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He'll remain suspended until the fine is paid. Somebody (I can't remember who, a Reading rider maybe) from years ago never paid his and never rode again

Tolley's last update (in last week's speedway star) said he hadn't heard from the stadium Until he does there's nothing to say, he can't force them to arrange a meeting

Only Belle Vue ride home matches on a Monday now so presumably that wouldn't work

It's a bit Bomber Harris here's an announcement about an announcement Certainly got a few worked up anyway

I wouldn't automatically assume CVS will accept. Be interesting to see what happens if a site is found

It could be that a deal has been finalised with Chapman I guess

Presumably Oxford physically can't run on Thursdays but Poole can if they choose to?

They won't be able to give any commitment without a written agreement from the stadium I'd imagine as there'd be financial implications if they subsequently withdraw The major issue with waiting is that they can't build a team and anyone decent will have signed elsewhere, he mentions this as a concern in the Star

The article says they've been told they have to declare by then so presumably they'll stick to that. Late declaration would be no good to Brum either as anyone decent would be signed up already by other teams and Brum have been in that boat before

That makes sense, fingers crossed it's a runner

Tolley in the Star has heard nothing from the stadium and admits time is running out now as Brum have to declare at the AGM which is now less than a week away

Yes most of the derelict industrial sites are between Monmore and the railway station with virtually zero housing to worry about. Who owns them is another question altogether, it's probably not Wolverhampton Council that's for sure. Presumably a commercially owned site is unlikely to be affordable for Wolves unless it's offered on reduced terms

I'd imagine that the issue is that the testing has to be carried out by a company that is accredited to one of the doping agencies (whichever one speedway uses or decides to use) so that's probably charged out at commercial rates rather than being able to use the track doc/Bert on the pit gate etc Your suggestion is much better than testing every single rider in every meeting but I'd say random testing at every meeting is probably still out of reach cost wise but certainly worth the BSPL investigating

1 person to test 14 riders? That'd be fun, you keeping them in a locked room? You'd need several people all accredited drug testers then the ability to log and deal with all the samples. Multiply that by every single meeting held in the UK and it's a huge expense

Having multiple testers at every single meeting staged in the UK would be a huge commitment by the sport. This would be administered by a 3rd party agency as presumably it is now but the costs would be eye watering. You could attempt to place a levy on riders contracts but I'm not sure that would stand up, is there any other professional sport that requires it's participants to pay for testing at every event?

Cheers, good info that

If something is in South Staffs then how could it be "jointly with Wolverhampton" unless the site borders both South Staffs AFAIK has never had a speedway track and it must be doubtful if they'd be in favour

There's no reason whatsoever the consortium would buy assets unless there's some prospect of speedway somewhere in the next couple of years. Presumably Chapman will allow them to make initial enquiries on behalf of Peterborough speedway to land owners without payment for the Rights/Licence with a detailed agreement in place if they find something

Good summary, the speed of the planning for Dunstall is remarkable They could conceivably start building today provided there are no relevant reserved matters

I think it's probably more a case of the consortium not sure of what they are buying. They could end up paying money for something which never trades again and has no resale value. As you say there's a complicated nominal payment now with multiple overage clauses within certain time frames agreement to be done but very difficult to negotiate

They've paid £40m for the site? They must have some serious plans for it

Don't the rights expire after a certain period of inactivity or did I dream that?

The word "buy" is interesting, I do wonder if the consortium are prepared to pay money for anything at this stage.

Absolutely he's given it a good go, not been helped by some poor team building and some bad luck.

It is but how long are they going to keep trying? Losing serious money every year is no good for him and no good for the sport. I hate to see good people losing bundles to put on speedway fixtures