Paul Johnson

looks more harpo m\arx,, there was some good racing today from everybody, nike did really well seeing he hasnt had much track time., how many laps have dan and ollie had round here, i believe he will be similar to josh as his starting was hit and miss but had speed when behind, its gonna be awesome this year watching all of them winding up for outside passing on the last lap

sorry if i got the wrong meaning bruv, i thought you meant a behind closed doors practice, also im not arguing if it was right or wrong for him to ride, thats his buisness, i just wanted to give an answer to a post,bit confused by being called a "supergrass" though, i never brought the subject up

it wasnt a private practice, it was an open pracrtice run regularly by scunny speedway, anyone with a bike and some money can go, maybe our official club photographer should take his pictures of the day off his facebook page,

Blabbing??? it was an open practice, nothing underhand about it, he paid money to practise and signed on on an scb form, so by last tuesday they would have know who was there, i was just saying i was there in answer to your question about evidence

Hard evidence steve? about him riding round scunny?.... i was there on centre green with a red flag, sissis, bates , jorgensen and proctor there for open practise

i think we will be ok as we dont start properly until april, and those are nearly all league cup matches

Beacon pub in scunthorpe Montie 11th of Feb, all advertised on http://scunthorpescorpions.co/ and 8 turned up this time, about half less than the first one

maybe a deciding factor if you decided to stay away? was still there today, think favours were done, "you do my car park and ill let you park here"

not sure if a lot of people know but the car park has had a topcoat on, so no more gravel, the pits are also tarmaced

without too much deatil, issues discussed were..nothing is concrete at this stage a parade at 7 ,15 getting meetings filmed again using social medai to spread the word of scunny roving mic announcer better signage outside the stadium or vehicle mounted boards a 100 club similar to sheffield a loyality card, reach half way free food, filled in free entry posters for display in shops, work schools etc flyers handed out at various locations if allowed Next meeting same place 11th march ps, no press and practice day

So what i read is.. No aussies allowed in the PL only in the EL because the standard of Aussies coming in are rubbish and have no talent? unless that Aussie rides for your team, as stated above..."an australian was brought in on a dubious average last year, and the same appeared to nearly happen this year..",, why is that the riders fault? if the promotion is too blame and flauting the rules then shouldnt the club be held responsible and then told not to get a Visa rider next year?

Scunny bought Josh Auty too

Does anyone think Mr Klindt will be riding for us for a while?

next SCORPS meeting planned for tuesday is cancelled, Julies not been able to get the track bar open,

thank you for the reply outsider, it seemed strange that only 2 riders had theme tunes, maybe rob couldnt think of any for the others? i know when the music was played or for 5.1 a few of us in the seats and in front near the tapes would join in, so it sems to be what some want. I would love to see Guy threre, i even posted on his facebbok page if he fancied it.He only lives in the Grimsby area(?), maybe he could do some laps in the interval? Hes just built 2 projects i believe, a Heskith bike and a Merlin Engine, maybe he could demonstrate those? Maybe do a collection for his chosen charity?

Maybe the people on here who have argued about some of the ideas could give some of theirs, instead of knocking mine? im trying to keep the crowd entertained instead of turning up and watching then going home, with a feeling of wasting their monies. Maybe we should just give up this year and go to the pub instead, then all reminisce about how we miss speedway.All we are looking at is about 100 people to come back, not 5000, , we just have to find out why those 100 or so fans have stopped going? is it because they lost their job and cant afford it. have to chose between Football or Speedway?,was it the fact we seemed to race Sheffield 10 times?, is it the price?,The track is good, Rob is good and the racing is good so what are we doing wrong?

The Outsider.. if you were in charge of the music at Scunny would you use the themes tunes as the riders did a parade lap or when they won? there was talk of riders on a back of a truck waving to the crowd so what about a team theme tune as they go around, bit like sheffield do with the Terminator theme tune? What about at the end of the meeting when the riders thank the crowd,Rob could say "play that music Barry,then he plays The Bee Gees.. You win again? think we need to entertain the crowds with more than just racing

i promise all you berwick fans that thomas will be a popular lad with u all.. he is one of the nicest and down to earth guys you could wish to meet. please take time out to say hello to him, he may beat himself up a bit if he doesnt win but he will be wanting to win every race he is in.i believe that most of his big points will be away for you. i wish him all the best and you are getting a great lad from us

