News Archive - April 2010

Following the events of heat 13 at Berwick on Saturday, Monarchs' captain Matthew Wethers has called for independant scrutiny of the sport's referees.

The Scotwaste Monarchs grabbed a match point by scoring a 4-2 in the final heat at Berwick, narrowing the gap to a 42-48 defeat in the Premier Trophy match.

Berwick lost their high-scoring reserve Craig Branney as early as heat 4, but we weren?t good enough to capitalise and could only take one point from the match.

After such a crushing win last night at Armadale, the large contingent of Monarchs fans who normally take advantage of the short journey down the A1 to see their heroes in away action will do so in much more optimistic mood than would have been the case only a week ago.

Berwick provided virtually no opposition on a night when three riders were unable to complete the meeting due to injury, and the Scotwaste Monarchs hit 65.

Visits from Berwick have rarely resulted in close matches, but this one was beyond a joke as a very dull meeting stretched way beyond the two-hour mark.

This week gives us the first chance to run the rule over our new-look country cousins from down the A1 when the marauding Berwick Bandits ride into Armadale intent on stealing the Premier Trophy points.