BERWICK co-promoter Steven Dews admitted his side had to “work hard” to defeat Edinburgh.
The R.E.D Campers delivered a last race 5-1 to outgun their rivals 47-43 in a tight BSN Series battle at Shielfield Park.
The scores were level heading into the final race but Craig Cook and Drew Kemp were the Bandits’ heroes as they got the better of Oskar Polis and Jason Edwards to bank the Bandits’ first points in the competition.
Cook was back to his outstanding best during the clash live on BSN and was only defeated once in Heat 13 by Polis. Drew Kemp also produced another wonderful performance.
The Pole, on his Shielfield debut, was equally impressive with 12 points.
Dews, standing in for Stewart Dickson who was ill, said: “Edinburgh made us work hard but I always felt we had enough in hand going into the closing stages of the meeting.
“Craig was just superb and led from the front while his choice of partner for the final heat was pretty obvious.
“That’s two weeks in a row that they have taken the honours in Heat 15. It’s a good habit to have.”
Edinburgh suffered the blow of No.1 Justin Sedgmen suffering a wrist injury during his third race which forced him out of the remainder of the meeting.
It was heartache again for the Monarchs. All four of their meetings this season have gone to last heat deciders - and they have lost three of them.
Monarchs boss Alex Harkess said: “If it wasn’t for the fact that Justin was struggling badly with his injury on what is a demanding track, I’m sure we would have won this match. I felt we did extremely well in the circumstances.”
Words by Holeshot Media.
Images by Taylor Lanning.