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  1. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

    You’re not comparing like for like. When you buy a season ticket for a team, you know that doesn’t guarantee who will be in the team. 

    Injuries, loss of form, or even big payments to ride in Poland can cause a rider to be missing. 

    You are paying to see the team. The only comparison to your stack vs lasagne argument would be if you paid to see Peterborough and Kings Lynn were there instead (not to say that won’t happen!)

    I appreciate what you're saying mate, so to give a more specific example and this is only in my case.  IF...…. Tommy Knudsen came out of retirement and signed for a team in the UK, lets say Belle Vue, I'd immediately buy a season ticket to go and watch him race.  However if he didn't end up racing at all for the Aces I'd have no interest whatsoever in going.

  2. Posted

    If and that's a big IF.… Bomber and Cookie were your 2 fav riders and lets say for example you lived in Coventry and decided to buy a Peterborough Season Ticket, now the team has changed significantly would you have grounds to receive a full refund bearing in mind no matches have taken place yet?

    To put it into perspective, if you went to a restaurant where you pay upon ordering and order a fillet steak and when you waiter delivers it, it's turned into a vegetarian lasagne, would you not be a little pi$$ed off?

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  3. Posted

    I totally agree with Craig Cook, being told where to put the clubs sponsors on his racesuit, bikes and even his cap takes the pi$$. And to be told his sponsors have to be in black and white !!  Craig was well within his rights to ask Peterborough to make up the shortfall he'd be losing.  A Mickey Mouse attitude by what's become a Mickey Mouse sport with one of the smallest followings in the UK.

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  6. Posted · Edited by ChrisSimpson

    Any idea of an approx. cost to run a NL meeting including 14 riders wages, medical etc? Plus % of other costs like shale, fire extinguishers, tapes, chalk, air bags, electric etc...........

     

  7. Posted

    12 hours ago, Gemini said:

    I keep being told to 'keep the faith' but how things are with Speedway at the moment I can't see anyone being in a rush to take over,  making Brandon usable again , or a new stadium being built.  Pessimistic or realistic take your pick but as far as I'm concerned it's the end and I've just got some happy memories to look back on. 

    And if it works out that way you can say you were there for the final Bees match :)  I think you're probably right.  I'm  pleased I got back involved this year, I've enjoyed the Sundays with the family and if that's goodbye its finished on a happier note for me x

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  10. Posted

    Just sitting on my lunch browsing this at work.

    I asked around the office and nobody could think of any other sports where competitors are graded or given averages and then penalised at the end of  the year for winning by having to lose half their team.

    In other sports eg football a colleague suggested the leagues were sorted by who people could afford to have play for them, hence why Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea etc are usually high top league finishers.

    Equality doesn't come into it you usually just support your local or favourite team because you want to and you can get to see them frequently.

    I've no solutions to offer, you can't make speedway work in the UK like it does in Poland with a younger audience.

    In its current guise its doomed to die, its never going to work again like it did in the past, the whole product, rules, etc have to change or it'll have disappeared within 10 years.

  11. Posted

    In my opinion, which is not that highly regarded.....

    Speedway needs to become staged and treated as a form of  entertainment more so than a sport.  Not necessarily from a results point of view but definitely from a rivalry point of view with staged banter, fights between riders / team managers, pre match enticing, after match aggro etc. Virtually the same as wrestling which is thriving all over the world packing the likes of Cardiff on a weekly basis in the USA.

    Most importantly new fans need to be found to support speedway. If you say the average age of a speedway fan is about 50, then the life of the sport here in the UK is 30 years max.

    Without new fans flocking in, and I do mean flocking in then the sport is doomed.  If we can't compete with what's on offer entertainment wise in 2018 what hope do we have in another 5 or 10 years.

    Time for big changes or time to accept the best days are behind us and thank the lord that we have the memories of better times, when we were kids etc and went to busy stadiums with atmospheres and craved the next visit.

    Nothing else to add, but nice to be slightly involved again this year and I've actually booked the day off next year to take the family to Cardiff to show them what speedway used to be like and the buzz it gave you.

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  15. Posted

    On ‎18‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 3:23 PM, Smoggy45 said:

    For many it is and that's their loss , for the rest who aren't stuck in the past and wishing for something different then they are the ones enjoying good speedway from the bees . The only drawback in your words is personal issue's and the weak argument of a few quid in petrol money.  Like I said if you don't like it please don't spoil it for others who can deal with the current situation.  

    I wonder if they will still be of the same opinion if or when Brandon is demolished?  Can the housing developers be stopped from removing stuff, digging up the track and drainage etc?  heard the other day they have had a quote to tear down and remove the hangers.

    I'd love to be back at Brandon just like any other Bees fan, but the chances of it ever happening I'd say are minute.

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  19. Posted

    Questions received so far include......

     

    Did Mick email the council to save the stadium? 

     

    How well does he think the team will do this year? 

