Ryan Fisher Testimonial .

[markyb 323]

Have read with regret that Ryan Fisher having a testimonial meeting this year at Edinburgh. No disrespect meant to the great Scottish speedway folk, but Ryan needs more of a tribute to his services to British Speedway than this. An absolute 100 % trier, that didn't always come off, but as a speedway fan, I always appreciated his effort and unfortunate that Ryan did not achieve what he deserved.

Alas, in my opinion, what ruined Ryan was the influence of his buddy, who he is keen and proud to be part of his testimonial meeting, Billy Janniro - Ryan joined Coventry as a JAWA works rider, who obviously had seen potential, but this didn't last long once the outside influence came along.

Great luck to you Ryan in your meeting. Is the Taco restaurant in Tamworth dead and buried ?

[Gr8scot 589]

OK folks, we are going great guns in the pre meeting arrangements for Ryan's Testimonial and we want to make it a night he will remember as when his "Scottish family" and speedway in general, supported him on his BIG NIGHT

Ryan is doing a great job lining up some current and some "past" celebrities to ride in his meeting. Should bring back a few memories to lots of folks

There will be a bouncy castle for the children and face painting for anyone.... young and "not so young"
The mascots are all sorted and eagerly awaiting their key role in the proceedings
SOUVENIRS are on sale now:~ Badges, Baseball caps, Mugs, T-shirts, Keyrings, Coasters, Fridge magnets, Bracelets & Pens

NOW:~ SPONSORSHIP........... a vital part of making a Testimonial a success..........
There are varying levels on offer from £50 - £1000 as follows:~

£1000 will buy you a MEETING SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE
Your party of 25 will spend the evening in the George Hunter Memorial Lounge with complimentary buffet and bar throughout the evening
All guests will get a souvenir Flying Tonight programme
Your Company name on the programme cover, in meeting announcements, pre meeting publicity, and on the race jackets
DVD of the Flying Tonight event

£200 will buy you a HEAT SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE
Admission for 2 with 2 souvenir programmes and complimentary buffet and bar throughout the evening in the hospitality area
Acknowledgement of sponsorship in the programme against the heat
PA announcement at the time of the heat
DVD of the Flying Tonight event

£150 will buy you a RIDER SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE >>> with race jacket
Admission for 2 with 2 souvenir programmes and complimentary buffet and bar from heat 16 in the hospitality area
Acknowledgement of sponsorship in the programme against the rider
PA announcements on the parade
Photo with your rider and you get his signed race jacket
DVD of the Flying Tonight event

£100 will buy you a RIDER SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE >>> without race jacket
As above with NO race jacket

£50 will buy you FUEL, OIL OR TYRE SPONSORSHIP
Designed for the supporter who simply wants to make a donation in recognition of Ryan's service to Speedway with all his clubs

Contact:~ Mike Hunter OR Len Jones OR myself >>> be part of FLYIN' TONIGHT in support of "The Pantomime Villain" RYAN FISHER >>> OH NO HE ISN'T

There will be a party in the bar following the meeting

[Gr8scot 589]

RYAN’S BIG NIGHT: FLYIN TONIGHT

Ryan Fisher will be flyin when his rider friends and supporters gather to celebrate his career at Armadale Stadium on Friday in a 20-heat individual event with a Grand Final. The Grand Parade will be at 7:15 with the first race at 7:30.

 

“The Fish” is of course a double league championship winner with the Monarchs, and the only year he rode for us and we didn’t win the league, we came second. What’s more in a career spanning the period since 2002, he has scored 30 maximums, and 25 of these have been for Monarchs!

 

Friday’s meeting will be sponsored by the Monarchs’ team sponsors Border Roofing, and others have rallied round to give Ryan a decent level of sponsorship backing for the event.

 

Ryan has a ‘pit bike’ and other awards for the winner and the other three finalists. Who do we think might take the honours?

 

It could be Ryan Fisher himself, thinking back to Frede Schott’s Testimonial in 2004 when he led the final heat only to blow up and gift the big prize to Charlie Gjedde!

 

Home captain Sam Masters will be widely favoured in his current form, flying for Monarchs and his Elite team at Wolverhampton.

 

From the exalted heights of the Elite League, Monarchs’ double winning Aussie Justin Sedgmen will be back at Armadale for the first time since last October’s title triumph – and what’s more he has also just signed for the big Polish Elite club Zielona Gora.

 

Workington’s American no. 1 Ricky Wells is often thought to be the top Premier League visitor these days – of course he knows Ryan from their World Cup outings together.

 

Any Glasgow fans venturing along the M8 will very likely be supporting their own captain Aaron Summers who is in great form again and was brilliant at Newcastle on Monday.

 

You can’t discount Newcastle’s lively Swedish captain Ludvig Lindgren who rode well in his team’s narrow defeat last week at Armadale.

 

And how about the two Americans who are flying over for the event? The man Ryan said he wanted above all others to ride was Billy Janniro, and an equally welcome visitor is Charles Dukie Ermolenko the former Glasgow no. 1.

 

Glasgow have another representative in the popular Argentinian Fernando Garcia, and there’s another Newcastle Diamond – the unpredictable Matej Kus.

 

Australian Mitchell Davey, though not in a team at the moment due to passport issues, is another home contender while of course there are two Scots returning to the fray.

 

Many will be coming to see how they perform. They are Ryan’s team mates from the 2008 and 2010 League victories, Andrew Tully and William Lawson. When did Scotland last have two riders of that standard in a meeting?

 

Sadly there are three changes to the field previously announced as Scandinavians Kenneth Hansen, Thomas H Jonasson and Dennis Jonsson have found it too tough to put arrangements in place. Therefore we are doubly indebted to Workington’s Adam Roynon and Ipswich’s James Sarjeant for stepping into the fray at very short notice. Thanks lads.

 

And finally… another stepping in at short notice is Monarchs’ own remarkable teenager Dan Bewley.

 

Riding order: Ryan Fisher (USA), Dan Bewley (England), Andrew Tully (Scotland), Matej Kus (Czech Republic), Ricky Wells (USA), Justin Sedgmen (Australia), Adam Roynon (England), Charles Ermolenko (USA), Sam Masters (Australia), William Lawson (Scotland), Aaron Summers (Australia), Billy Janniro (USA), James Sarjeant (England), Ludvig Lindgren (Sweden), Fernando Garcia (Argentina), Mitchell Davey (Australia).

 

Admission prices on Friday are the same as for any senior meeting at Armadale though we have put a slight increase on the programme at £3. Please note that SEASON TICKETS ARE NOT VALID FOR TESTIMONIALS.

 

SUNGLASSES: The first twenty fans through the turnstiles will be given a pair of Gene Woods Racing sunglasses. If you miss out, they can be bought at the Testimonial stall.

 

SPECIAL GUESTS: The special guests for the evening will be rivals from the seventies, Bert Harkins (Scotland) and Gene Woods (USA).

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Good luck to Dukie Ermolenko tonight, unfortunately I can't attend as I'm watching my hare.