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Edinburgh Monarchs v Hull Vikings
Premier League, 02 September 2005
Armadale Stadium, Edinburgh

Edinburgh 60
1Ross Brady3321. ..90
3Daniel NermarkFx3333 2*.141
4William Lawson302*13 ..91
5Rusty Harrison33333 ..150
6Matthew Wethers312*1*2* 2*.114
7Robert Ksiezak02*00. ..21
Hull 35
1Paul Thorp224^1. ..90
2Emiliano Sanchez1*1*6^1*1 ..103
3Craig Branney2101. ..40
4Emil Kramer1*021. ..41
5Garry Stead2Fx220 ..60
6Simone Terenzani11000 ..20
7(g)Gary Beaton000.. ..00

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

Edinburgh had to face their bogey team without their captain Theo Pijper who was riding in a longtrack meeting in France. So they used R/R instead. Hull had Gary Beaton at reserve.

This was one of Edinburgh’s best displays of the season. They were razor sharp at the gate and determined for every point on the track. The score may suggest a runaway win but there were some excellent races. Heat 1 was typical. Ross Brady made a tremendous surge into the first corner after a fairly even start but Paul Thorp and Emiliano Sanchez were right on his tail the whole race. Thorp was on the inside and, although he pulled level on several occasions with Brady taking the wide line, he seemed reluctant to push through on the inside as the race was shared. Matthew Wethers and Robert Ksiezak had a comfortable 5-1 in heat 2 but in heat 3 Daniel Nermark was trapped on the outside from the gate, fell and was excluded. If Emil Kramer and Craig Branney had hopes of taking a heat advantage they reckoned without William Lawson who made a fast start and rode a fabulous first two bends to leave the two Vikings trailing at the back to win in the fastest time of the night. Rusty Harrison won heat 4 comfortably with Garry Stead in second place ahead of Matthew Wethers for a 4-2 which took the score after four races to 15-9.

Daniel Nermark beat the Thorp/Sanchez pairing for a shared heat 5 then took a 5-1 in heat 6 when Garry Stead clipped William Lawson’s back wheel exiting the fourth bend after Lawson had passed him. Stead turned right and hit the safety fence hard but recovered as the race was awarded with Brady and Lawson in the first two positions. Although Rusty Harrison had an easy win in heat 7 all eyes were on the race at the back where Matthew Wethers passed Emil Kramer with a clever cutback on the second bend then gave chase after Craig Branney. He caught and passed Branney in the same manner on the same bend on the last lap to join his partner for the 5-1. In heat 8 Emiliano Sanchez took a TR and. although Ross Brady made another trademark start, Sanchez chased and passed him on the first bend of the last lap for an excellent six points and a heat advantage of 3-6 to the Vikings. This brought the score after eight heats to 31-20.

The next two heats finished as 4-2s to Edinburgh then Paul Thorp took a TR in heat 11. He made a poor start as Rusty Harrison sailed off into the distance. It took Thorp two laps to pass Robert Ksiezak then Sanchez had to slow to allow him to pass for double points and a 3-5 to Hull. Heat 12 produced another Monarchs 5-1. Daniel Nermark won the heat with ease but it was Matthew Wethers who again produced all the entertainment with another last to second for the maximum. This brought the score after 12 heats to 47-30.

Ross Brady was withdrawn from the meeting at this point with a viral infection and Robert Ksiezak came into heat 13 for him. To no-one’s great surprise Paul Thorp demolished the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back. Rusty Harrison won the race and Paul Thorp eventually got past Robert Ksiezak for third place and a shared heat. The last two heats finished 5-1 to Edinburgh as they hit the 60 point mark for a very convincing win. Hull had nevertheless contributed greatly to a highly enjoyable match.

Match Report by Merlin