Edinburgh Monarchs
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| Track address | Armadale Stadium Bathgate Road Armadale West Lothian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1928 (1928) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team manager | Alex Harkess and John Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | SGB Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Colours | Blue and Gold | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track size | 260 metres (280 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record time | 54.8 seconds | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record date | 30 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record holder | Craig Cook | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish Speedway team, currently based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the Speedway season. The club is run by a Board of Directors, chaired by Alex Harkess.
Contents
1 Brief history
2 2018 Team
3 2017 Team
4 2016 Team
5 2015 Team
6 2014 Team
7 2013 Team
8 2012 Team
9 2011 Team
10 2010 Team
11 2009 Team
12 2008 Team
13 2007 Team
14 2006 Team
15 Team Honours
15.1 Premier League
15.2 Premier Trophy
15.3 Premier League Knockout Cup
15.4 Premier League Four-Team Championship
15.5 Premier League Pairs Championship
15.6 National League Knockout Cup
15.7 National League Pairs
15.8 Scottish Cup
15.9 Queen's Cup
15.10 North Shield
16 Individual Honours
16.1 World Championship
16.2 Premier League Riders' Championship
16.3 Scottish Championship
16.4 Australian Solo Championship
16.5 Australian Under-21 Championship
16.6 South Australian Championship
16.7 Victorian Championship
16.8 Victorian Under-21 Championship
17 References
18 External links
Brief history
The club was founded in 1928 and operated at Marine Gardens, Portobello in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938 and 1939. A few team matches were staged in 1929 and an Edinburgh team competed in the Northern League in 1930. The Edinburgh team of 1938 and 1939 was known as The Thistles and they staged a number of challenge matches.
After the war, Marine Gardens was not available and the potential of Old Meadowbank, then the home of Leith Athletic F.C., was said to have been spotted by Ian Hoskins. The Monarchs (Meadowbank Monarchs) were re-established in 1948 by a consortium including Frank Varey, ex-rider and Sheffield promoter, and R.L.Rae, a local Edinburgh businessman.
The team operated at Old Meadowbank 1948 in the National League Second Division until midway through 1954. The team finished at the bottom of the league in 1948 but improved to a best place of third before closure in 1954.
Under its promoter Ian Hoskins from 1960 until 1964 the Monarchs raced in the Provincial League and were founder members of the British League that ran from 1965 to 1967. The track was used for practice sessions between 1957 - 1959.[1]
Old Meadowbank Stadium had been purchased by the City of Edinburgh Council from Leith Athletic in 1956. Following their successful bid to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games they decided to redevelop the site of the stadium and surrounding area. The Monarchs were evicted as Speedway was not incorporated into the new Meadowbank Stadium plans due to the government of the day refusing to fund stadia which would be used by professional sports. The new stadium sits immediately west of Old Meadowbank essentially on the site of the old running track known as New Meadowbank. The team moved en bloc to a new track at Cliftonhill, Coatbridge (nearer to Glasgow than Edinburgh) and operated as the Coatbridge Monarchs for the 1968 and 1969 seasons before the track licence was sold to Wembley.
Speedway at Powderhall Stadium, 1982
Speedway returned to Edinburgh in 1977, with the Monarchs racing at Powderhall Stadium from 1977 until 1995. During the 1995 season, the company operating Powderhall ran into financial difficulty, and the stadium was sold to a housing company for redevelopment. This meant the Monarchs were again evicted.
In 1996, the Monarchs' rivals Glasgow Tigers closed down, so with a stadium not in use in Glasgow, and the Monarchs without a home in Edinburgh, the Monarchs' moved to Shawfield Stadium, Glasgow to form the Scottish Monarchs. Many Tigers fans refused to support what they saw as a team of old rivals, and although Monarchs fans initially travelled through to Glasgow, crowd numbers soon fell.
In 1997, the Monarchs left Glasgow after gaining permission to operate at Armadale Stadium, where they continue to operate to this day.[1]
The Monarchs have won the Premier League championship five times in their history, in 2003[2] again in 2008[3] in 2010, in 2014, and once more in 2015.
Edinburgh took part in the first Premier League Promotion Play off in 2008 when they faced Wolverhampton. Although they put up a valiant fight, they lost the tie on aggregate.[4] Despite finishing runners up in 2009 they faced Belle Vue in the Premier League Promotion Play off losing both legs.
Recent plans of the supermarket chain Sainsburys to redevelop Armadale Stadium fell through after the planning application was rejected.[5]
Edinburgh secured another Premier League title in the 2010 season, their third in seven years. The Championship was secured by winning away at Stoke's Loomer Road track, with Edinburgh riders Ryan Fisher and Kevin Wölbert going through the card unbeaten.[6]
The Monarchs lost out on another League Championship in 2013 losing narrowly to winners Somerset, though took some consolation by securing the Premier League Fours.
The 2014 Monarchs had a very successful season winning the Premier League Cup, the Knock Out Cup and the Premier League. Sam Masters and Max Fricke won the Premier League Pairs Trophy.
