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2009 SEASON

MATCH REPORT

PREVIOUS MATCH

Somerset
'Sharp Systems'
Rebels

versus

Birmingham
'BRC'
Brummies

PREMIER LEAGUE

Friday 31st July 2009

	Rebels			Monarchs
	Team Manager: David Croucher			Team Manager: Graham Drury
1	Steve Johnston (C)	3	1	Tomasz Piszcz	0
2	Simon Walker	1	2	Rusty Harrison	2
3	Nick Simmons	1	3	Ludvig Lindgren	2
4	Emil Kramer	3	4	Richard Sweetman	0
5	Cory Gathercole	F	5	Jason Lyons (c)	DNF
6	Tom Brown (r)	0	6	Jay Herne (r)	3
7	Justin Sedgmen (r)	1	7	Lee Smart (r)	2
		9			9

Heat
& Time

RIDER

SUBSTITUE

Pts

REBS

VIS

1	1	Steve Johnston		3	4	2
TIME	2	Simon Walker		1
57.60	1	Tomasz Piszcz
	2	Rusty Harrison		2	4	2

2	6	Tom Brown			1	5
TIME	7	Justin Sedgmen		1
58.47	6	Jay Herne		3
	7	Lee Smart		2	5	7

3	3	Nick Simmons		1	4	2
TIME	4	Emil Kramer		3
	3	Ludvig Lingren		2
	4	Richard Sweetman			9	9

4	5	Cory Gathercole	Fell 1st bend. NOW RAINING HEAVILY.
TIME	7	Justin Sedgmen	AFTER A LENGTHY DELAY AND TRACK
	5	Jason Lyons	INSPECTIONS IT WAS DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY TO CANCEL THE MEETING!
	7	Lee Smart

5	3	Nick Simmons
TIME	4	Emil Kramer
	1	tomasz Piszcz
	2	Rusty Harrison

6	1	Steve Johnston
TIME	2	Simon Walker
	5	Jason Lyons
	6	Jay Herne

7	5	Cory Gathercole
TIME	6	Tome Brown
	3	Ludvig Lingren
	4	Richard Sweetman

8	2	Simon Walker
TIME	7	Justin Sedgmen
	2	Rusty Harrison
	7	Lee Smart

9	3	Nick Simmons
TIME	4	Emil Kramer
	5	Jason Lyons
	6	Jay Herne

10	1	Steve Johnston
TIME	2	Simon Walker
	3	Ludvig Lingren
	4	Richard Sweetman

11	5	Cory Gathercole
TIME	6	Tom Brown
	1	Tomasz Piszcz
	2	Rusty Harrison

12	3	Nick Simmonds
TIME	7	Justin Sedgmen
	3	Ludvig Lingren
	6	Jay Herne

13	1	Steve Johnston
TIME	5	Cory Gathercole
	1	Tomasz Piszcz
	5	Jason Lyons

14	4	Emil Kramer
TIME	6	Tom Brown
	4	Rich Sweetman
	7	Lee Smart

15
TIME

RIDER OF THE NIGHT

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Mike M

The Somerset ' Sharp' Rebels encounter with the Birmingham Brummies fell victim to the weather after just three heats, with the match poised at 9-points all. The opening exchange had gone to the Rebels by a 4-2 margin after Steve Johnston had got the better of Rusty Harrison on the opening turn. Simon Walker closed down Harrison in the final stages, but could never get in a shot at second place.

Former Rebels Jay Herne and Lee Smart made it an all the way win in Heat 2, as they put their previous Oak Tree Arena experience to good use in giving the Brummies a 5-7 lead. Justin Sedgmen made a fight of it in the latter stages, but Smart always had him covered. Heat 3 saw the Rebels level the score as Emil Kramer made his now customary start to the meeting with a fairly comfortable win over Ludvig Lindgren. Nick Simmons followed home to level the scores.

Heat 4 only got as far as the first turn, as Cory Gathercole went down in a very tight battle with Lee Smart and Jason Lyons. The referees call was all four back, but it never got that far, as the rain, which had been falling steadily from around the first heat intervened. The riders and referee gave it every chance, and their was even some remedial track work done to prepare for the cessation of the rain, but the rain didn't stop in time. In the end track conditions got too unsafe, and the referee had no alternative to call a halt to what was looking like turning into an intriguing encounter.

Under normal circumstances a rain off of this nature would see the use of the re-admission tickets at a restricted number of meetings, but the Rebels General Manager, Dave Croucher, stated that fans can use the ticket for any of the Rebels remaining home fixtures, including the Rebels 10th Anniversary Meeting on August 14th, but with the exception of Mark Lemon's Testimonial on September 18th.

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