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News on Social Media that former rider, team manager and promoter Brian Havelock has passed away.

I am often amazed by those business who ignore, and often ridicule, their most important asset - their paying customers!

Riders need to take their fair share of the brunt of this mess too.

Spot on. So much is made of alleged lack of 'viability' when in truth, viability is a rare commodity in most sports - the vast majority of football teams are losing bucket-loads of money. Most recent speedway track losses are because the sport / stadia are seen as an easy target for rapacious developers.

The issue must be down to local sorting offices. In Swindon, I haven't had a late delivery for months.

I agree. My experience of Swindon fans getting mobilised is a challenging one. There's still plenty of interest (petition over 2.300 signatures, social media groups very active) and they all want the sport back - until they have to actually do something to help make it happen! The sport's governing body are dragging their feet and doing next to nothing to help fight to resurrect these clubs or even participate in the ongoing battles.

The counter-argument could be that plenty of these had larger fanbases than some of those that currently still operate and therefore they are of more benefit to the sport in general.

Yeah, it's Mark Seabright. What an insensitive idiot Doyle is.

Not a clue.. Guess the other chap is a sponsor or mechanic that Doyle renewed with. Pretty insensitive post if that is the case.

Plus Milton Keynes and Torquay United. They'll play every card going, so it's critical to get Council and MP hearts and minds on your side and paint a very clear picture of their back-story.

Anyone know much background about those who were behind the demolition and planning application?

Osborne and Lewis are both Directors of Steel Life Group. Also, are you aware they set up a 2nd Poole Motorsports company in September this year? Poole Motorsports (No2) LTD. This one has Osborne and Lewis in it, whereas the original Poole Motorsports was Osborne only.

Lewis is also part of his team working on the destruction of the Abbey and was at the public consultation for Studley Grange. He also worked with Osborne at MK and Torquay...

Aware of that. I really hope your Council is as strong as Torbay's was. He will be laying the groundwork with the local authority and was openly talking about a "great new site" for Poole when he was at the public consultation for his current Abbey Stadium plans.

Local plans are as worthwhile as toilet paper these days. Just ask Peterborough!

The clock is ticking at Poole. Osborne will move as soon as Swindon sorted. https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/25622111.poole-pirates-ticking-over-financially-ford-gives-update/?fbclid=Iwb21leAOFkDdjbGNrA4WQL2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAhjYWxsc2l0ZQIyNQABHrU-Trqjy-CwF7WZHKyD83V2qvaACYJJqgmZJSyXxkv22sUiGBFTN-icngpE_aem_ISWTTWHeaaAV8YtVf_LSzQ

It's a fantastic little feature and really captures how different life was in the mid-70's compared to now. Reg comes across as a lovely, sincere bloke.

Neither the proposed (alleged) new site at Studley Grange (Wilts Council) nor the Abbey Stadium (Swindon Council) have had their planning applications decided upon yet.

DPP reaching for the Abbey Stadium playbook.

No problem at all. Hopefully someone can use the data and present it in a far more accessible and intuitive way.

Granted. It was setup in the quickest and cheapest way we could, just to get the data available - as nothing existed at the time. It would be much better presented in a database format with a pretty front end UI, but that takes time, money and effort that I can't give it.

https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/ Season averages for all riders who have ridden in top 2 leagues are here...

https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/1/results

Hi. Who do you have in mind? The group have been in contact with people from Save Coventry since day one, the guys involved in getting Oxford back, as well as the BSPL / Phil Morris via Brian Connolly, with whom they are working very closely.

Appreciate that, Ian. The 'call to action' has also been across Facebook groups and in the local press to be fair to the group.