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It is obvious, there was the tea lady and the one who pops in once a week to do the cleaning.

Darcy is likely to end up in top eight. Since his return he has out scored Gollob at each GP and Holder is not going to add any more points. Holder 82 Gollob 73 Ward 68 If he does not he is well worthy of a wild card.

Enjoyed the meeting, well done Herbi winning the meeting and Tai now in top position.

So far both meetings have been boring until the later part of the meeting when they did get a bit better, but would not have worried if I had not seen either.

Fixture change. Thurs Aug 22 now sees Belle Vue visit Blunsdon, and Lakeside now visit on monday Sep 9th which will be shown on SKY.

My error, I did look at bspa fixtures but missed that.

Aug 26th when we meet Poole could be another opportunity to use David Bellago as Scunthorpe are riding that day. Today David is replacing Ashley for Scunthorpe at Workington.

Unfortunately Eddie's score at Wolverhampton was not good. How much longer can we give him to sort out whatever the problem is. Not sure that would be a wise move.

We could ring up Peterborough and borrow Patrick Hougaard.

Do not under estimate the numbers Red it is at least three .

I had a chuckle last night when one of the commentators said it was a good crowd. He must have meant behaviour as I have seen a larger crowd at a watching paint dry competition. Well done PUK and another great performance by Tai.

Good thread, thanks for running it r&r.

I have bet all my stake. Due to injuries and naff betting to date I have not got much left, If you want to give me a lot more I will bet it

The Doctor I have had the story and picture emailed to me, if you or someone can explain in english how to post it on here I will. John Leslie the new stadium is next to the existing one.

The current stadium is in a different place to the present stadium and will not be demolished until the new one is built and there will be minimal if no disruption to the racing. Also there is plenty of land to build hundreds of houses between the road system and the stadium. The story and picture about the stadium and parking was in the local paper on about July 18th and was not on the papers website. Anyone in Swindon could look at the records in the local paper office or library and confirm the story. I just wish someone could pull the story and picture across to this thread. The Doctor, hit the link icon, paste in the link etc, what is all that, I have enough problems turning the bl##dy computer on. I have just contacted the local paper and they hope to get back to me with a link to the story and picture.

Gemini let me assure you this is not an early April fool story. If I knew how to link this to the plans it would show you the access route across the track and the parking places on the centre green.

Ward £20more Sayfutdinov £20 more Lindgren £20 less

50p a visit, now thats a great idea, thanks, could also provide tea ,beer and food to those parked on the centre green.

Agree, very good and thanks for link to old Speedway information.

I have not seen the exact details of the amended planning application, but now that it seems that there is no light industrial units between the stadium and the housing. This is a pity as the industrial buffer would have helped with noise reduction reaching the housing and this had other advantages as well. Originally the stadium was between the road and the housing but the plans were changed to include this light industrial buffer. It has been mentioned that the existing stadium will remain, but may be modified, while the building of the new one is taking place so there should be minimal disruption as even the dogs need to continue racing. With ref the track, it will not be as long as the existing one, I understand it will be similar to the track at Birmingham, which I have not been to. I like you sidney like the size of the track at Blunsdon but the size is limited to the length of the dog track, which will be shorter in the new stadium, but I understand by not much. I cannot find any stats on the length of the straights and size of the track at Birmingham but I understand the racing there is good. Had I read your post yesterday I would have asked Jason last night. Maybe a few who have been to Birmingham can comment on the track and the racing there. The revised plans do show a speedway track as well as a dog track but at the end of the day it is down to the stadium owners if they want both sports but I see no reason that both sports could not continue. I like the fact that Blunsdon has a unique size and shape and I hope the proposed new one does not reduce the racing and overtaking lines and opportunities. At least the new track will not be like the one Oxford had where if you blinked you missed the race.

Spoke to a couple of people last night and the parking on the centre green will happen. I have contacted a colleague who has a camper van, which when we go to other motor events we sit on the roof and get a very good view. This camper van has many advantages, gives a good view, has cooking facilities for bacon rolls and tea, fridge for beer and its own loo.

Since THJ, KKS etc seems to be missing again, and the publishing of the results are as reliable as her predictions and rider performances I would suggest that Gavan works them out and puts them on here. Mind you there would be a few questions asked if Gavan won. Also is it true that the winner gets a burger meal with THJ at Poole.

When the plans for the new development around the stadium at Swindon were put forward it was the MP Justin Tomlinson who helped and insisted that the stadium would be built, and its inclusion was a condition of the granted planning permission. It is good that he is on this group as he has had the first hand experience of what developers try to do.

For those who cannot go to the Poole Swindon meeting on Aug 26th, to see Swindon beat Poole, this has been added to the Sky schedule to be shown on TV.

The picture of the new track, which I am looking at now, actually has a line around the track. The track has been made quite wide and for major meetings the inside of the track can be coned off and used for extra vehicles. It was considered too dangerous to allow parking on the outside. The picture also shows a marked lane across the track on the third bend for vehicles to use.