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Round Three & Semis

Jeff had a bye in round three. He did run and clocked a morale-boosting 0.669.

   

Jane and Bill served up a huge slice of excitement in their third round race. Bill got a marginally better start and they looked almost level in the closing stages... The screen showed Jane with a 0.008 advantage at the sensors - her ET 0.656 to Bill's 0.662. Jane would face Jeff in the semi-final.

   

First, Clive and Alan would fight it out for a place in the final - the winner would have a bye in the next round. It was another incredibly tight run - it looked pretty level-pegging until Alan just edged a tiny gap at the end. The winning margin was 0.014 and the sixth qualifier had dumped out the second seed. Their ETs 0.683 to 0.704.

   

Jane had the chance for revenge in the semi final - but had Jeff rediscovered his qualifying speed? The answer was no - Jane put in another super-consistent 0.650 second run and Jeff was left 0.020 behind - his ET a disappointing 0.674. The top qualifier and last month's winner was out. Jane would meet Alan in the final.

To ramp up the tension, Alan chose to complete a solo run - he improved his best time to 0.676...