Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Armstrong Testimonial Teams Finalised

Former Wild Player Coach Scott McKenzie will ice for Team Ken in Sunday's testimonial game (Photo by Geoff White)

The team line-ups for the Ken Armstrong testimonial game at Planet Ice Widnes this Sunday 2nd June have now been finalised.

The match is being staged to celebrate the career of popular cult figure Ken Armstrong who has decided to hang up his skates after 11 years with the Wild club and will feature a “Team Wild” – basically made up of current Widnes Wild NIHL team players, albeit with the odd twist - and a “Team Ken” that Armstrong has assembled featuring friends and former team-mates from his many years in the game.

The full line ups are as follows:

Team Ken: #5 Sam Dunford, #7 Luke Brittle, #9 Ken Armstrong, #11 David Swanston, #12 Geoff Wigglesworth, #14 Josh Grocutt, #15 Lee Kemp, #16 Amanda Armstrong, #19 Calum Ruddick, #39 Scott Barnett, #44 Kohen Taylor, #47 Daniel Fay, #71 Jack Murray, #77 Scott McKenzie, #93 Shaun Dippnall, #96 Macauley Armstrong,  #30 Phil Pearson (NM)

Team Wild: #5 Rhys Edwards, #10 Nathan Britton, #11 Will Harper, #16 Mikey Gilbert, #17 Andrew Hopkins, #18 Johno Williamson, #20 Bez Hughes, #22 Louis Rosslyn, #27 Luke Alston, #32 Harrison Walker, #39 Matty Barlow, #46 Alex Mitchell, #48 Mark Gillingham, #84 Tom Jackson, #29 Jake Lowndes (NM) 

All the players’ shirts are being sold by an online auction, which runs until 5.30pm on Sunday when the testimonial game faces off. The auction can be viewed and accessed here: https://app.galabid.com/ken9testimonial/items

The Ken Armstrong Testimonial game this Sunday faces off at 5.30pm, with doors opening at 4.45. Tickets can be purchased in advance via the ticketing website at https://iceaccount.co.uk/widnes-wild or at the door on the night.