When Adrian slipped away early from the charity opening of Completely Motorbikes’ new Yamaha franchise in Staverton, he didn’t think his absence would be of any consequence. Then his mobile rang.
The phone identified the caller as his best friend, Rob, who had stayed on at the celebrity-packed launch evening, but Adrian was in for two nice surpises. First, it was not his friend on the line but MotoGP presenter Suzi Perry, and secondly, she was calling to tell him that he and a partner had won an all-expenses-paid trip to a MotoGP round of his choice!
Embarrassingly for Adrian, the whole call was conducted on speaker in front of a crowd of a couple of hundred guests who were enjoying his discomfiture.
“Your friend Rob lent me his phone,” said Suzi, “so I think you should make sure you take him on the race weekend,” and when Adrian said he didn’t know which race he would chose, Suzi said it had to be Mugello because “it was the best”.
The evening raised more than £7000 for the charity One Step at a Time, which cares for youngsters with special needs and their families.
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