Edinburgh Monarchs v Redcar Bears

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REDCAR pulled off an incredible comeback to win 46-44 at Edinburgh and give their Cab Direct Championship play-off hopes a massive boost.

Danny King scored a paid maximum (13+2) for the Bears and combined with captain Charles Wright (15+1) for two crucial 5-1s in Heats 13 and 15 as the visitors fought back from eight points down with four races remaining.

With the aggregate point also secured, the result moves the Teesside outfit up to fifth in the table, level on points with Workington albeit having raced more meetings.

Kye Thomson scored 10+2 for the Monarchs, whose second home defeat in the league came as a major blow.

Edinburgh manager Alex Harkess said: “It was very disappointing. We had opened up a bit of a gap and I wanted to keep that gap, but it didn’t happen.

“It came down to a last heat decider and we had no-one to stand up to their top two who were very dominant.”

CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP
EDINBUGH 44: Kye Thomson 10+2, Justin Sedgmen 9, Paco Castagna 8, Lasse Fredriksen 6+2, Josh Pickering 6, Connor Coles 5+1, Max James 0
REDCAR 46: Charles Wright 15+1, Danny King 13+2, Jake Mulford 6+2, Jason Edwards 6, Dan Gilkes 4+1, Ben Trigger 2+1, Connor Bailey 0
Redcar win the aggregate point

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