Tom Turner

I publically said many times before that Tai Woffinden would never be a world class rider, I even said to myself he only won the world championship because he didn't have much competition. How wrong was I?

No amount of "entertainment" is worth the risk he places on other riders. One day he will go for a gap that doesn't exist and another innocent rider will end up spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair, or worse. I'm sure you'd all be calling him "totally box office" when that happens.

Nicki should be banned. Dirty, nasty piece of work.

So pretty much everything I've been saying since square one but rejected consistently by BSF posters who live in a dream world. NKI has got it spot on. Rubbish tracks and diluting the sport is NOT the way forward. A comprehensive online marketing campaign first of all and then investing the money generated from the extra attendances a decent online marketing campaign will bring to improve track conditions. It's blooming obvious. And let's be realistic, an online campaign is the only campaign British Speedway can afford. It will bring in far better results than a roundabout advert (like my local club seems to think is a good idea). You'd be surprised how a little can go such a long way. Maybe promoters will step up and listen now? Not a chance!

No, I certainly am not barking up the wrong tree.

It is unlikely to even be that. From experience, it is usually live streams of speedway from channels like Polsat, which show the same coverage but with Polish commentary. The streams are usually very unreliable and not enjoyable to watch. I definitely wouldn't part with a penny for this service.

It's an illegal and unreliable stream of satellite television.

There was no bitter battle between the BSPA and Sky. Sky was always going to renew it's deal to cover speedway. Sky have signed a 5 year contract with Go Speed and it was negotiated by Wayne Russell, not Alex Harkness.

If Darcy keep's calm on the track next year (also sober and out of handcuffs) then he will be untouchable. I remember when I used to work for Curry's a couple of years back and Darcy Ward came in. I served him and he asked for one thing and one thing only... an electronic coffee grinder.

Unfortunately our promoters are still living in the 80's, or even earlier. Times have changed and they refuse to keep up. Time to hang on and hope for the best

I expect its because the powers in speedway are very short tempered and irrational. Not to mention they don't have much in the sense department. Wouldn't take much to get them banned from every stadium thanks to the muppets up top.

Chris Harris. Inconsistent and dangerous but always hinted at bags of potential.

Buying a transitional gasket for a 1935 Ronard 3500. Not many of these still knocking around but would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. J L Commercial used to stock a few of these but since they went bust i've not been able to find them elsewhere

Eddie Kennett (Cheater) Nicki Pedersen (Vile / Dangerous) Chris Harris (Dangerous) Ben Baker (Nob) Hans Andersen (Embarrassment to himself) Peter Kildemand (I'll be honest, I just don't like his face. Looks too much like Shrek) Lewis Bridger (I've been warming up to him a little, but still a massive pikey)

It's nice to see that some people are interested in what I have to say, and not my age. It might surprise some of you to learn that the average employee age at Facebook is just 26. The average employee age at Google is just 29. To market a product that appeals to the young you must first understand how to appeal to the young, and who better to do that than the young. The internet is one of those rare and funny things where the youth of today actually have far more experience with it than older generations and are much more valuable to big internet organisations. A lot of the websites you use every single day were created and built from scratch by students. Google, eBay, HP, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, Intel, Yahoo!, Netflix, Paypal, TechCrunch, Electronic Arts, LinkedIn, YouTube and Mozilla Firefox, were all created by young students. I don't have all the answers, but I'm sure I have some of them and I'm not forcing anybody to listen to them. I'm not saying that speedway is anything like these companies, I'm not saying invite a bunch of kids in to take over, I'm not saying spend a fortune on marketing, I'm just saying there is a market out there for speedway just waiting to be taken and spending a little now could reshape the entire future of British speedway. I personally do not believe reducing the quality of the product and taking no measure to counter act the drop in attendances will stabilise it, but actually make it weaker and harder to market further down the line. I think I've said more than enough now so I am going to call it a day with this thread and maybe make the odd post here and there.

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Wouldn't an online store be a great start for clubs? An online store is entirely free to set up and can be done on their existing websites. The money generated from selling merchandise online could go some way to starting a low budget marketing campaign next season. The only work the club would have to do is check the orders once a day and pop them in the post. The person buying the merchandise would pay postage so there is no expense to the club. Our track shop has the occasional open day before Christmas but really isn't convinient. I have a lot of speedway fans in the family who I could easily spend £100 or more buying gifts for this Christmas.

