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Dave Jones

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  1. 13 minutes ago, Happy Hunter said:

    Having watched the Premier League Speedway on Eurosport this season I'm wondering how I'm going to survive the winter without the Nige and Kelv show. Will anyone one else feel bereft? Will be interested to know what other viewers think of their banter!

    Often it is more entertaining than the racing.:)

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  2. 50 minutes ago, False dawn said:

    Wow, you've revived a memory from a few (!?) years ago. Brandon experimented with a raised platform in front of the stand once upon a time. Only problem was that the nearby fans could climb onto the outer edge of the platform blocking everyone else's view. I sent this to Mr Ochiltree

    "When watching the MRC
    and hoping the winner's a Bee,
    with Ole on top,
    the presentation's a flop,
    'cause the fans on the terraces can't see".

    I'm not sure if my foray into prose had any effect, but the platform never appeared again.

    Oh how I miss those times at Brandon. The C O never lost sight of the importance of providing the fans with the best meeting presentation he could , one of several attributes he had which made Coventry Speedway the place it was.He was always searching for ways to improve the evening out for his crowd.

    I recall one occassion when he was  doing his usual pre meeting rider presentation he went to great lengths to explain to all that he was trialling a new " throat microphone" which allowed him to allowed him to address the crowd without the use of the traditional hand held device & that he " did hope" everyone could hear him properly . He always struck me as a very proud man who cared about the supporters & always provided VFM , I just wish there were a few more like him around the sport today.

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  3. 21 hours ago, lisa-colette said:

    I think KL might wanna keep their team plans to themselves til after the AGM, otherwise might get some surprising change in voting over rules for 2022, which means their team would have to be changed. 

    And of course as a long time supporter of the Pirates you will have an excellent understanding of how beneficial this can be to some clubs.:)

    • Haha 2

  4. 38 minutes ago, 1 valve said:

    Is there a rule which, on the grounds of safety prohibits track lighting stanchions  being positions as close to the safety fence as those shown in the picture? 

    Looking at the photos my impression is that there isn't a speedway safety fence in place at present, & when there is the lighting will be far enough back to be OK . 


  5. 36 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said:

    Does not mean that speedway will return.  The way I read it is that the prize money for dog racing is going up and the pay for trainers.  I maybe wrong but it doesn't say anything about building a new stadium.  

    I think you missed my point. The stadium is obviously going to continue to operate , the speedway track is still there & being well maintained from the photos I've seen ,so why shouldn't we expect an announcement regarding the Robins returning in 2022?

     

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  6. 5 minutes ago, Col said:

    I haven't tried that route, I have got on the M6, got on the M5, got off next junction and Black Country Routed from West Brom it to Willenhall (which is not great but bearable) after that it gets awful!  I don't know Walsall at all, but Sat Nav has tried taking me further along the A34, which is possibly a better option I just don't know the route.

    You shouldn't need to go through Willenhall. Once on the A41 go through Wednesbury & Bilston , that will take past Monmore Green & I bet you will know your way home from there.:D

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  7. 1 hour ago, Col said:

    The A34 is stop & start due to traffic lights, regardless of roadworks, that isn't really the issue especially that late.  If the M6/M54 are clear I can get home in 20 minutes from Perry Barr, the roadworks at M6 junction 10 are the issue, it's taken me nearly 2 hours to get home recently.  I'll deal with it if the meeting ends at 21:15 as normal but any later and the build up of traffic crawling towards junction 10 is far worse, it's been a crawl from just after the M5 junction a couple of times.

    While the traffic issues continue on the M6 J10 why don't you find an alternative route? You can easily avoid the motorway by using the A34 to the Scott Arms Junction , take the A4041 to West Brom & then join the A41 to Wolverhampton, this will take you to the M54 if you need to go that far.:t:


  8. 42 minutes ago, iainb said:

    Sounds like they're being strung along just like whenever magnificent Mick Horton was asked about the search for a new stadium for Coventry!

    We haven't heard anything  from him for such a long time , perhaps he's searching so far away now that there is no form of communication available there.;)

    • Haha 1

  9. 1 hour ago, orion said:

    I think Buster will ok once he's calm down , quite clearly he  got upset about last nights events and made a heat of the moment statement ...Kl and Boro like most speedway clubs are worthless and impossible to sell in fact you cant give them away as they  just lose money thou buster might do ok at KL as he's got less overheards etc 

    I expect he will carry on running at  Kl next year and drop Boro putting them at peril of ever running again .

     

    Yep , just a bit more bluster from Buster, he is a little prone to it.:D

     


  10. 27 minutes ago, frigbo said:

    Greyhounds re-opening to the public 5 days a week from August 16th.

    The fact that the stadium owners have been spending money on the re-shaping of the greyhound track would suggest that they don't have any immediate plans to knock the place down for housing.

    That doesn't guarantee the speedway will return of course.Time will tell.

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  11. 3 hours ago, Ray Stadia said:

    I've sent something to Erica Buchannan, but it all seemed a bit weird. I had to sign up to be able to leave my objection and the nearest description of who I am is 'neighbour'. Which does make me wonder if only people in the area will be 'listened' to? :unsure:

    You should have just emailed her on the address provided. No logging in or questions asked, just send your comments & add in your own address , job done. Your coments will count.


  12. 30 minutes ago, iainb said:

    Nobody has mentioned that about the merchandise. Why on earth are the club not responsible for their own merchandise? Why would they not be interested in promoting their success?

    I have no vendetta against the club, don't be so melodramatic, I just point things out that I think could and should be done better. Hoping that somebody might take the ideas on board and start promoting the club. But all I get are responses from people on why stuff can't or shouldn't be done. I don't know if you've noticed but there's room for another few thousand people in the stadium but I suppose you enjoy it there being only 25% full?

    What I don't understand is why a certain number of people on here think the club is totally beyond constructive criticism.

    It's something that has been prevalent at many clubs in this sport for years I'm afraid. If you continue to ask pertinent questions you will very likely get the next  old chesnut 

    "Well if you don't like it don't come".Yet they  still can't understand the damage that is caused by their comments.

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  13. 16 minutes ago, iainb said:

    Track was poor for racing last night, Edwin may be having a little death in the box (if you know what I mean) because of the race times but it doesn't make for great Speedway racing.

    And... What on earth is Bomber riding these days? They don't appear to be GM's, I know he's dabbled with GTR's in the past, is he now riding Goddens? Or something else? Is he riding subsidised engines? His e/f in Heat 12 was the turning point in the match, when he came round to the tapes I could see he was on a "new" whatever it is and thought to myself, I hope that doesn't pack up and within yards of leaving the tapes it had.

    I've just been looking a some of Jeff Davies' action  shots  from last night's meeting & there is one of Bomber . He is definitely using G M engines but I can't read who the tuner is I'm afraid.


  14. 24 minutes ago, iainb said:

    Being co-promoter and part custodian of the Coventry name at the point the club closed you have arguably done more to ruin Speedway in this country than any other man with the exception of Mick Horton... so I'll take no lessons on how a club should be run from you. 

    In case you need your memory jogging:

    https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/speedway/coventry-bees-speedway-team-sale-12666571?

    Just search for "Watson" you actually get a couple of mentions

    I was thinking something along the same lines.

    Although I accept that the only name over the door of Coventry Speedway at this time was that of the infamous M Horton, Neil Watson's long association as his co promoter inevitably means he will be tarred with the same brush.

    I would describe their time as Brandon as at best very poor , at worst abysmal, & if were in Neil Watson's position I would be keeping a very low profile not bulling myself up as someone of importance in British speedway

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