Speedway Star

[Mimmo 1,070]

I would like to offer my sincere thanks to everybody involved in producing the Speedway Star, despite the current crisis.

To be able to fill nearly fifty pages with things to read about our beloved sport, even if a certain amount of it is nostalgia stuff, is a credit to them all.

With businesses dropping by the wayside at a fast rate of knots, I think it's important that we speedway supporters do our bit to keep the company going, and at just £3 a week, is that really asking a lot, when you consider a match day programme usually costs £4 these days.

I appreciate that social media provides most of the information we require these days, but this is about trying to keep the only weekly speedway publication up and running, even if we only take up 6-month subscription  for £60 until the current coronavirus crisis is hopefully behind us.
Such a lot of the older generation who need the help of those who are more able bodied to be more flexible in the way they are living their lives with shopping etc., don't have access, or can't afford the luxury of the internet, and rely either being at meetings to keep up to date, and purchase their magazine from the Track Shop, or use the subscription service.

So please, if you are of the younger generation, and can afford it (It's cheaper than a Smart phone package), take out a short term subscription and help the elderly and vulnerable.

I don't work for the Speedway Star, and these are purely my personal thoughts and feelings.

Thank you for reading this, and if you don't agree with my posting, then please don't post negative comments about it, as I'm thinking of the older generation that to a large extent keep our clubs open as most promoters will tell you, and at the same time, it keep the staff of the magazine in employment.

STAY SAFE EVERYBODY       

[lastword 200]

Just want to agree 100% with this post.   

The 'Star' is the speedway bible.   And the only publication that represents OUR sport.

It is inevitable that casual sales through supermarkets etc. will decline as people prioritise food purchases at this difficult time.

If your finances allow please consider a subscription.  

 

PS: I'm not a 'Star' employee, just a long time subscriber.

[PHILIPRISING 7,298]

THANK you both ...

[RobMcCaffery 2,752]

Gossip is cheap but informed interviews and opinion from experienced journalists are priceless. 

Someone I knew at the BBC said "We may not broadcast the news first, but we get it right".

Thanks to all at Pinegen. Keep up the fight.