Jacques

Could do with knowing if the May fixture will stand ASAP .We've booked holiday and a B&B to go down for it..................

Well, we have an account so we've had a bet for the Bees to be league champions as well as now being able watch the stream tonight

http://www.coventrybees.co/news.php?extend.2616

I'm still trying to understand why the accountant was the representative for Coventry Stadium? WTF!! Thing's just don't add up.............

Bomber said maybe, once Mick's calmed down.. Wayne Roberts suggests that they need a mediator and mentioned it should be good old John Clarke. That guy must wonder why he bothers sometimes!

But he was interviewed and reiterated his position.

Err, Mick Horton was interviewed.............

Plus currently discussing the new season which considering the situation, is very odd..........

Are you presenting gossip as fact again?

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. What I was trying to say that it seems that there is more going on behind the scenes than just the goings on this weekend. It stinks and it seems our concerns abut Mick Horton may have come home to roost

Other than that Dave!

Copied from the ERC thread a post from Jeremy Heaver NOT GOOD!! Coventry Stadium Press Release 24th March 2014 During 2013 both speedway and stock car suffered from a mediocre track at best to a surface which resulted in cancelled meetings at worst. We consulted with both speedway and stock car promoters and reached a conclusion during the closed season that we needed to change our track curator and to invest more heavily in the track which we have been doing. The reason for making changes was driven by our desire to make the Bees last three seasons to be the best racing possible. This requires a great race surface. We managed to find a very professional track curator in Marek Meinert who has extensive experience in providing an excellent race surface at Bydgoszcz and has produced the track for 16 GP’s. He arrived at Coventry Stadium three weeks ago with excellent credentials and immediately recognised the scale of the work required to return the Coventry surface back to the best in the UK. He does not speak English, however we have at least three members of our team who speak both English and Polish fluently, so language is not a barrier that would affect his ability to curate the track. He has worked seven days a week for the past three weeks between rain showers to regain flat straights and slightly banked bends that had been lost in recent years. Marek knows the track is not right and certainly not to his standard, however since his arrival three weeks ago he has had limited track time due to rain. All the promoters using the track including Mick Horton were very pleased with his appointment and approved of the early results of his work accepting it was going to take time to undo mistakes of the past. The shale going into Friday night’s speedway was moisture rich but was in good shape until we experienced a big downpour at around 5pm which tipped the balance in terms of the composition of the track. This caused it to cut up faster than normal resulting in the meeting being called off after only six heats. The chronology from the cancelled meeting on Friday to the cancelation of the ELRC is important so that disappointed fans, Sky TV, BSPA all understand what went on then hopefully they can draw the correct conclusions. Saturday 22nd March 2.01pm Mick Horton called Mathew, the stadiums accountant, and Mathew was unable to take the call as he was on a different call 2.13pm Mathew returned Mick Horton's call and Mathew expressed concerns for the track and stated that a decision would need to be made regarding the possibility of cancelling the ELRC. Mick told Mathew he would meet Mathew at 4pm on site that day (Saturday) to make a decision regarding cancellation. It was made clear that it was Mick's decision to take not the stadiums. It was still raining hard 2.49pm As the rain had become heavy Mathew sent Mick a txt message “Please come tonight so we can make a decision tonight” 4pm Mathew returned to the stadium to meet with Mick and the track staff. 6.39pm After waiting for over two and a half hours Mick did not arrive, call or txt to say he was not coming. Mathew sent Mick a txt “ Are you coming today” The reason for the txt is because the stadium has no power to cancel a speedway event it is down to the staging promoter. 6.39pm Immediate reply from Mick “ I will be there at 10am in the morning” No apology and in the full knowledge that no work had taken place on the track due to rain. Mathew and all the track staff felt badly let down as they all knew a decision should have been taken on Saturday but would instead be taken Sunday morning. Sunday 23rd March Around 10am Mick arrived on site and saw the track was waterlogged and requested that the blade should be used to remove some of the water but the track was to wet for that to have been effective. He made no decision regarding the meeting and clearly he was hoping it would dry out in time without listening to the advice he had been given. In the past Colin Pratt as the promoter of the Bees would have been on site making sure the track could be made ready and if that was not possible he would call the meeting off as early as possible to save fans traveling or even Sky setting up. Since Colin is no longer involved in the Bees nobody from the club overseas the track preparation to ensure it will be ready on time. We are not in control of the cancelation of events due to track conditions as that is the promoter’s decision and responsibility and we fulfilled our obligation to inform Mick Horton about our doubts which he chose to ignore. He showed little regard as to the state of the track on Saturday and was cavalier in his attitude on Sunday morning. The track will continue to be prepared by Marek Meinert with one aim to be the best in the UK by using his experience gained at the highest level in Poland and he will enjoy our full support in that task. We are sorry that Mick Horton has decided not to race at Coventry but rest assured we will still be operating for the next three years as a stock car track. Coventry Stadium

It seems there is very much more to this than we are being told too!!

These staff are? Told to go away by who?

Thanks for the explanation...You are?

Of course he sold it, he believed and quite rightly, with the facilities on offer, they could stage the event. Yet again, I need to try and explain to you, Horton has NO jurisdiction over what happens at the stadium. That bit is/ was down to Sandhu. Sandhu is/was he landlord.....The bulbs, the paint, the PA, track prep is/was down to him........

Who gave these assurances, it wouldn't have been Mick Horton, as so many want to suggest. The responsibility of the track prep is nothing to do with him! When will some of you get that it to your heads FFS. He IS not responsible for the stadium, that is down to the landlord ( whoever it is now) it was Sandhu. Has the sale gone through? Last year we had Colin Pratt in charge of the track prep..Where did he go?

This is what's getting me. That track was never going to be right, so why the hell did they let people in the stadium in the first place??

So was there heavy rain overnight as Chris Louis is suggesting?

What a complete joke!! Dear, oh dear, oh dear!!

Someone want to explain it to this blond then? Got it...Thanks Mr Mungo, you are indeed right Lioness LOL

Ha ha ha ...

I've sat in all three: Top tier first year..Too high up and full of pissed up Poles. Lower tier second year.. crap view. Middle tier - third year and ever since. We go for seats on the back straight, it's always packed and you get a 'complimentary' flag..Brilliant view and atmosphere. It's middle tier for us every time

Unbelievable!

Sydney? Oh, that's taken too