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  3. Posted

    BIRMINGHAM Speedway have put their season on hold with immediate effect.

    Club owners Peter and David Mason have revealed ‘things have to change’ with numbers at Perry Barr for the club to become viable.

    Like other venues, the Brummies are restricted to the amount of fans they can allow in the stadium and as a consequence they are suffering heavy losses.

    The situation has not been helped by the pay on the door option being temporarily suspended due to Covid regulations.

    They are holding out hope for an increase in audience numbers after June 21 to enable them to continue with their Wednesday night action – but for the time being the Brummies won’t race again until July 1 at the earliest.

    Peter Mason said: “The constraints with which we are working in are making it impossible to run as a sustainable business right now.

    “We are desperately trying to make it work and we are determined to keep this club afloat, a club with such a rich heritage and a focal point of the city, carrying the Birmingham name.

    “A lot of people fought over many years to bring the sport back to Birmingham and we don’t want to be the ones who oversee its demise. On the contrary, we are determined to make this work and provide a bright future for this wonderful sport and wonderful club with a very loyal fan base.

    “But right now we are working with our hands tied behind our back. I must thank everyone who has worked with us to get us this far and we don’t want to let all the hard work go to waste.

    “That said, things have to change for us to continue at Perry Barr throughout the rest of this season.”

    David Mason added: “A large part of our following is from the older generation, some of which are in their 70s and 80s and do not shop online. Many don’t even have access to a computer and this has badly affected our crowd levels.

    “We were advertising pay on the gate until this was blocked 24-hours before the meeting and this decision alone cost us valuable revenue and we drove away from the stadium knowing we had lost thousands of pounds.

    “That quite simply cannot continue and we are taking this decision to protect the long term future of the sport at Perry Barr Stadium.

    “We would like to thank our fans and we need them more than ever before if and when we can restart from July 1. It’s absolutely vital they stay with us and as summer holidays approach we will be actively looking at encouraging more youngsters to the sport.”
     

  5. Posted

    1 minute ago, Col said:

    Agreed. One ride each for Morris & Shanes, then it's hope Paco is in the mood to venture from the curb, think I'd put Thomas in heat 1. Get one of his necessary 3 rides complete & give him a run out before heat 2.

    1 comically slow ride in heat 2 and then an impressive ride later in the meeting last week, but Morris & Shanes did allow him the entire track to go around them. Haven't seen Jack Smith for a while but suspect this strengthens the Tigers.

    Jordan Jenkins rode for Redcar at Perry Barr last week

    is the 8 day rule not in operation now ?

  6. Posted

    BIRMINGHAM are opening up opportunities for fans to purchase tickets for home meetings on a Tuesday night at the stadium.

    Boss Laurence Rogers will be at the club office in the pits from 5pm – 6.30 over three Tuesdays in June – 1, 8 and 15.

    Rogers will assist fans who are unfamiliar with online ordering and will have forms to fill in for him to input and complete the process.

    Tickets must be booked by midnight on a Tuesday before a Wednesday night home meeting and the service is a lifeline to some older fans.

    Entry will be through the blue gates where the car park is and the old car wash was and fans need to turn left and follow the path round into the pits with the office based at the bottom.

    Said Rogers: “I know there are fans who will have these problems so we thought we would do what we could to help them.

    “We are also at the stadium on Saturday and Sunday this weekend from 9am if anyone wants to pop in then otherwise I will be there on Tuesday June 1st, 8th and 15th to get the forms completed.“
     

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    Jack Parkinson-Blackburn has today announced he has signed a 2021 contract with a team in his words who he has always wanted to ride for.

    Suspect it will be NL 

    If he has decent machinery BelleVue will have a gem if as i suspect that's his destination   

  10. Posted

    3 hours ago, Mimmo said:

    Somebody told me Virgin Media Channel 551, but I don't have that myself.

    Eurosport are showing all rounds of the SEC on a weekly basis commencing the 4th July.

    551 is indeed the correct channel no on Virgin

    But its not included in the sports package so you have to pay an extra subscription to receive it.

    Which I wont be doing.

  11. Posted

    Posted from Brummies official site

    THE third instalment of 'Brummies in Your Living Room' will go live on Wednesday night (April 29).

    Following on from the success of the Edinburgh and Sheffield meeting broadcasts , the next fixture coming your way is the Brummies' Championship clash with Newcastle from June 2019.

    In association with ReRun Productions, the full meeting will be available online.

    The link to view the meeting will be posted on the club's Website, Twitter and Facebook pages at 7.30 - and the action from Perry Barr will again be streamed into your living rooms.

    Brummies Team Manager Laurence Rogers said: "The first two re-runs have proved very popular indeed and I think it's good we're able to keep giving people their Speedway fix.

    "This Wednesday we've got the Newcastle fixture - and again this was a terrific meeting.

    "I think even the neutral supporter will want to feast their eyes on this one as not only was it another intriguing contest but some of the racing that night was first class."

    Note: Supporters will only be able to view the meeting by clicking on the links directly or by typing the link details precisely into their SmartTV internet browser.

     

  12. Posted

    BIRMINGHAM supporters will be able to relive another night of high drama this Wednesday (April 22).

    In association with ReRun Productions, last June's Championship home clash with Sheffield will be available online.

    The link to view the meeting will be posted on the club's Website, Twitter and Facebook pages at 7.30 - and the action from Perry Barr will again be streamed into your living rooms.

    Brummies Team Manager Laurence Rogers said: "We had a great response to the first online broadcast last week and with our thanks to ReRun Productions we’re able to bring supporters another this week.

    “It’s another exciting meeting as well with some great racing, plenty of incidents and drama and it was a real tight tussle.

    “I’m sure our supporters will feel the same, but I can’t wait to watch more Speedway from Perry Barr on a Wednesday night - even if this one does include a highly embarrassing moment for myself on parade!”

    Note: Supporters will only be able to view the meeting by clicking on the links directly or by typing the link details precisely into their SmartTV internet browser.

  13. Posted

    26 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

    My recollection was he was banned because of his behaviour as a Birmingham promoter. The ban was implemented after he’d walked away from Birmingham but tried to come back as a Cradley promoter when Cradley rode at Birmingham. Something like that anyway. 

    He was banned because of very late payment of rent to the stadium owners while he was the Birmingham promoter

    The following season he was the Cradley promoter but was not allowed to enter Perry Barr when Cradley visited or on any other occasion .

  18. Posted

    CRADLEY: Max Clegg, Luke Harris, Tom Spencer R/R, Connor Coles, Jack Smith, Harry McGurk, James Chattin.

    KENT: Drew Kemp, Rob Ledwith, Jordan Jenkins, Dan Gilkes, Anders Rowe, Sam Woolley, Alex Spooner.

     

    So Cradley saying Tom Spencer is injured so they can use a guest for Danny Halsey seems very coinvent as Tom Spenser rode at Perry Barr last Wednesday in a M S D L official match  & scored 4 points 

    Seems a bit fishy to me.

  22. Posted

    46 minutes ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

    Birmingham

    1 Ellis

    2 Thomsen

    3 Aarnio

    4 Castagna

    5 Garrity ?

    6 Agertoft

    7 Perry

     

    Berwick

    1 Barker G

    2 Gappmaier

    3 Jonasson

    4 Doolan

    5 Etheridge

    6 Garcia

    7 Flint

     

    Berwick need 4 league points for the play off push, all or nothing, up the Bandits.

    Unsure on Garrity’s fitness.

    Barker was at Perry Barr last Wednesday is the 8 day rule still in place ???

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