Back With A Bang --shaun Tacey's Testimonial

[teddybear 0]

Late rider change, Eddie Kennett has had to drop out of the meeting due to re-arranged fixture commitments . However we are pleased to announce that Billy Janniro will be riding in his place at the meeting.

[*Grid-Girls* 0]

James Brundle crashed yesterday not sure if his broken his ankle

so he also could be dropping out?

[Mr Wong 0]

Hi,

 

it's £14 adult, £5 under 16, £4 concessions and special commemorative programme will be on sale at £2.50

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Absolute bargin, the Wong's will be there, and we will buy a programme too

[Main Man 222]

James Brundle crashed yesterday  not sure if his broken his ankle

so he also could be dropping out?

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Just tissue damage --he's hoping to be fit!!!

[Main Man 222]

Absolute bargin, the Wong's will be there, and we will buy a programme too

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Glad to hear it Mr Wong --the concessions price is currently under discussion due to some misunderstanding and confusion and the price quoted may not be correct. Also there looks like being a minimum age for children for paying --more news later !!!!

Edited September 4, 2006 by Main Man

[Jim Sharman 13]

Are you taking to the mic Main Man to present the meeting or will you be too busy??

[Main Man 222]

Too busy m8 --- Kevin Long on duty . Kindly coming back from Eastbourne having been down there for the Ipswich match on Satuday night.

[teddybear 0]

This was supposed to be released a while ago but appears to have been overlooked.

 

Up for auction after the meeting is a crash helmet that laurence got signed by the riders at the british grand prix in June. QUITE A UNIQUE PIECE OF MEMORABILIA

[Main Man 222]

Yes sorry Lynn-- was going to announce that one last few days but have been a tad busy getting a certain rider's programme done!!

Yes a cracker of a collector's item for someone to come away with on Sunday --so crack open those piggy banks folks!!

Edited September 5, 2006 by Main Man

[Main Man 222]

Shaun Tacey Testimonial

“ Back With a Bang”

 

At Mildenhall

Sunday Sept 10th at 2pm

 

Press Release

 

This Sunday (September 10th) sees a Spectacular afternoon of entertainment at Mildenhall Stadium as Speedway stalwart Shaun Tacey celebrates his Testimonial meeting .

The Norwich born and bred racer, who has been a seasoned performer in British Speedway since his early days , has put together a top class line-up to contest his meeting at Mildenhall on Sunday.

In total there are 28 races , which includes his main meeting which culminates in an eight man 12 lap Final , a special Conference league Challenge involving trackless Wimbledon and also the cream of Sidecar action.

The action all starts with the Grand parade on Harley Davidson machines at 2pm with the gates opening at the Stadium at 12 noon with a range of trade stands for the fans to enjoy including one with instant photographs with Shaun and the stars of his meeting!

In reality though the party would have all kicked off the previous evening when Shaun takes over the stadium immediately after the conclusion of the Fen Tigers match with Somerset on the Saturday afternoon. The majority of the riders taking part in the Sunday meeting will be joining him to kick off the Testimonial in style with a party night. It all starts with the World Championship Grand Prix from Latvia being shown on the Big Screens in the Stadium Bar whilst the barbeques are warming up to cook the food for the evening. There will be a mini-auction and raffle, disco and fun till late before the riders retire in readiness for battle the following day out on track. Tickets for the party which include the food are priced £5 adults and £2.50 children.

On the Sunday the meeting will be split up with races from the main event , sidecars and then in the interval the world famous Wimbledon Dons, currently without a track, will meet the Sittingbourne Crusaders in a six heat , five man teem event, before the action returns to the main testimonial races culminating with the 12 lap , eight man final. This will be preceded by the Sidecar Final contested by the top three crews where the three times British Champions Shaun Harvey and Danny Hogg will be favourites to take the honours although they are up against the other top British based crews.

Although Shaun has lost out on a few of the original line-up for his Testimonial meeting due to injuries and fixture clashes he has been able to pull in a top class field .

Home interest from Mildenhall fans will centre around the likes of Jason Lyons , the King brothers, and James Brundle but there is also the unknown quantities of two young Swedish riders who ride along side Shaun at Team Bikab in Linus Eklof and Jimmy Jansson.

Also out to impress will be young Australian Mark Jones , brother of the late Ashley Jones , who tragically was killed in a racing accident back home in Australia in the winter. Mark has paid his own way over here this year to get as many rides as he can and recently top scored for Carmarthen and Wales Select in Challenges at Weymouth and is keen to put himself in the shop window for promoters.

Wily old campaigner Craig Boyce of Poole, now also the Australian team manager , was one of the first riders to offer his services to “Tace” whilst Oxford’s England International David Howe sent a text to pleading to be included!!

Peterborough’s Richard Hall wanted to ride having spent many a trip abroad racing with Shaun whilst Arena Essex’s Leigh Lanham is a close friend and former team mate from Shaun’s time as a Hammer down at Purfleet.

Glenn Cunningham of Somerset is another rider who goes back a long way with Shaun with both rides making their racing mark about the same time with Glenn staying over after racing the previous day for Somerset at Mildenhall.

Paul Lee was awaiting medical clearance to see if he could take his place in the line-up for his first ride of the year and the first since his bad crash at Kings Lynn last year. He had an operation to remove some metalwork from his arm last week and a late decision on his fitness will be taken. If the decision is a negative one Shaun has another rider lined up to replace him.

