News Archive - 2011

A warm sunny evening of the kind too rarely seen in these parts allowed the fans to enjoy a hard-fought encounter between these two old rivals.

Another absolute cracker of a meeting is in prospect at the Scotwaste Arena on Friday (7.30) when the wounded Newcastle Diamonds will be out to belie their lowly league position against our exciting Monarchs side who are still in the hunt for honours.

The Scotwaste Monarchs had to work hard to subdue Newcastle tonight and didn't take the lead until heat 8, but they pulled ahead over the closing stages to earn a very good three points with all seven contributing. It was possibly the best performance of the season by the home side.

The Edinburgh Scotwaste Monarchs welcome 22 year old Tim Webster to their ranks for Friday's match against Newcastle, replacing Lee Dicken.

The Scotwaste Monarchs face tough opposition from Newcastle this Friday, the start of a spell of 6 matches in 10 days.

We led at heat 8, and were still level on aggregate at heat 12, but two 1-5 losses meant we went down on the night and on aggregate. After a much better Ashfield showing than last time, the score was 41-49, 88-94 overall.