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By PotteringAround · Posted
You've completely missed the point. (perhaps you haven't been following the thread from the start?) No one is suggesting Doris and Bob should be ignored. No one is saying they shouldn't be catered for. They are absolutely an important part of our speedway family. As important as any other fan. Maybe more so - they've been there through thick and thin. And no one has knocked today's Collectors Fair. Everyone seems to agree it's a great product and they have praised the fans who organised it. It's a great way for super-fans to pick up old programmes and memorabilia, and see old bike, old leathers and wallow in brilliant nostalgia with like-minded friends. A great day out for fans. What we've been reacting to, is a crazy suggestion that all 2026 club promoters should be there because it's a chance to market the sport to new fans. Of course this is nonsense, and this is what we are all disagreeing with. This collectors fair provides a great day of nostalgia for diehard existing fans (Doris and Bob). But young Oliver and Amelia are at home playing on their smartphones. They were born in 2015, so they are not interested in a show of oily old 1960s bikes. They've never heard of speedway. And 30-year-old Tarquin and Jennifer, who run their successful dot.com business, (who could be a potential speedway sponsors of the future), are not wandering round a village hall collectors fair on a saturday afternoon either. In short, there are no ordinary members of the public, potential new supporters, for promoters to market to. It would be a completely pointless waste of a day for Chris Louis, or Matt Ford, or Gerry Facenna to be there at a collectors fair, selling the sport to Doris and Bob, who have been there and bought the t-shirt many years before Tarquin and Jennifer were born. That's what we are disagreeing with - The suggestion that current promoters should be forced into wasting their time at a collectors fair when there are far more important issues they need to be addressing. -
You would also have a potential issue with which teams promoter has sponsored the overseas riders visa.. Some double up but one team will be the sponsor... You can imagine that the team sponsoring the visa would claim the rider...
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Lewis is also part of his team working on the destruction of the Abbey. He also worked with Osborne at MK and Torquay...
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When I used to sponsor workers, for "some" overseas workers they now have to show they are guaranteed to earn £41k a year as a minimum.. There are EU and Commonwealth differences, plus different tiers... £41k will be "there or thereabouts" for a fair few overseas riders if only riding in Div 2 I would think... Maybe sone clubs will need to up their deals by a few quid?
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By Sir Sidney · Posted
Don't forget he already has a nee company set up https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15294058/filing-history What purpose could he have for a company called Poole Motorsports? Who knows, but I'd be astonished if he built a replacement stadium for Poole Speedway
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