Derby Away Day Awaits

PREVIEW Friday 16th June 2023, 12:00pm

by Graham Muncie

  Edinburgh Monarchs

The Stellar Monarchs face a rare Friday away day this week as they head to Ashfield to take on the Glasgow Tigers in Championship action.

Obviously, it has not been the start to the season anyone in Blue and Gold would have wanted, and things don't get any easier as the Monarchs head into this one still missing their top two Josh Pickering and Craig Cook.

Pickering's absence hopefully will be over soon as he heads to Poland to test out his shoulder this weekend. While Cook is still side-lined with a back injury that has seen him miss the last few matches.

Stepping in at number one will be Justin Sedgmen who comes in on the back of a topflight maximum for Leicester on Thursday night. With multiple other meetings on and riders unwilling to travel rider replacement will be in operation for Cook this allowing the rest of the Monarchs to cover his rides.

Elsewhere the team is as expected and the hope is the more experienced team members Paco, Kye and Lasse can pick up the slack.

Bastian Borke will ride his first away match after a promising debut at Armadale last week and Dayle Wood will continue his UK league education at number six.

The Tigers come into this one at full strength with the same line-up as at Armadale last week and with two wins out of two so far in the league this season they will be looking to continue their unbeaten run.

So, a tough challenge for an undermanned Monarchs side but we have seen some sterling displays at Ashfield in the past will Friday see another?

The action starts at 7.30pm with live updates available on the Monarchs website, please note no streaming of this match is available so do not click on any links on social media advertising as such.

Glasgow: Chris Harris, Marcin Nowak, Tom Brennan, Claus Vissing, Benjamin Basso, Lee Complin, Ace Pijper

Stellar Monarchs: Justin Sedgmen, Paco Castagna, Bastian Borke, Kye Thomson, R/R, Dayle Wood, Lasse Fredriksen

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