SCOTTISH OPEN ON THE HORIZON

NEWS Tuesday 22nd July 2014, 7:52pm

by Toby Lerone

  Edinburgh Monarchs

It's just over a week until our big individual event of the season, the Scottish Open Championship takes place and once again we are delighted that Harrisons of Peebles, the Ford dealers, will once again be sponsoring the Championship. 1st August is the date and 7.15pm the start time.

The Championship will follow its normal format of twenty qualifying heats followed by a semi final contested by riders 4 to 7 in the qualifying heats with the winner joining the top three qualifier in the Final. That's nearly 50% more races than our normal programme.

We are pleased to announce the first six riders taking part in the event. Our long term favourite, testimonial man and, this year, a Glasgow Tiger Theo Pijper is the first named. He is joined by Peterborugh's exciting Dane, Ulrich Ostergaard. Workington's Josh Grajczonek will also be at Armadale and three of the Incredible Scotwaste Monarchs, Aaron Fox, Justin Sedgmen and Derek Sneddon will also take their places.

More announcements will be made later in the week.

All forms of sponsorship are still available for the event but, particularly we are looking for heat and rider sponsorships. These are priced at £250 and £150 respectively. Bookings can be made through our online ticketing system.

Advance tickets are also available priced at £15 for adults, £12 for seniors and students, £5 for children aged 12 to 18 and £2 for children under 12. These prices will be available to book until 11.59pm on 31st July when all prices will rise by £3.