News Archive - 2026

Good luck to Dan Thompson who makes his return from injury tonight in the British Grand Prix at Belle Vue where he lines up as second reserve.

All at Monarchs are delighted to have received the news that Academy team captain Connor Coles has returned home following his recent injury.

After a very hard-fought match in which all fourteen riders played their full part, Monarchs stormed to a heat 15 5-1 to grab a narrow 46-44 victory over an outstanding Poole team in the BSN Series semi-final first leg. That was the only time the home side had led, indeed they faced a six-point deficit in mid-match, but showing great resilience they clawed it back and forced a last heat decider.

The hunt for the first trophy of the season intensifies tonight as the Monarchs face last year's double-winners Poole Pirates in the first leg of the BSN Series semi-final.

As any British Speedway fan already knows, the current Poole team is an outstanding one with strength throughout the ranks, so Monarchs face a very big test when they square up to the Pirates in Friday's first leg of the BSN Series semi-final.

Edinburgh Monarchs were in it late before running out of steam on a long warm night at Oxford going down 50-40 but coming home with the aggregate bonus point.

It is back to Championship action for Edinburgh Monarchs on Wednesday night as they make the trip to Cowley to take on the Oxford Cheetahs in their opening away league fixture of the season.

After a very long afternoon at Leicester Jordy Loftus smoothly moved through the semi-final stage of the British Under-21 Championship, securing second place with 14 points behind the Scunthorpe sensation Ryan Ingram.

After a successful couple of days for the powerful Monarchs Academy team, we turn today to an individual event which is important to the Academy no. 1 and Monarchs no. 7 Jordy Loftus. He competes this afternoon at Leicester in the British Under-21 semi-final looking to gain one of the 8 places for the British Final coming up at Redcar on 7th June.