StevePark

Very sensible !!!

Rode three seasons for Stoke (NOT a big track): 2007 ave 7.47, 2008 ave 7.95, 2009 ave 7.63. Can't all have been achieved away on big tracks?

Scored 15+1 for Berwick in the Tyne Tweed Trophy 2nd leg and 8 in the League match four weeks later at Brough in 2012, the year he quit.

He was born 24 Feb 1955, so was 35 when he rode at Brough that year.

In scoring order: Zoltan Adorjan, Robert Nagy, Csaba Hell, Zoltan Hajdu, Sandor Tihanyi, Robert Csillik, Laszlo Bodi. Russia were indeed here the year before and again in scoring order: Grigori Kharchenko, Mikhail Starostin, Vladimir Trofimov, Igor Marko, Viktor Gaidym, Nikolai Kornev, Igor Zverev. USSR won 51-45.

8 matches in total: H vs Peterborough (Challenge) 2 from 3. H vs Long Eaton (Gold Cup) 2+1 from 3. A vs Middlesbrough (Gold Cup) 0 from 3. A vs Long Eaton (Gold Cup) 0 from 3. H vs Hungary (International Challenge) 1 from 3. A vs Stoke (Gold Cup) 1 from 3. A vs Glasgow (Gold Cup) 2+2 from 2. H vs Glasgow 2+1 from 3.

We signed him from Eastbourne after he'd recovered from a broken leg, I seem to remember, but swapped him for Phil Jeffrey, as you say, after he couldn't get his Diamonds career going. He rode seven matches for us in 1991 averaging 2.53. When he came back with the Tigers, he managed to beat David Bargh!!

No pressure on the kid then.....

After 'retiring' from speedway he took up bodybuilding and therefore put on a bit of weight, which was all muscle. He has lost a lot of muscle weight over the last year or so. He didn't get 'fat' as we know it, as far as I know.

New sponsors + new co-promoter announced at Meet the Riders night: https://newcastle-speedway.co.uk/2022/03/08/meet-the-riders-2022-2/

Perhaps things will 'liven up' after Friday's Meet the Riders night.

Steve Lawson on Twitter:

No. Usually a heat, maybe two. Depending on how many have booked, it's usually done all as one group. You are taken on to and off the centre green as a group.

Newcastle 2022: Adult - £18 Concession (over 65s & students with valid ID) - £15 Kids (5-16) - £3 Under 5s - FREE VIP Hospitality - £38.50- This includes entry, raceday magazine, complimentary drink on arrival, hot plated meal served to your seat & exclusive access to the pits and centre green viewing. 2022 SEASON TICKET: This Ticket covers the 14 guaranteed fixtures, 10 x Home 2022 Championship Matches, 1 x First Round Knock Out Cup Match & 3 x home fixtures of the new summer tournament. ADULT £224.00 CONCESSION £182.00 Child £21.00 VIP HOSPITALITY £500.00

Hope that didn't stop you enjoying the gig!!

Nowt to do with me. Just passing the "info" on for those not on Facebook.

Taken off Facebook: Would you be interested in joining the Newcastle Speedway Supporters Association? Our Ethos Is to raise funds to help support the continuation of speedway at Brough Park and help build a wider fan base to support the future of the club. The Supporters Association will be ran independently but in conjunction with the promotion to help sustain the future of Newcastle Speedway. Our Aim Is to have a working voluntary committee who will be democratically elected by its members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Committee will work alongside the promotion to deliver the ethos and aims of the association. Funds raised by the Supporters Associations; Last Lap Draw will go directly towards the upkeep/ running costs of Newcastle Speedway. The remainder of the funds will go towards community based initiatives and ring fenced for social events. Newcastle Speedway will be able to request additional funds from the NSSA on an adhoc basis at the discretion of the committee. Annual Memberships Annual membership to the Supporters Association will be available to purchase following our formal launch event with options for adult, children, and family memberships. If members sign up on our launch night they will be entered into our very first free monthly prize draw exclusively for members of the Supporters Association.

"under the current restrictions" ie Covid.

Taken from itv Tyne/Tees news website: "Newcastle Speedway was running three teams: the Diamonds, the Gems and the Sapphires. Since Covid, the club says it has had to drop the Gems because it couldn't afford the overheads of running three teams under the current restrictions." Full article here: https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-06-29/longest-standing-speedway-club-in-the-country-forced-to-fundraise-to-make-it-through-the-season

Fans paying £18 at the turnstile vs. Fans paying £11.99 to watch the stream, of which clubs will only get a %. Which would you choose if it were you running the club? I don't know if it's like the football and clubs get money off the streaming service when the meeting is shown live, as a compensation of all the fans wanting to save £6 admission + loss of programme sales, food sales, Track Shop sales etc., etc., on the meeting?

There might be a minimum distance from the track to the IP address, so those 'near' (whatever distance they want) to the home track can't access the stream?

Really depends on your point of view. The main thing for Newcastle is "keep your home fans happy," as that's where Rob & co. will get some of their money back, by fans returning to Brough Park and in turn will keep the Diamonds running. Once that's (hopefully) built up, then they can plan to attract the riders who will do well at home and away and be able top push for honours (e.g. Cups)/play-offs etc. Getting the balance right is the key, but the priority has to be home form and "entertainment," to keep the crowds coming through the turnstiles.

Seeing as it doesn't look like he's going to answer your question (there's a surprise), I will answer it. It's quite simple really, neither the current nor previous Promotions have asked me to post anything on here. All posts are on my own initiative because I want as many to see whatever I'm posting as possible, as I want the club to be a success, no matter who is at the helm. Not all are on Facebook, so, if it's on FB and not on the website, I will put it on here (sometimes it's on FB, then they put it on the website a short while later, but I've already put it on here!). Hope that clears that up!

The Promotion have never asked me to post anything on here. Stop making stuff up.

But you said "It would appear that the promotion use you as a mouthpiece," which is not the case.