News Archive - May 2009

The final Premier Trophy match may not have affected our position but no match against Glasgow will ever be taken lightly.

t's time for another visit from our friends from the west as Glasgow visit the Dale this time for a Premier Trophy match. There's little at stake for the Monarchs who have already won the group but the Tigers need at least a draw to keep their hopes of qualification from the group stage

It was an eventful night at Armadale with Michal Rajkowski earning the biggest cheers for winning the last three heats as we beat Glasgow Tigers 53-40.

As we led 13-11 after heat 4, it would have taken a supreme pessimist to think that we might struggle to qualify for the KO Cup quarter finals. A few heats later, that?s exactly what we were thinking.

Having enjoyed a fairly successful start to their Premier League campaign, the Scotwaste Monarchs head south to face the Sheffield Tigers in Knockout Cup action.

We made a good start at Sheffield then made rather hard work of things against the lively Tigers, before squeezing through by 93-87 on aggregate.

The fourth ?Scottish Derby? of the season takes place at Armadale on Friday as Glasgow Tigers return for the restaging of the Premier Trophy match rained off a fortnight ago.

Fourteen points down after heat 9 at Scunthorpe, the Scotwaste Monarchs set up a strong fightback and went in to the last heat with still a chance of winning. In the end we took a point which was a reasonable return.