Edinburgh Monarchs Vs Poole Pirates 29th May 2026

[Bitza]

So next up for the Pirates.....the Monarchs(&visa versa) should be a great night of speedway, but who will come out on top? Edinburgh not having Dan Thompson and Poole having Tate Zishcke as a guest. This could prove to be really telling result for the rest of the season. Personally I think Edinburgh are going to do well in 2026, certainly the most successful Scottish club?! What do you think?

Edited 23 hours ago by Bitza

[LisaColette]

12 hours ago, Bitza said:

So next up for the Pirates.....the Monarchs(&visa versa) should be a great night of speedway, but who will come out on top? Edinburgh not having Dan Thompson and Poole having Tate Zishcke as a guest. This could prove to be really telling result for the rest of the season. Personally I think Edinburgh are going to do well in 2026, certainly the most successful Scottish club?! What do you think?

We finally got Tate in the Poole team then! From past interviews Zach and Kyle not overly keen on Edinburgh track. A lot could depend on who is in for Dan. 

Try to keep it within 8? 

[SteveLyric2]

12 hours ago, Bitza said:

So next up for the Pirates.....the Monarchs(&visa versa) should be a great night of speedway, but who will come out on top? Edinburgh not having Dan Thompson and Poole having Tate Zishcke as a guest. This could prove to be really telling result for the rest of the season. Personally I think Edinburgh are going to do well in 2026, certainly the most successful Scottish club?! What do you think?

Monarchs call on Bomber Harris for Thompson while Pirates have Zischke for Bowes.

Armadale is not everyone's favourite track and Edinburgh have had a fairly solid start. It'll be a close run thing I reckon....

[Mr Blobby]

The usuals starting earlier with the not keen on Armadale and not sure we’ll win. If you genuinely don’t think Poole will win tomorrow you’re on drugs. Tate huge upgrade on Bowes who would struggle to beat any of the NDL team as can’t get round the place compared to Tate who will be good for about 6 points. 
 

Top 5 should be pretty even but the Poole reserves will clean up no bother all all. 

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

Monarchs firm favourites.

Quite frankly embarrassing if they don’t win.

[Mr Blobby]

6 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

Monarchs firm favourites.

Quite frankly embarrassing if they don’t win.

I present you exhibit A, when you’re on drugs. 😁

Edited 8 hours ago by Mr Blobby

[Dickie Head]

5 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Armadale is not everyone's favourite track and Edinburgh have had a fairly solid start. It'll be a close run thing I reckon....

What he said. The Turbo Teens will have to rein in the gung-ho stuff to get round successfully and not throw away potential points.

[Fromafar]

52 minutes ago, Dickie Head said:

What he said. The Turbo Teens will have to rein in the gung-ho stuff to get round successfully and not throw away potential points.

Agree if Poole reserves don’t go overboard  and throw points away they should out score Monarchs reserves.Not sure how many times they have been round Armadale.!?

[Bitza]

1 hour ago, Dickie Head said:

What he said. The Turbo Teens will have to rein in the gung-ho stuff to get round successfully and not throw away potential points.

So please give me a little insight to what's special about Armadale? Is it the layout, the surface, track prep, what? From previous threads I do know it's not the chips, best avoided apparently.

[Fromafar]

1 hour ago, Bitza said:

So please give me a little insight to what's special about Armadale? Is it the layout, the surface, track prep, what? From previous threads I do know it's not the chips, best avoided apparently.

It’s a speedway track that requires a nice bit of throttle control and skill which seems to be beyond a lot of modern day riders with bikes that require it.

 

[eide67]

2 hours ago, Fromafar said:

Agree if Poole reserves don’t go overboard  and throw points away they should out score Monarchs reserves.Not sure how many times they have been round Armadale.!?

A fair few times in their youth days - in fact I think Cairns rode a few times for one of the Armadale National Junior League sides. And both have been good on NDL visits last year - Cairns with an 18 point maximum. They'll both do well tomorrow, I think.

[eide67]

1 hour ago, Bitza said:

So please give me a little insight to what's special about Armadale? Is it the layout, the surface, track prep, what? From previous threads I do know it's not the chips, best avoided apparently.

It's mostly the shape, the surface is usually well prepared. It's a small track with tight turns that require riders to turn the bike hard, which many are not used to. If there's a little too much dirt or it's greasy then it can be even more difficult, especially for newbies.