Leicester Track Break In

[mrcts]

Coincidently there's a travellers 'camp' pretty close by.

This is not the first time it's happened,I seem to recall it was raided twice before........it stopped when the coppers moved them on.

Obviously I'm not saying it's definitely them.....probably just a coincidence?

[BluPanther]

Coincidently there's a travellers 'camp' pretty close by.

This is not the first time it's happened,I seem to recall it was raided twice before........it stopped when the coppers moved them on.

Obviously I'm not saying it's definitely them.....probably just a coincidence?

Probably not would be my guess...

[SPEEDY69]

Coincidently there's a travellers 'camp' pretty close by.

This is not the first time it's happened,I seem to recall it was raided twice before........it stopped when the coppers moved them on.

Obviously I'm not saying it's definitely them.....probably just a coincidence?

I've worked somewhere when a group of 'travellers' set up nearby and they caused havoc - trying to break in to the premises and damaging it, stealing the guttering, defecating in the premises entrance, and scattering rubbish and litter everywhere.

[Wolfsbane]

I'm sure the promotion would have insurance to cover such an eventuality won't they?

 

I wonder where the £40k estimate came from?

[LionsDen]

Coincidently there's a travellers 'camp' pretty close by.

This is not the first time it's happened,I seem to recall it was raided twice before........it stopped when the coppers moved them on.

Obviously I'm not saying it's definitely them.....probably just a coincidence?

I'd say more than a coincidence. Some scrap metal to sell and some beer for a party in a caravan.

 

Mind you, what do Leicester Speedway own, that could have been taken, that's worth as much as £40k? Sounds a very high estimate to me.

 

Also, what's happened to the on-site security? Where was that?

Edited April 29, 2014 by LionsDen

[Skodaman]

Its a good job their sponsers are Rapid Solicitors!!!

[stevebrum]

Coincidently there's a travellers 'camp' pretty close by.

This is not the first time it's happened,I seem to recall it was raided twice before........it stopped when the coppers moved them on.

Obviously I'm not saying it's definitely them.....probably just a coincidence?

 

Probably 100% correct.

[waiheke1]

Sense of humour? I bet you'd be splitting your sides of it was Newcastle wouldn't you. I don't recall anyone laughing when Edinburgh got broken into, but we should all piss ourselves because it's Leicester. I swear to God I'll never sign another petition when a track is threatened with closure, let them just bulldoze it & give everyone a good laugh. We must have a sense of humour after all.

 

it was a one liner, and a pretty good one. people have jokes online within hours of celbs dying, to take offence at Arson's quip is hyper sensitive IMHO.

you'd assume it's all covered by insurance, bar maybe a couple of grand excess, so you'd hardly expect it to put the club under.

[lionheart]

shame they didn't nick the track.

 

Must say it. That is absolutely BRILLIANT

[Liontamer]

 

it was a one liner, and a pretty good one. people have jokes online within hours of celbs dying, to take offence at Arson's quip is hyper sensitive IMHO.

you'd assume it's all covered by insurance, bar maybe a couple of grand excess, so you'd hardly expect it to put the club under.

No you wouldn't if it was the first time something like this had happened. We have already had a break in where someone set fire to the pits area caused extensive damage, plus the loss of a bumper night's takings due to a robbery. Scunthorpe suffered from break-ins, theft & damage a couple of years ago, & came very close to closing through it, but I don't recall anyone thinking it was remotely funny at the time.

More recently, Edinburgh have had the same problem, but again nobody thought it was a big joke, & will you all be laughing in three years time when Coventry gets demolished?

Call my over sensitive & lacking a sense of humour by all means, but all I ever read on this forum are negative, repetitive, snidey comments about Leicester & the Leicester promotion. no, we don't have a perfect racetrack by any means, but the club doesn't deserve the constant barrage of bad publicity it receives in here. It would, in my opinion, be a sad loss to speedway if it was forced to close through no fault of the club's.

I guess my lack of humour is my own fault, I should know better than to even look at the forum, even rarely, these days. Lt.

[Shale Searcher]

Not a single construtive comment, just snidey, tedious and downright unsympathetic remarks attacking all that is Leicester Speedway. You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves..

Hope they find the toerags who did this and lock em away, in a dark and dinghy cell with just stale bread and water and a concrete bed. But they won't because the little unloved darlings that have no respect for anyone else or their property or belongings will end up in a cushy prison with free Sky, x boxes, playstations, pool tables and plenty of free snout and £800 compo when a warder breaks their bic razor !!!!

