Tag: Edinburgh Monarchs
Speedway – Monarchs have ‘Everest’ to climb
What the Fork Monarchs boss John Campbell saw his men skid to a 22-point defeat in the SGB Championship play-off, semi-final, first leg and admitted: "We weren't good enough,"
The sides clash again, this time...
Speedway – Monarchs agree dates with Pirates
Edinburgh Monarchs and Poole Pirates have agreed dates for the SGB Championship Knockout Cup Final.
Monarchs host the first leg at Armadale on Saturday, October 23 (tapes-up 2.30pm) with the return at Wimborne Road on...
Spedway – Monarchs showed real ‘determination’
Edinburgh Monarchs clinched a place in the Knockout Cup Final with a dramatic 55-35 win over Glasgow Tigers, overturning a 16-point, semi-final, first-leg deficit with the 30-heat clash going down to the last race.
The...
Speedway – Monarchs v Tigers times two
What the Fork Monarchs and Glasgow Tigers meet in two of their biggest meetings on successive nights at Armadale this weekend, the Knockout Cup, semi-final, second-leg on Friday (7.30pm), and the SGB Championship play-off,...
Speedway – Harkess happy with Redcar win
What the Fork Monarchs started their SGB Championship quarter-final 12 points ahead, and they eventually won 57-33 on the night and 108-72 on aggregate.
Alex Harkess, team manager, said: "I was a little bit nervous...
Speedway – Scotland’s big two may clash again
Glasgow Tigers will face the winners of Tuesday's SGB Championship play-off, quarter-final, between Edinburgh Monarchs and Redcar Bears (tapes-up 7.30pm).
Monarchs lead by 12 going into the tie and the mouth-watering match-up comes after...
Speedway – mountain to climb for Monarchs
What the Fork Monarchs have left themselves a mountain to climb after skidding to a 16-point defeat to arch rivals Glasgow Tigers at Ashfield in the first-leg of the Knockout Cup semi-final.
Monarchs were behind...
Speedway – no complacency here says Hunter
What the Fork Monarchs take a 12-point lead from the first-leg of their SGB Championship quarter-final against Redcar Bears into Friday's scheduled return at Armadale (tapes-up 7.30pm), but Monarchs bosses have warned about complacency.
Michael...
Speedway – Monarchs v Redcar postponed
Berwick Bandits whizz-kid Leon Flint (pictured) was due to come in for silverware-chasing Edinburgh Monarchs to face Redcar Bears in the first-leg of the SGB Championship play-off, quarter-final tonight (Friday, tapes-up 7.30pm) at Armadale...
Speedway – Monarchs face Glasgow in KO semi
What the Fork Monarchs are through to the semi-final of the Knockout Cup after a 50-40 victory at Birmingham. Their opponents will be Glasgow Tigers.
Monarchs held an 18-point lead from the first-leg and romped...
Speedway – Monarchs out to dump sad Brummies
Edinburgh Monarchs could add to Birmingham Brummies misery on Wednesday (7.30pm) by dumping them out of the Knockout Cup.
Skipper Sam Masters (pictured) aims to lead Monarchs to victory and the Scots have an 18-point...
Speedway – Monarchs v Bears in play-off tie
What The Fork Monarchs will square-up to Redcar Bears for a place in the Championship play-off semi-final.
The first-leg is on Friday, October 1 at Armadale Stadium (7.30pm) with the return on Sunday, October 3...
Speedway – Monarchs earn 18 point lead in KO Cup
What the Fork Monarchs will take an 18 point lead to Birmingham for the second-leg of the Knockout Cup quarter final after a 54-36 first-leg win at Armadale.
Richie Worrall (pictured) returned after injury to...
Speedway – Kemp praise as Monarchs snatch draw
What the Fork Monarchs don't have their troubles to seek at the moment and there were plenty of problems in the important match against Birmingham Brummies, writes the club's press team.
With Richie Worrall (pictured)...
