Derek Sneddon Testimonial 13/09/2013

Edinburgh 23, Glasgow 23, Newcastle 29, Rest of the World 28 13 September 2013
Derek Sneddon Testimonial
Armadale
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
1. Mark Lemon 1 1 1 3
2. Matthew Wethers 0 2 6! 1 9
3. Jozsef Tabaka 0 3 1 1 5
4. Frede Schott 0 0 1 2 3
5. Derek Sneddon 3 3
Glasgow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
5. James Grieves 1 2 2 0 5
6. Theo Pijper 3 2 6! 2 13
7. Joey Ringwood 1 1 0 1 3
8. Ryan MacDonald f f f 0
Derek Sneddon 2 2
Newcastle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
9. Kenneth Bjerre 2 1 2 3 8
10. Andrew Tully 3 0 2 3 8
11. Rene Bach 2 2 2! 3 9
12. Adam McKinna 2 0 0 2
Derek Sneddon 2 2
Rest of the World 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
13. Ryan Fisher 1 3 3 2 9
14. Claus Vissing 3 3 3 9
15. Wayne Carter 1 0 0 1
16. Ludvig Lindgren 2 3 0 3 8
Derek Sneddon 1 1
Liam Carr 0 0
Heat 01: Vissing, McKinna, Grieves, Schott. 56.0
Heat 02: Pijper, Bach, Fisher, Tabaka. 56.0
Heat 03: Sneddon, Bjerre, Carter, Macdonald (f). 56.0
Heat 04: Tully, Lindgren, Ringwood, Wethers. 57.0
Veterans Race: Little, Juul, Swales. 60.1
Heat 05: Lindgren, Pijper, Bjerre, Schott. 56.5
Heat 06: Tabaka, Grieves, Sneddon, Tully. 56.6
Heat 07: Fisher, Wethers, Ringwood, McKinna. 57.1
Heat 08: Vissing, Bach, Lemon, Macdonald (f). 57.2
Flat Track Race: A Collins, P Carr, L Collins.
Heat 09: Fisher, Tully, Schott, Macdonald (f). 57/0
Heat 10: Vissing, Bjerre, Tabaka, Ringwood.
Heat 11: WETHERS, Grieves, BACH, Lindgren
Heat 12: PIJPER, Sneddon, Lemon, Carter. 58.4
Heat 13: Lindgren, Sneddon, Tabaka, McKinna. 58.5
Heat 14: Bach, Schott, Ringwood, Carter. 58.7
Flat Track Race: A Collins, L Collins, Carr.
Heat 15: Tully, Pijper, Wethers, Carr. 58.3
Heat 16: Bjerre, Fisher, Lemon, Grieves. 57.8
Top Scorers Race: Vissing, Wethers, Pijper, Tully
report from the Edinburgh Evening News
An emotional Derek Sneddon today paid tribute to everybody who made his testimonial meeting at Armadale last night such a sparkling success and said: “I’m pretty lost for words to be honest, it was a fantastic night.”
Sneddon attracted riders from far and wide to turn out for him and while he wasn’t able to engineer a victory for his own Monarchs side in the four0team competition – that honour went to Newcastle Diamonds – he was just knocked out by the star-studded event.
He said: “I would like to thank the fans, all the riders and the Edinburgh Promotion for making this all happen, and not forgetting my testimonial committee. It has been one of the best things that has happened to me in my speedway career. It was a very special evening and people came from a long way for me, what can I say? I was truly humbled and thank each and every one of them.”
Testimonial gatherings can often be hit and miss, but there was plenty of spirited racing on view, and little evidence that the field was taking things easy. They did not. One of the special riders in the Monarchs’ line-up was former captain Frede Schott who led the Capital side to their first-ever Premier League crown in 2003.
It was the Dane’s first appearance on Scottish soil in nine years, and he said: “It was so nice to be back to pay tribute to Derek. It did not feel as if I had been away for so long, and it was so nice to meet up with so many old friends. It was also great to ride round Armadale again, I just love the place.” For the statistically minded, Newcastle defeated a Rest of the World squad by one point, with Monarchs and Glasgow Tigers finishing in equal third spot.