Narrow Loss But All Thoughts Are With Danyon

REPORT Saturday 5th July 2025, 11:00pm

by Graham Muncie

  Edinburgh Monarchs

It was close but no cigar for Stellar Monarchs on the road once again as they went down 37-35 at Berwick on Saturday night in a meeting that was abandoned after a heat 12 pile up involving home captain Danyon Hume that resulted in a lengthy delay and the curfew being hit.

The scores were all square as the teams headed into what would become the final heat with a re-run required after Hume was warned for an unsatisfactory start when the Monarchs were well placed.

In that re-start Bandits reserve Jack Smith was away best with Justin Sedgmen behind and Jonatan Grahn doing battle with Hume for third, it looked like the Monarch was set to keep things all square when he caught some unwanted grip on the final bend coming down and leaving Hume with nowhere to go but into Grahn's stricken bike the Englishman coming down hard.

The race was awarded a home 4-2 but all concern was immediately with Hume who was seen to by the paramedics, before it being decided the county ambulance was required leading to the wait that would inevitably end the evening.

Monarchs captain Paco Castagna left to say, "The track was difficult at the start of the meeting and I think we maybe even should have stopped the meeting and allowed some grading but the ref said we were to keep going.

"We pulled back th

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