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RE Ben Fund meeting last year. I sent a question to Paul via the Ben Fund site and Im still waiting a reply to it. If the riders are treated in the same way Im not surprised that they don't want to ride!!

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54 minutes ago, archie21 said:

RE Ben Fund meeting last year. I sent a question to Paul via the Ben Fund site and Im still waiting a reply to it. If the riders are treated in the same way Im not surprised that they don't want to ride!!

Sounds like crap, mate.    I've had several dealing with Mr Ackroyd about the Bonanza over the years and have never, ever not had a prompt, helpful reply.

You sure you sent it to the right address?

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3 hours ago, Ned Kelly 41 said:

Sounds like crap, mate.    I've had several dealing with Mr Ackroyd about the Bonanza over the years and have never, ever not had a prompt, helpful reply.

You sure you sent it to the right address?

YES. It was the Ben Fund web site via "contact" us. 

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PETERBOROUGH TO STAGE BEN FUND

The annual Ben Fund Bonanza has reached the significant milestone of its tenth staging, and this historic event will take place at Peterborough Speedway on Sunday 18th March with a start time of 2pm.


Paul Ackroyd, now the Chairman of the Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund and of course the originator of the Bonanza meeting, has been working hard behind the scenes towards this later-than-usual announcement, but he says “Now that we are able to say where and when our tenth annual meeting will be I’m obviously relieved but also thrilled that the meeting will be at such an excellent venue. We have big plans and intend to make this a real fun day for the supporters.”

Ackroyd also revealed the first five names for what he believes will be the best Bonanza field for several seasons. These are top Danish duo Kenneth Bjerre and Hans Andersen, the English “old firm” of Scott Nicholls and Chris Harris, and of course, for his tenth appearance in the Ben Fund Bonanza, Ben Barker. Barker has done the most Bonanzas, obviously, but Harris last year became the highest point scorer in the event’s history with 58 points from his 6 appearances.

For Panthers’ go-ahead promoter Ged Rathbone, this is something he has wanted for a while. “We as a club are over the moon to be staging the Ben Fund Bonanza. We have looked at doing it and talked about doing it for a couple of years, and we’ve finally been given the go-ahead to try and put on a really good show for Paul and the paying public who come and watch it. We are genuinely over the moon.

“The stadium and facilities are ideal for this type of meeting and the location should be good for supporters from all parts of the country. We all know about the Ben Fund and the help it gives, but we don’t necessarily know just how much money is needed – it’s actually quite scary.”

Of all the things Ben Barker has done in his eventful career, nothing has earned him greater respect than the unstinting support he has given to the Benevolent Fund. He said “It’s something I agreed to when I first started doing the Ben Fund meetings, I said I’d do the first ten and I’m here now! 

“One of the reasons I’m so keen to support it, they’ve helped me not just last year but in previous years as well. It’s a great cause and that’s why I’m so keen to do my bit for it.


“I’ve got a couple of friends who have bad injuries and have been helped by the Fund, and that does play on my mind. That’s why I look on it as such a good thing.”

Scott Nicholls rode in the first two Bonanzas back in 2009-10 and he will be back this year, sending his own message of support.

“It will be a great afternoon for the fans for their first speedway ‘fix’ of the season. It will be a brilliant meeting I know that. I think the Ben Fund do an absolutely brilliant job supporting these guys. It makes the injured riders still feel part of the speedway family and world which I think is really cool. It just goes to highlight just how special and unique the Speedway community really is, I don’t think there’s many other sports out there that have a support network the same.”

http://www.speedwaygb.co/benfundbonanza

http://www.peterboroughpanthers.co/news.php?extend.3279

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What a joke... last time Peterborough held a shared event they screwed over the public and broke the rules by allowing Holder to miss the event. Slap on the wrist later they get another "big" meeting. Sums the sport up.Corrupt! :o

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The Ben Fund meeting is not a shared event of course.

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Our Slap on the wrist was a lot more than Godfrey got who again comes out smelling like roses.

Good to host the event at one of the best tracks in the country.

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Dont think anything that happened last year has any relevance to the staging of this meeting

The only matter of importance is a large sum that will hopefully be raised for the Ben fund

 

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Good place to hold it really....easy to get to and great race track....Looks like the line up is going to be pretty good to....all should add up to making a good bit of money for the fund.

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Like him or loathe him, Hans Anderson is a great supporter of this event. I know someone with more time on their hands than me will now delve into every Ben Fund meeting to prove me wrong, but he seems to attend more than most. 

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On ‎11‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 11:50 AM, Baldyman said:

Good place to hold it really....easy to get to and great race track....Looks like the line up is going to be pretty good to....all should add up to making a good bit of money for the fund.

That's me and Willie booked into the Holiday Inn , we love visiting Peterborough . The countdown commences . 

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Well done to Bjarne Pedersen supporting the Ben Fund event even though he's not riding in UK in 2018!!

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38 minutes ago, Skidder1 said:

Well done to Bjarne Pedersen supporting the Ben Fund event even though he's not riding in UK in 2018!!

Maybe he is riding in UK this year 

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The announcement says he isn't!!  (But who knows......??)

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