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  3. Posted · Edited by Woz01

    59 minutes ago, Gemini said:

    Do you think Mick will want the team to get to the play-offs and have an extra match? I have my doubts because he must have lost loads of money this season running the Bees at Leicester.  :(

    Would a play off meeting get a bigger crowd? Not sure he would be running double headers if that was his mindset.

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    This has come out of a pot of money thats not come from the taxpayer. If you listen to last night's interview it was said Belle Vue didn't not ask for this money and what is being put in place also helps the other sports in the area and I think it should ve been in place when it was first built. Once the council accepted these new owners then they must give them a decent amount of time to turn it around, you cant do that in 18 months. I would however say that the stadium needs to utilised more especially with the pitch in the middle, there is no point having it if it's not in constant use.

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    1 hour ago, cityrebel said:

    Probably changed to assist with track preparation in this heatwave.

    I believe it is. They can do some track work once the meeting finishes and get a load of water down later than if it was 3pm.

    There seemed to be an issue about the later start time for some reason and there were doubts about the meeting going ahead but Coventry confirms it will be on and at 6pm.

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    2 hours ago, Mimmo said:

    The start time for this meeting that I was looking forward to, has been switched to 6.00pm.

    But due to that change, I am unable to attend.  Why oh why don't clubs just stick to original dates and in this case times, so we can organise our lives properly.

    There are more things in life than just speedway.

    No reason given but I doubt it was Coventrys choice to change the time.

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    12 hours ago, IronScorpion said:

    Can anyone give an opinion of how Danny Phillips is riding for Coventry? As we know, he had a serious injury last year & just wanted to find out how he rides in the NL.

    For us, he has the speed but does not seem to attack the 1st corner at the start or gets passed easily when others get close. Whether it's a confidence issue, I am not sure but having engines tuned by Ash-tech, they should be quick enough. 

    Pretty much the same for us I think. He has improved his average by a point so he's doing his job for us.

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    6 hours ago, TurnTwo said:

    Are the rumours on Social media true about Coventry folding 

    I guess postponing two fixtures gets people thinking and putting their theories online but the two postponments have been explained, one was so Leicester could prepare of the televised meeting and the 2nd is the same time as the World Cup Final. I'd be worried if they next one is postponed unless of weather.

  21. Posted · Edited by Woz01

    On 7/7/2018 at 2:57 PM, Fifteenpointmax said:

    I'm not a regular on this forum and indeed, this being only my third post, it has to be approved by a moderator.

    Though I previously registered under the name of FifteenPointMax, let me make it clear my name is Jeff Davies.

    I was advised by others about comments being posted about the Save Coventry Speedway group, particularly from one or two individuals including Simon, sorry 'adonis'.

    He previously posted under another name and appears for some unknown reason to decry everything we do in our efforts to Save Coventry Speedway. He says we've 'appointed ourselves as saviours of the realm' and implies we (or me) 'are always on local radio giving people false hope'.

    Well, let me address a few of Simon's points:

    We are simply doing our very best to see speedway and stock cars return to Brandon. We have no 'axe to grind' with anyone. We've refused to be drawn into public debates about any of the individuals involved. We believe we've acted throughout with honesty and integrity and will continue to do so. We've said all along, we don't know if our efforts will be successful but if we're not successful, it won't be through lack of trying. That's hardly giving people false hope is it?

    With regard to being on local radio - yes, I've personally been on local radio many times talking about Brandon and our fight to save it. We've been on BBC Midlands Today (twice) and ITV Central News. We've twice delivered letters to 1000 local residents in Brandon and Binley Woods. We made a presentation to supporters and local residents in Brandon Club, updating them on the status. We created an electronic newsletter, which several hundred people subscribed to, as a means of updating people of progress.

    It's called communication Simon. And it keeps the issue of Brandon Stadium, so dear to so many of us, in the public spotlight.

    And just in case you're not familiar with other things we've been doing, here's a brief summary. We've:

    Had had a total of 7 meetings with Members of Parliament, one of which was in Westminster.

    Submitted a very professional 80 page document to Rugby Council in response to Brandon Estates' planning application, exposing numerous misleading, inaccurate and blatant untruths in their application.

    Submitted a similar document to Rugby Council regarding the Local Plan.

    Created a document called the 'History of Brandon Stadium' which we've had printed and circulated to the members of the Planning Committee

    Spoken at the Local Plan Public Hearing and accompanied the Government Inspector on a site visit to the stadium.

