KING’S Lynn climbed to second position in the table with a fifth straight SGB Premiership victory at Somerset on Friday.
The Stars, who had been victims of circumstance in their heavy KO Cup home defeat to Wolverhampton 48 hours earlier, collected all four points from their visit to the Oaktree Arena thanks to a 49-41 victory.
It reinforced the Highbridge venue as their happiest hunting ground on the road as it was their second Premiership win there this season following their Pairs triumph in March.
Flying reserve Kai Hukenbeck racked up a best-yet 13+2 for the Stars with Chris Holder defying the pain of a Heat 11 crash to add 12+1 in the No.1 berth, with Troy Batchelor picking up 10.
Holder won Heat 15 ahead of the Rebels’ top two Richard Lawson (12+1) and Josh Grajczonek (10) to ensure maximum points for the visitors.
He said: “Wednesday was always going to be tough with us missing key riders against Wolves. We were up against it and they have a really solid team but we knew we had to regroup after that.
“Hopefully, we won’t lose too many more at home and picking up away wins like this makes life that bit easier.”
Somerset boss Garry May said: “We were on the back foot right from the off and when a team like King’s Lynn with their top-end strength get their noses in front, they are always going to be difficult to close down.
“Despite their best efforts, the boys, Richard and Josh apart, were unable to find any sort of consistency with which we could threaten King’s Lynn, especially with Huckenbeck putting in a match-winning performance for them from reserve.”
25/04/18 1930 Rye House v Wolverhampton (Premiership)
25/04/18 1930 Birmingham v Kent (EC)
26/04/18 1930 Ipswich v Newcastle (Championship)
26/04/18 1930 Sheffield v Redcar (CS)
26/04/18 1900 Isle of Wight v Eastbourne (NLKOC)
26/04/18 1900 Poole v Yarmouth Bloaters (Ch)
27/04/18 1930 Edinburgh v Berwick (CS)
27/04/18 1930 Redcar v Sheffield (CS) 27/04/18 1915 Plymouth v Isle of Wight (NT)
28/04/18 1900 Berwick v Lakeside (Championship)
28/04/18 1930 Eastbourne v Belle Vue (TPNL)
28/04/18 1930 Mildenhall v Stoke (TPNL)
29/04/18 1830 Newcastle v Sheffield (CS)
29/04/18 1500 Buxton v Birmingham (NT)
29/04/18 1500 Coventry v Cradley (NT)
30/04/18 1930 Belle Vue v Somerset (Premiership)
30/04/18 1930 Leicester v Rye House (Premiership)
30/04/18 1930 Wolverhampton v King's Lynn (Premiership) 30/04/18 1830 Kent v Birmingham (EC)
01/05/18 1900 British U21 Final, Berwick
02/05/18 1930 King's Lynn v Swindon (Premiership)
02/05/18 1930 Somerset v Poole (P-KOC)
02/05/18 1930 Belle Vue v Plymouth (TPNL)
03/05/18 1930 Sheffield v Peterborough (Championship)
03/05/18 1930 Ipswich v Lakeside (C-KOC)
03/05/18 1930 Redcar v Scunthorpe (CS) 03/05/18 1900 Isle of Wight v Mildenhall (NT) 04/05/18 1930 Edinburgh v Peterborough (Championship)
04/05/18 1930 Glasgow v Sheffield (Championship)
04/05/18 1930 Scunthorpe v Redcar (Championship)
04/05/18 2000 Lakeside v Ipswich (C-KOC) 04/05/18 1930 Workington v Berwick (CS) 04/05/18 1915 Plymouth v Mildenhall (NT)
05/05/18 1900 Berwick v Workington (CS) 05/05/18 1900 Stoke v Belle Vue (TPNL) 05/05/18 1930 Eastbourne v Isle of Wight (NT) 06/05/18 1830 Newcastle v Ipswich (Championship)
06/05/18 1500 Buxton v Coventry (NT)
06/05/18 1500 Mildenhall v Kent (NT)
07/05/18 1500 Rye House v Somerset (Premiership)
07/05/18 1930 Swindon v Poole (Premiership)
07/05/18 1200 Belle Vue v Wolverhampton (P-KOC) 07/05/18 1930 Leicester v King's Lynn (P-KOC)
07/05/18 1530 Kent v Buxton (TPNL) 07/05/18 1930 Cradley v Stoke (NT)
LATEST RESULTS...
TUESDAY APRIL 24:
CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD
Peterborough v Ipswich - OFF
MONDAY APRIL 23:
PREMIERSHIP Belle Vue 59 (Dan Bewley 13+2) Rye House 31 (Krzysztof Kasprzak 14+1) Premiership points: Belle Vue 3 Rye House 0
