Speedway – Monarchs skid to defeat at Redcar

SGB Championship: Redcar Bears 52, Edinburgh Monarchs 40

Redcar: Lewis Kerr (guest) 5, Jonas B Andersen 11, Ben Barker 13, Ellis Perks 5, Charles Wright 8, Coty Garcia 6, Danny Ayres 4
Edinburgh: Sam Masters 13, Theo Pijper 1, Erik Riss 13, Max Clegg 4, Ricky Wells 5, Josh Pickering 1, Mitchell Davey 3

Sam Masters and Erik Riss both collected 13 points but SGB Championship pace-setters Edinburgh Monarchs skidded to defeat last at Redcar Bears.

Theo Pijper, making his comeback for the club, could only earn a point and Ricky Wells, who has been outstanding this season, totalled five points.

Top man for Bears was former Glasgow Tigers and Berwick Bandits star Ben Barker with 13 points and Jonas B Andersen was next best on 11 points.

Bears moved into a 22-14 lead after six races and kept their cool to take three points