Edinburgh Monarchs' owner John Campbell is convinced this season can be one of the best in the club's 80-year history.

The Armadale-based team have made one of their best starts to a season having reached the semi-finals of the Knockout Cup and Premier Trophy and have lost just twice.

Their riders have also been competing well in the World Under-21 Championships throughout Europe.

“Our efforts have largely gone unnoticed but, in all competitions we’ve now raced twenty matches this year and we’ve won seventeen of them!" Campbell pointed out.

"We’ve also drawn at King’s Lynn, unheard of for four decades, and lost narrowly at Rye House and Workington, in matches, with a little more luck that we would also have come out on top.”

William Lawson has already qualified for the semi finals of the World Under 21 Championship and could be joined by two more Edinburgh riders Thomas H Jonasson and Andrew Tully.

Lawson has also contested the British Championship Final, a meeting for the best sixteen British riders and Ryan Fisher has represented USA in the World Team Cup.  

“Awesome has been a well used word to describe our performances so far this season but there are any number of superlatives that could be used to describe this team," Campbell went on.

"We have a great team captain in Derek Sneddon and he, like the rest of the team can’t wait for his next race. I’m looking forward to every match. It is a very exciting time and I’m thrilled to be a part of it.”