Just down the road

The judge hasn't given his final verdict yet. This is to be delivered at a later date - a date yet to be confirmed..

The problem with Pete Thorogood is that he still thinks he's grading the track at the Isle of Wight. Different base and shale surface dressing entirely. Mildenhalls sub-base is chalk and drains very quickly. The 'shale' is also completely different being crushed brick and a small amout of clay. Worn tine 'stumps' on the harrows are as much use as a chocolate teapot. No amount of weight (lorry wheels, concrete slabs etc..) on them will get them into the base. Coventry knows and welcomes that as he doesnt want a torn up track for his stocks anyway. Hence, your never ending track 'problem'. Unfortunately, your just going to have accept the dust in your curry sauce from heat 4 onwards

I heard that the best track curator in the country would be in attendance - Dick 'Dust bowl' Swales

With respect tomcat, I am sure they were made aware of the Stadium and it's activities. The fireworks and daily 'battle of the tannoys' inititated a complaint to the stadium / motocross which went unheeded, leading to a direct complaint to FHDC who then set up noise measuring equipment - which obviously brought the whole lot under the spotlight. Just posting the facts here as they currently are to date..

When the complainants in question moved in they made a complaint to FHDC (which they were entitled to do). FHDC upheld this complaint and noise counter-measures were put into place which included additional acoustic bunding being placed around the motocross and hay bales. The Stadium increased its noise bund and also installed some 'acoustic fencing'. Chris Bastick (the motocross owner) offered to buy their house from them (which obviously then became an admission of liability). The complainants declined his offer price. Local newspapers report that they then had their vehicles smashed to pieces with a tele-porter one night. On another occasion they were run off the road by a large 4x4. Another occasion had their house completely flooded by a water irrigation system being used by an un-named local potato farmer. Another occasion had the same un-named local farmer ALLEGEDLY threatening to beat the complainant up (if you want the farmers name, please read the front page of this weeks Bury Free Press). Another occasion the complainant saw their newly purchased property completely surrounded on the boundary by hay bales - plunging the house into darkness. Another occasion finally saw the house fire-bombed. They then moved out and commenced legal proceedings against the following for harrassment and damages - TERENCE WATERS (motoland UK's landlord) ANTHONY MORLEY (Motoland UK's land owner and Terry Waters' landlord)- Anthony Morley who incidentally is a very frail and elderly gentleman in his 90's who should never have been dragged into this mess. JAMES WATERS (Stadium owner) DAVID COVENTRY (RDC promotions Stock car promoter) CLIFFORD BASTICK (Motoland UK) Forest Heath District Council are preparing a seperate case. Plus, there are other local individuals who (subject to the outcome of this particular case) will be filing similar claims.

C'mon Damon, theres a bit of a difference between buying a house next to the Queens Arms than having tannoys blasting out on a NON-RACE DAY. I'm sure you would be the first to complain if tannoy systems were set up either end of Queensway and then blasted abuse to each other while you were trying to get your kids to sleep..

20 houses ?!! Oh, you mean the 20 houses you pass coming down Cooks Drove (including the very properties Water's and Bastick live in/own/rent). What about the Marina ? - Just because you don't pass them on your drive in Halifaxtiger, doesn't mean that there are not a LOT more houses in the vicinity. Also, depending on the prevailing wind, these motorsport venues can be heard MILES away and the motocross circuit has been the subject of on-going noise issues with Forest Heath District Council for YEARS. This whole matter runs a lot deeper with FHDC than you might think. What you have to remember is that when Terry Waters was on the council planning committee these issues were always smoothed over - they had to be or he would lose the £80k per year rent from Chris Bastick on the motocross circuit plus the rent from the Stadium. Not any more. James Waters might have thought he could do the same when he replaced his disgraced father on the planning committee - but that has not happened. The members are EXTREMELY cautious of siding with James Waters now because of the whole prior planning corruption issue with his father Terry. The Planning corruption issue that saw Terry Waters so publicly and disgracefully removed from office and barred from being a councillor 2 years ago. James Waters carries no weight on the planning commitee now whatsoever and this is why matters have now gone so far with the courts and why such 'alternative measures' have been taken against anyone who DARE complain. Remember, Terry Waters had no problem whatsover with the Standards Board in dragging down other councillors who had previously sided with him - obviously lessons have now been learned and the same mistakes won't be made again by councillors wanting to keep their office (sorry pension). If the Stadium and motocross circuit close, Waters stands to lose not only the revenue from these 2 venues but will also be liable for the complainants £500k+ damages and also both sides Barrister's legal costs as well. This collectively could well run into Millions. The Coventry family will walk from their part-investment and Waters will be left with a lovely loss making dog track (with no more BGRB grants either)..

Yes, its great when your relaxing out on your patio enjoying a quiet mid-afternoon nap to suddenly being awakened by 'battle of the tannoys'. I quote (coming from the motocrosses newly installed tannoy - directed to the Stadium) - "Testing, testing - Oi, fatty can you hear us over there" I quote (coming from the stadium - directed back to the motocross) - "in-audible muffled screech of feedback" And this is on a non-race day..

Ribbons wasn't 'accepted' by Dave Coventry - he was 'accepted' by James/Terry Waters. Coventry only has a minor freehold stake in the site - Waters still calls the shots and decides who goes in there. If you had kept your mouth shut about your £150k + Steve, you would have been shown the door of the racing office a lot sooner and saved us all a lot of pain..