News Archive - 2021

The What the Fork Monarchs made a decent start to the second leg of the KO Cup Final at Poole tonight, and they never gave up, but gradually the tide turned against them with the Pirates finishing comfortable 57-33 winners on the night, aggregate score 104-75.

On a dreich afternoon in Edinburgh, we are pleased to say that the forecast in Poole is much better and so the What the Fork Monarchs should be able to complete their Knockout Cup Final by racing the second leg at Wimborne Road tonight.

The second leg of the Championship Knockout Cup Final has still to be run, but it would be a brave man who would bet against Poole Pirates taking this part of their possible Championship double after a victory by 47-42 at Armadale this afternoon.

It was not unexpected after a 22-point defeat last night that it would be just too much for the What the Fork Monarchs to reach the Championship Playoff Final, though the heroics of last week in the Knockout Cup tie between the sides left at least a glimmer of hope. It was a different match this time though and a 47-43 Monarchs' win left the aggregate score at 81-99 sending Glasgow forward to meet Poole.

What a weekend of speedweay we have at Armadale this weekend as 3 matches in under 24 hours lie ahead with the fate of the Championship playoffs, KO Cup and the National Development League all still undecided.

The What the Fork Monarchs had hoped to do quite a bit better in tonight's first leg of the Championship Playoff semi-final, than they had earlier in the Knockout Cup. But it was not to be and the deficit following the Ashfield leg is a pretty disappointing 22 points.

After their famous KO cup victory last Friday the What the Fork Monarchs will need to be wary of a backlash as they head to Ashfield to on Thursday evening in the first leg of the Championship playoff semi final.

The What the Fork Monarchs are heading in to a three day period which includes two home and one away matches, all of huge significance, with an Armadale Devils match tagged on at the end on Saturday to complete the feast of Speedway.

A blockbuster weekend of speedway is in store at Armadale Stadium and you can be the first to snap up your tickets to this Saturday's Knock Out Cup Final!