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    1 hour ago, geoff100 said:

    Nice piece shame its gone,barry done a good job at derwentpark for a couple of seasons hope he gets the chance to carry somewhere else!

    That would be after Michael Max I suppose ?

    Barry is one of only 4 announcers  to be the voice at Newcastle Speedway, an earlier one was Maurice Morley.

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    1 hour ago, Mamapotts said:

    So angry Rob Grant is at Berwick speedway wearing his Newcastle Diamonds   jacket after shafting us big time. Hope he does not cross my path. #newcastlediamondshaftedbythebutcher

    Not entitled to wear it now and also not entitled to expect free admission and programme.

    Interestingly, looking through things a few weeks ago I found all of Robs Rider Contacts from 2000 to 2003.

    He certainly covered all bases with Sponsorship, Guaranteed rates with free oil, tyre and fuel (Home and Away), free hotels for him and mechanic at away meetings, and increased travel allowance. We didn't do such comprehensive contracts like that for the top riders so I guess Darryl had a soft spot for him. Nevermind, we got a better than expected transfer fee when we sold him to Berwick so we didn't lose on him. Good riddance.

    Interesting now talking about dogs staff cutting wires to allegedly cut the grass. Every Sunday morning we had to go around and repair the fence fastenings, repair cut fence tensioning wires, gear moved around so we couldn't find them, and the varied vandalism which was our usual Sunday early jobs to do before the jobs we went for to get ready for the training school or the evening meetings. Rob was part of the dogs staff then. Don't ask about the fence and posts, that were mowed down by a tractor after the previous Saturday dogs meeting. Life with any of the Dogs staff was never anything pleasant and helpful, all spurred on by their Stadium racing manager who used to countenance anything that would annoy us in the hope they got rid of speedway from Brough. They will be happy now.

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    4 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

    Why would the landlords remove the fencing. That doesn’t make sense at all. Why pay someone to remove it when they can remain where they are like they have for the previous 90 years. 
    is this grant removing them so if anyone wanting to take over has extra expense   Now the company is kaput he won’t receive any money if he sells them 

    I believe that the stadium owners instructed Grant to remove the fence on the home straight. Dogs track staff had cut the bottom portion of the fence netting in order to cut the grass that was growing under it. This caused the decision from the stadium owners who then wanted to remove it completely, and made Grant make plans to make a portable fence. This fence was in sections interlocking, and needed to be put up before every speedway meeting. Just another job for the dwindling track staff to do. I am led to believe that Grant obtained the sections from Coventry Speedway.

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    18 hours ago, Winditon said:

    Looking back now i honestly think a big part of Grant taking over Newcastle speedway was to see how much he could benefit from having the catering rights. When you look back he tried every kind of catering outlet. From burgers, Greek food, ice cream, waffles and whatever else. I take it he's a so called businessman but i think his interest definitely was more about selling food than promoting speedway. 

    Yes. Having the catering rights, and his own catering business, helped Grant's income stream that no other previous promotion had. The fact it was so successful in the his early days with home and away fans, obviously cushioned the low income from low numbers of attendees. Eventually less attendees and less fans attending and using his catering, made it even less viable. Other previous promotions had to allow the stadium to take the catering profits, but still continued to give a decent team over most years.   

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    8 hours ago, crescent girl said:

    George English was very much in evidence at Redcar during the meeting, maybe he helped arrange the deal?

    Archies contract was taken over by the BSPL, as per the procedures, and Redcar signed him. 

    George is now a regular visiter to Redcar Speedway I believe.

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    On 7/3/2022 at 11:02 PM, Shrimmy said:

    Why wouldn’t you want bangers or stox at the track ?

    Wrong type of fence, The Northside fence is wire fastened to upright light metal poles which is suitable for speedway, especially on the bends with the air fence cushioning the impact of a rider and bike. Stock tracks need a sturdier type of fence using Armco, which is bolted to upright metal spikes, cemented into the base. Same as motorway barriers. Scunny has that type of fence embedded into the bank at the back. For the stocks, the deflated airfence is slung over to be behind the Armco, to save damage.

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    21 hours ago, Islander15 said:

    A shame about Rothery. He seemed decent. 

