Edinburgh vs Peterborough 11/08/2017



Edinburgh Monarchs 58
Peterborough Panthers 32
11 August 2017
SGB Championship
Armadale
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Ludvig Lindgren (G) 2 3 3 1' 9 1
2 Theo Pijper 1' 2' 3 1 7 2
3 Ricky Wells 3 3 3 3 2 14
4 Max Clegg 0 2' 1 3 6 1
5 Erik Riss 2 2 3 2 1' 10 1
6 Josh Pickering 3 2' 2' 1 2' 10 3
7 Mitchell Davey 1 1' 0 2 1
Peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1 Chris Harris 3 FX 1 3 3 10
2 Bradley Wilson Dean R/R
3 Paul Starke 1' 3 2 2 0 8 1
4 Justin Sedgmen (G) 2 1' 1 0 1 5 1
5 Jack Holder 3 0 2 0 5
6 Simon Lambert FX 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
7 Tom Bacon FX 0 0
Heat by Heat
Heat 01: Harris, Lindgren, Pijper, Lambert (EX) 55.4
Heat 02: Pickering, Lambert, Davey, Bacon (FX)
Heat 03: Wells, Sedgmen, Starke, Clegg 57.4
Heat 04: Holder, Riss, Davey, Bacon 58.0
Heat 05: Wells, Clegg, Lambert, Harris (FX) 59.3
Heat 06: Lindgren, Pijper, Lambert, Holder 57.8
Heat 07: Starke, Riss, Sedgmen, Davey 57.3
Heat 08: Pijper, Pickering, Sedgmen, Lambert 59.4
Heat 09: Wells, Holder, Clegg, Lambert - Non Starter 58.0
Heat 10: Lindgren, Starke, Pijper, Sedgmen 56.4
Heat 11: Riss, Pickering, Harris 58.6
Heat 12: Wells, Starke, Pickering, Lambert 57.6
Heat 13: Harris, Riss, Lindgren, Holder 56.6
Heat 14: Clegg, Pickering, Sedgmen, Lambert 60.0
Heat 15: Harris, Wells, Riss, Starke 57.1
Normal service was resumed at Armadale tonight as Edinburgh Monarchs shrugged off their defeat by Sheffield Tigers last week, to strike back with victory against Peterborough Panthers, who have discounted themselves from the end of season play-offs. On a difficult track made greasy by heavy showers throughout the day, Monarchs triumphed convincingly in their Championship clash to keep themselves in the frame for a top-four spot. Chris Harris, who guested to devastating effect for Sheffield scoring 12 points, picked up where he left off for his own club Peterborough, easily winning the opening heat against Monarchs’ guest Ludvig Lindgren, and Theo Pijper. The racing surface was causing all sorts of problems as Monarchs reserve Mitchell Davey and then Panthers ace Tom Bacon slithered off in the second race but it resulted in a 4-2 for Monarchs as Josh Pickering took the chequered flag and Davey remounted for third place. The Panthers seemed to adapt to the slippy surface better than the home men and Jack Holder was smartly away from the gate to win heat four beating Erik Riss for a 3-3 which kept Monarchs in front 13-11. Harris surprisingly came a cropper in the fifth race and was disqualified from the rerun and Monarchs capitalised on the misfortune by taking a 5-1 courtesy of race winner Ricky Wells and Max Clegg who followed his team-mate home for second place. Monarchs now led 18-12 and needed to kick on, something they failed to do last week. Peterborough were clearly unhappy with track conditions but Alan Bridgett, Monarchs’ track curator, said: “It was difficult with rain and drizzle in between the sunshine and we really we didn’t get a decent run at it in preparation terms but we tried to make it better as the night went on. It was just one of those days but our boys were just getting on with it. I think Peterborough, some of them anyway, were playing a tactics game.” The referee deemed the track was rideable but the Panthers looked like they had given up when meekly surrendering a 5-1 against Lindgren and Pijper in the sixth race to slip 23-13 behind. But they gained a 4-2 in the following heat thanks to Paul Starke and J