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I would put that with, the cheques in the post, we stand with WASPI women, etc etc, all of the hollow promises which help another agenda, personally I would love it to happen and if above NDL level would make effort to attend frequently, but the cynical side of me thinks "it ain't going to happen" and Abbey stadium will get built on before a single league meeting takes place at the new venue ?
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By Sir Sidney · Posted
Latest post from Mildenhall ****message alert***** Mildenhall co facilitators Steve Ribbons and Kieran Phillips have given a joint statement of where the current plans are working towards the return of speedway to West Row. In a shared statement they said. “The community interest company has now been set up. For those that do not know a community company means that all funds stay within the company and none are given to the owners or shareholders, thus, all monies at Mildenhall speedway stays at Mildenhall speedway”. “Next, we now have a bank account for the company and the details are below. Consequently, we now ask for those supporters who pledged money to send it by bank transfer, but please make sure you have filled in a supporters trust form which are available on our web site to go along with you donation so that we can recognise and allocate it.” “Subsequently, as you may be aware, we have an issue with the new stock car fence, which, to be fair to spedeworth is constructed for stock car meetings and not for speedway. But being built solidly is not conducive to speedway racing as speedway riders and a hard surface do not make for good bed - fellows! “ But, following an impromptu meeting after the track inspection by Mick Bates, (the speedway control Bureau track inspector) who raised a number of issues, Steve has been working on a number of solutions. Ribbons said, “I found the contact number for Champion products who make the foam blocks used at Berwick Glasgow Scunthorpe and Kings Lynn speedways, which Mick Bates said would be needed if speedway is to return to Mildenhall and that the existing air fence is now redundant plus a cover for the uprights of my own design.. a tea cosy for want of a better word. This the covers the majority of the problems along with possible fitting a slightly taller kick board to the wooden pallets of the existing safety fence to raise its height slightly”. Subsequently we are waiting on a price from the manufacturers of the foam blocks. However, this equipment comes at a cost. …A considerable thousands of pounds cost! Kieran Phillips said “ as a Mildenhall fan and a speedway fan. I passionately want this venture to succeed as we are trailblazers in the sport and although finance options are available it is a simple matter of the more cash pledges we can raise the less the company has to borrow!” “We are looking at a business model of depreciating the fence over four or more years. Consequently, it won’t have to be paid back all at once. Now is the time for all Mildenhall and all speedway supporters to step up if we want the team back. Myself, Steve and the committee believe the product we aim to bring over the next 3 years can secure us all speedway at West Row, with the changing of the race day we aim to bring the fans back in and indeed the families for the Saturday night action, running alongside that we hope to unearth new talent with our various practice sessions and training schools on a Sunday ,in time we would like to apply for championship status although that's some way off its certainly not out of the question, But obviously we need to make sure we tick all the boxes that the control bureau ask us to, too start with.” It is therefore we start fund raising now. Bank account details Zempler Bank Account number - 13111289 Sort code 08-71-99 Account name - Mildenhall Speedway Supporters CIC. -
I fully agree that both Arena and Ipswich use(d) a separate inner track for speedway and therefore the dangers of the car fence were not as much a problem as at tracks where the two sports use the same track. The real point I was making was that the new Mildenhall fence is a typical modern stock car fence. I wonder if a wooden fence the height of the posts with a foam or air fence in front would be a solution but as has been said already the track looks as though it could be rather narrow by the time all of that has been put in front of the stock car fence. I would be surprised if the track for the cars has been narrowed as has never been a track with that much room for manoeuvre.
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Looking at other photos of the track as well the concrete stock car fence has narrowed the track up get a wooden fence on the straights with a small gap between the concrete and the wood fence and a foam or air fence on the bends will the white line have to be move in ? the track as it is looks really narrow
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