    Problem is he can't stop on the bike. Drops the bike too easy, and when on full bore seems to take fright and hits the fence. He's probably lost more points than he has scored. Could be a decent rider if he just calmed down a bit and tried more to stop on.

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    12 hours ago, robbieblackadder fan club said:

    What about the likes of Dave tinning who has put up his hard earned cash you would suspect and a couple of main team sponsors where has all of their funds gone and the reputed 50k investment at the start of the season…..where has that gone 

    Did Dave and Steve put money into the promotion or were they just appointed Promoters to allow Rob to take a step back ? 

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    31 minutes ago, ch958 said:

    despite what's said on here the bloke has obviously lost a shed load of money

    Yes but because of his own ineptness. Any previous promoters/promotion have played no part in this closure, just his lack of man management and inability to do the right thing at the right time. It is fair to say he is the worst promoter ever at Newcastle. Sad day given the great effort in 1997 to resurrect the sport by me, George and Peter.

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    29 minutes ago, Diamondboy said:

    Give it a rest will you, your white knighting of the promotion is getting rather sickly now. The whole set up is an absolute joke. I have no affiliation to any promotion but this lot ain’t getting my money.

    The curator in question is one if the best in the county.Long time (30 years)curator of Sheffield and Scunny, count in several GP's at Cardiff and was one of the 'clowns' you call them that put the track right a couple of weeks ago.  

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    4 hours ago, Fromafar said:

    How long will Jack Smith last.That’s the question he has a poor record when given a chance in Championship.

    I see Jack riding for BV Colts, being with Archie Freeman,  and he is loads better than the comments about him. Hard rider, good gater and not frightened to mix it.

    Really pleased for him to get another chance and I hope he takes it. 

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  18. Posted

    On 6/7/2022 at 4:01 PM, Jaizer said:

    Personally I'd try until 48 hours before which is point people can cancel hotels etc. If it's specific volunteers like clerk of course or machine examiner why not ask to borrow the oppositions? Just a thought 

    That is the usual actions, but it depends who is missing.

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  20. Posted

    12 hours ago, ruffdiamond said:

    Yeah Dave know all that, but isn't the NCS a pretty big gig?, (that's what a meant),,, not some car boot sale at Wellfield! ;)

    A actually seen yous at Crammy shops, outside Gregg's,,, top patch.

    The Police Motor Shows in Durham are just as big and we used to do them regular. Also the Tyneside musical festival in Heaton Park. And they weren't anywhere near the smallness of Welldfield shows either.

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    3 hours ago, mac101 said:

    sad to hear but who has bought it as pretty sure the last planning application was knocked back dew to lack of infrastructure and schools doctors ect in the area and the last i heard it was a wealthy fan who was  buying it but if it’s not who is it ?will they give them a few more years there ? 

    Agree. I remember it being said for no worries when it was sold, as they knew who he was and he was a friend of Speedway.

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  22. Posted

    8 hours ago, ruffdiamond said:

    Also, dunno if it's been on here,,, Newcastle Speedway are putting on an exhibition at the Northumberland County Show 3rd June. Surely that's a first? Maybe Steve or some other tekky minded person could put up a link to it. Looks interesting.  :)

    A group of us (including Steve Brock) have been doing shows, schools, festivals, etc, for over a decade with videos and three bikes from different eras, advertising Newcastle Speedway to everyone. Where have you been ?  

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  23. Posted

    48 minutes ago, marko said:

    Sport making a rock for its back as usual, the more they keep calling meetings off because of a "what if" means when it really is raining and they are wanting to get the meeting on, no one turns up because they will not believe it.

    Its like the boy who cried Wolf

    I take it you won't be picking up the bill for the travel and track medical staff, etc, if it was called off. Not to the mention of home/travelling fans wasting time and money to get to a non event. 

  25. Posted

    3 hours ago, ruffdiamond said:

    Can't really blame the current promotion for a shoddy job done in the past, sometimes you need to get to the bottom of it,,, not the wall, the problem!

    Once again I need to tell you it was not a shoddy job. If it was how come it has lasted over 20 years of annual racing, and has only now appeared due to the lack on shale on the 1st/2nd bends.

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