Speedway – Greaves quits but Brummies held
Play-off chasing Edinburgh Monarchs battled back from six points behind with two races remaining to snatch a 45-45 draw with lowly Birmingham Brummies at Armadale.
The home side trailed 42-36 after Heat 13 but Josh...
Speedway – Riss real danger man for Brummies
The What the Fork Monarchs and Birmingham Brummies are both in contention for play-off places and both are in desperate need of points.
But Monarchs will be minus Richie Worrall (cracked finger) following his crash...
Speedway – Monarchs ‘high hopes’ for Kemp
What the Fork Monarchs have signed Drew Kemp as their Rising Star for the remainder of the season and he will make his debut for Edinburgh Monarchs against Birmingham Brummies on Friday (tapes-up 7.30pm).
The...
Speedway – magnificent Masters but Monarchs sunk by Poole
What the Fork Monarchs were beaten 50-40 by SGB Championship leaders Poole Pirates despite skipper Sam Masters (pictured) collecting his highest single meeting points score of 19.
Now, Monarchs will need to improve in their...
Speedway – Bandits postpone Kent rematch
Berwick Bandits lost 57-33 at lowly Kent Kings in midweek but they have been denied a quick chance for revenge as rain has forced the postponement of Saturday night's scheduled clash in the Borders...
Speedway – Sam and Josh save the day
Edinburgh Monarchs skipper Sam Masters and Aussie countryman Josh Pickering kept their cool despite intense pressure to secure a 5-1 final heat win to earn a 44-44 draw with lowly Kent Kings at Armadale.
The...
Speedway – Monarchs close in on leaders Glasgow
Edinburgh Monarchs are now only one point behind Glasgow in the SGB Championship table after Tigers' disappointing road defeat at Newcastle Diamonds.
Tigers have 31 points from 14 matches while Edinburgh have been involved in...
Speedway – Young Lions showcase their talent
Edinburgh like to be involved in the British Youth Championship and staged the fourth leg of the 2021 event, a very enjoyable afternoon of speedway and a chance to see the riders coming through...
Speedway – young lions at Armadale
Edinburgh host all three classes of the British Youth Championship today (Saturday, 2.30pm) as the series returns after a six-week break.
Ben Trigger (500cc) and Luke Harrison (250cc) are leading their respective classes after both...
Speedway – late heat wins ‘puts gloss on scoreline’
What the Fork Monarchs squeezed home by 47-42 against Plymouth Gladiators, writes an Edinburgh Monarchs spokesman.
Gladiators had led from Heat 1 and unluckily lost Bjarne Pedersen in a Heat 13 crash. Monarchs took the...
Speedway – former world champion at Armadale
Three-time world speedway champion, Jason Crump (pictured), checks into Armadale 14 years after he was due to make his debut at the West Lothian track.
The Aussie racer agreed to come to Armadale for a...
Speedway – late rally secures point in first visit to Kent
What the Fork Monarchs staged a late rally at Kent Kings to take a point after trailing all the way in the match.
A final heat 5-1 win was, however, enough to get the point...
Speedway – Poole visit postponed
Poole Pirates are amongst the most famous names in speedway, and their visits to Monarchs' former venues were always eagerly looked forward to.
However, they have never been to Armadale, a situation which was...
Speedway – Monarchs out to plunder Pirates
Poole Pirates visit Edinburgh Monarchs on Friday (tapes-up 7.30pm) in the SGB Championship and the home side have the chance for quick revenge.
The South Coast club extended their unbeaten run to nine matches by...
Speedway – Monarchs claim valuable point at Poole
What the Fork Monarchs showed their mettle, sticking to task to become the first team to leave Poole with anything this year courtesy of a Heat 15 maximum from Richie Worrall (pictured) and Sam...
Speedway – Gladiators put Monarchs to the sword
What the Fork Monarchs started well before fading and the Armadale side left Plymouth's Coliseum empty handed as the hosts ran out 50-40 victors.
Conditions changed throughout the night and the home men adjusted better...
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