Monarchs too strong for Gladiators

The Plymouth Prow Park Gladiators suffered a heavy 60-29 defeat away at the Edinburgh Monarchs in the Cab Direct Championship.

Part of a double header at Armadale, the Gladiators found the going tough, tracking three guests and operating rider replacement for Richie Worrall. Skipper Kyle Howarth top scored with 12, with guest Sam Hagon on 5.

Edinburgh Monarchs : 60 (108)

1. Richard Lawson (G) – 3, 3, 3, 2′, 2′ = 13+2 Paid Maximum

2. Lasse Fredriksen – 1, 1, 2, 1 = 5

3. Kye Thomson – 3, 2, 3, 3 = 11

4. Paco Castagna – 2′, 1′, 2′, Fx = 5+3

5. Josh Pickering – 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 15 Maximum

6. Luke Killeen (G) – 3, 0, 1, 2 = 6

7. Bastian Borke – 2′, 2′, 0, 1 = 5+2

Plymouth Gladiators : 29 (73)

1. Kyle Howarth – 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1 = 12

2. Richie Worrall – R/R (SH-0, JS-0, KH-3, JP-0) = 3

3. Jason Edwards (G) – Fx, 1′, 2, 0, 0 = 3+1

4. Sam Hagon (G) – 0, F, 2, 0, 3 = 5

5. Justin Sedgmen (G) – 1, 0, 2, 0, 1 = 4

6. James Pearson – R, 1, 0, 2 = 3

7. Ben Trigger – 1, 0, 0, 1 = 2

Heat Results

Plymouth won the toss and took gates 1&3.

Heat 01: Lawson, Howarth, Fredriksen, Hagon 4-2 (4-2) 56.1

Heat 02: Killeen, Borke, Trigger, Pearson (R) 5-1 (9-3) 57.9

Heat 03: Thomson, Castagna, Edwards (Fx), Hagon (F) 5-0 (14-3) Awarded.

Heat 04: Pickering, Borke, Sedgmen, Trigger 5-1 (19-4) 56.5

Heat 05: Howarth, Thomson, Castagna, Sedgmen 3-3 (22-7) 57.4

Heat 06: Lawson, Sedgmen, Fredriksen, Trigger 4-2 (26-9) 57.1

Heat 07: Pickering, Hagon, Edwards, Killeen 3-3 (29-12) 56.9

Heat 08: Howarth, Fredriksen, Pearson, Borke 2-4 (31-16) 59.0

Heat 09: Thomson, Castagna, Howarth, Sedgmen 5-1 (36-17) 57.5

Heat 10: Lawson, Edwards, Fredriksen, Hagon 4-2 (40-19) 58.4

Heat 11: Pickering, Howarth, Killeen, Pearson 4-2 (44-21) 58.4

Heat 12: Thomson, Pearson, Borke, Edwards 4-2 (48-23) 58.9

Heat 13: Pickering, Lawson, Sedgmen, Howarth 5-1 (53-24) 58.1

Heat 14: Hagon, Killeen, Trigger, Castagna (Fx) 2-4 (55-28) 59.5

Heat 15: Pickering, Lawson, Howarth, Edwards 5-1 (60-29) 57.9

Courtesy of Speedway Updates

Image Credit: Dan Westlake