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  10. Posted

    10 hours ago, Toady said:

    Swindon situation as far as I know is that planning deemed that before the final phase of house building on the former east car park 

    Could start the new stadium had to be erected.

    Gaming int had exchanged contracts with Taylor wimpey earlier in 2022 but unless they commenced rebuild then no houses could be built.I believe it was osbournes intension not to build the stadium but the council and the mp were making it difficult for him at last.

    The announcement of the loss of speedway came in September with the spoof venture of swindon motorsports being announced.

    The conditions for the new speedway stadium not only included acoustic barrier but monitoring equipment would have to be located adjacent to various properties at certain times and results fed back to council also the car parking situation during and after rebuild would be almost non existent and with a former park and ride location nearby now home to amazon vehicles  would not be of any use now.

    With new housing that has been built since 2019 in close proximity both sides of lady lane the residents would no doubt be up in arms if 300 + cars were being parked randomly in there streets.

    I believe therefore that Terry Russell and Co were encouraged to give up their tenure with little prospect of the stadium being completed in another two years(demolition of old stands etc) and all the potential restrictions as above allowing Osborne to conclude that speedway walked away.

    To give the spoof company credibility therefore required him (Russell)to use his influence to get his licence put on ice.

    To conclude I don’t think there is any chance of speedway returning to the Abbey in the near future imo

    In an absolute nutshell....

    Good old Terry has been ever so accommodating!

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    5 minutes ago, steve roberts said:

    I did see him ride but his record was very non-descript (infact I think he failed to score a single point?) and he didn't last long...a couple of matches?

    5 league meetings, 11 rides and zero points.

    He did score a couple in challenge matches though

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