{"id":5521,"date":"2026-03-16T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:32:48","slug":"your-chance-to-join-the-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/?p=5521","title":{"rendered":"Your Chance to join The Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dear Fellow Monarchs Fans,<\/strong><br><strong>A<\/strong>s we edge closer to the tapes for the 2026 season, the atmosphere around the club is<br>incredibly positive. The Monarchs promotion has done a fantastic job of assembling a side<br>that feels both competitive and balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>The 2026 Line-up: Experience and Ambition<\/strong><br><strong>W<\/strong>e are delighted to see the return of established, professional riders who know exactly what<br>it takes to score points in the Championship. With the likes of Justin Sedgmen and Paco<br>Castagna leading from the front, we have a solid foundation of experience.<br>Furthermore, the promotion has stayed true to the Edinburgh tradition of nurturing talent.<br>We have some fantastic younger prospects making their way in the sport\u2014riders like Mitch<br>Cluff and Jordy Loftus are sure to excite the Armadale faithful. We are also particularly<br>pleased to see the addition of the promising talent of Dan Thompson, who we are sure will<br>be a massive asset to the side this year.<br>It is also heartening to see that the Club has done a great job in attracting some additional,<br>much-needed sponsorship during the close season. This extra support is vital for the health<br>of the club and sets us up for a strong year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>The Ben Fund: Supporting our own<\/strong><br><strong>O<\/strong>ne of the most important dates in the early season calendar is the Ben Fund Meeting,<br>taking place this year at Glasgow on Saturday, 28th March 6pm. This event does incredible<br>work supporting injured riders, and we are proud that the Monarchs will be well represented.<br>We are delighted to announce that the Committee has secured a rider sponsorship<br>package for Dan Thompson for this event. Dan is a fantastic talent, and we just wanted to<br>do our bit to help him settle in and get his season off to a flyer.<br>The idea of securing this package came from one of our own Committee members. The aim<br>is to get the Monarchs Fans Trust name out there a bit more and hopefully encourage a few<br>new faces from the wider speedway community to join up and support what we do.<br>Important Note on Funding: The Trust Committee is strictly bound by our constitution,<br>which dictates that member funds are used solely for the long-term stability and benefit of<br>the Edinburgh Monarchs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Therefore, we want to make it clear that this sponsorship for Dan<br>has been funded entirely by the Committee members from their own pockets. No Trust<br>funds or membership subscriptions have been used for this sponsorship.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Your Chance to Attend as a VIP!<\/strong><br>As part of this personal sponsorship, the Committee has received two tickets for the<br>meeting at Glasgow, and we would like to offer these to our members!<br>This isn&#8217;t just standard entry; the sponsorship package includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access to VIP seating for the best view of the action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A chance to meet Dan Thompson in person during the event.<br>If you would like the chance to use one (or both) of these tickets to cheer on Dan and the<br>rest of the field, please get in touch with us:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/?page_id=17\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"17\">CONTACT US<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include: Your name and whether you are looking for one or two tickets.<br>Please ensure your email reaches us by midnight on Sunday, 22nd March. We will draw<br>names from the interested members on Monday morning to ensure a fair process and to<br>give the winner plenty of time to make arrangements.<br>We look forward to seeing many of you at the track very soon.<br><strong><em>Best regards,<br>The Monarchs Fans Trust Committee<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Fellow Monarchs Fans,As we edge closer to the tapes for the 2026 season, the atmosphere around the club isincredibly positive. The Monarchs promotion has done a fantastic job of assembling a sidethat feels both competitive and balanced. The 2026 Line-up: Experience and AmbitionWe are delighted to see the return of established, professional riders who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ChatGPT-Image-Mar-16-2026-06_50_09-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Kmkb-1r3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5521"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5530,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521\/revisions\/5530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monarchsfanstrust.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}