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Not a Coventry fan (Reading Racers RIP), but hate to see speedway teams like mine disappear, and detest devious, greedy developers who haven't got the guts to front up in public about their intentions and plans.

 

Been doing a bit of digging around on the net; here's what I've found so far;

 

Brandon Estates Ltd is registered in Jersey. It's practically impossible to find out who are the 'beneficial owners' or directors of a private registered company in Jersey. However you can find out who the shareholders are, by paying the princely sum of £4.00 here to download the 2017 Annual Return : https://www.jerseyfsc.org/registry/documentsearch/NameDetail.aspx?Id=300208

 

In addition, another company called Brandon Estates Ltd was registered in the UK on 27th March 2013. Although its business was stated as real estate development, It appears to have been a totally dormant company, which never traded or had any assets, and was dissolved on 3rd November 2015. When it was registered, it had 4 shareholders (1 share each), all of whom were listed as directors; Tajerab Khan (address in Knowle), Indermohan Grewal (Walsall), Ian Butler (Sutton Coalfield), Stephen Jeffrey Butler (Solihull). Khan & Grewal resigned as directors on 2nd April 2013, but remained shareholders.

 

The names involved in the UK company may or may not provide a clue to the ownership of Brandon Estates Jersey Ltd, or may provide some kind of link to Sandhu......

 

Anybody ? In the meantime, I'll keep digging...

Just to add Brandon Estates Jersey Ltd was called Investin Brandon jersey Ltd until 2015. There is an Investin Brandon Ltd based in Solihull also. Edited by woz01

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Agree. There are a lot of angry people about at the moment but the bspa should not be blamed. Why on earth would they want a club to close? Imo they fell over backwatds to give as much time as possible.

They only fell over backwards when it looked like they would be a team sort of the 8 , once secured it was bye bye Coventry

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CWR at 6pm

 

Harris and Rory on a speedway special.

 

Good luck trying to get a word in once Rory's on a rant.

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Mick Horton - man of straw strikes again...

Should be banned from promoting for life...

Why's that? He's provided speedway at Rugby Road for the last few years, and intended to (and wanted to) do so for at least another three years

He is not to blame for the rug (or stadium in this case) being pulled from under him, meaning he couldn't continue

I can't see any blame attaching to Mr Horton for Bees not appearing in 2017

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There is some blame i feel attaching to Horton because if he had tied it up earlier at Brandon all would have gone through. The calls for him to be banned are because he is a "repeat offender" at pulling out of or closing down clubs.

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There is some blame i feel attaching to Horton because if he had tied it up earlier at Brandon all would have gone through.

No it wouldn't.

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At least Sandhu and Heaver have their stocks :mad:

Statement from BriSCA / BSCDA
By BSCDA, Feb 27 2017 03:00PM
As you will all be aware, the Coventry Management have endured well documented serious issues throughout the Winter period which have been both delicate and protracted.

BriSCA & BSCDA clearly understand the desire of fans and drivers for updates on the situation however given the involvement of third parties such as Rugby Council and the confidentiality of ongoing discussion we have continued to support the Coventry management whilst, at the same time, forming alternative plans should Coventry not materialise for 2017 in June as previously suggested. BriSCA are due to meet early next week to hopefully discuss and confirm alternate plans now we have come to the end of a long road for the Coventry team of trying to keep Brandon alive. Following that a revised fixture list for 2017 offering clarity will be issued.

Late last week BriSCA was informed that the return of racing to Brandon was now 'extremely' unlikely in 2017 and the management are continuing pursuing alternative options for a new site and relocation of their dates. As is now in the public domain further news developed yesterday with regard the future of Coventry Bees which in itself had to be a consideration in any release of information.

We do genuinely appreciate the patience of our fans and drivers and truly understand the frustrations of what may appear to have been a lack of any real updates however behind the scenes we have at all times tried to support initiatives to resolve the Coventry issues without prematurely precipitating 'deadlines' until every avenue had been exhausted.

The loss of Coventry, as indeed any iconic stadium, is a major disappointment to our sport. Mr Sandhu remains committed to a replacement site which hopefully will make progress in coming months. However, we have lost major venues in the past and the sport must 'continue' adapt and pull together its strengths, one being the strong relationship and commitment of BriSCA and BSCDA to continue its stability and growth,

The prevailing circumstances at Coventry and the way in which the venue exited the sport is sad but beyond control. There no doubt will be a time and place for statements and points of view as facts are made available by the Coventry management in the due course. This is respectfully not a time to speculate or demonise individuals or bodies. In the interim, we are a fantastic sport, in the short term we need to 'pull together' as we still have a great season in prospect.

