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In general yes, but the 2 big sites have done Friday to Monday & Monday to Friday for the last few years now. Who on holiday watches the local news, again news coverage informs the ones that are already informed

They do put banners on the railings in Berwick, apart from FIM type meetings, posters are pretty well non existant. The Bourne Leisure camps do try and keep the 'Happy Campers' locked in, so if they would not put up posters I would stick posters up in the access points, the rest of the caravan sites would be no problem.. As for aeroplanes, sadly we lost the Berwick Airport a few years ago.

Certainly the most effective method is postering the region, Berwick Rangers produce a simple fixture list for the whole month with their matches for that month. It's not fancy yellow gold A4 with black print, it's in every where, pubs, chippies, caravan sites, in fact anywhere and everywhere that will display it. It's no good promoting the club to the people who already attend, they do a good job in keeping the converted up to date, announcements at speedway, the newsletter via e.mail etc.,etc... They fail completely when it comes to getting the message out out to the rest of the world.

My face has harassed me for years

Stop 'trolling'

Agree, but that does not excuse the fact, that the promotion of speedway is poor here, and could be massively increased with little effort

I know everyone moans about poor Colin needing constant info (Mr Dyson). However with just 3 weeks to go, I would have expected some form of promotion in the area to let the public at large know what is going to happen soon. The only info is via social media and a bit in the local paper, apart drom that the promotion of Berwick Speedway is non-existant. It must be a bonus for the Club, that at least The Supporters Club is doing something to promote speedway in Berwick, well done to all the hard working members of the Supporters Club, you are a massive help in sustaining fans interest.

That sounds like a comment from someone with no hair, envy perhaps

It was suggested by someone this morning that someone give Robin a tin of paint and start painting the ship, he has to much time on his hands.

They probably would, but they will make it taste terrible, they had Brains bitter on Saturday and totally cock*d it up. . I had just left a pub selling a superb Porter at 5.6

Thats what I said in a Wetherspons pub last Saturday night

One more than a crap crowd, is a bumper crowd in comparison

To be fair, all pies are heart attack material, but some like Scotch pies are the worst example ( but they are not realy pies )

Follow the 'Yellow Brick Road'

Then you should try the other suggestions, you can die with the pies you mention, or go to heaven with others.

Must be right, Dick, Scott & Lani will have paced it out

Best pies in Berwick:- Davey Scott (Jakie Norris Butchers) Davey Laidlaw (Spittal) can be bought in Skellys butchers. These are proper pies, not to be confused with the attempts they do over the border, (scotch pies & bridies)

If anyone wants to book a seat, phone Lisa on:- 07773759864

I am looking for:- Good speedway Meet nice speedway fans Promoters stop making an ar*e of themselves Lots & lots of peeve afterwards especially with Paulco.( One of the best proffesional speedway drinkers I know)

Certainly at PL level there is a case for club racing, all riders riding on the same equipment, now is the time to do it as GM are pretty weel the engine producer in the game, all that has to happen is get rid of after market parts. This could be phased as the engine needs re building can only be replaced with GM parts.

I don't follow why certain people chose to pick a fight with the supporters club, from my perspective they have done everything and more to accomodate the demands from the club. The VIP club has the same benefits that the supporters club had previuosly, so other than control I see no benefit to changing anything. The members of the supporters club are the reason why events happen, they are the doers in Berwick, it is the same people that run the dances, the same people who run The Supporters Club Hall of Fame, the same people who oganise the busses for away trips. My understanding is the Supporters Club will continue to organise everything they did before and more, and will still support speedway in Berwick in any way they can. The only difference I can see is, they will make their own decisions they feel are beneficial. Havn't got a clue why they have had to create their own logo, and have to operate wholly without the stadium but hey! if they are still going to do the same good work, then long may they prosper. Supporters club is now £5 for adults £2.50 for kids, because all the benefits that were previously given from the Supporters club have been withdrawn. Worth noting, they are running a bus down to Sheffield for Ricky Ashworths day, £10 for supporters club members £20 for non members.

I do, generally a waste of money, but I am scared I might miss something.

I think it's time to look at a different way of cutting costs for the club by raising funding in alternative ways, instead of going for the cash strapped fan every time, as has been said, the BSPA as a whole are fundamentally at fault for not coming with a radical new structure in running speedway, with the main aim of cutting costs across the sport. They always come up with a stop gap idea for saving small amounts of money, getting rid of bonus points springs to mind, saves a bit of cash for the club, while at the same time bringing in new rules that significantly increase the cost to the riders, inevitabely this cost will come back onto the clubs in increased point money to cover the cost. Perhaps it's time to go back to the beginning, and simplify the whole sport. Cost of entry is a hard one to get right, £15 in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Newcastle might be right but could be too expensive for Berwick. Ineresting bit of statistics this week on Berwick, it is the 3 rd highest amount of employed people on minimum wages not attaining 'The Living Wage'. Berwick has been in the bottom 10 lowest paid areas in the UK for a long period now.

In general, I think it's time to look at a different way of bringing in the finance to run a club, it's not fair to keep asking the fan to give more and more, a general concensus from the fan is that it feels like there is constant begging bowl, and they have become resentful of it.

Thank you Scott ( what you after) A thought Scott, instead of the promotion constantly asking the fans to part with their cash to support our financially ailing club. What about the club finding ways of reducing the direct costs to themselves by finding sponsorship for riders point money as one example, it does not give them money directly, but reduces the expendeture side of the business. It does appear at times that the club is blaming the fans for not supporting them financially when they could do much more to help the situation themselves. By getting more advertising in the programme and around the stadium at a sensible price, the prices at the moment are more than double of other local sports clubs (Berwiick Rangers, Berwick Rugby Club), Look at any other area where the club pay their riders directly, and find a way of getting sponsors to cover the cost, again reducing the cost to the club. The fan should only be asked on thing, please attend every week and try and bring a friend ( thats OK if you have any). Perhaps a serious look at the people they use to sell, sales is a very demanding and specialised field, and should bot be undertaken by someone who is giving it a go.