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We havent been asked to nominate anyone at CH thats my whole point, even though we are sponsoring the Team in a small way this season, its not even been mentioned to us by the promotion, surely its not up to the supporters to find out the details about this ?, this is a BSPA initiative .

I had been keeping my eye on this thread waiting for someone else rather than me to point out that its all gone rather quiet, My own Team Cradley have still not mentioned this Group on the CH website, and when you consider that one of our Promoters is none other than a Nigel Pearson whose job is in the media, and the other is CVS who has long been part of the top brass at the BSPa, it just about sums up the state of British Speedway, Piss up and Brewery come to mind. This will be another case of blowing smoke up peoples ar*es because this group wont even get of the ground if its left to the BSPA to organise it.. it begs the question why do they even bother..

Also no Sheffield or Leicester though we do have a Damian Bates, and Neil Machin that are part of the British Speedway Promotions.. along with Colin Pratt, Buster, and Rob Godfrey of Scunthorpe fame.. the only Team that appear to be missing totally are Eastbourne, however im sure they will be added sooner rather than later.

All quiet, and havent seen anything about this from my local Team..

Yes but i would have thought his original Visa would have been issued for employment specifically for Workington, that sponsor no longer exists he runs the risk of being refused entry if he does not change his visa to a Tourist/None working visa..

3 days to go, and there is a deafening silence..

Why shouldnt it be in the public domain ?.

Not looking great to be honest, still a few bits of land that we are awaiting feedback on, after that the cupboard is looking somewhat bare..

Yes But Cradley had closed when that happened, The stadium itself was just laying empty like Brandon is at this moment.

Does this help ? https://pa.midkent.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=PJJ0SNTYFN400

You mean they have finally got rid of the old Gas Streetlights ? at last..

The NL agm is only a few days away, what decisions do people want/expect to be made, for me its about the make up of the League, with doubts about Birmingham, Eastbourne, Mildenhall, Coventry, will there be any teams coming into the league ie Cradley Heathens, there doesnt appear to be any other Teams in the pipeline, so it maybe that the NL could be down to 6 teams, and with Plymouth warning that a low points limit could give doubts to there participation, it could be even less.. I would like to see Cradley Heathens return to League racing in 2019 as Monmore appear to have enough dates to allow that to happen.

Thats a very good signing, young and improving rider, leaves 10.7 for the last three riders, do they go 2 x 2 and a 6+ or 1 x 2 pointer, and a couple of 4,s ?.

Its almost impossible to find a suitable plot of land, We have searched tirelessly over the past two years, going over sites that have been disregarded in the past, trying for new sites, and we have ended up with a couple of sites that we are waiting for the Council to come back with there officers opinions on suitability. There is no way any Speedway Team in the country can afford to buy land, so we can only lease any suitable site, there are very few if any landowners that will lease sites for the rental thats affordable by Speedway teams, and thats the big problem, it only leaves us with Council owned land thats being unused or under used, and finding that land not near to houses is nigh on impossible. That leaves us with Greenbelt land, which brings us back to the first problem of cost. Just over 12 months ago we had very high hopes for one particular site, that was blown out of the water by a previously unknown purchase option on the land which very few people knew about, that site is now having a planning application submitted in the next few months for retail development. So to summarise not looking great unless a sugar daddy comes forward to buy 5 or so acres of Brown/Greenfield land, but with the state of British Speedway that seems a forlorn hope..

The latter dont like taking anything out of their pension pots, and they only have Swindon left to top there pension up with, luckily for pirates fans Poole is Council owned, thats probably why wotsis name brought Torquay United, no more Greyhound Stadia available to buy and assett strip so they have moved on to aquire miss managed football clubs..

Cant see Hoppy being back on the Island..

Private Club or now a Limited Company, whatever we still wont get to know the ins and outs..

Strong rumours in the local area, that Jason Edwards will be in the Team..

I raised a genuine point, so you think it would be worthwhile to run 6 home League meetings?, as for being bitter seems you are the one with Bitterness, with regards your Brian Buck comments they prove who is the stupid one on here..

Just a thought to confirm that the Brummies are more likely than not to run in the Championship, would it really be worth Birminghams while to run for about 6 League meetings in the NL ?, I doubt its worth all the hassle.

I thought Worky were in the Championship not the NL , however if its built to a budget then fair play to them just a pity that allegedly others continue to pay over the odds.

As a driver that was on the road from 1976 till about 1984, and having come out of retirement in june of this year, i have to say without a doubt they are far worse now than what they were then, when i say worse there are far more drivers on the road, there are more road works, more bottle necks, Im talking about during the normal working day 7-00 am to around 7-00 pm, and in my opinion the driving standards themselves have deteriorated, by trying to drive overnight to avoid the congestion that can also be a pain in the butt, with numerous overnight road closures to do roadworks that are almost impossible to do during the day..in my Opinion right now the M6 is without doubt the worst motorway to drive at the present time, with its numerous road widening schemes being done, and not due for completion for a few more years. I would suggest on average a 3 hour journey back then would probably take an average of 4 hours now, and dont start me on about school runs, i have only one word to describe them, diabolical, there is a massive difference at School holiday times..

3 x 3 pointers?, most teams have problems finding 2, so i very much doubt that will be on the agenda..

Has there been an AGM ?, Nothing done to help reduce machinery costs, nothing to reduce wage costs, nothing to stop the end of season rush to complete fixtures, a little tweak to reduce doubling down, and worst of all nothing to attract new fans to the Sport. I know it was always going to be a difficult AGM but not to have done anything beggars belief.. obviously Somerset and Leicester were not happy in the Premiership, why didnt they just form a breakaway from the PL/BSPA, and go there own way, its pretty clever how Buster has allegedly brought into Peterboro & Ipswich it keeps the Premiership alive for now, but its only alive for as long as Buster wants it to be. The number of Championship clubs that were/are for sale sums up the problems Speedway has, little if anything has been done to sort out those deep rooted problems.. good luck for 2019 its going to be needed if British Speedway is to have 2 senior Leagues in 2020..

Well if Cook & Harris dont earn enough to pay bills, either live within there means, or get another job, try living on £7.83 per hour, then they might have something to moan about..