DECISION DAY FOR THEO

NEWS Tuesday 8th August 2006, 10:00am

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

Theo Pijper has an appointment at midday on Tuesday to find out details of his knee injury.

He has damaged his knee ligaments and is currently resting with his leg up. He needs rest and tomorrow will find out how long that rest should be.

"If it's possible to ride on Friday then I will do but if they say I can't ride I will have to go along with that," he said on Monday night.

The crash happened in heat 5 and also damaged the machine he had performed so well on at the Isle of Wight and Somerset. "I had to switch to my Armadale bike and didn't feel so comfortable.

"The hospital told me that I should certainly not have ridden after the crash!"

Should Theo be ruled out Monarchs will use a guest, and they also await news on whether Matthew Wethers will be fit for Friday's match against Fen Tigers.