Ray Stadia

The Braintree track was like that. Did the Braintree organisers move up the road to Stansted do you know, when Braintree had to close?

I saw this. And someone mentioned there is a raceway in Stansted, Essex for bangers. Any good for speedway?

The funny thing is, cycle speedway, appears to be going great guns in Newport! Newport needs another Tim!

Are you still trolling?

I don't know, but corporates talking to corporates might have more sway than action groups talking to corporates? Surely the stadium is a bit of a 'thorn in the side' for BE?

As Coventry staged a GP in the past and successfully, as I recall, perhaps the GP organisers could have taken the opportunity to try and buy the stadium, to have as a British GP 'flagship', but with Belle Vue as a second British GP venue?

When I first heard Belle Vue was going to also host a GP round, I thought, that's great for GB speedway, 2 venues in one year! Now, what do I think? I think it could be a disaster, from an attendance point of view. Also, how do fans choose between day 1 and day 2? Or are the organisers expecting fans to attend day 1 and 2? I doubt a huge number could.

True. Seeing the video of Brandon was very sad. So much history left to rack and ruin. ☹️

What do you mean, trying to save Coventry speedway is 'flogging a dead horse'? 😏

See my post above please. All I am saying, is it is a pity Sandhu bought the stadium, in my opinion. But, also as we know, speedway in general, is in a bad place and many stadiums are targets for building developers.

No, Brandon Estates were the owners, but on further research, it appears Sandhu did get into financial difficulty and it was sold to BE, after NatWest called in the loan agreement. At the end of the day, it all went wrong after Sandhu bought the stadium, so yes, I do blame him!

Sandhu was the last person to own the stadium, before selling the stadium to Brandon Estates, although I seem to recall with his brother. He bought it from the Ochiltrees and other owners of the stadium, but the Ochiltrees were dedicated to Coventry seedway. Horton, I believe, was the final promoter, but as we know, a promoter is not necessarily the owner, more often a manager. Horton, obviously made a dogs dinner of it and then Coventry closed. Sandhu had some financial issues as I recall, especially surrounding his brother. I think Sandhu bought the stadium, not to ensure speedway security/longevity, but to hope to build on the land, which is where the situation is now, after he sold out to Brandon Estates.

I do. When he bought the stadium, he said he was committed to speedway and presumably, bangers and stocks!

Good old Sandhu!

I used to enjoy watching the odd game of golf when Peter Alliss was a commentator. He had the knack to make it sound interesting, in my opinion. He had a dry sense of humour!

The advert has a moto X bike. Are there a lot of grasstrack bikes? Do they have speedway bikes there?

I suppose Oxford is the nearest, as I seem to recall, Swindon versus Oxford was known as a local derby? And it has always been said, that Bristol got big crowds! I don't know why someone couldn't do something like 'a Workington' somewhere near Bristol, Swindon or South Wales. Maybe there isn't anyone with the money or the interest to start something up. However, there is a Swindon action group, how are they getting on?

Probably, in the background, Sam Lovegrove had rebuilt it and scraped off all the castor oil crud that would likely have been inside!

Ok. Done! 👍

I have looked at the 'call to action' and there is a document which the action group suggest using, but use different wording. However, the document is very long and also very technical. Therefore, I'm not sure how we can add to an already well prepared and well put together document?

It's sad to hear of Len's passing. A great ambassador for the sport of speedway. Condolences to family and friends.

He did, but allowed the club to die again.

And of course, traditional league speedway is a runaway success, with more and more clubs wanting to open. Sorry to be cynical.

The Rye House stadium is right in the middle of Hoddesdon and I'm not sure if the local residents are sympathetic about the loss of speedway in their town. People on here have mentioned about the rundown look of the stadium when it hosted speedway. In my opinion, Len Silver had a great opportunity to secure the longevity of Rye House Speedway, but failed. If it returns, wonderful, but I wouldn't bet on it. The club had its chance, when it was lost before, but has squandered that lease of life, in my opinion.

Sorry.......I meant Northside.