Further information will be released on 7th March.

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We've been denied the opportunity for a farewell meeting. The stadium has been trashed. Where would you suggest it's held?

Stadium trashed.Now that's happened before somewhere.Any lorries going by at the time.

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Do you know, it's the first time I've heard anyone speak around this debate that just came over as being straightforward. Well done Rory.

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Do you know, it's the first time I've heard anyone speak around this debate that just came over as being straightforward. Well done Rory.

 

That may be true ... but did the programme actually tell us anything worthwhile. I don't think so.

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what an eye opener the radio show was.

 

everyone knew in October this was going to happen, BSPA admit they should have pulled the plug then.

 

documentary evidence that all parties new that if no deal signed then assets would be removed, quite clearly the presenters and those in the know clearly think this is hortons mess and were very defensive of sandhu.

 

Also stated that the bank sold the stadium and not sandhu,

 

quite clearly alot of people who new about what was going on were very angry how this was being handled and are relieved the plug has been pulled


what an eye opener the radio show was.

 

everyone knew in October this was going to happen, BSPA admit they should have pulled the plug then.

 

documentary evidence that all parties new that if no deal signed then assets would be removed, quite clearly the presenters and those in the know clearly think this is hortons mess and were very defensive of sandhu.

 

Also stated that the bank sold the stadium and not sandhu,

 

quite clearly alot of people who new about what was going on were very angry how this was being handled and are relieved the plug has been pulled

 

 

That may be true ... but did the programme actually tell us anything worthwhile. I don't think so.

yes i think it did actually it was very obvious where they think the blame lies

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Putting your present hatred of the BSPA to one side for a moment.

 

The BSPA is set up to run speedway, not stadia. It has never been their intention to underwrite and run a club, as, with most member clubs, the members need to be responsible for it's running and viability. If Coventry had been bought by the BSPA, and support from the team dwindled to the point of not being viable they would close it. But what then. Sell it for housing, which others were/are already unable to do so to date. It would be a millstone the other promoters, who make up the BSPA, would not want, especially as the association does not have that sort of reserves, nor would the members be prepared to put it in.

 

YOU do not seem to 'get it' that speedway is very much a minority sport, kept afloat by mostly sincere folks who are prepared to put some money in, usually just to keep it running. In very few cases does it provide the owners with a decent wage, or even a return of their financial investment. Speedway will never get gates like other sports like Football, Rugby, etc, so there is no case for making it a 'high capital sport" as no promotion/advertising they put into it to try, will make it substantially bigger. Remember in many cases, that speedway is not the owners main business.

You must be very new or naive not to know what happened to the new influx of SKY money around 2000. Their offer to televise the Sport was very generous, and it was seen by some as the saviour of the sport to keep it running. Unfortunately riders had other thoughts, and the top riders insisted and would not sign for the same money with top riders asking for say 4 times their previous contracts. Because some clubs could still afford it, they paid the demanded money to the riders, which made it once again hard to make the sport pay. The money may be shared out to each EL club, and some to the PL, but the money went to pay the riders demands, so an opportunity to make the sport a paying concern was lost. But you probably know that, but choose not to believe it. Tough.

The tone of the some BSF members is very much that the sport will cease to exist in the near future. But that is only some BSF members.

NO.

So, your first paragraph implies the collective members of the BSPA do not even have faith in their product! "What if we bought it and crowds declined?"

If you don't have faith in your own product how do you expect anyone else to have faith in it? Fans, Sponsors, TV? That's laughable.

 

Secondly , you repeatedly state that I don't get it. It's you and your BSPA chums (with notable exceptions) that don't get it.

People do not want to watch processional racing on third rate tracks in third rate stadia. It makes a world of difference if the racing is of the highest level in decent (not even plush) surroundings. If that was ever achieved then you could market the hell out of it.

 

I am fan of over 30 years standing and am neither new or naive. You answer to the Sky money again shows the stupidity of the promoters/BSPA, effectively wasting that money and with it the opportunity to develop the sport and it's infrastructure.

 

Your replies repeatedly suggest that the structure of the sport/BSPA is incorrect, i.e. The BSPA is not setup to run/manage/acquire stadia. Well here's the thing, it should be, as that is how the sport will survive and prosper.

 

It seems that our opinions will never be remotely the same but I thank you for coming on here and replying to people's various posts.

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