Edinburgh Monarchs v Glasgow Tigers

REPORT Friday 14th September 2012, 10:00pm

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

This was a very tight match for the first eight heats before Edinburgh asserted themselves over the closing stages.

The home team opened with a 5-1 as Derek Sneddon withstood a strong challenge from Mark Lemon, Tigers’ guest.

Glasgow provided the next four heat winners on a track that was quite heavy, and they were clearly determined not to let Edinburgh take the points easily.

Kevin Wolbert proved a brilliant guest and he helped edge his parent club further ahead in heat 6, but with the scores at 26-22 after eight races, there was still all to race for.

Over the last seven heats though, only a TR ride for Josh Grajczonek prevented Edinburgh taking advantages in all of them.

Heat 11 was a real turning point. Andrew Tully raced clear and Byron Bekker not only headed Mason Campton, but also swept past Lemon for a surprise 5-1.

That brought in the TR but no advantage was gained, thanks to a clever first corner by Theo Pijper who blocked Grajczonek’s outside run. Bekker again took a good third.

Wolbert and Tully were in heat 13, and these two were the dominant riders in the match. They swept to a 5-1 and the full points were secured.

As if to show that it wasn’t really Glasgow’s night, Henning Bager’s exclusion from heat 14 looked most unfair, and James Grieves was unlucky to stop having got ahead in the final heat.

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