ACADEMY MARCH ON

WSRA National Development League leaders Edinburgh made it five wins out of five with a 53-37 victory at King’s Lynn.

The Monarchs Academy were without No.1 Jordy Loftus due to concussion and James Shanes also missed the meeting, but they still raced to a convincing win to maintain their 100 per cent record.

Vinnie Foord (13) and Dayle Wood (12) led the way whilst Ben Whalley and guest Ashton Vale both scored paid 12, and Wood ended home skipper Simon Lambert’s (14) maximum chances in the last race.

Wood said: “I think we were maybe underestimated a little tonight without Jordy and James but we all got together, worked together, we made really good starts and we showed what we can do.

“(Manager) Scott (Wilson) does really well and never lets us get down, he worked his butt off to get the team together but also he told us he had the faith in us that we could cover the rider replacement for Jordy.”

King’s Lynn manager Jason Pipe said: “It’s a disappointing result because whilst that score might not have been a surprise if it had been the full Edinburgh side, I didn’t expect us to lose by 16 with the changes they had to make.

“We were just taught a lesson in gating, They seemed to get out of the gate ahead of us every time, and to be fair they were even outgating Lambert and Mulford who had to come from the back several times to get their points.”

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