FINAL COUNTDOWN

NEWS Thursday 31st July 2014, 9:29pm

by Toby Lerone

  Edinburgh Monarchs

We are now moving to the final countdown for this year's Scottish Open Championship sponsored by Harrisons and everything is looking good for a classic event.

The formula for the Championship means that even the rider who finishes in seventh place in the twenty qualifying heats still has a chance of being Champion and by the look of the field anyone of them could make it to the top seven.

One rider who will not be there to take his place is German Max Dilger. Max is keen to find a team in Britain again and it did look likely that he would be contesting the meeting, he is named in the programme. However there has been a last minute hiccup and he is no longer able to travel across from Germany.

Two of the riders in the Championship have been in action on Thursday at Redcar. Aaron Summers and Scott Robson enjoyed good meetings as the Bears snatched victory a four point victory in the last race.

Supporters are reminded that the gates will open at the normal time of 6.30pm and the grand parade of riders will begin at 7.15pm with the first of twenty two races commencing shortly afterwards.

A special 36 page Championship magazine has been prepared selling at £3 and it is another great production from our programme team.