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  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, 25yearfan said:

    If the laws of the land are applied Osbourne and Co will be severely reprimanded for the planning breaches and the current application for change of use will be thrown out.

     

    A question for those who may know - With the stadium carpark now built on would it be possible for speedway to restart at Blunsdon stadium without such a facility? - Where would supporters park?

    Same as at any other track without parking - on surrounding roads and in public carparks.

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  5. Posted · Edited by Sotonian

    On 3/7/2024 at 1:42 PM, SJA said:

    Congratulations on Leicester on appointing a new female Co Promoter. I understand that she has basically been running the club for a number of years behind the scenes. We need more women represented at the top of the sport. I can only think of Debbie Hancock in the past and Julie Reading at Sheffield. 

    Alice Hart at Belle Vue

    Magda Louis at Ipswich.

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    47 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

    I agree and in league racing each rider should be limited to one mechanic and get the rest of the hangers on out of the pits and that includes riders not riding, girlfriends, and any other hanger on and there are many 

    Absolutely this - they should pay to get in like anyone else. Frankly, they should consider themselves lucky that they get to watch their partners at work. Mine can't get near my workplace.

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  11. Posted

    2 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

    I really fear for the brummies unless they can sign Freddie Lindgren and another proven premiership rider. 
    maybe even Antonio lindback with a view to attract some of the ethnic local population. 

    Everybody is some kind of ethnic so which ones do you mean?

  13. Posted

    On 11/21/2023 at 12:12 PM, BL65 said:

    In addition to the results listed by Chunky, Rayleigh lost 41-43 to Norwich and Swindon beat Wembley 49-47.  This was the only match in the tournament which the Wembley team was scheduled to compete in.  The Southampton match against Norwich was an 'additional fixture'.  Three teams had a one hundred percent record, Ipswich had the best race points difference (+54), then Southampton (+42) and Coventry (+40).

     

    My maths have Southampton at +52. 

    Also, as winning 4/4 is statistically harder than 3/3 they were the moral victors!

  14. Posted · Edited by Sotonian

    I'd like to know too.

    Div2 Southampton won all 4 of their matches, the last of which, v Brum (48-47) on Sept 18th, was scheduled to be their last home meeting of the season. It was billed in the previous week's programme as the 'final divisional decider' but curiously little was made of it in the actual programme! 

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    10 minutes ago, heathen52 said:

    So let me get this right, Speedway in Swindon is unviable but Speedway in Poole is viable both Stadiums owned by Stadia UK, the present scenario is Stadia UK closed the Greyhound racing in Poole to move the televised Greyhounds to Swindon thus making Poole Speedway the only source of income at Poole except for a bit of income from Car Parking and a Car Boot, this then made Swindon more profitable but gave the Speedway less dates to race on, Speedway IS viable at Swindon but not so viable as building houses on the Car Parking area used for Swindon Speedway patrons.

    https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/23849178.clarke-osbourne-reveals-swindon-speedway-leave-stadium/

     

    Osbourne is not telling the whole truth in this article, and the new company is just window dressing and everyone knows it.

    Stadia UK don't own Poole Stadium, the local council do. They only hold the lease to stage whatever sports they are licensed to.

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