Title Partner
REPORT Friday 27th August 2010, 10:00pm
Edinburgh Monarchs
Somerset proved to be one of the lesser hurdles for the Scotwaste Monarchs at Armadale this season and the three points always looked to be in safe hands.
They were clinched long before the end as Monarchs gave one of their most solid performances of the season with all seven riders on form.
They were off to a strong start with Fisher and Wethers pulling away from Gathercole in heat 1. The Aussie made such a mess of the last bend that Hawkins finished third.
There was an encouraging first bend outside move by William Lawson as he went to the front to win the heat. For most of the race though all eyes were on Ashley Morris who rounded Kyle Howarth and moved in on Holder, riding steadily for a good point.
Kevin Wolbert continued recent excellent form with a good win in heat 3, while Sam Masters showed what a quick learner he is by staying close on his first Armadale ride. Kalle got third with Hefenbrock a mile behind.
Old enemy Parker was quickly into the groove with a smooth win in heat 4, well ahead of Tully and Lawson who shared the heat comfortably.
Kevin and Kalle worked hard on the first lap of heat 5 to edge ahead of Gathercole, whose unlucky night continued when he stopped late in the heat.
Fisher dealt firmy with Parker off the second bend in heat 6, and Matthew Wethers burst past also going onto the pits turn. However Matthew lifted and Parker got back round him into second.
We were now 25-11 ahead and Masters took a TR in heat 7. This maybe was the reason behind Andrew?s premature start, bursting through the tapes.
We had brought in William Lawson to the heat and Andrew went off 15 metres. He easily passed the woeful Hefenbrock but it was an easy 6 points for Masters.
We gave Morris his second ride in heat 8, but this time he didn?t get amongst the opposition as Matthew won easily.
Heat 9 was interesting at the first attempt; Katajisto pulled off a brilliant outside pass off the second bend to lead Parker, but he lost control on the pits corner. This enabled Wolbert to slip inside Parker, who wasn?t happy about being baulked by Kalle. However as Howarth fell at the back, the heat was stopped anyway.
In the rerun Parker led all the way though Wolbert made up quite a bit of ground.
Fisher and Wethers then put Masters firmly in his place to extend the score to 39-24, which felt like a safe lead.
That was confirmed when rebels gave the pointless Gathercole the second TR in heat 11, and he fell while chasing race leader Tully. That was Corey out of the match, one to forget for him.
We took a 4-2 in the rerun, with William still looking tentative on the inside line, beaten by Hawkins.
Wolbert won heat 12 easily from Masters but all eyes again were on Morris who slipped neatly inside Holder when the Aussie locked up.
Heat 13 was another impressive Parker show, this time beating Fisher. Ryan gave it his all, locking up and cutting back on each bend, but he remained that elusive yard behind.
Kalle took his first win in heat 14, and this time Morris made a poor first turn and lost a lot of ground which he could not regain.
Fisher and Wolbert managed to get away from the start in the final heat, and although Parker stayed close he didn?t have a passing chance. A good win and a fairly easy one for the title contenders.
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