Workington vs Edinburgh 14/04/2018

Workington Comets 47
Edinburgh Monarchs 43
14 April 2018
SGB Championship Shield
Derwent Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Rene Bach 1 2 2' 2 7 1
2 Ramsus Jensen 3 1' 3 3 1 11 1
3 Charles Wright 2 0 2 3 7
4 Dan Bewley 1' 2 0 3 0 6 1
5 Nicolai Klindt 2 3 2 0 7
6 Kyle Bickley 0 1 0 1
7 Bradley Wilson-Dean 3 1' 2' 0 2' 8 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Ricky Wells 2 3 3 3 3 3 17
2 Max Ruml 0 1 1 1 3
3 Mark Riss 3 F 0 1' 4
4 Joel Andersson 0 2 1 0 3
5 Erik Riss 3 3 1 1 2' 10 1
6 Matt Williamson 2 0 2 1 5
7 Josh Pickering 1' 0 0 1 1
Heat by Heat
Heat 01: Jensen, Wells, Bach, Ruml 64.0
Heat 02: Wilson-Dean, Williamson, Pickering, Bickley 65.2
Heat 03: M.Riss, Wright, Bewley, Andersson 64.4
Heat 04: E.Riss, Klindt, Wilson-Dean, Pickering 64.8
Heat 05: Wells, Bewley, Ruml, Wright 65.0
Heat 06: E.Riss, Bach, Jensen, Williamson 65.3
Heat 07: Klindt, Andersson, Bickley, M.Riss (F) 65.4
Heat 08: Jensen, Wilson-Dean, Ruml, Pickering 65.1
Heat 09: Wells, Wright, E.Riss, Bewley 66.0
Heat 10: Jensen, Bach, Andersson, M.Riss 66.1
Heat 11: Wells, Klindt, Ruml, Bickley 66.6
Heat 12: Wright, Williamson, M.Riss, Wilson-Dean 67.5
Heat 13: Wells, Bach, E.Riss, Klindt 67.7
Heat 14: Bewley, Wilson-Dean, Williamson, Andersson 68.6
Heat 15: Wells, E.Riss, Jensen, Bewley 67.6
Edinburgh Monarchs opened their Championship Shield account with a 47-43 defeat against Workington Comets on Saturday night at Derwent Park. Monarchs rode under protest after the Comets tracked guest star Charles Wright as a replacement for Ty Proctor who hasn’t sorted his visa out yet. Monarchs claim a non-visa rider should not be named in a team’s 1-7 line up. The Capital speedway side have complained officially to the British Speedway Promoters Association’s Management Committee but they don’t expect a positive outcome. Monarchs No.1 Ricky Wells was the undoubted individual star for his team, amassing 17 points from his six outings. The New Zealand-born American was beaten just once around his former track in heat one when he was headed home by Comets star Rasmus Jensen. The scores were tied 18-18 after six races before the home side scored a 5-1 in heat eight through Jensen and reserve star Bradley Wilson-Dean to snatch a six-point lead. But Monarchs battled back and cut their arrears to four points in the very next heat with a 4-2 from Wells and skipper Erik Riss, who rounded Comets ace Dan Bewley for third place. The Comets then doubled their lead to 34-26, with a 5-1 from Jensen and Rene Bach in the tenth race. But Monarchs hit back again with a brace of 4-2s in heats 11 and 13 to cut the Comets the lead in half. However, the Comets stormed back once more with a 5-1 from Bewley and Wilson-Dean in the penultimate heat to lead by eight once again. And in a rousing finish to what was a truly see-saw contest Monarchs grabbed a last heat 5-1 courtesy of Wells and Erik Riss to end up just four points adrift. Crucially, Monarchs earned themselves a match point ahead of this weekend’s Shield clashes against Glasgow Tigers.
Workington: Jensen 11, Wilson-Dean 8, Bach 7, Klindt 7, Wright 7,Bewley 6, Bickley 1.
Monarchs: Wells 17, E Riss 10, Williamson 5, M Riss 4,Ruml 3, Andersson 3, Pickering 1.