RUINOUS WEATHER AGAIN

REPORT Friday 3rd August 2012, 11:29pm

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

The Scotwaste Monarchs' unbelievable luck with the weather continues, and tonight's match with Rye House was abandoned after six heats with Monarchs leading 18-17 (having just lost a 0-5).

John Campbell said "I don't know when we can restage this match, we already have two matches next weekend and two in one night at the end of the month. We didn't get a good crowd anyway tonight and I am very concerned."

There hasn't been all that much bad weather about this week but not long after 7:30, with skies very threatening, the wet stuff duly arrived.

The match started but it was quickly in doubt. Monarchs took an excellent 5-1 over Gjedde in heat 1, and Jozsef Tabaka rode very well to win heat 2 comfortably. He had to do it twice, making the gate the first time when Marcel lifted and fell. Then he cut back on the first corner in the rerun and raced ahead down the back straight.

We extended our lead in heat 4 when Andrew flew to victory with a gift point going to Marcel after Kling visited the centre green.

Heat 5 was shared with Gjedde winning and we then lost a 5-0 when Derek fell and Craig was blinded by the mud.

The track was really wet by then and the rain persisted, so even a delay to see if things might improve was a pretty forlorn hope. Eventually the match was called off, another serious blow for the club. It is the sixth rain-off in the last three months.

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