On a rain sodden day this elite fixture got under way under the watchfull eye of referee John Whiting and his decisions were called upon as early as the first heat when Stevenson and Nowacki made a perfect start from the gate over the Aces pair of Griffiths & Johnson and they looked to have the race under control until Nowacki under no pressure clipped the outside kerb and ended up in the fence requiring treatment to a cut on his forehead and a exclusion from the rerun won by Stevenson with Wednesfield taking 5 points from 2nd & 3rd places,

The next heat was a 5 all and then in heat 3 Marchant was guilty of moving under starters orders and a exclusion leaving the pairing of Aris & Wheeler to take a 7-2 win, the next two races were drawn and then in heat six referee John Whiting issued another exclusion to the Leicester team with Dan Pike guilty of not leaving enough racing room and the rerun was a 7-2 advantage to Aris & Wheeler pairing,                                                                                      

Heat 7 saw a great pass executed by Aces youngster Ricki Johnson over Phil Howells whilst team partner Mark Griffiths looked after Marchant for a 6-4, the next two heats saw Leicester slip further behind with two more exclusions first Adam Stevenson moving on the start gate in heat 8 with Ben Mould getting the better of Nowacki in the rerun for a Wednesfield 6-3 and then to compound the Monarchs task a exclusion going into the first turn for Daniel Pike after several re-starts and warnings from Mr Whiting for use of his elbow,                                                                                     

Interval Score leaving the visitors a mountain to climb  of Wednesfield 53 Leicester 32,

After the break Leicester thought their luck had changed when they recorded their first points advantage of the afternoon with a 6-3 after Scott Doherty had been excluded for unfair use of his leg,heat 11 was drawn,but in the next race the pairing of Pike & Peck suffered a 7-3 defeat after another superb performance from Aces Johnson & Griffiths leaving the Monarchs all at sea,                                                                                                                    

Heat 13 threw up the unusual situation of two riders being lapped and recieving no points when what looked like a cracker of a race with Aris & Wheeler  up against Stevenson & Nowacki with Aris doing battle with the world champ and getting the better of him whilst Wheeler was fighting it out with Stevenson but their bikes clashed together and could not be separated by the time that the other pair came around resulting in a 4-3 to the Aces,                                                         

The next race resulted in another 4-3 to Wednesfield when the referee issued another 2 exclusions in the same incident one to Joe Kemp for use of his leg and the other to Scott Doherty for retaliation, the Aces then cruised for the final few races allowing Leicester to take a consolation 7-3 in the final heat for only their 2nd heat advantage of the match,

The weather was terrible but the track held up well, match referee John Whiting stood firm on his many decicions,some of the Leicester Squad found the big Ashmore Park curcuit hard going.

LEE ARIS 19+1,BEN MOULD 18,RICKI JOHNSON 15+1,LUKE DRAISEY 12,MARK GRIFFITHS 10+2,BEN HIGHAM 10+1,GAVIN WHEELER 8+1,SCOTT DOHERTY 5+2.

PHIL HOWELLS 15,LUKAS NOWACKI 13+1,ADAM PECK 12,ADAM STEVENSON 11,CRAIG MARCHANT 7+2,KEVIN BURNS 6,DANIEL PIKE 3+1,JOE KEMP 3.

COMBINATION LEAGUE

WEDNESFIELD 57 LEICESTER 67

The Combination match was rode in good spirit by both sets of riders on a wet surface with shale spraying up into the riders faces the Leicester Monarchs took some comfort by winning this match by a 10 point margin, the rain hammering it down at the final heat.

MATT HADDOCK 14,SAM PARR 12,DAVE MEANLEY 11+1,MICK ARIS 8+1,STEVE MULLINDER 7,ARRON O'BRIEN 5.

NICKY WHITEHEAD 15+2,DAVE FRITH 13+1,ASHLEY DOCHERTY 11,MATT HARTSHORNE 10+1,LIAM DAVIS 9+1,LAURA WATSON 6,COLIN POLE 3