BOOST FOR MONARCHS AS SPONSORS JOIN BOARD

NEWS Thursday 25th February 2016, 8:00am

by Toby Lerone

  Edinburgh Monarchs

The Club are very pleased to announce the appointment of Norma and Eddie McKenna to the Board of Directors of the Company.

Commenting on the appointment Club Chairman Alex Harkess said, “ It’s barely a year since Eddie and Norma first approached us about becoming club sponsors and we were very grateful for their financial support at the time. As time has gone on they have become much more than sponsors, enthusiastically offering support in other ways to the Club.”

“It became obvious to us that we had to find a way to channel their enthusiasm in the right directions and there’s no better way of doing that than making them directors. We all feel they have much to offer the Club. We have also been saying for some time now that we want to reduce the average age of the Board and this is a step in the right direction.”

Norma and Eddie are long time speedway fans but it is only within the last year that they have had any real involvement with the Monarchs. Eddie said, “When we arrived on the scene a year ago we really didn’t know anyone involved with the Monarchs at all and it took us a while to adjust to their way of operating but there’s no doubt at all now that we are on the same wavelength and feel that we can contribute positively to make the Club thrive and flourish. If that means that we win more trophies then that’s all the better.”

Norma added, “I’m hoping to get involved in marketing the Club and hope to be able to pick up new sponsors and advertisers. I’ll be starting immediately on that task and I’ll be on the phone and knocking on doors.”

For the present Norma can be contacted at marketing@edinburghmonarchs.co.uk

The McKenna’s company, Border Roofers Ltd will continue as the Club’s main team sponsor in 2016 and have confirmed that the level of sponsorship will increase from the 2015 level.