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  1. Posted · Edited by a4poster

    Yes, many a happy Saturday afternoon were spent watching ITV's World of Sport.  Personally I think the demise of the show - that had made many riders of the time household names - it also had a massive detrimental effect on the sport  itself, as Speedway not only disappeared from our TV screens (for a number of years) it also disappeared off the radar of many people's minds, this coupled with the damaging News of the World scandal a period the sport has never recovered.

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    Thanks for the reply.  We are going to try and make it quite early in the season before the Eurosport coverage starts.  Ideally would love to go back to Belle Vue but if for some reason - weather/other we can flip over to Wolverhampton.  Well that’s the plan.

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  4. Posted · Edited by a4poster

    Has anyone looked into creating a Speedway Supporters Trust with a view to bringing back the sport too Brandon.   Supporters from all over the country could buy into the project regardless of club alleigiences.

    This trust could call itself the National Speedway Trust with individuals paying a monthly fee. It’s aim would be to bring defunct tracks back or help bring new tracks to fruition. The trust would have stakes in any track that was bought back until it was deemed to satisfactory to sell - once tracks are back they simple wouldn’t be handed back to a individual or promotion.

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    Just a quickie to settle an argument.

    If after the qualifying heats were completed and prior to the semi-finals are taking place one of the top eight riders have to withdraw from the meeting would the rider in ninth be promoted to the semi-final or would it be completed with just the three remaining riders.

    Thanks in advance.

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    I don’t think anyone is surprised.

    Should Torquay United be worried - https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/torquay-united-scrap-plans-new-3412818 - sounds similar to the  infamous Reading Racino!

    Club appear from the outside to be being wound down! Lost their Football League status in 2014 and now sit at the bottom of the National League and attendances around the 1700 mark.  Of course nothing as grandiose as those plans will be required if the direction they are going in continues.

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