Motorsport: Tigers hunted down

Oct 15 2009 by Eric MacKinnon, West Lothian Courier

THE Monarchs swept to victory by 57-35 on the day and 117-65 on aggregate in a very one-sided Scottish Cup second leg.

West Lothian-based Monarchs were quite brilliant, even without the absent Kevin Wolbert, and Tigers were very poor and it was as simple as that.

Ryan Fisher’s 14 points obviously were a major contribution, and while we never quite know what Aaron is going to, a score of 15+2 from him virtually ensures a victory anywhere.

Andrew Tully, riding so superbly at the moment, chipped in with 12+1 in spite of still being in discomfort, and both Michal Rajkowski and Matthew Wethers finished on eight.

The Raj did some brilliant overtaking on the bar bend, and Matthew's score was spoilt slightly by a last ride engine failure when second.

Byron didn't pick up a point but he was very unlucky to be excluded in heat 12 after apparently passing Lee Dicken. He was excluded after Dicken fell.

So the Scottish Cup is tucked away in the Monarchs trophy cabinet for eleventh time in the last 12 contests.

The Tigers had seemed to track a solid enough side but their guests were all poor, with only William Lawson and Josh Grajczonek really doing anything.

Top scorers: Edinburgh – Aaron Summers 15, Ryan Fisher 14. Glasgow – William Lawson 8, Josh Grajczonek 8.