Hi All,
OK, with Rye being my local track, here goes - my first ever post! Go easy on me?!
A ten-point blueprint for UK speedway
Cancel FRNs on the basis that they will only ever lure small number of international riders due to low wages
Scrap the 'top' league on the basis that it can never operate with a small handful of clubs
Build UK speedway back up by saving costs and increasing local interest through a single main league split into North and South and meeting in play-offs
Allow any UK or international rider to earn maximum money by doubling up provided their two teams are on different sides of the north-south league and race on different nights
Introduce an inter-league knockout cup with mandatory rain covers for latter stages
Create templates for local marketing and PR campaigns based around profiling home and visiting club captains
Run free entry/open day race meetings to lure new fans in with cut-price second meeting ticket offers
Develop relationships with other motorsport categories e.g. sidecars for demonstration racing at half time for extra spectacle and to increase the draw
Form a national pressure group with local planning expertise to coordinate the resurrection of old tracks, creation of new tracks and new shared tracks with stock car promoters
Launch a fan-owned charity to pursue a fan agenda, own a monthly online fan vote on pertinent topics and issue a regular public call to action to official governing bodies
Cheers!
