Richie Worrall, seen here riding for Glasgow Tigers, topped Monarchs scoring against Sheffield. Picture Ian Adam

SGB Championship: Edinburgh Monarchs 54, Sheffield Tigers 36; Scunthorpe Scorpions 45, Berwick Bandits 45

Edinburgh: Ricky Wells 9, Victor Palovaara 7, Josh Pickering 4, Richie Worrall 15, Eric Riss 13, William Lawson 2, Joel Anderson 4

Sheffield: Mason Campton 2, Todd Kurtz 6, Kasper Andersen 13, Broc Nicol 1, Kyle Howarth 4, Joe Lawlor 0, James Shanes 10

Richie Worrall top scored with a 15-point maximum as Edinburgh Monarchs mauled Sheffield Tigers 54-36 in the SGB Championship.

Captain Eric Riss was next best on 13 points and Ricky Wells scored nine in the comfortable win in which Auchterarder-based William Lawson made his comeback after several seasons on the sidelines and scored two points.

Kasper Andersen scored 13 points and Reserve James Shanes was next best with ten points but the match was effectively over after Heat Nine when a 5-1 from Worrall and Josh Pickering put Monarchs 33-21 ahead.

Elsewhere, Berwick Bandits earned two valuable road points after drawing 45-45 at Scunthorpe Scorpions in the SGB Championship.

Bandits led 38-34 after a 5-1 from Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen and Theo Pijper in Heat 12 but Scorpions stung the visitors with a 5-1 of their own in the next race with ex-Edinburgh Monarchs rider Steve Worrall winning the heat and Josh Auty coming home second.

The sides then drew the next two heats to finish level.

Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen was best for Berwick with 12 points from six outings and Pijper scored ten points with Aaron Summers on nine points.

Auty was top scorer for Scorpions with 14 points and Jake Allen scored 11.

 

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