Tigers eye maximum points at Monarchs

Stellar Monarchs square-up to arch Scottish rivals Glasgow Allied Vehicles Tigers on Friday (tapes-up 7.30pm) in a match which means a lot to both teams.

Monarchs are desperate to lift themselves off the foot of the Cab Direct Championship table while Tigers aim to keep their play-off ambitions alive.

Both teams have changes from their regular squad. Armadale specialists Kye Thomson and Justin Sedgmen both miss out through injury for Monarchs and the Thompson twins, Dan and Joe, guest.

Glasgow have former Berwick Bandits star, Leon Flint, away for the SGB2 under-21 event and he is replaced by Ben Barker while injured No 7 Jason Garrad is replaced by Max Perry.

Of course, this is the re-staging of the match abandoned in after seven races at Armadale with Monarchs nine points ahead.

Alex Harkess (pictured right), Monarchs’ team manager, urged his men to produce their best and said: “We have two guests and we will be depending on them doing as well as the riders they are replacing.

“Whether they do or not, time will tell, but the other five need to win races and score points and keep us in front. We don’t want to be chasing our tails.

“As it is our last match of the season it is crucial that we finish on a high and we’ve not had very many high points this season.”

STELLAR MONARCHS: Josh Pickering, Joe Thompson, Lasse Fredriksen, Paco Castagna (captain), Dan Thompson, Max James, Connor Coles.

GLASGOW ALLIED VEHICLES TIGERS: Chris Harris (captain), Jack Smith, Anders Rowe, James Pearson, Ben Barker, Matic Ivacic, Max Perry.