The MMSF and the Gateway Pub, at 339 Merrimack Street, Lawrence, will be co-hosting a "Friends of Marty" Memorial Ride, Sunday, August 3rd. Staging begins at 9:30 and the Ride will leave at noon sharp.
Marty Johnson, 21, of Middleton, died in a motorcycle crash last month in Topsfield.
For a news report on Marty, see www.MassMSF.org, or click on here for the Salem News story: http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_171225329.html?keyword=topstory.
As you might sense from the news report, he was a young man of quality and character, loved by many and missed by all who knew Marty.
Marty's friends contacted the MMSF a few weeks ago seeking assistance in organizing a Ride in his memory. We have met with Marty's parents (Donna and Marty, Sr.) other family members and friends, who wish to keep his memory alive. Our friends at the Gateway Pub, Amy and Paul (both riders), agreed to change their scheduled "Gateway Ride" into this "Friends of Marty" Memorial Ride.
If you are available to help at the Event and/or Road Guard, please contact Vince Silvia at vsilvia@thesilvias.com or contact@MassMSF.org.
Live music at the Gateway Pub will be provided by "TONNAGE." Click here for their MySpace page site: http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_171225329.html?keyword=topstory.
Beverages and food will be available on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Beverages and food will be available on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Event tickets ($15 per person) are available at the Gateway Pub, 339 Merrimack Street, Lawrence, just off Route 495. Donations to "Marty's Fund," can be made on-line at the www.MassMSF.org - please put "In memory of Marty" on your donation.
Funds raised after expenses will be placed in Trust until the expected birth of his baby in January. Excess funds raised will be used to establish scholarships for Rider Training in the greater North Andover area.
MORE Events, Sunday, August 3rd on the South Shore and North Shore.
Brian's Ride, (the Jockey Club, Raynham - 9:30 staging, Ride leaves at noon)
Star 240 Riders Family BBQ (Cycles 128, Beverly, 11 a.m., to 3:00 p.m.)
The Aces and Eights RC Booze Cruise (Leaves Gloucester Harbor, 7:00 p.m.)
The 2nd Annual MMSF sponsored "Brian's Ride" will go rain or shine on Sunday, August 3rd, from the Jockey Club, in Raynham. Staging begins at 9:30 and 50-mile scenic Ride leaves at 12:00 noon sharp. Last year, over 325 bikes participated.
Funds raised after expenses will be pooled to be available to assist local families of riders killed or seriously injured in accidents.
Advance purchase tickets and event products are now available, on-line, through July 26.
Advance ticket purchase gets you up close to the front of the Ride position and into a free drawing for prizes, including 2 tickets (great seats) to the August 31st White Sox vs. Red Sox game and rider training course gift certificates donated by Training Wheels. Advance riding tickets can be securely purchased on-line up through July 26 at www.BriansRideFriends.org and www.MassMSF.org, or at the following local supporting businesses:
Cape Cod Harley, Pocasset, Chiliheads BBQ, W Bridgewater, Frame Shoppe, Kingston, J&S Leathers, Kingston, Perewitz Cycle Fabrications, Bridgewater, Sweet Lemon's Restaurant, Plymouth, The Jockey Club, Raynham, and Trilogy Cycles, Kingston.
And we'll have a table/booth next Sunday, July 27, noon to 6:00 at the Manomet Mystery Rider's Cooking at John Alden Sportsman's Club, in Manomet. (See http://www.manometmysteryriders.com/)
Donation includes food, live music by the Cindy Daly Band ( http://cindydaley.com/band.html ), raffles, silent auction with cool prizes, bike games and lots of good fellowship. (See the "Prize Vault" on www.BriansRideFriends.org)
If you're on or near the South Shore, this is a Ride to support, . . . riders helping riders' families in need.
And we have a 'gas card' raffle going on with five prizes - tickets only $5 each or three (3) for $10. Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.MassMSF.org, www.NelsonsRide.org, and www.BriansRideFriends.org. Drawing Sunday, August 24 at the 9th Annual Nelson's Ride. Need not be present to win.
