RoundTheBoards Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 21 minutes ago, Nickinho said: You must live in Shangri-La where the police bother to track down certain groups of people after they've committed crime 🙃 He didn't mention police. If there had been CCTV to alert everyone on night one of the vandalism, it might have been possible to have some dubious lads with iron bars on standby for day 2 to avoid a repeat. I know of 2 tracks in the past where this has been an effective solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 13 hours ago, Teromaafan said: Whilst I’m appalled by this vandalism, this go fund request doesn’t sit well with me. This is why we take out insurance on things we own. Clubs take advantage of supporters enthusiasm and their voluntary efforts throughout every season, which is why I think the club is pushing their luck in this situation. Nobody is forced to donate, purely a personal decision. The promotion have been overwhelmed by the support, both financial and practical, that they have received to date. How long does it take insurance companies to pay out? The need is now! Not in a few months time. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 3 hours ago, IainB said: While I kind of agree with you, they've smashed their 10 grand appeal... hopefully if there's any money left after they've straightened those poles out (😉), they'll Invest in some kit in making the site more secure. It's a miracle it's not been targeted before now really in it's 15 year existence. Forgive me if my memory's faulty, but i think there were a couple of severe vandalism incidents during the Hemsley era, which resulted in security measures being implemented. There was also the strange robbery incident when cash takings were taken from Mr & Mrs Hemsley in the car park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 8 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said: Forgive me if my memory's faulty, but i think there were a couple of severe vandalism incidents during the Hemsley era, which resulted in security measures being implemented. There was also the strange robbery incident when cash takings were taken from Mr & Mrs Hemsley in the car park. I remember the cat park incident, can't remember the other incidents... that's not to say they didn't happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTFC LION Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 2 hours ago, IainB said: I remember the cat park incident, can't remember the other incidents... that's not to say they didn't happen. There have been a few incidents, mainly just kids breaking windows etc, only 1 incident where someone tried to pinch a tractor, that was organised as they had a low loader parked on the industrial waiting for it . But this latest vandalism, criminal damage is way above anything that has happened in the past. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunce Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 23 hours ago, 1 valve said: Go fund now up to £7.5k Yet again speedway folk show their true colours when the chips are down. If a few more of us could “chip-in” a spare tenner or so, then the target will be soon me. Let’s hope some of the cash raised can be used to improve security at the stadium! After all prevention is better than cure. Well I'm a Kings Lynn supporter and I've just donated. I hope they manage to get the damage sorted and maybe up their security as well? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W9 Lion Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 On 3/5/2026 at 5:00 PM, IainB said: It wasn't meant to be funny... I found it funny that Speedway was under promoting itself again by only putting a few pictures on socials of some bent poles when trying to raise £10,000. If there's been 10 grands worth of damage I'd expect to see more, I've seen more damage to the fence after some crashes! No you haven't. There is no fence standing on the second bend. The most damage done by a crash was having to replace 1.5m of fence not an entire bend. It would be lovely to see you at the stadium when the request for fans assistance goes out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, W9 Lion said: No you haven't. There is no fence standing on the second bend. The most damage done by a crash was having to replace 1.5m of fence not an entire bend. It would be lovely to see you at the stadium when the request for fans assistance goes out. I don't know, I've seen a lot of speedway at a lot of tracks and long before air fences, I remember seeing the fence at Wolverhampton being demolished one night when almost the whole bend came down, although I think their fence was meant to be collapsible. Anyway I'm sure you guys know what you're doing as far as fence repairs are concerned, you've always done an excellent job in the past 👍🏻 In the mean time I've sent some money over to the appeal, hopefully some will be spent on beefing up security at the stadium, maybe a perimeter of barbed/razor wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle77 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 On 3/7/2026 at 12:25 PM, Gambo said: Nobody is forced to donate, purely a personal decision. The promotion have been overwhelmed by the support, both financial and practical, that they have received to date. How long does it take insurance companies to pay out? The need is now! Not in a few months time. Ok... so will they refund the donations when they get the insurance payout in a few months time...? If not... maybe every track should arrange for a few local vandals to pay a nocturnal visit... and then get the damage paid for twice... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 7 hours ago, Eagle77 said: Ok... so will they refund the donations when they get the insurance payout in a few months time...? If not... maybe every track should arrange for a few local vandals to pay a nocturnal visit... and then get the damage paid for twice... If only all tracks were owned by speedway clubs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 The club have just confirmed that another attempt was made last night by vandals to break into the track. Luckily the newly installed CCTV and security guards present prevented it happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 On 3/6/2026 at 11:08 PM, Teromaafan said: Whilst I’m appalled by this vandalism, this go fund request doesn’t sit well with me. This is why we take out insurance on things we own. Clubs take advantage of supporters enthusiasm and their voluntary efforts throughout every season, which is why I think the club is pushing their luck in this situation. GoFundMe requests often seem to be the first thing promoters do when they hit problems, albeit its not unknown for supporters to set them up to help the clubs. Can see both sides of the argument to be fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 I see the youth training day this weekend has been cancelled due to equipment not being repaired on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, M.D said: I see the youth training day this weekend has been cancelled due to equipment not being repaired on time. According to the article in the Star they have had specialist help with the more difficult areas of damage, as well as the regular track staff and an army of volunteers. The general gist of the article was that everyone is working very hard to make the circuit ready in time for league racing. I'm sure if they could have run the youth training this weekend they would have. I have to say that there have many comments about the extent of the damage caused. There wasn't just "a few bent poles". The starting gate was destroyed and there was mention today of damage to the transponder wiring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 18 minutes ago, False dawn said: According to the article in the Star they have had specialist help with the more difficult areas of damage, as well as the regular track staff and an army of volunteers. The general gist of the article was that everyone is working very hard to make the circuit ready in time for league racing. I'm sure if they could have run the youth training this weekend they would have. I have to say that there have many comments about the extent of the damage caused. There wasn't just "a few bent poles". The starting gate was destroyed and there was mention today of damage to the transponder wiring. I wasn't trying to suggest there's a problem moving forward, just saying this weekend is off as I know a champ rider was going to practice too. Good luck to Leicester, hope it's a good season for them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Volunteers requested to attend the track from 10am on Sunday 22nd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 The worst part of all of this is that the damage and nature of what was done seems incredibly sinister, almost as if they have a grievance against the club. Especially considering they went back for more. 🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleze Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 7 hours ago, WookieboyDon said: The worst part of all of this is that the damage and nature of what was done seems incredibly sinister, almost as if they have a grievance against the club. Especially considering they went back for more. 🤬 Maybe it was Buster and his Boys.. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 7 hours ago, WookieboyDon said: The worst part of all of this is that the damage and nature of what was done seems incredibly sinister, almost as if they have a grievance against the club. Especially considering they went back for more. 🤬 Not wanting to stir things up but I’ve often wondered if there was a similar scenario when Hemsley was the victim of a cash robbery when Leicester hosted the 4’s many years ago. It made local paper headlines when it happened, but it all went quiet after that and nobody was ever charged (to my knowledge anyway). Hemsley is no longer involved in the running of the club but still owns the premises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Gilkes out for at least 28 days with last years knee injury... Joe Thompson comes in to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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