Stellar Academy track against a Leicester Cubs team who are unbeaten this season at Armadale on Saturday (7pm) to bring the curtain down on racing at the West Lothian stadium this season.
The squad go into the National Development League match boosted by their narrow 46-44 win at Redcar over Middlesbrough Tigers on Friday with Jacob Clouting and Dayle Wood both scoring ten points to top score.
That moved the Academy into fourth place in the table and Scott Wilson, the Academy team manager, said: “This (match against Leicester) presents a tough task for us as Leicester arrive already crowned as league champions and have won every match so far this season.
“Only we can stop them recording a perfect season and I’m sure the team will use this as extra motivation and battle hard to end the season with a win.”
Stars of the Cubs team are Joe Thompson, Vinnie Foord and Max James who have all been riding in the Cab Direct Championship this season and made progress.
James is a Monarchs’ rider so he has gained extra knowledge of Armadale. The home men have not always hit form together, but they do have the personnel to cause an upset.
Saturday’s match will be live streamed, details on www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk.
STELLAR MONARCHS ACADEMY: Connor Coles (captain), Harry McGurk (guest), Sam McGurk, Dayle Wood, Max Perry, Mark Parker, Kyran Lyden.
LEICESTER CUBS: Joe Thompson (captain), Sonny Springer, Tom Spencer, Max James, Vinnie Foord, Lee Harrison (guest), Arran Butcher.
During the evening there will be two National Junior League matches, West Lothian Wildcats v Ashfield and Armadale Angels v West Lothian Wildcats.
PICTURE: Scott Wilson (right) in the pits at Armadale by Nigel Duncan
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