Edinburgh Monarchs Academy
Jordy Loftus 14 (5)
Buxton Bulls
Ben Morley 10 (5)
National Development League
59

Agg: 116

31

Agg: 64

Friday 11th September 2026
Armadale Stadium
Edinburgh Monarchs Academy
Team Manager: Scott Wilson
 59
1. Jordy Loftus 2 3 3 3 3 14 0
2. Ben Whalley 1* 2* 3 2* 8 3
3. Ashton Vale 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. Vinnie Foord FD FD 2* 3 2* 7 2
5. Dayle Wood 3 FD 3 2* 8 1
6. Anika Loftus 1 1 0 0 2 0
7. Jamie Halder 3 2* 2* 1 8 2
Buxton Bulls
Team Manager: Laurence Rogers
 31
1. Ben Morley 3 2 2 2 1 10 0
2. Arran Butcher 0 1* 1 R 2 1
3. Luke Harris - Rider Replacement 0 0
4. Charlie Southwick 1* 2* 1 2 2 0 8 2
5. Jack Roberts 1 1 3 1 0 1 7 0
6. Laylen Richardson 0 0 0 1* 1 1
7. Jack Shimelt 2 0 0 0 1* 3 1
Heat 1
Time: 59.76
1. Jordy Loftus  
2
2. Ben Whalley  
1
1. Ben Morley  
3
2. Arran Butcher  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
3
3
Away
3
3
Poor gate from both Monarchs to allow Morley to get away and win well.
Heat 2
Time: 62.12
6. Anika Loftus  
1
7. Jamie Halder  
3
6. Laylen Richardson  
0
7. Jack Shimelt  
2
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
4
7
Away
2
5
Halder gates and is gone. Loftus does well to hold off Richardson for third place.
Heat 3
Time: 59.80
3. Ashton Vale  
3
4. Vinnie Foord  
FD
3. Luke Harris  
1. Ben Morley
2
4. Charlie Southwick  
1
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
3
10
Away
3
8
Race stopped after Foord comes down on first bend. He is excluded from the rerun as the primary cause of the stoppage. Fine gate by Vale to win well from Morley keeping him honest.
Heat 4
Time: 60.44
5. Dayle Wood  
3
7. Jamie Halder  
2
5. Jack Roberts  
1
7. Jack Shimelt  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
15
Away
1
9
Comfortable maximum heat win for the Monarchs with Wood winning well.
Heat 5
Time: 60.02
3. Ashton Vale  
3
4. Vinnie Foord  
FD
1. Ben Morley  
2
2. Arran Butcher  
1
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
3
18
Away
3
12
Race stopped after Foord fell trying to avoid the back well of Morley at the start of the 2nd lap. Foord excluded from the rerun. Fine win from the inside gate by Vale to square the heat.
Heat 6
Time: 61.20
1. Jordy Loftus  
3
2. Ben Whalley  
2
5. Jack Roberts  
1
6. Laylen Richardson  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
23
Away
1
13
Loftus gates and is away while Whalley comes through on the first lap for a Monarchs 5-1.
Heat 7
Time: Awarded
5. Dayle Wood  
FD
6. Anika Loftus  
1
3. Luke Harris  
5. Jack Roberts
3
4. Charlie Southwick  
2
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
1
24
Away
5
18
Heat 8
Time: 63.04
2. Ben Whalley  
3
7. Jamie Halder  
2
2. Arran Butcher  
1
7. Jack Shimelt  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
29
Away
1
19
Comfortable 5-1 for the Monarchs from the gate.
Heat 9
Time: 60.42
3. Ashton Vale  
3
4. Vinnie Foord  
2
5. Jack Roberts  
1
6. Laylen Richardson  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
34
Away
1
20
Another 5-1 for the Monarchs from the gate.
Heat 10
Time: 61.92
1. Jordy Loftus  
3
2. Ben Whalley  
2
3. Luke Harris  
7. Jack Shimelt
0
4. Charlie Southwick  
1
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
39
Away
1
21
Comfortable win by Loftus from the gate with Whalley following him home for another maximum heat.
Heat 11
Time: 61.96
5. Dayle Wood  
3
6. Anika Loftus  
7. Jamie Halder
1
1. Ben Morley  
2
2. Arran Butcher  
R
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
4
43
Away
2
23
Hard first bend from Wood to clamp down Morley on the inside and race away to win well. Halder kept Morley until he stretched away on last lap.
Heat 12
Time: 61.00
3. Ashton Vale  
3
7. Jamie Halder  
6. Anika Loftus
0
3. Luke Harris  
4. Charlie Southwick
2
6. Laylen Richardson  
1
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
3
46
Away
3
26
Tapes to flag win by Vale with Loftus losing third place on lap 2 to Richardson.
Heat 13
Time: 62.06
1. Jordy Loftus  
3
5. Dayle Wood  
2
1. Ben Morley  
1
5. Jack Roberts  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
51
Away
1
27
Tapes to flag win by Loftus with Wood withstanding a hard challenge from Morley in the early laps to secure second.
Heat 14
Time: 62.06
4. Vinnie Foord  
3
6. Anika Loftus  
0
4. Charlie Southwick  
2
7. Jack Shimelt  
1
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
3
54
Away
3
30
Tapes to flag win by Foord with Leicester securing the minor scoring places.
Heat 15
Time: 62.01
1. Jordy Loftus  
3
4. Vinnie Foord  
2
5. Jack Roberts  
1
4. Charlie Southwick  
0
 
Heat
Score
Match
Score
Home
5
59
Away
1
31
Another comfortable 5-1 with Loftus winning well and Foord backing him up.

Bulls put to the sword in the second match

The second match against Buxton was not quite such a dominant home display though it still finished up a very big victory.

Ben Morley rode more like his true self, starting with a race win, and there were some fallers on the home side (Foord twice and Wood once). The Academy had only a six-point lead after 7 races though they pulled away thereafter.

The only unbeaten rider in the second match was the guest Vale, once again superb, but once more the whole team was excellent, including Anika Loftus whose steadiness wins her points.

It is very hard to see any way that they won't finish up as winners of the National Development League, as they are 11 points clear at the top of the table with a points difference over 150 better than Leicester. Realistically Leicester would need to win the aggregate bonus point against the Academy, and from a position of 40 down that seems very unlikely. However team manager Wilson is unlikely to allow complacency to intrude with just the away matches at Oxford and Leicester to complete the programme.

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