     

    Is there any chance of a student rate or young adult rate as a few people have expressed disappointment that there isn't one especially as children are expected to stay in some sort of education until 18? 

     

    Why wasn’t someone speedway orientated offered the opportunity to purchase Coventry as opposed to Brandon Estates.

     

    Would Mick admit that things could've been handled better regarding the situation at Brandon?

     

    Can the club put transport links to Leicester on the website? 

     

    When is a new co promoter being announced? 

     

    Does Mick really believe us running at Leicester can help the club in the long run and if so why? 

     

    Will there be an opportunity to have a face to face meeting with the fans and could Counsellor Stokes and Sandhu be involved?

     

    Email any others to speedwayshout@hotmail.co.uk or direct message me

  20. Posted · Edited by ChrisSimpson

    FACEBOOK LIVE WITH MICK HORTON - TUES @ 7PM

    Sunday March 04, 2018
    COVENTRY supporters are invited to join promoter Mick Horton and presenter Chris Simpson in the first Facebook Live session of the season this Tuesday (March 6) at 7pm.

    The online video session will take place via the Speedway Shout Facebook page:

    https://m.facebook.com/SpeedwayShout-360250631121927/?ref=bookmarks

    This will be an opportunity for fans to throw any questions regarding the Bees to Mick, and he's happy to answer anything you have to ask.

    There will be fans of all age ranges potentially tuning in, so please bear this in mind with any questions you wish to pose.

    Both Mick and Chris will appear on video, and there is a messaging facility to type your questions in.

    If you would prefer to send your question in beforehand, please email them to speedwayshout@hotmail.co.uk .

     

    http://www.coventrybees.co/_mobile/news.php?extend.3843

  21. Posted

    I’ve had a lot of messages and calls since the news broke and just wanted to say thanks for the support.

     

    This is just my way of giving a little back to something I’ve enjoyed since being a nipper.

     

    Many of you will know I lost my mum a few years ago and this will be a chance to enjoy a bit more speedway with my Dad, my son and the rest of the family. 

     

    I’ve left the past behind and it’s really just a thank you to all the fans who’ve supported me in the past. And although Leicester isn’t everyone’s ideal it keep the great name alive for now and then who knows what the future holds.

     

    For starers I doubt many people saw me and Mick burying the hatchet. But this is bigger than a fall out between us, it’s about so many peoples memories and emotions over the last 90 years.

     

    So I’ll look forward to the fans who support the coming venture, I’m delighted to be a part of it.

     

    It’s good to BEE BACK

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  23. Posted

    Chris, it took me years to get over the scars of seeing the sport from the inside. Now I just pay my cash, take a seat in the corner and remember what it was like that magic day I first walked into Rayleigh Speedway nearly 50 years ago.

     

    You're certainly not the only one with ability to have gone through this. It's not just fans who have walked away over the years.

     

    Yeah unfortunately not mate, still onwards and upwards and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all fans out there across the globe. Enjoy your racing in 2018, new rules and new chances. A big shout out to my old mate Barry Bishop who's doing some excellent work at my old stomping ground the Isle Of Wight. Might even try and squeeze in a visit in 2018 before I'm too old and past it lol.

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  24. Posted

    I always thought Chris Simpson did a good job at Coventry and Birmingham especially with the music and trying to build atmosphere, the year that he did Cardiff was another very good production which created an amazing atmosphere.

     

    The problem was on the microphone Chris always said what he thought and got himself into quite a bit of trouble with refs and promotors. The final straw was the playoffs final at Perry Barr which Poole won and Chris played Abba Money Money for their victory parade

     

    I heard I'd been getting a few comments lol. Cheers for the compliment Flagrag. At the final I was actually banned so wasn't working that night, I think Rob Sensicall was on the mic and my brother was doing the music up in the box. Shame how it all ended as I'd put a lot into speedway both riding, assisting riders with sponsorship, doing the music for years, the BIKERfm Speedway Show (which was hugely popular but not BSPA approved) and then finally doing the centre green announcing. Seeing the inner workings of speedway was probably a mistake for me as I now haven't been to more than a handful of matches in the last 3 years. I think its best to remember my love for the sport in my younger years and when I was racing.

    I met a lot of lovely people through speedway and a few scoundrels too, I wouldn't change a thing though and have some amazing memories to take forward with me. I always tried to ensure people were entertained from the minute they entered the stadium to the minute they left as there's a lot of time to fill with 15 mins of racing.

    Hope everyone's enjoying the sport still, try not to take it too seriously, enjoy the racing and the friendships you make along the way.

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  25. Posted

    Having attended 2 meetings in 2 years one at Wolverhampton and one at Belle Vue (both thoroughly enjoyable), it's time to realise that the sports an open wound, the powers that be aren't interested in improving the image to attract a younger audience.

    And many people know the passion I had for the sport in the past and the lengths I was willing to go to to make an evening at the track more entertaining.

    2 meetings in 2 years, you'd never have believed it 3 or 4 years ago......

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