 

Disgusted

[fliss44]

Hope they haven't nicked the new golf buggy.

 

 

You're all heart!!!

[Sophies Mate]

Sorry to hear about this, Was there on Saturday for the Eastbourne meeting and agree it's nothing to joke about. It has taken alot of hard work and money to get where they have to so far and to suffer this is not really funny, I know I would hate it if it happened at Eastbourne.

[LionsDen]

No you wouldn't if it was the first time something like this had happened. We have already had a break in where someone set fire to the pits area caused extensive damage, plus the loss of a bumper night's takings due to a robbery. Scunthorpe suffered from break-ins, theft & damage a couple of years ago, & came very close to closing through it, but I don't recall anyone thinking it was remotely funny at the time.

More recently, Edinburgh have had the same problem, but again nobody thought it was a big joke, & will you all be laughing in three years time when Coventry gets demolished?

Call my over sensitive & lacking a sense of humour by all means, but all I ever read on this forum are negative, repetitive, snidey comments about Leicester & the Leicester promotion. no, we don't have a perfect racetrack by any means, but the club doesn't deserve the constant barrage of bad publicity it receives in here. It would, in my opinion, be a sad loss to speedway if it was forced to close through no fault of the club's.

I guess my lack of humour is my own fault, I should know better than to even look at the forum, even rarely, these days. Lt.

No-one likes to see speedway clubs suffer crime and I agree with that point totally.

 

However, do you not think that in many ways all the "negative" comments you refer to towards the club are brought upon themselves? After all, the promoter himself said in the Speedway Star a couple of weeks back that he had to "break a few eggs to make an omelette". Leaving aside that he actually made scrambled eggs rather than an omelette, if your modus operandi is to continually look after number one and generally pee off a whole succession of people around you, then you're going to get some of it come back at you. It's almost inevitable in any walk of life.

 

Also, wasn't it him that designed and implemented the useless track that everyone moans about? Most of the negative criticism centres on that fact and it's hard to deflect it away when the club are seemingly in denial about it, and as such have done what amounts to virtually nothing to correct it. As a result it's inevitable the "criticism" just keeps on coming and the only surprise it that people such as yourself are surprised by it. Leicester fans waited 28 years for speedway to return but still ended up with one of, if not the, worst track in the country.

 

By the way, the "bumper night's takings" robbery was after the Premier Fours meeting in August 2011, which were the BSPA's takings.

[Liontamer]

No-one likes to see speedway clubs suffer crime and I agree with that point totally.

 

However, do you not think that in many ways all the "negative" comments you refer to towards the club are brought upon themselves? After all, the promoter himself said in the Speedway Star a couple of weeks back that he had to "break a few eggs to make an omelette". Leaving aside that he actually made scrambled eggs rather than an omelette, if your modus operandi is to continually look after number one and generally pee off a whole succession of people around you, then you're going to get some of it come back at you. It's almost inevitable in any walk of life.

 

Also, wasn't it him that designed and implemented the useless track that everyone moans about? Most of the negative criticism centres on that fact and it's hard to deflect it away when the club are seemingly in denial about it, and as such have done what amounts to virtually nothing to correct it. As a result it's inevitable the "criticism" just keeps on coming and the only surprise it that people such as yourself are surprised by it. Leicester fans waited 28 years for speedway to return but still ended up with one of, if not the, worst track in the country.

 

By the way, the "bumper night's takings" robbery was after the Premier Fours meeting in August 2011, which were the BSPA's takings.

Firstly, I'm not defending anything that David Hemsley, or anyone else connected with the promotion may or may not haver done, or how many people they may or may not have peed off along the way. What I am saying is that:

1) For three years & more we have had people like Volty, Robert72 etc. continually banging on about the track over & over again to the point that it just looks desperate & childish. We got the message a very long time ago. I personally think the track is far from perfect & needs sorting out, but regardless of whether that work is ever done, I have made a conscious decision to support my team & continue to pay my entrance money every week. That is my decision & the decision of every other person who chooses to do the same. If however you are so unhappy with the track, or any other aspect regarding Leicester speedway, then you have the option of not attending, & if enough people choose to stay away, then there are two options left for the people who run the business, they either close the thing down, or they make the necessary changes. The people who continually knock everything Leicester in here are perfectly entitled to make their feelings known, & they too can either support the team or stay at home. What doesn't help anyone is the constant repetitive posts made over & over again, which, after three years have lost any credibility.

I hope that changes to the track will be made eventually, but I'm not holding my breath.

