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  5. Posted

    10 hours ago, Mr Snackette said:

    I am a UD Almería season ticket holder and we still have 6 home games to be played!

    Will these games be played? If not will I get a refund?

    Who cares?

    People are dying, people are very ill......there are far too many serious matters to address, rather than speculating about refunds!

    Yes speedway is trivial compared to the fight against Coronavirus.  But if you are living on statutory sick pay £94 per week you will need the money back.

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  7. Posted

    On 7/26/2012 at 10:52 AM, dantodan said:

    Hi all

     

    Every so often I post links to my history websites to catch anyone new to the forums history thread.

     

    If you are interested in Defunct Tracks visit www.defunctspeedway.co.uk and if you are interested in reading about Newcastle Diamonds from 1929 to now visit www.newcastlespeedwayhistory.co.uk

    Both sites have Name The Rider pages where I have photographs of riders for whom I need names

     

    Thanks for reading this

    Hi All, Can't believe it is 7 yrs since I reminded about the websites.  They are still there and going from strength to strength.  happy new year everyone

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  11. Posted · Edited by dantodan

    I have received a few items for my Defunct Website which thankfully I am not having to add Newcastle to.  The items relate to a long defunct southern track, namely  Ringwood Turfs.  There is a Ringwood team photo with a rider called Tommy Worrall.  Does anyone know if he was a relation of Stevie and Richie?

  12. Posted

    There are a few of our riders from 2017 who may be in the equation for 2018

    Stuart Robson
    Ashley Morris
    Alfie Bowtell
    Ben Hopwood
    Danny Phillips.

    If Robbo, Ash and Alfie are keen to ride for us, I would get them to sign.  To Ben and Danny I would thank them but bring in higher averaged riders hopefully the maths would dictate Ash starting as a reserve which would strengthen the team

  16. Posted · Edited by dantodan

    I have no problem with George English, he has kept us going through thick and thin and mostly thin! For that, a big thank you, George BUT! the last few days have been terrible and no-one, George or any other in his absence has had the decency to inform the fans what is going on. NEWCASTLE SPEEDWAY? please tell us fans if we are operating next year! If George you have been on a family cruise then congratulations, hope it was fun, but what about the rest of us? we are family too and need to make plans for 2018 involving our holidays around the fixture list . So come on tell us as follows: Are We Running or Are We Not :nono: Surely the time has come to tell the most important people involved with Newcastle Diamonds (The Fans) the truth about our future

     

    Visiting the official website is depressing as it is woefully out of date :cry:

  17. Posted

    Just do it ,You know you really want to be the first lol

    Hah No! I want George to continue as our boss of the continuing but financially ailing Newcastle Speedway and not be the boss of the given up Defunct Diamonds, but if there are no funds for the 2018 campaign then we should close down with dignity and grace and be remembered as a great old venue. If closing happens, be assured that Brough Park will not be allowed to stage speedway again and where does that leave us? There are no other venues that speedway would be able to start up in.

     

    I know I am the only person on this forum expecting Newcastle to close down and I really hope I am wrong so come on Newcastle Speedway put something on your website to explain the current situation are we running or are we not?

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  21. Posted · Edited by dantodan

    you could get it all prepared to put in,,,, but just DON'T press 'send',,,,, yet ;)

     

     

    Yeah,,, see they have Newcastle v Workington drawn in round 2,,, no need to wait around for others there then (the luck of the draw) ;)

     

    Yes Ruff, my index finger has been hovering over the send button for a few weeks, a bit like Donald Trump and the nuclear button, but great I can take my finger off the button now and I hope mr Trump is never faced by such a worrying thing as adding the Diamonds to the Defunct Website :lol: He would blow it!

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  22. Posted

    It can't have been easy for George to decide to run in 2018 without Sapphire backing him. George will have been in charge for 21 years in 2018. That deserves a medal as no other of our promoters comes close to his 21 yrs. We still need sponsors and to attract some quality riders, so the work has only just began.

     

    A great turnaround is the BSPA decision to do away with the "its a knockout double points joker" and bring back the old Tac Sub

  23. Posted

    Great news, George English has a role to play within the BSPA, he wouldn't be doing that if Newcastle were about to close and better still Newcastle are named in the Championship KO Cup for 2018. So if everything goes to plan, Newcastle will continue and I will not have to add the Diamonds to the Defunct Speedway Website :t::party: :party: :party:

    I hope the missing fans all come back next year. When can I buy my season ticket

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  24. Posted · Edited by dantodan

    Speedway GB website has a feed giving bullet points and saying they will say more on Monday

     

    They say: -

    Full update to follow on Monday.
    Great progress with fixed race days
    8 Premiership clubs
    11 Championship clubs
    Team building averages agreed
    Fans feedback re tac sub and starting rules taken on board
    PLUS other initiatives

     

    i wonder who the 11 championship clubs are? Fingers crossed

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