    Escalated the plight into the national press with a full page article in the Mail on Sunday as well as a feature in the Times on Line.

    Co-ordinated opposition to the redevelopment resulting in an unprecedented 1800 people sending in letters of objection to the proposal.

    Managed to get 11 Members of Parliament / Lords to sign a letter 'urging Rugby Council to reject the planning application and actively work towards a return of the sports to the stadium'

    Met with Sport England to get their support for the stadium to remain as a sports stadium

    Met with the Local Enterprise Partnership

    Met with the leader of Coventry Council and his team

    Met (several times) with the leader of Rugby Council

    Met with the BSPA and the ACU

    Got more than 100 skilled tradesmen / women as well as many local businesses to support a rebuild of the stadium should it fall back into the hands of a party who wants to reinstate the sports

    Got Greg Hancock, Barry Briggs and Frankie Wainman Jnr to produce videos in support of the campaign to save the iconic stadium

    Met numerous times with the Principle Planning Officer dealing with the planning application, as well as the Head of Growth and Investment at Rugby Council

    Staged an exhibition at the Brandon Hall Hotel (to counter a Brandon Estates exhibition on the same day)

    Communicated with parties that are interested in taking on the stadium in the event of Brandon Estates choosing at some point to 'offload it'

    So, those are some, but by no means all, of the things we've been doing. We've been honest with people. We've tried to keep people informed. We've most certainly not given people false hope.

    With regard to Mr Horton running National League at Leicester, look at our website and read the messages of support we've posted regarding the venture. We've not said anything negative about it at all. If it's successful, all well and good. If it fails, it's because supporters, for whatever reason, choose not to go. It will have no bearing on what we are doing. Running at Leicester whilst at the same time campaigning to save Brandon is not incompatible.

    One final point. Please take note of what the Government Inspector said in his report following the public hearing of the Local Plan. He agreed with the argument we put forward at that hearing, that Rugby Council Policy did not adequately protect sporting stadiums like Brandon. As a result of that, Rugby Council are in the process of revising their policies which will make it more difficult for the developers to get planning permission. And further more, if they did get planning permission either locally, or on appeal, something called Paragraph 74 would apply, requiring an alternative venue of equal or better standard, to be in place.

    So that was a huge positive for our campaign.

    Will all this effort achieve anything? Will we get back to Brandon? Time will tell. But we've got off our backsides and had a go.

    It disappoints me therefore, that people like you Simon, sit at your keyboards and knock us for trying.

     

    I'm glad you've responded about the campaign and clarified the group's position on Bees at Leicester. You shouldn't have to defend yourself. Keep it going Jeff, Dave and all.

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  22. Posted · Edited by Woz01

    On 7/5/2018 at 3:04 PM, iainb said:

    Don't think I said "must"

    I'd be interested to know why you think it's Coventry Bees (other than in name only) and how you're identifying with them

    Simply because if we had a track in Coventry we'd still be Coventry Bees. I don't see why if we race elsewhere temporarily we should change our name. The move to Leicester is a short term move not full time. If it was full time then that's a different situation.

     

    The Save Coventry Speedway group number one priority is saving the stadium and if not ensure another site is put in its place. We need a stadium in or close to Coventry, otherwise (long term) we won't have a club anyway. It would be nice if the promotion and group were on the same page so we could have a half successful NL club while fighting for the stadium but that won't happen.

    Also just to be aware that there is likely to be added protection on the stadium as advised by the government planning officer overseeing the local plan. 

     

  23. Posted · Edited by Woz01

    13 minutes ago, adonis said:

    right so  teams that no longer have a home where they originated  must use another name  , lets ask WOZ 01  who is as regular at BP  as his work will allow whtehr he thinks he's watching Coventry Bees  or  beaumont bees 

     

    Of course its Coventry Bees. It's not where we want to be (League and track) and its far from ideal but for me I'll follow the team through thick and thin. If other don't want to call the club Coventry Bees anymore that's upto them but I cannot agree with that.

    The track day on Saturday has also called off to allow sky set up for Monday's meeting. 

    Bees v Buxton the following Sunday also call off as the World Cup Final is at 4pm the same day.

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  24. Posted

    Unfortunately this is what happens when you don't own your own stadium. The 4s wasn't a Bees promotion meeting was it? Electrical work was the reason for the Buxton call off but no idea about this Sunday? Maybe the Monday tv fixture had something to do with it?

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