SGB Championship: Edinburgh Monarchs 53, Newcastle Diamonds 39; Peterborough Panthers v Berwick Bandits postponed.
Edinburgh: Ricky Wells 10, Mark Riss 7, Erik Riss 7, Josh Pickering 1, Sam Masters 13, Max Clegg 10, Mitchell Davey 5
Newcastle: Aaron Summers 5, Ashley Morris 9, Lewis Rose 6, Ludvig Lindgren 8, Ben Barker (guest) 10, Ben Hopwood 1, Connor Coles 0
Magnificent Max Clegg powered to ten points from seven rides as Edinburgh Monarchs came from behind to see off Newcastle Diamonds.
Sam Masters top scored with 13 points for the home side, winning four of his five heats and Ricky Wells also collected ten points.
Guest rider Ben Barker was best for Newcastle with ten points but Edinburgh made the worst possible start against the side with the best record against them at Armadale.
Monarchs lost the first heat 5-1 but snapped back with a 5-1 in the second thanks to ex-Glasgow Tigers racer Mitchell Davey and Clegg.
But they lost the next race 5-1 for an 11-7 deficit and this see-saw match saw Monarchs come within two points with a 4-2 in Heat Four for an overall score of 13-11.
Newcastle then hit the home side with another 5-1 to take their lead to 18-12 but then Edinburgh upped a gear.
They posted 5-1 scorelines in the next two races to lead 22-20 and never looked back.
Back-to-back 5-1s in Heats 10 and 11 saw Monarchs ten points clear and they closed out the opposition.
Meanwhile, Berwick Bandits were due to race at Peterborough Panthers but the match was postponed.
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