GAH 409 Posted January 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, A ORLOV said: No little bit worrying the club should be informing the fans and speedway fans in general 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robins les 53 Posted January 12, 2019 17 hours ago, geoff58 said: little bit worrying the club should be informing the fans and speedway fans in general This is speedway. We are used to it! LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytogo28 2,054 Posted January 12, 2019 Marking out the new track shape is significant progress by UK speedway standards. It's barely 2019 and if the season doesn't need to begin until May, why worry? I am sure the promotion has it all in hand, even if a burst of severe winter weather should crop up and delay the work. There are so few fixtures to fit in these days, three months to slot in the whole season would be OK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAH 409 Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, waytogo28 said: Marking out the new track shape is significant progress by UK speedway standards. It's barely 2019 and if the season doesn't need to begin until May, why worry? I am sure the promotion has it all in hand, even if a burst of severe winter weather should crop up and delay the work. There are so few fixtures to fit in these days, three months to slot in the whole season would be OK. no photo's or footage has been shown anywhere that the new track is marked out ?? they could at least do that for fan's sake also greyhounds still racing there so as long as they are running the track work can't begin also pits have to be moved and old grandstand to come down ?? the club should be getting news out to the fans !! 1 hour ago, waytogo28 said: Marking out the new track shape is significant progress by UK speedway standards. It's barely 2019 and if the season doesn't need to begin until May, why worry? I am sure the promotion has it all in hand, even if a burst of severe winter weather should crop up and delay the work. There are so few fixtures to fit in these days, three months to slot in the whole season would be OK. Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A ORLOV 8,628 Posted January 12, 2019 21 hours ago, geoff58 said: little bit worrying the club should be informing the fans and speedway fans in general Swindon Speedway only rents the track so has no say whatsoever re if and when any work will be done, so the club cannot put out any info apart from they are still waiting for the track owners to say something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Al 708 Posted January 12, 2019 50 minutes ago, A ORLOV said: Swindon Speedway only rents the track so has no say whatsoever re if and when any work will be done, so the club cannot put out any info apart from they are still waiting for the track owners to say something. Surely, the land and stadium owners can just play the long game now, as long as the developers have sold enough houses to satisfy their shareholders for the time being. Is the local council under pressure from Central government to build more homes in the area? - it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. If the council does pass a requirement for the developer to carry out the work on the stadium ( track included) until further houses can be built, could the landowners & developers then decide to just take their own sweet time and focus their efforts on other projects ( not in Swindon) and hinder the council's hitting their targets? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted January 12, 2019 Who is going to pay for this work, if it ever starts. There is no benefit for the stadium owners to cough up. They might as well sit tight and wait for the place to fall down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coldace 110 Posted January 12, 2019 Worrying about the lack of any progress. Is the track and pits as they were at the end of last season still? Is it possible for Swindon to merely carry on as before or does some new work need to be done? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAH 409 Posted January 12, 2019 12 minutes ago, coldace said: Worrying about the lack of any progress. Is the track and pits as they were at the end of last season still? Is it possible for Swindon to merely carry on as before or does some new work need to be done? according to the club the track is marked out to be re-shaped and plans in place for new grandstand and pits to be moved all before april start of season ? very suspect this ? being as tho they had farewell meeting in 2015 ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tellboy 3,661 Posted January 12, 2019 8 hours ago, waytogo28 said: Marking out the new track shape is significant progress by UK speedway standards. It's barely 2019 and if the season doesn't need to begin until May, why worry? I am sure the promotion has it all in hand, even if a burst of severe winter weather should crop up and delay the work. There are so few fixtures to fit in these days, three months to slot in the whole season would be OK. I don't know,it takes Poland 5 months to fit in 14 matches so surely we should have the same amount of time to fit in 28 matches Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfie456 500 Posted January 13, 2019 11 hours ago, tellboy said: I don't know,it takes Poland 5 months to fit in 14 matches so surely we should have the same amount of time to fit in 28 matches Have feeling you will be riding on same track and that this could be reason N.Morris asked to leave Why would he if new track would be available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tellboy 3,661 Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Wolfie456 said: Have feeling you will be riding on same track and that this could be reason N.Morris asked to leave Why would he if new track would be available. ???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mafiarule 12 Posted January 14, 2019 21 hours ago, tellboy said: ???? I'm sure nick Morris moved to re light his career. Too much pressure in 2018 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tellboy 3,661 Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Mafiarule said: I'm sure nick Morris moved to re light his career. Too much pressure in 2018 I was talking about the amount of fixtures here and in Poland,then out of the blue someone brings N.Morris into it.Totally threw me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E2R 1 Posted January 19, 2019 I guess Stadia UK were outraged at Swindon Council demanding they stop building new houses until the new stadium is built. They probably thought "How dare the council interfere in our business" and as a result will do nothing to build the new stadium as that may have been the plan from the very beginning? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites