Daniel Smith

Was going to put this on the David Hemsley thread but not sure it's appropriate on there. Is there anywhere else Coventry could go (realistically before some smart a** says Ricoh Arena again) other than Leicester where the fans will follow? Just think if Coventry went to Leicester, with how terrible the racing is there, that could be more damaging to the promotion & or the club due to the lack of support. I'm not sure Bee's fans will follow the club to Leicester knowing just how bad the racing will be. IMO wouldn't Perry Barr be the more logical option?!?

Signed of course

How things change hey? 20 year ago 30 would be looking towards retirement but now, it seems to be the new beginning

Hopefully Poole and Swindon were contacted first

After such a cracking meeting I just had a moment of sadness - Brandon closes it's does to Speedway in 6 months time, just 6 months. When you see Speedway like that, it's a fairly depressing thought that it's being allowed to happen

Rather than moan I have to say I'm quite enjoying tonight's meeting

Hemsley certainly has been the good, the bad and the ugly of Leicester Speedway. At the same time this could be really bad as the property developers will get wind of this pretty quick

Why would an EGM be called? Chapman was the only one at the time to voice his displeasure. The others hadn't started shouting until the season had already started. What's he supposed to do? Scrap the league and start from scratch in June? There's some unrealistic views of Chapman's rein so far. From the get go, he said judge him from 2017 on, 2016's a rightoff Knowing Chapman as us Stars fans do he'd of done exactly as you suggest. But, you nailed on a previous thread when us fans were called thick, biased and what ever the other one was. Chapman is one voice, I fear even though he's Chairman at the end of the day he's still only one voice. What can a chairman do if all the other thicko's vote the opposite?!?

All things 2016 were done and dusted before Chapman was voted in as Chairman. You know that. As soon as the AGM'S was over Chapman said he'd of done things very different for 2016. The only promoter to say such words immediately after. The other promoters are only crying about it now. They're the thick one's who are so short sighted. Obviously we have no idea what goes on but Chapman was the first and only to say it was bad. The other's didn't see what was wrong until their teams started racing.

Glad I didn't spend £20 now. Haven't read any rave reviews about the King's Lynn meeting. Your right, our track is dog turd compared to as little as 5 years ago. I honestly can't put a finger what's gone so badly wrong apart from our previous track man Huggy was sacked because of an H&S issue.

Looks an excellent race track. Super fast Poles & Danes will murder us round there in the SWC

Don't think we'll see Harris back in the GP series ever again after this year.

No he can't be in 2 places at once, but he'd of been a D/U and Belle Vue may have ran with a partner with him. Someone like Simon Stead who isn't interested in full time Elite. Similar to Lakeside with Kennett / Lawson

Why?!?

1 meeting I did want to see but can't get there. Feel this will be 1 of the best meetings in years at the Arena

That MC member who had the "chat as a friend" was also the one that sent out total bull rubbish statement. That MC member clearly has an agenda to make sure Cook couldn't sign for Peterborough. To which, the signing itself isn't against any BSPA regulations. One thing Ged Rathbone certainly knows for sure now is that Rob Godfrey is no friends at all, just a back stabber

They run alternative weeks though as the same track but if there is this "same race night" rule (which there isn't) then yes he shouldn't of been allowed

And, if he'd of remained in the PL rather than try and break Poland there's no doubt Cook would have lined up for Edinburgh and Belle Vue

Friday is the Colts race night. They're scheduled 7 currently with 3 more to reschedule

Good luck, hopefully the correct decision will be made and Cook & Stokes are in

There is no rule though. It's just a directive in the rule book that say the MC can decide what ever they wish to suit their need at the time regardless of regulations. There is no rule about D/U on the same race night.

Just to pick up on a bit of Rob Godfrey's statement: "You simply cannot sign a rider when he already rides for a club on your racenight. King's Lynn switched from a Wednesday to a Thursday and as a consequence they had to lose Lewis Kerr from their team as he was already signed to a Thursday night track." This decision was made by the club and the rider jointly. This had absolutely nothing to do with BSPA directive that you can't have a home track on the same night. This came about because Lewis would have to priorities King's Lynn over Ipswich and would damage his earning potential. So Rob, don't add things to statements that you have factually wrong just to back your argument. As already stated, Dan Bewley rides for Belle Vue Colts & Edinburgh Monarchs. He missed the Scottish derby tonight to ride at the National Stadium. Double standards

Just to pick up on a bit of Rob Godfrey's statement: "You simply cannot sign a rider when he already rides for a club on your racenight. King's Lynn switched from a Wednesday to a Thursday and as a consequence they had to lose Lewis Kerr from their team as he was already signed to a Thursday night track." This decision was made by the club and the rider jointly. This had absolutely nothing to do with BSPA directive that you can't have a home track on the same night. This came about because Lewis would have to priorities King's Lynn over Ipswich and would damage his earning potential. So Rob, don't add things to statements that you have factually wrong just to back your argument. As already stated, Dan Bewley rides for Belle Vue Colts & Edinburgh Monarchs. He missed the Scottish derby tonight to ride at the National Stadium. BSPA, get your fookin house in order you idiots

I do think Arson's comment was more tongue in cheek if anything. Chill peeps

Come on peeps, no need for being aggressive