News Archive - May 2025

The Stellar Monarchs have won a match this season, but not at home! That unusual situation can be rectified this week if Monarchs can defeat this visiting Berwick Bandits, who come themselves with high hopes and (like Glasgow) a strong heat leader trio.

Monarchs Speedway Academy is back on track for the 2025 season with kids taking part in training sessions on the mini-track at Armadale Stadium.

Our patched up side with four guests gave a brave, brave display down at Berwick but once again luck was not on our side, and conceding a last heat 1-5 meant that for the second night running we came away with nothing.

A heat 15 5-1 from their two most impressive riders Dan Thompson and Kyle Howarth gained Glasgow a 46-44 away victory in a thrilling match, one which virtually guarantees that they will top the section in the early season BSN series. They have already won at Berwick.

We are in to BSN Series action this weekend after the remarkable results in the Scottish Cup, and it so happens it is Glasgow again who provide the opposition on Friday at Armadale. The teams were very evenly matched over the initial weekend, the Stellar Monarchs taking a 4-point defeat at home and winning by 2 at Ashfield.

It is with great disappointment that news has come that Stellar Monarchs reserve Max James has stood down from racing at the current time, requesting that he be taken out of the team for the foreseeable future.

Robert Eriksson, our Super Swede of a few years ago, came across to see the Monarchs last Friday, and visit a few old friends in the course of making a podcast for the Solkatterna team with his friend Patrick Jarnstam.

Stellar Monarchs enter BSN Series action this weekend with a Friday-Saturday double to launch the group stage campaign - including a Scottish derby home clash.

After the disappointment of the weather intervening and causing Friday night's Armadale encounter to be postponed all eyes now turn to Cumbria as the Stellar Monarchs take on the Workington Comets in what is now the first leg of their MaxiCab KO Cup clash.

A fantastic opening night crowd was wonderful for all to see at the first meeting of the season a fortnight ago but it did raise some issues with car parking in the local area.