i believed if we just asked to go in to promote the team then no, if you go in supporting a charity and have all collections or rafle prize money donated to the chosen charity,then yes What about on saturday in a supermarket with a foyer with press and practice on the sunday, all riders may be available on saturday so you could get the most striking looking rider and bike as the centre piece catching people eye as they go in, Use Ryan Ellis and Nikes image to promote to the Young ones. get them excited and parents maybe remenbering when they went to quibel or ashby ville, there are tond of people who went but never go here... just try it Scunny fans, ask someone in thier say 40s if they went and i bet you will find 2 or 3 who went or their partner went when they were kids, I was told the club shop wouldnt fancy giving out free stuff (bit tight lol) but how much would a lot of pens or keyrings cost, something people pick up and use everyday so you have advertising in all the homes, more likely to keep than a flyer (which you can also hand out) which would end up in the bottom of a carrier bag,The other riders could help out on the tills,Tickets could be handed out to raise interest and have a main raffle prize as say a season long free ticket for a family of 4? or the sponsors could offer a weeks holiday somewhere? Jake Quickenden would be amazing for us for advertising oppertunities, we are struggling now to get anyone to plug us, unless it silly money i mentioned earlier,We can have he perform in the interval or at the end maybe on Easter Bank Holiday so all his fans have paid to get in, It would go through the media like a dose of salts, Now it becomes a news story so they would be liining up to get the news.let them come to us then we can call the tune. Decide Lincs FM could run the day, they bring the stage and music system .have have roadshow. Because we did something for Lincs Fm we can bargain for next year about having a plug for Fridays if all goes well. Maybe have the day as a charity day for Jakes chosen one, then all the media will interview him and that will be all over the tv and when hes been there you see it on the tv maybe 2 days after. If it was a massive sucess just from the entry monies ( non speedway fans would just come to see him ) thne that should cover any bad hits duting the season. do people know how much that Sheffield meeting that got rained off with one race left cost us? have a quess please

I suppose if it was a secret, the backroom boys at the meeting wouldnt have told us so....NIKE, apparantly we nicked him from under their noses, but he really wanted to come to us. as i said, every rider there wants to ride for us, it was really as simple as ringing a rider up and " saying " ryan, josh, carl, nike, ellis, david and alex do you want to ride for Scunny this year"? "for this much"?, literaly about one minute on the phone and the deal was done.no dramas

sorry if it sounded like we had a party, it was just maybe the wrong idea to have it in pub, evertome was sat at different tables and ended up discussing things in their own. it was decided that a meeting at the track all sat around a table would be better.Rob couldnt make it anyway as Gail was ill One thing for sure is that we have a team of riders who want to ride for US, not one rider is there to make the numbers up or just to get a pay cheque, so dont worry about other teams and fans saying we have a rubbish team that wont win anything.Most had offers to go elsewhere but CHOSE to come here, one chose us over Ipswich!!. Basically it was a meeting on why we need a meeting and look at what could be done to improve the numbers of fans and or make it more entertaining.This was just the start of a few meetings so others could get to come or have their say.many of the suggestions on here Julie had tried but got nowhere, ie Flyers, free tickets, signs etc .She would hand out tickets, mark them to see if they were used but out of 400 maybe 2 got back.Schools would not let her in due to H and S regulations and when one would let her it chucked it down.Supermarkets wont let you in the foyer unless your a charity ( i found out today from a work colleague that you can get in as long as all proceeds you gather from collections or raffles go to a charity), Signs get put up but it seems the council take them down the next day, You cant advertise on a roundabout unless you sponsor it for a year for silly money, Local tv and radio dont want to know unless we get to a final again or want silly money to plug the next meeting.Apparently our ony friend is the Evening Telegraph but its now weekly so the news is old or cant do last minute changes. So it seems we have to focus on what we have as a product and everyone agrreed the "soul "has gone.the fans dont feel part of the club.There is nothing wrong with the prioduct, good track, good racing,Rob is great on the mic, so if you used to go and stopped, what was it? can we bring it back? Any suggestions can be put on here as the promotion and backroom guys/ girls Will read them, so dont think your ideas are falling on deaf ears.

Hi all... there is going to be another SCORPS meeting on the 27th down at the track, we will be more focused there than the pub lol

Ryan and Ellis would be living in Scunny so going to shows etc shouldnt be a problem, all the others would be too far away or working as in David.im sure some of us who volunteer at the amateur meetings would hand out flyers at the stall? Not sure where Nike is living but he would be a hit with the kids i bet!!!

What i would like to see is the return of race night filming, couldnt the media studies students from either colleges or schools do it? would do their course work the no end of good and make a few quid too...people keep mentioning how friendly and approachable the riders are,,do people know they can go in the pits before a meeting and say hello? i personally stand next to the pit gate looking in and watching whos there etc, but loads of times people have said to me " is it ok for me to go in"?, when they do they seem made up,Maybe we could do an Asda and have a Meet and Greeter to stand near the programme window to welcome everyone and assist in anyway they can, answer queries and give directions etc, make people feel welcome, maybe a retired person with a persona about them. if people seem they cant approach Rob they could use him or her as a go between, give him ideas or what not, then when the racing starts he/she could walk around and ask if everyone is ok? do they need anything?Like June said. a Kenny type character the fans can relate too

I think we we have to trust the supporter to bring someone new seymour, if they care about the club and want it to survive. my thinking was that when you pay to get in each paying adult gets a voucher " this voucher allows entry for £5 for a new supporter accompanied nb an existing supporter" With the small crowd anyway, id like to think the lovely ladies on the turnstyles seem to know nearly everyone anyway.so a newbie would stand out, also if you were to abuse it are you really bothered about the future of Scunny? Also i heard 2 ideas at last saturdays amateiur meet...1.. for say £18 you get entry, a programme and a small meal with a drink, 2,, it may be too late for this year but why not try season tickets? or a half season ticket for us on shift work? the club gets money up front and the supporter has already paid so if they dont turn up they are "robbing themselves" it would stop some from saying " oooh shall i go or not this week" or if moneys was tight you have already paid.