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Which shop did you work in and was it in our home town of Stockport as if so I probably frequented it?

The point isn’t being missed at all. You don’t like the podium and I do so it’s just a matter of opinion not right or wrong. If the third step was missing, that’s obviously wrong and not fit for purpose. This podium has been used successfully for a decade at the PCMT and the attendance has remained strong over that period which indicates the podium along with other aspects of the “first impression” have had no negative impact on the customer experience. Seemingly a bitter pill for some to acknowledge as they continue to unfairly nitpick the minutiae of the sport whilst completely letting the big issues sail by. When reading this site it’s little wonder we are where we are with fans & ex riders running the sport. Nice pop at the brick in the wall fundraising that helped when we built the NSS, keep ‘em coming.

It’s the very fact that we have looked beyond our own nose that we have our wonderful facility and all its trappings. I’d love it to be replicated around the sport but as you point out some people cannot see beyond their own nose. If the take away from Mondays meeting is about the podium that we have used for over ten years then I’ll take it as a win. If someone came to me and said they have sorted the podium and it only cost £500 I’d say they should be sacked. The current model does exactly what it should do and that £500 would be better spent on the SRBF. You are correct in that I’m not getting your point if it’s not just being unnecessarily picky. We’ve bigger fish to fry as always in our endeavour to drag this sport to a better place and we will continue to do so. I’m sorry you feel we don’t provide you with a good first impression before a bike is even on track and I can quiet see why you are and always have been disillusioned with our sport given the feeling you must have both at the NSS and other circuits across the country.

Not the reason but you have inadvertently nailed it. Phil Morris and his like are happy to tinker with things around the edges without addressing the MAIN issue - the racing. That is why the sport is on its arse as it’s a very boring spectacle and the reason I hardly attend. I’ve never, nor would ever stop attending due to bogs, food, cost, rider standard or podiums but when it’s consistently boring, I stop. I am no way alone on this but this propensity of some speedway folk to be continually sprinkling glitter on a turd is astounding. Anyway back more important matters, the podium - rosewood, mahogany, teak?

No, my argument is the fact we put an individual meeting on with a fabulous line up and people comment negatively about the bleedin podium. A podium that does exactly what it should do. 1,2,3 & sponsors backdrop for photos. Anything other than that is personal preference or more likely a bias against all things Belle Vue. We’re not going to stop pushing on so there will be plenty more for you guys to feed on. Podium, I still can’t believe it. What to you aspect from a Manchester podium, Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeests sweeping majestically across the plain”.

Time to compare podiums used for clubs flagship individual meetings. Wait a minute………

Hope things improve for viewers at home. It was there seventh event and obviously first of the season with some personnel changes. When reading the Championship Streaming Channel thread, BSN had similar issues in the beginning but have improved so I’m sure things will be sorted with the streaming service soon enough. It’s a great addition to the sport and provides easy access to enjoy the racing at the NSS.

Decent opener dispute the weather being cold & wet. A fair few entertaining racers with an Aces/Dan win in the final. 22 heats and home for 10 to 10. Roll on the rest of the season.

It would be good if there was a partnership within the sport with the necessary skills to handle the long term negotiations when planning, funding and building a multi million pound, purpose built speedway stadium. They would be gold dust currently and rightly cosseted by the sports hierarchy.

You can watch racing at the NSS for £9 if you are 12-17 & £15 if you are a student aged 18-22.

You can watch racing at the NSS for £9 if you are 12-17 & £15 if you are a student aged 18-22.

The Brady/Dan partnership is something that doesn’t come along very often, not unless you attract a couple of off the peg superstars by waving a cheque book. Dan has come through the ranks at the club and to see Brady go from the 7.50 bunch to one point off being world champion has been phenomenal. I can understand The Aces keeping them together whilst they can but it’s inevitable that one of them will join our No1 club and line up at the top of another of our competitors. The issue with releasing one to raise funds to promote the club is all well and good but it’s this insular thinking that holds the sport back. We need to be thinking nationally on this topic and not just club to club. Should Brady move on then it releases no money nationally as the burden falls on another club in our collective and probably at an increase cost. Think us not me. When air fences came out clubs ran individual meetings to help pay for the initial cost, maybe something along those lines could be done to fund a national advertising pot?

Better still, don’t use any of them and offer £15 entry with any number of kids free. Watching a Belle Vue team around the NSS at that pricing and we’d eventually see a big resurgence in the sport wouldn’t we?

It’s up on the site now, £14.99.

They only need six riders as they could run R/R for the entire season and win the league. I wouldn’t bet against that with the current mickey mouse way of doing things. Why can’t we get back to the halcyon days of the 70’s.