News Archive - March 2012

We went down by 39-50 at Berwick in the first leg of the Cock o' the North Trophy, a reasonable enough score but one which could have been substantially better but for a series of unlucky falls in the latter stages of the match.

Monarchs fans get their first chance to run the rule over their new side in team speedway action at Armadale when the Glasgow Tigers come visiting in the second leg of the Spring Trophy (7.30 start).

A tremendous display by the Scotwaste Monarchs tonight brought them their first Trophy of the season, completely making up for the disappointment of the first leg last Sunday with a 56-36 win on the night and a 94-88 aggregate victory.

A disappointing collapse over the closing stages in last Sunday's first leg has given the Scotwaste Monarchs a 14-point deficit to pull back when Glasgow Tigers come to Armadale Stadium on Friday for the deciding leg of the Spring Trophy. Difficult but not impossible.

We were doing so well for ten heats, keeping apparently a firm grip on the match and leading 31-29. And that was without Andrew Tully having scored a point.

We led 31-29 after 10 heats of the first leg of the Spring Trophy at Ashfield, but performed dreadfully over the final five heats to go down 52-38.

The Armadale season got off to a great start when Andrew Tully romped from the back to win the final race. It was a smoothly run and entertaining night’s racing.

Predicting the top six in the David Harrison Ford Scottish Open Championship at Armadale this Friday is as daunting as picking the winning Lottery numbers. In surely one of the most evenly competitive fields ever assembled, every rider is capable of winning any given heat.

On a memorable opening night to the 2012 Armadale season, home star Andrew Tully came from third to first in the final heat to take the David Harrison Ford Scottish Open Championship.