American ace Billy Janniro didn’t need any second asking when approached to do the meeting . A former Coventry team mate of Shaun’s the all action Yank will no doubt be “Mr Entertainment” –both Saturday night at the party and Sunday at the meeting!! If anyone fancies an arm wrestling contest he’s your man to challenge!!

Entrance costs to the meting have been set at £14 for adults , £5 for the under16’s , Oap’s and under 5’s £4 –with a goody bag for the under5’s!! A special A4 sized 24 page Souvenir Brochure will be on sale which includes the race programme at £3.

 

 

 

Rider line-up :

 

1. Shaun Tacey

 

 

2. Jason Lyons

 

 

3. Jason King

 

 

4. Daniel King

 

 

5. James Brundle

 

 

6. Glen Cunningham

 

 

7. Billy Janniro

 

 

8. Chris Neath

 

 

9. David Howe

 

 

10. Jimmy Jansson

 

 

11. Linus Eklof

 

 

12. Paul Lee

 

 

13. Mark Jones

 

 

14. Craig Boyce

 

 

15. Richard Hall

 

 

16. Leigh Lanham

 

 

17. James Purchase

 

 

18. Mark Thompson

 

 

 

CONFERENCE CHALLENGE

 

Wimbledon Dons v Sittingbourne Crusdaders

 

WIMBLEDON DONS:

 

1. Andre Cross (c )

2. Dean Garrod

3. Lee Strudwick

4. Matt Wright

5. Dan Blake

 

Team Manager : Dingle Brown

 

SITTINGBOURNE CRUSADERS:

 

1. Mark Baseby

2. Aaron Baseby

3. Luke Goody

4. Chris Hunt ( c)

5. Gary Cottham

 

Team Manager : Graham Arnold

 

 

SIDECAR CHALLENGE CUP :

 

 

1. Shaun Harvey/ Danny Hogg (Chelmsford/Dagenham)

2. Andy / Laura Kerrison (Luton)

3. Paul Moorcock / John Cook (Chelmsford)

4. Tony Cook / George Colvin ( Andover / Hastings)

 

 

SIDECAR CREWS DETAILS :

 

1. Shaun Harvey and Danny Hogg , riding number 72.

The reigning British Champions and for the last three

years. This will be their first meeting back since

Shaun Broke his leg at the European Finals in Germany

where he was one of the favourites. Shaun only

returned to the sport 5 years ago after a 10 year

retirement through work commitments, Danny has been a

top passenger for over 10 years. Shaun is from

Chelmsford and Danny is from Dagenham. Machine

Matthijsen GM

 

.Andy & Laura Kerrison , riding number 8

1. They are the only father and daughter crew riding in Britain. They ride

on a Belgium licence and the Belgium number 1's

representing Belgium in the last 5 European

Championships and reaching the finals on two

occasions. Andy is a former speedway rider for the

Isle of Wight and is one of the trainers at

Sittingbourne Speedway. This is Andy's farewell season

and this will be one of his last meetings although.

Laura is part way through a degree and they both come

from Luton. Machine :ATD/BAT Jawa

2. Paul Moorcock and Jon Cook , riding number 123.

Paul and Jon are both from Chelmsford. They were 5th in the recent

British Championships and represented the ACU in the

European semi-finals this year. Paul is the son of

former rider Geoff and has been driving for the last

7-8 years after passengering his dad before that.

Jon has riding for 4 years now and has always ridden

with Paul. They rode in the Demonstration at

Mildenhall in late 2005. Machine : Duse WM Jawa

 

3. Tony Cook and George Colvin, riding

number 10.

Tony is an experienced campaigner who for

many years rode mainly on the big tracks in Germany

and France. He has been a European Finalist on three

occasions and is still going strong with several good

results this year. George his passenger is part of

the Colvin family who are heavily involved in Grass

Track and Speedway (His cousin is Shane Colvin.)

George has only just started passengering Tony but

they have already formed a good team. Tony is from

Andover and George is from Hastings. Machine : Kiel Jawa

[Main Man 222]

Shaun will be on the tele on Friday with Anglia interviewing him about the Testimonial and the Press Release has gone out to just about every radio station and paper we could think of as well as being posted on several websites to promote the meeting --hopefully we will see a big turn out at West Row on Sunday for Tace!!

[teddybear 0]

Great news for Fans not only do we hve a signed Arena shirt up for auction, we also have a framed, signed Mildenhall shirt too. Remember if you are unable to make it sunday email me your bids and I will bid for you.

[Main Man 222]

and we are still taking bids to be the Ref's assistant for the day --- see behind the scenes at what the job entails.

 

Get your bids in to : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk

 

 

plus --although the programme has gone to print --we can still mention rider sponsors on the day so if you want to back any of the riders for their insurance costs or travel then e-mail us . Had a few go last night at Kings Lynn from fans coming up to me to see if there was anything they could still back --the answer is always YES!!! Just e-mail us!!

[Main Man 222]

Latest addition to the line-up for Sunday is Polish International Jacek Rempala.

The Berwick and Coventry Star will ride at No. 12 in place of Paul Lee , who unfortunately has had to reluctantly withdraw from the line-up on medical advice.

The former Ipswich rider , who has made a successful return to British Speedway after his surprise capture by the Bandits showed his form last night at Kings Lynn when on a tactical ride scorching to a six point win ahead of home top man Tomas Topinka and he has been hitting some high scores in the Elite League in Coventry colours.

Edited September 7, 2006 by Main Man

[DavidC 0]

A great shame Paul won't be riding - I was really looking forward to seeing him ride but I guess it was always a big doubt.