Testimonial for ex-Monarch Christian

NEWS Sunday 10th April 2016, 6:59pm

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

Former Monarch Christian Henry stages his Testimonial at Newcastle next Sunday afternoon (3pm) with some other former Monarchs due to be there on the day.

The event is a Four Team Tournament with one of the teams labelled Edinburgh, though it is a team put together by Christian rather than the current Monarchs. However appearing in some capacity on the day will be Peter Carr, Robert Eriksson and Derek Sneddon. Peter and Derek are definitely going to be on bikes!

Christian came over to ride for Monarchs in 2000, and crashed in his first race, demolishing the fence. He went on to be a useful and spectacular rider for us scoring more than 300 league points. Later he rode for both Newcastle and Glasgow, winning a league medal with the Tigers in 2011.

He’s had a few injuries and that has brought his career to an end, but he will enjoy his meeting at Newcastle on Sunday.