Ray Stadia

Any news on Iwade? I thought they had a planning application set for 10th April?

Very interesting SCB, thank you. I am surprised, but there you go. I suppose if leather is more expensive. it adds more pressure on riders costs.

I wonder why Moto GP has stuck with leather? And I have asked this question before, Moto GP riders have a big back protector 'hump' in their leathers, why don't speedway riders? Didn't receive an answer, previously.

Very good quality. Didn't look like 55,000, but I suppose with big terraces, probably was. Odd thing, commentator referred to the home team as an England team, while the captain had a Union Jack in his hand. Perhaps in those days, the Union Jack was an English flag also?

The trouble is, we all get locked into our own little memory bubble and we forget that past icons get older, as we do. We still remember Ivan as a dashing Speedway rider, gracing the tracks of yesteryear. Sadly, Ivan is only human like the rest of us and as we will, has succumbed to one of the health issues, which are challenging. The man is in his mid seventies, has enjoyed a long and very successful career in a very dangerous sport and finished his career without suffering too much injury along the way. Some of his contemporaries lost their lives or ended up with life changing injuries. Ivan survived all that. Along with his family, he now has a new challenge. Whatever the outcome, the man had a great career as a rider and no one can take that away. I bet Ivan and his family have no regrets.

Signed. All the best!

Yes, Putin probably likes noisy motor sports! Actually, nimby is the wrong word for these people, as they put themselves in their own back yard, after the venue was already there! The Mildenhall situation is a bit different, as we have been told they were making noise at the stadium at 2 am, but Mallory Park? Terrible thing to say, but perhaps Britain needs another war as many have become far too selfish and far too 'an English man's home is his castle'.

I watched the GP on Sunday and it didn't stop me enjoying the event. Today a radio station, played the noise of a 2014 engine noise against a 2012 race, for me the 2014 sounded better, less revs and more exhaust burble!

And Lydd Speedway, which is in the same county. I hope Iwade returns.

I know I am going to be shot down in flames, but I did wonder whether the opening of Sittingbourne Speedway, may cause problems for Iwade. Seems a bit of a coincidence to me, although, common sense also says, why should it cause problems?

Good points, I have to admit.

I think we are building a picture!

You are not Mr Coventry's son by any chance, are you wrench?

Looks like it will be a room for 3 then!

Get a room!

What colour is the scarf?

What the above suggests, even though you have planning permission, you still need to be reasonable. Or in other words, use common sense. Perhaps when they grant planning permission, this is how they expect people to behave. Mr Coventry obviously believes he has acted reasonably.

If that is true, how was it the supreme court found in favour of the couple? Surely being granted permission to make noise, doesn't mean you can do it 24/7? Surely when permission is granted, certain boundaries are put in place? For the court to have found in favour of the couple, I would suggest the boundaries were 'stepped over'.

At the end of the day, Mr Coventry and the couple had a grievance. It is a pity it had to go to court and couldn't have been settled long before going down that route. Both sides are probably to blame for that. I would imagine and perhaps this is a sexist comment, the lady bent the ear of her male partner and it escalated from there! I think us men have all probably been there at some time!

Why not do the clearing up the following day? Say, from 9 am? All that is needed is a bit of common sense. I have no idea who Mr Coventry is, but is he the kind of person who thinks of others or just thinks about himself? Just asking, as I haven't a clue, however, starting to build a mental picture! Interesting to note, during the second world war, some locals used to complain about the bombers taking off from their air bases. People complaining about noise and being 'unreasonable' is nothing new.

So making noise at 3 am in the morning is reasonable stadium activity? The Ipswich football ground is surrounded by housing and flats etc. If the blues kicked a game off at 1 am, those dwellers would be well hacked off! And so they should, that is not reasonable and not what you would expect a football stadium to do. Likewise, a stadium running bangers, still clearing the debris and grading the speedway track at 3 am is also unreasonable.

Sounds like it's the stocks/bangers are possibly the issue, but as Gustix has pointed out, Mr Coventry is a stocks/bangers man. Difficult one. I suppose that is why many stocks/banger meetings are run during the day at weekends.

Sure, but would you expect there to be noise from the stadium at 3 am? I wouldn't. I wouldn't even be making investigations whether there was noise at 3 am, I would assume the operators had common sense to wrap things up at around 11.00 pm.

Not casting aspersions, just suggesting that newspaper stories often don't reflect the facts. I have no doubt you have read an article or many articles possibly saying 'Muslims get church bells silenced', but is that really a true account of the situation? Similarly, with the Mildenhall situation, I feel there are things we haven't been told.

The silencing of the church bells is for them to stop between 11 pm and 7 am, which is sort of fair. However, due to fact they are activated automatically, they can't be switched off between that time. Therefore, it is really a technical issue. The other complaint about the church worshippers playing loud music during sermons is not necessarily the guy being difficult because he is a Muslim, it might be flipping loud! All they need to do is keep the noise down a bit. What is interesting, is I think there is a missing part to the Mildenhall story. I wonder if the supreme court are not expecting the track to stop it's activities, but to reduce them. Which may not suit Mr Coventry if he needs to run all the activities to make money. Just being devils advocate.