Does anybody know why Kevlar was bought in to begin with? Is this enforced or is it up to the rider what kind of material they use for their race suits?

I am 21 years old and have been working for them since I was 19. They are a small company comprised of less than 10 employees. I am very happy with my salary for a few reasons, I out earn most people my age, my salary increases as I help the company to grow and I did every bit of it off my own back. Most importantly I love my job, I love the people I work with and I love the contribution I am able to make even at such a young age. I have a great amount of job satisfaction which you cannot put a price on. I didn't do so well in school (I was more interested in being a trouble maker than knuckling down) but I soon grew out of that. Since then I have spent pretty much every day of my life teaching myself the world of business and marketing. I have met and learnt from many great people with much more experience than myself and I like to take a little bit of wisdom from everybody I meet. Being my age I have the insight to "fill in the gaps" that the promoters have missed. I know what young people like and I know how to appeal to them on a large scale, this is something promoters just don't know how to get right. You know those parents who try to be "cool" and "down with the kids"? It's that very reason why Facebook has an average employee age of 26. I take no shame in being passionate about the things I love and care for most. I love my job, I love the people I work with, I love the impact I am able to make on an expanding business using the skill sets I learnt and developed all on my own. I have great job satisfaction and the future is bright for me so I have no complaints with the amount I earn. I'm just enjoying my life day by day and the satisfaction of knowing I am building a future for myself. My argument is that you have to spend to money to make money, and if you spend it in the right places then these Press Officers and Programme Editors might not need to go unpaid for much longer? I was told by a webmaster for an Elite League club that all clubs are contractually obliged to be hosted by AP Media. You are making a fool out of yourself. You are just showing everyone that you cannot help but get personal in public debate, that you aren't even reading the posts you are replying to, and that you are grossly misinformed. I am not KKS. I don't even know who he is. I am certainly not from East Anglia. I never claimed to be the owner of a marketing company, I claimed to work for one. Although the business is not sports related, the role is comparable. As I have said repeatedly but you fail to pay any attention before spewing your nonsense, club's do not need to spend a fortune and if they were to spend a "fortune" they would get far more than a few tweets. Since when was being in your 20's a teenager? Some people will be happy to live within the sports means and put up with a lesser product, but a lot of people won't. The actions being taken next season are an attempt to live within the current means but as the quality of product drops further so will the attendances and the "means" will be further reduced. The fact is there will be a drop in attendances next season and there are no measures in place to counter act that. Common sense will tell you that is a recipe for disaster. You don't have to have a 30 year history in marketing to understand the basics of business.

It would pay for itself. You're a bit daft to think it can survive without it. The proof is in the pudding. I hope you enjoy the pudding they are serving up next season.

Yes the clubs are forced to use APMedia for their web hosting but they are free to design it however they like, so they could implement all these ideas without needing to have an unofficial site.

The sites are hosted on the same server but the designing is done by a handful of different people. Even the sites that are done by the same people vary in design. It would make more sense to have one layout and content management system with a different theme for each club.

The sites are definitely a mess at the moment, but a little from each club would easily cover the initial costs. It's the perfect time of year to be selling merchandise online, a great christmas present for any speedway fan. Each club could have the same computer, tablet and phone website but with a theme unique to their club. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube could be integrated easily enough and after the sites are created and in place you would only need to update them a couple of times a day. You could probably pay just 1 or 2 people to take care of every club. I think it's a brilliant idea.

I think this is all a bit much for you to understand! There is nothing daft about paying £15k a year for a full time webmaster who's role encompasses far more than "updating websites". I am paid £25k a year as a full time webmaster, albeit in a non-comparable industry, but it didn't start that way! I started on £15k and earnt a higher salary through the results I have been delivering ever since. Like I said (but you mustn't have had your glasses on), you could find somebody who would simply update the website, facebook and twitter for just a couple of free speedway tickets a week.

You shouldn't be nasty to somebody just because it is bit too complicated for you to understand. If you refer to my previous post you will see what I was talking about. A full time salaried employee would do much more than "update websites". If you pay peanuts you get monkeys. If you just wanted somebody to update the website, facebook and twitter you could probably find somebody who would work for a couple of free speedway tickets a week. I hadn't even thought of that, the merchandise side of things would be good money too!