2) As far as the "bumper night's takings" robbery is concerned, does it really matter if it was the BSPA's money, or Leicester speedway's? It still doesn't alter the fact that the latest break in is the third serious blow to the business in three years. How many times can the speedway keep running if incidents like this continue (Milton Keynes anyone)?

I certainly do have a sense of humour, & try to be as fair as possible with people, but last night, after only just hearing about the break in, I had a look at the forum expecting just a tiny smidgeon of sympathy....how wrong can you be. A bit of banter hurts no one, but I thought it went way beyond that. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Anyway, I'll leave everyone to their own opinions & just keep supporting my team for as long as they continue. Lt.

Edited April 29, 2014 by Liontamer

[Happy Hunter]

Firstly, I'm not defending anything that David Hemsley, or anyone else connected with the promotion may or may not haver done, or how many people they may or may not have peed off along the way. What I am saying is that:

1) For three years & more we have had people like Volty, Robert72 etc. continually banging on about the track over & over again to the point that it just looks desperate & childish. We got the message a very long time ago. I personally think the track is far from perfect & needs sorting out, but regardless of whether that work is ever done, I have made a conscious decision to support my team & continue to pay my entrance money every week. That is my decision & the decision of every other person who chooses to do the same. If however you are so unhappy with the track, or any other aspect regarding Leicester speedway, then you have the option of not attending, & if enough people choose to stay away, then there are two options left for the people who run the business, they either close the thing down, or they make the necessary changes. The people who continually knock everything Leicester in here are perfectly entitled to make their feelings known, & they too can either support the team or stay at home. What doesn't help anyone is the constant repetitive posts made over & over again, which, after three years have lost any credibility.

I hope that changes to the track will be made eventually, but I'm not holding my breath.

2) As far as the "bumper night's takings" robbery is concerned, does it really matter if it was the BSPA's money, or Leicester speedway's? It still doesn't alter the fact that the latest break in is the third serious blow to the business in three years. How many times can the speedway keep running if incidents like this continue (Milton Keynes anyone)?

I certainly do have a sense of humour, & try to be as fair as possible with people, but last night, after only just hearing about the break in, I had a look at the forum expecting just a tiny smidgeon of sympathy....how wrong can you be. A bit of banter hurts no one, but I thought it went way beyond that. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Anyway, I'll leave everyone to their own opinions & just keep supporting my team for as long as they continue. Lt.

I didn't think that, when I posted news of the break in, that it would degenerate into yet another debate about the track!

[TMW]

I didn't think that, when I posted news of the break in, that it would degenerate into yet another debate about the track!

And have you learned from your foolishness?

[Happy Hunter]

And have you learned from your foolishness?

Probably not!

[Gemini]

You're all heart!!!

Well, I might need that soon with my dodgy knees.

[mrcts]

Firstly, I'm not defending anything that David Hemsley, or anyone else connected with the promotion may or may not haver done, or how many people they may or may not have peed off along the way. What I am saying is that:

1) For three years & more we have had people like Volty, Robert72 etc. continually banging on about the track over & over again to the point that it just looks desperate & childish. We got the message a very long time ago. I personally think the track is far from perfect & needs sorting out, but regardless of whether that work is ever done, I have made a conscious decision to support my team & continue to pay my entrance money every week. That is my decision & the decision of every other person who chooses to do the same. If however you are so unhappy with the track, or any other aspect regarding Leicester speedway, then you have the option of not attending, & if enough people choose to stay away, then there are two options left for the people who run the business, they either close the thing down, or they make the necessary changes. The people who continually knock everything Leicester in here are perfectly entitled to make their feelings known, & they too can either support the team or stay at home. What doesn't help anyone is the constant repetitive posts made over & over again, which, after three years have lost any credibility.

I hope that changes to the track will be made eventually, but I'm not holding my breath.

2) As far as the "bumper night's takings" robbery is concerned, does it really matter if it was the BSPA's money, or Leicester speedway's? It still doesn't alter the fact that the latest break in is the third serious blow to the business in three years. How many times can the speedway keep running if incidents like this continue (Milton Keynes anyone)?

I certainly do have a sense of humour, & try to be as fair as possible with people, but last night, after only just hearing about the break in, I had a look at the forum expecting just a tiny smidgeon of sympathy....how wrong can you be. A bit of banter hurts no one, but I thought it went way beyond that. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Anyway, I'll leave everyone to their own opinions & just keep supporting my team for as long as they continue. Lt.

I agree with nearly everything you say and I too will keep on attending and supporting the lads,I just wish that my pulse would get above normal whilst watching most of the racing!