Hackney 89 Posted September 15, 2023 Can I ask where the money raised at the farewell meeting will be going ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StarBoy 165 Posted September 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Hackney said: Can I ask where the money raised at the farewell meeting will be going ? Into the kitty for the Stars 1-7 next season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hackney 89 Posted September 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, StarBoy said: Into the kitty for the Stars 1-7 next season That's ok then I thought that would be the case Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shhalewhhale 26 Posted September 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, Hackney said: Can I ask where the money raised at the farewell meeting will be going ? There will be costs involved in leaving the Showground such as removal of plant, equipment, vehicles, flood lights and buildings so I imagine it'll help pay for some of that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,644 Posted September 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, Hackney said: Can I ask where the money raised at the farewell meeting will be going ? I presume to the promoter. I really don't understand why some people seem to have a problem with that. Do they want promoters to only stage meetings that loose money? No wonder nobody wants to be a promoter. I'm pretty sure that Buster has faced huge amounts of additional costs this year at his two tracks, and if this helps defray those losses I'm content with that. PS And I'm usually to be found throwing rotten tomatoes rather than praise in his direction. PPS Nobody is forcing you to go. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pitch 57 Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, TTT said: This is Michael's facebook post, Spread the word if you can. This is the best Ray of hope that I have seen from anyone since about April 2023. I have also shared elsewhere. Edited September 15, 2023 by Pitch added a bit more. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Byker Biker 472 Posted September 15, 2023 12 hours ago, JoeW436 said: Nothing said about the future, only thing mentioned was the farewell meeting now having a date. Crowd was smaller than I thought it would be as well. We're you actually there? The crowd was very good with a delayed start to get everyone in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dodger Blue 146 Posted September 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, Byker Biker said: We're you actually there? The crowd was very good with a delayed start to get everyone in. The crowd was roughly the same for the last few meetings, all of which had delayed starts and for a change this year, for those meetings the whole grandstand was opened to enable people to get a seat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeW436 597 Posted September 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Byker Biker said: We're you actually there? The crowd was very good with a delayed start to get everyone in. Yes I was, I was talking in terms of it being the last ever official meeting. It was a good crowd, I just thought there would be more there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TINYS 292 Posted September 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, JoeW436 said: Yes I was, I was talking in terms of it being the last ever official meeting. It was a good crowd, I just thought there would be more there. Me too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hackney 89 Posted September 15, 2023 1 hour ago, arnieg said: I presume to the promoter. I really don't understand why some people seem to have a problem with that. Do they want promoters to only stage meetings that loose money? No wonder nobody wants to be a promoter. I'm pretty sure that Buster has faced huge amounts of additional costs this year at his two tracks, and if this helps defray those losses I'm content with that. PS And I'm usually to be found throwing rotten tomatoes rather than praise in his direction. PPS Nobody is forcing you to go. Think he has made a good few quid from the current run of home meetings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully 274 Posted September 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Pitch said: This is the best Ray of hope that I have seen from anyone since about April 2023. I have also shared elsewhere. Could do with some more meat on the bones though so we have an idea what this plan is…… 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maneacat 473 Posted September 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Byker Biker said: We're you actually there? The crowd was very good with a delayed start to get everyone in. It was a reasonable crowd but the delayed start to get people in was due to the accident on the A1 nearby and the traffic build up as the Police closed the road. Someone I know was in it for 2 hours and missed the first 7/8 races! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Al 708 Posted September 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Hackney said: Can I ask where the money raised at the farewell meeting will be going ? You can ask, but I doubt you'll get an answer. And surely, the question of whether or not a bung has been made by one party to another, is a largely irrelevant one. What is really getting up people's noses is the apparent total resignation by Buster Chapman to there being any future for speedway in Peterborough and his "advice" to everyone to do the same! The lengthy statement contained so much self-serving guff about how grateful everyone ought to be for being given a competitive team, no matter how late in the season that was, it was almost enough to make me throw up my dinner. And it was a smokescreen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Bratley 474 Posted September 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Shhalewhhale said: There will be costs involved in leaving the Showground such as removal of plant, equipment, vehicles, flood lights and buildings so I imagine it'll help pay for some of that. Correct and that will be no small sum of money, circa £20k I would expect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
