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An Evening with Randy Mamola
The Avalon, Tyneside?s only motorcycle specialist bar is the scene for a spectacular ?Biking Legend? evening set within the hotel?s impressive two hundred seater Trojan Rooms. The venue is perfect for the charitable initiative dreamed up by Avalon owner Mick Farwell and classic two stroke nut Chris Berriman as there is ample space for folks to mingle with their idols, grab a drink and watch footage of legends in action on any one of the 15 large media screens. As this is a motorcycle event after all, each event will feature a display of iconic new and classic motorcycles to pore over. Following on from the hugely successful first Biking Legends ?An Evening with Niall Mackenzie? the date has been set for a sensational visit to the north east by a true motorcycling legend. The date of this truly one in a million ?Biking Legends? event is the 17th June, we can now announce The Trojan Rooms in Whitley Bay is hosting an ?An Evening with Randy Mamola? a genuine motorcycling superhero.
Chris, whose company Merit Merrel Technology sponsor Bradley Smith, one of the UK?s hottest Moto-2 World Championship competitors and one of the special guests at the initial ?Biking Legends? event. Bradley enjoyed his time so much that he has been instrumental in persuading Randy Mamola to make the trip to Whitley Bay and meet up with some Geordie bike racing fans. Chris said ?Bradley had such a good evening, everyone made him feel so welcome and he enjoyed every minute. In fact so much so Bradley?s coming back as Randy?s guest to make sure everyone is kept up to date with his efforts in Moto-2. Which is great? In 1981 Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts battled all season and let Suzuki riders Marco Lucchinelli of Italy and American Randy Mamola beat them for the top two spots. Lucchinelli won with Randy runner up, Roberts finished third and Sheene fourth. Now that is what is called a real racing pedigree. The late 80's and early 90's are remembered as one of the most competitive eras of Grand Prix racing with a field rich in talent that included Rainey, Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan, Eddie Lawson and Randy Mamola. Although Randy was often at a disadvantage in that his Suzuki?s never seemed to be as fast as those of his Yamaha and Honda mounted rivals that never stopped him continually getting results and just as importantly entertaining. Randy Mamola is considered by many to be one of the most talented riders never to have won a world championship. Randy will be in the Trojan Rooms on the 17th June for the whole evening where he will be on the stage twice to talk about some of his incredible races and the riders he has come up against. Mamola?s first 500cc motorcycle Grand Prix race was in Sweden in 1979, riding a Yamaha. His first victory in the 500cc class was at Belgium in 1980. He went on to win a total of 13 Grand Prix, and finished second in the championship four times: in 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1987. During his Grand Prix career he rode for Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda and Cagiva. Randy was also well-known for being a real crowd pleaser. For example, at the Dutch TT he crashed his bike during warm-up, only to return to the pits to get his spare bike, wheelying and showing off to the crowd during the main race. Another memorable moment occurred at the 1986 French GP while trailing race leader Eddie Lawson, who was too far ahead to catch: Mamola had built up a healthy lead over third place rider, Graeme Crosby, and decided to pull an endo on the run-off area at the beginning of the pit straight before re-joining the race. The stunt went unnoticed by track marshals
who were mere feet away but it was captured on film by photographer Don Morley. The following weekend, Morley presented Mamola with the photograph, who was thrilled it was caught on film, but Yamaha team manager, Kenny Roberts, was not. Roberts fired Mamola on the spot but eventually relented and reinstated him. Mamola currently works as a television commentator for Moto GP races on the Eurosport network. He has maintained his crowd pleasing manner, often wearing humorous wigs on camera during interviews with riders. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000. Mamola began raising money for Save the Children in 1986. On visits to Africa, he noticed that motorcycles being used to transport medical supplies to remote areas were breaking down and being abandoned due to poor training and maintenance. In 1996, he became one of the founders of Riders for Health, a charity which provides motorcycles and training to projects which give the population of rural Africa health and medical support. His fund-raising activities include giving passenger rides on a two-seater Ducati Moto GP bike. All proceeds from the evening will go to support the work of Riders for Health.
?I?m still in shock, Randy Mamola is a motorcycling superstar and he is coming to The Trojan Rooms in Whitley Bay on June 17th, pinch me I must be dreaming, unbelievable. ? said Mick.
For those wishing to stretch the night out a little longer you can stay over with the Avalon hotel owned by Mick and only next door to The Trojan Rooms offering reasonably priced accommodation for the night. Well it would be rude not to.
Tickets are priced at £20 and are available online from www.thetrojanrooms.co.uk or collect from The Avalon or Newcastle Motorcycles (Honda, MV Augusta, Yamaha & Victory dealers 0191-2723335). Tickets are limited to two hundred and are likely to disappear as fast as Mamola on a factory Suzuki. This is a not to be missed event, reserve your tickets today in order to avoid disappointment.
