AFTER announcing his retirement last Christmas, Warrington’s legendary Santa Tony is set to ride again for one last time and will be hoping he has no clutch problems!
At the grand old age of 1755 born 270 AD, Santa Tony, aka Tony Gandy from Warrington Lions Club, has announced he is taking to the road on his float one last time from Saturday 6th-Sunday the 21st of December.
He will be hoping there is no repeat of his legendary incident which went viral on social media in December 2017, when the clutch failed on the vehicle transporting his float- meaning he couldn’t make his usual stops to hand out gifts in exchange for donations.
Last year he announced it would be his last after 40 years of taking to the road on the float – but now he has decided to ride again for one last time. He has already helped raise tens of thousands of pounds for local good causes.
Earlier this year Tony also announced that he wished to stand down from Warrington Lions, where he has served four terms as President, and enjoy some much-needed time with his family, and spend time with his only Grandson Joe, who is currently playing rugby for Wigan Warriors.
Watch Santa Tony and his infamous clutch incident.