The 2015 Monarchs topped their qualifying section in the League Cup before seeing off Ipswich in the semi finals to progress on to defeat Glasgow on aggregate in the Final. They just missed out on the KO Cup to Somerset, however made up for this by securing the Premier League Fours. The Monarchs topped the Premier League after the regular season and went on to retain their title with another aggregate victory over Glasgow in the Premier League Championship Final.
2018 Team
Ricky Wells
Erik Riss
Richie Worrall
Victor Palovaara
Josh Pickering
Joel Andersson
William Lawson
Also Rode
Matt Williamson
Fernando Garcia
Mark Riss
Max Ruml
Max Clegg
2017 Team
Sam Masters
Ricky Wells
Erik Riss
Josh Pickering
Max Clegg
Mark Riss
Mitchell Davey
2016 Team
Kevin Wolbert
Max Clegg
Erik Riss
Sam Masters
Mark Riss
Ryan Fisher
Daniel Bewley
Also rode
Jye Ethridge
2015 Team
Craig Cook
Sam Masters
Justin Sedgmen
Max Clegg
Kevin Wolbert
Robert Branford
Erik Riss
2014 Team
Derek Sneddon
Craig Cook
Max Fricke
Justin Sedgmen
Sam Masters
Steve Worrall
Aaron Fox
2013 Team
Derek Sneddon
Craig Cook
Theo Pijper
Jozsef Tabaka
Max Fricke
Claus Vissing
Mitchell Davey
Also rode
Marcel Helfer
Signed but failed to obtain necessary paperwork
Sam Masters
2012 Team
Derek Sneddon
Andrew Tully
Matthew Wethers
Craig Cook
Theo Pijper
Jozsef Tabaka
Marcel Helfer
Also Rode
Charles Wright
Micky Dyer
2011 Team
Kevin Wölbert
Kalle Katajisto
Andrew Tully
Matthew Wethers
Craig Cook
Kyle Howarth
Tim Webster
Also rode
Ashley Morris
Jay Herne
Lee Dicken
2010 Team
Kevin Wölbert
Ryan Fisher
Kalle Katajisto
Andrew Tully
Matthew Wethers
William Lawson
Ashley Morris
Also Rode:
Cal McDade
Kyle Howarth
Jozsef Tabaka
Max Dilger
Tobias Busch
Arlo Bugeja
2009 Team
Ryan Fisher
Andrew Tully [7]
Matthew Wethers
Kevin Wölbert
Aaron Summers
Michał Rajkowski
Kalle Katajisto
Also rode:
Sean Stoddart
Max Dilger
Byron Bekker
Thomas H.Jonasson
2008 Team
Ryan Fisher
Thomas H. Jonasson
Matthew Wethers
William Lawson
Derek Sneddon
Andrew Tully
Aaron Summers
2007 Team
Kai Laukkanen
Kalle Katajisto
Matthew Wethers
George Stancl
Daniele Tessari
Derek Sneddon
Andrew Tully
Also Rode
Ronnie Correy
Theo Pijper
Henrik Moller
2006 Team
Rusty Harrison
William Lawson
Matthew Wethers
Henrik Moller
Theo Pijper
Derek Sneddon
Sean Stoddart
Daniel Tessari
Team Honours
Premier League
Champions: 2003, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015
Premier Trophy
Winners: 2008, 2014, 2015
Premier League Knockout Cup
Winners: 1997,1999, 2014
Premier League Four-Team Championship
Winners: 1981,1993, 2013, 2015
Premier League Pairs Championship
Winners: 2014
National League Knockout Cup
Winners: 1981
National League Pairs
Winners: 1986
Scottish Cup
Winners: 1951, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Queen's Cup
Winners: 1953
North Shield
Winners: 1951
Individual Honours
Championships won while an Edinburgh Monarchs rider.
World Championship
Jack Young - 1951[8] - The first second division rider to become Speedway World Champion
Premier League Riders' Championship
Peter Carr - 1997
Craig Cook - 2012
Scottish Championship
Jack Young - 1949, 1950, 1951
Dick Campbell - 1952
Doug Templeton - 1960, 1962
George Hunter - 1964
Bill Landels - 1966
Peter Carr - 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
Andrew Tully - 2012
Craig Cook - 2013
Sam Masters - 2014
Australian Solo Championship
Sam Masters - 2017
Australian Under-21 Championship
Max Fricke - 2013, 2014
South Australian Championship
Mark Fiora 1982, 1983
Victorian Championship
Sam Masters - 2015
Victorian Champion 1967/68 Bert Harkins.Scotland
Victorian Under-21 Championship
Robert Branford - 2015
References
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"Campbell hails his 'dream team'". Evening News. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
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^ "Monarchs handed the title as Rebels fail at Birmingham". Edinburgh Evening News. 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
^ "Edinburgh Monarchs | Official Club Website". Edinburghspeedway.com. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
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^ "Edinburgh Monarchs | Official Club Website". Edinburghspeedway.com. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
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^ http://www.edinburghspeedway.com/news/article.asp?id=915. Missing or empty|title=(help)
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^ "Edinburgh Monarchs | Official Club Website". Edinburghspeedway.com. 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
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^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
External links
- Official website
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