Point Grabbed at Rye House

REPORT Sunday 22nd May 2016, 8:46pm

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

We went down 42-47 after a lengthy match at Rye House this evening, taking our second away league point of the week.

It had been a close match up till heat 10 after which the Rockets took three successive heat advantages including a heat win for the previously struggling Peter Karger over Monarchs’ captain Sam Masters.

Team manager John Campbell said “We were doing OK till the interval. Then they graded and watered the track, which I’m not saying changed the track, but gate 4 was so dominant throughout the meeting.

“Everything had been going fine but it was a killer blow when Karger won heat 11, it lifted everybody’s spirits on their side, they were all jumping for joy, and then Morley went out and won the next one as well.”

We trailed by nine points and managed to share heat 14 after both Lanham and Karger suffered in a four-man pileup. Morley won the race as a replacement but Karger limped round and we shared it.

Kevin Wolbert and Sam Masters easily took a 5-1 from Lykke and Heeps in the final race.

John Campbell commented further “We were probably fortunate over the last two heats. However we should have had a 5-1 in heat one but Erik’s throttle cable came adrift.

“It’s not a favourite track for Ryan and he said this was the best meeting he’d had here for a while.

"Kevin Wolbert had a good meeting for us. It may have been a mechanical problem for Kennett in heat 10 when Kevin passed him, but he had done very well to be challenging at the last turn.”

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