The Avalon, Tyneside?s only motorcycle specialist bar is the scene for a spectacular ?Biking Legend? evening set within the hotel?s impressive two hundred seater Trojan Rooms. The venue is perfect for the charitable initiative dreamed up by Avalon owner Mick Farwell and classic two stroke nut Chris Berriman as there is ample space for folks to mingle with their idols, grab a drink and watch footage of legends in action on any one of the 15 large media screens. As this is a motorcycle event after all, each event will feature a display of iconic new and classic motorcycles to pore over. Following on from the hugely successful first Biking Legends ?An Evening with Niall Mackenzie? the date has been set for a sensational visit to the north east by a true motorcycling legend. The date of this truly one in a million ?Biking Legends? event is the 17th June, we can now announce The Trojan Rooms in Whitley Bay is hosting an ?An Evening with Randy Mamola? a genuine motorcycling superhero.
Chris, whose company Merit Merrel Technology sponsor Bradley Smith, one of the UK?s hottest Moto-2 World Championship competitors and one of the special guests at the initial ?Biking Legends? event. Bradley enjoyed his time so much that he has been instrumental in persuading Randy Mamola to make the trip to Whitley Bay and meet up with some Geordie bike racing fans. Chris said ?Bradley had such a good evening, everyone made him feel so welcome and he enjoyed every minute. In fact so much so Bradley?s coming back as Randy?s guest to make sure everyone is kept up to date with his efforts in Moto-2. Which is great? In 1981 Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts battled all season and let Suzuki riders Marco Lucchinelli of Italy and American Randy Mamola beat them for the top two spots. Lucchinelli won with Randy runner up, Roberts finished third and Sheene fourth. Now that is what is called a real racing pedigree. The late 80's and early 90's are remembered as one of the most competitive eras of Grand Prix racing with a field rich in talent that included Rainey, Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan, Eddie Lawson and Randy Mamola. Although Randy was often at a disadvantage in that his Suzuki?s never seemed to be as fast as those of his Yamaha and Honda mounted rivals that never stopped him continually getting results and just as importantly entertaining. Randy Mamola is considered by many to be one of the most talented riders never to have won a world championship. Randy will be in the Trojan Rooms on the 17th June for the whole evening where he will be on the stage twice to talk about some of his incredible races and the riders he has come up against. Mamola?s first 500cc motorcycle Grand Prix race was in Sweden in 1979, riding a Yamaha. His first victory in the 500cc class was at Belgium in 1980. He went on to win a total of 13 Grand Prix, and finished second in the championship four times: in 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1987. During his Grand Prix career he rode for Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda and Cagiva. Randy was also well-known for being a real crowd pleaser. For example, at the Dutch TT he crashed his bike during warm-up, only to return to the pits to get his spare bike, wheelying and showing off to the crowd during the main race. Another memorable moment occurred at the 1986 French GP while trailing race leader Eddie Lawson, who was too far ahead to catch: Mamola had built up a healthy lead over third place rider, Graeme Crosby, and decided to pull an endo on the run-off area at the beginning of the pit straight before re-joining the race. The stunt went unnoticed by track marshals
who were mere feet away but it was captured on film by photographer Don Morley. The following weekend, Morley presented Mamola with the photograph, who was thrilled it was caught on film, but Yamaha team manager, Kenny Roberts, was not. Roberts fired Mamola on the spot but eventually relented and reinstated him. Mamola currently works as a television commentator for Moto GP races on the Eurosport network. He has maintained his crowd pleasing manner, often wearing humorous wigs on camera during interviews with riders. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000. Mamola began raising money for Save the Children in 1986. On visits to Africa, he noticed that motorcycles being used to transport medical supplies to remote areas were breaking down and being abandoned due to poor training and maintenance. In 1996, he became one of the founders of Riders for Health, a charity which provides motorcycles and training to projects which give the population of rural Africa health and medical support. His fund-raising activities include giving passenger rides on a two-seater Ducati Moto GP bike. All proceeds from the evening will go to support the work of Riders for Health.
?I?m still in shock, Randy Mamola is a motorcycling superstar and he is coming to The Trojan Rooms in Whitley Bay on June 17th, pinch me I must be dreaming, unbelievable. ? said Mick.
For those wishing to stretch the night out a little longer you can stay over with the Avalon hotel owned by Mick and only next door to The Trojan Rooms offering reasonably priced accommodation for the night. Well it would be rude not to.
Tickets are priced at £20 and are available online from www.thetrojanrooms.co.uk or collect from The Avalon or Newcastle Motorcycles (Honda, MV Augusta, Yamaha & Victory dealers 0191-2723335). Tickets are limited to two hundred and are likely to disappear as fast as Mamola on a factory Suzuki. This is a not to be missed event, reserve your tickets today in order to avoid disappointment.
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