom won the race, Glenn Cunningham was relegated to the back by the Ritchie Hawkins and Tomasz Piszcz for a shared race and the home side breathed a sigh of relief. Match Report by Merlin |