GREAT NIGHT AT THE CAPITAL

NEWS Sunday 3rd November 2013, 6:54pm

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  Edinburgh Monarchs

"The Scotwaste Monarchs team of 2013 all gathered together for the last time at the Edinburgh Capital Hotel to celebrate a fine season.

All the riders were present an all spoke of the season gone by. The biggest cheer of the evening was reserved for Jozsef Tabaka, still smiling, although clearly struggling to walk on crutches.

Of course Craig Cook also received a huge ovation when he came to the floor to speak and gave his views on his 2013 teammates. Skipper, Derek Sneddon, then took the microphone to point to Cookie that he'd missed Liam Carr from his review.

What came across loud and clear was the fantastic team spirit that the team has generated over the past few weeks, a spirit that took us so close to the league title.

The evening was a fund raiser for the Air Fence Fund and produced a contribution of more than £1000 to that Fund. John Campbell announced during the evening that the Fund stood at £3259.94 with a large part of that coming from Bob Miller's sponsored swim. That had produced a sum of £990 for the fund but we can confirm that has now risen to more than £1000. The sale of 2013 Monarchs calendars are also producing a good income for the funs and these remain on sale through the Club's website.

More than 180 supporters enjoyed an evening of food, speeches and dancing with the dance floor jam packed as the night wore on with the riders themselves all showing their dancing prowess.

The next event on the agenda for Air Fence fund raising is "An evening with Craig Cook" which takes place on Friday 29th November. More details of this very special event will follow later this week.