Week No |
Week ending |
Winner |
Comments |
1 |
March 28th |
Ross Brady |
Scores of 8 points from 6 rides and then 15 points from 6 rides in the two legs of the Spring Challenge |
2 |
April 4th |
James Grieves |
A solid performance of 13 points from 5 rides against strong opposition at home to Newcastle |
3 |
April 11th |
Blair Scott |
Paid 10 points from 4 rides against Berwick followed by a 15 maximum in the Under-21 Semi-Final |
4 |
April 18th |
Peter Carr |
A home maximum versus Glasgow and a strong show on borrowed equipment at Newcastle |
5 |
April 25th |
Stewart McDonald |
A good performance in the Challenge match at Armadale followed by a gutsy display at Berwick |
6 |
May 2nd |
James Grieves |
A first full maximum in League Speedway against Sheffield at Armadale. |
7 |
May 9th |
James Grieves |
A second successive maximum against Stoke at Armadale followed by a match winning 17 at Arena Essex including a 6 point Golden Double ride. Qualified as reserve for the British Final. |
8 |
May 16th |
Stewart McDonald |
Two great performances, a paid 11 at home to Swindon followed by a match-winning performance of a paid 13 at Workington. He will move back to second string next month. |
9 |
May 23rd |
Stewart McDonald |
Two great performances in the cup tie against Newcastle. Took thirteen rides in the two matches and only failed to score in two of them being paid for 21 points in all. |
10 |
May 30th |
James Grieves |
A real match-winning performance against Glasgow at Ashfield including two wins over Edinburgh bogyman Carl Stonehewer. |
11 |
June 6th |
Kevin Little |
A consistent performance against Workington followed by a match-winning show at Berwick. Kevin even found time to score a paid 11 points guesting for Newcastle on Sunday. |
12 |
June 13th |
Ross Brady |
A superb display at Swindon that could have given Monarchs a win but for two dubious decisions in heats 14 and 15. |
13 |
June 20th |
James Grieves |
Four great performances in the Fours Qualifiers over the weekend culminating in a full maximum at Newcastle including taking Jesper Olsen from the back! |
14 |
June 27th |
Peter Carr |
A perfect maximum in the Premier League match against Berwick. |
15 |
July 4th |
James Grieves |
Top scorer against Exter, Stoke and Newport despite suffering injuries after being knocked off at Newport. |
16 |
July 11th |
Ross Brady |
A superb display at Exeter scoring a paid 15 on his first meeting at the County Ground. |
17 |
July 18th |
Blair Scott |
Fighting man of the match performances for Monarchs against Newport and for Scotland at Berwick. |
18 |
July 25th |
James Grieves |
A paid maximum against Newport despite injury followed by a man of the match performance in the Premier League Pairs Championships. |
19 |
August 1st |
Peter Carr |
Put Monarchs through to the Premier National Trophy final with a last heat win at Newcastle. Scottish Open winner plus man of the match at Newport. |
20 |
August 8th |
Blair Scott |
A career best paid 17 that secured the bonus point for Monarchs agsinst the Isle of Wight. |
21 |
August 15th |
Ross Brady |
A great show at Berwick in the League match that rescued the bonus point. |
22 |
August 22nd |
Blair Scott |
Another big score at home to Sheffield in the Cup Semi-Final helped keep Monarchs in contention. |
23 |
August 29th |
Mick Powell |
A superb 15-point maximum against Glasgow when guesting for Monarchs. |
24 |
September 5th |
Peter Carr |
Celebrated 20 years in speedway and top scored against Arena Essex. |
25 |
September 12th |
Blair Scott |
A great comeback after injury with a great display at home to Newport in the Premier National Trophy final. |
26 |
September 19th |
James Grieves |
Top scorer for Monarchs at Newport and also for Scotland. |
27 |
September 26th |
Blair Scott |
Another match winning performance against Arena Essex in the Cup. |
28 |
October 3rd |
Justin Elkins |
Four rides, two paid wins and not a hint of an engine failure. |
29 |
October 10th |
James Grieves |
A full maximum against Exeter followed by second place in the Ashfield Classic. |
30 |
October 17th |
Kevin Little |
Kevin has had a wretched time of late but came good when he was needed in the second leg of the Cup Final at Arena Essex. He won heat 10 to put Monarchs back in the frame and also won heat 14 to wrap things up. |
31 |
October 24th |
Ross Brady |
A first full maximum with a 15 point haul in the Scottish Cup second leg at Armadale. |