The White Knight Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 To save your blushes. A clue. What were we all doing last Monday, just seven days ago? I can't remember. :unsure: Age you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Is it because it's the day before my birthday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 To save your blushes. A clue. What were we all doing last Monday, just seven days ago? Well I'm still blushing obviously...because I have no idea what you are going on about.........have I missed something patently obvious or just being thick ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldace Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Well I'm still blushing obviously...because I have no idea what you are going on about.........have I missed something patently obvious or just being thick ?? FFS, the Cov v Poole TV match was on 01st June in the most monsoon like conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 FFS, the Cov v Poole TV match was on 01st June in the most monsoon like conditions Bloody he'll, was that all !....no wonder it went over my head......I didn't see that meeting, the date had no relevance to me...I did read the thread on here though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Is the Bees/Poole meeting going to be rerun, then, next year at the new stadium in Manchester? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van wolfswinkel Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Just been down to the open day at the new stadium and WOW! The photographs which have been released are impressive but you just don't get the scale of the place until you see it in person. The main structure of the main stand and the back straight acoustic barrier are in place and frankly look huge and much more impressive than I expected and the way the track was described with the retaining wall already in place for turns one and two also looks massive. Add in the professional presentation from Chris and Jackie Morton, George Carswell, Hayley Bromley and Dave Gordon, who were all not only answering questions but also able to describe different aspects of the project to fill in all the gaps meant that I came away well impressed. One other piece of news, eight months in advance the main stand is now sold out! There may be some more tickets become available subject to some tickets reserved for certain guests not being taken up, so if you want to sit down in the main stand on the opening night you will go on a waiting list if any tickets become available. Get in! Great to hear...awaiting the start now of the new stadia in Swindon...lets hope these 2 famous clubs have good line-ups to keep the crowds coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Just been down to the open day at the new stadium and WOW! The photographs which have been released are impressive but you just don't get the scale of the place until you see it in person. The main structure of the main stand and the back straight acoustic barrier are in place and frankly look huge and much more impressive than I expected and the way the track was described with the retaining wall already in place for turns one and two also looks massive. Add in the professional presentation from Chris and Jackie Morton, George Carswell, Hayley Bromley and Dave Gordon, who were all not only answering questions but also able to describe different aspects of the project to fill in all the gaps meant that I came away well impressed. One other piece of news, eight months in advance the main stand is now sold out! There may be some more tickets become available subject to some tickets reserved for certain guests not being taken up, so if you want to sit down in the main stand on the opening night you will go on a waiting list if any tickets become available. Get in! Smashing News. :approve: :approve: I won't make the opening Meeting. But I do hope to get there at least once to see it all. Can't wait................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Just been down to the open day at the new stadium and WOW! So good to hear progress is looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Smashing News. :approve: :approve: I won't make the opening Meeting. But I do hope to get there at least once to see it all. Can't wait................. i'll certainly be making the pilgrimage TWK you would be welcome to come along - i'll just nip through the tunnel and get you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 i'll certainly be making the pilgrimage TWK you would be welcome to come along - i'll just nip through the tunnel and get you Thank you very much for that ch958. I may take you up on that. :approve: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 This is by far the most important thing stated on the whole 13 pages of this thread. DO NOT balls-up or compromise the size, shape, or surface of the track under ANY circumstances! Think this guy got it right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 And there has not been a "balls up" of the size, shape, or surface of the track - its whats under the surface of the track only on turns 3-4 that is/was the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 And there has not been a "balls up" of the size, shape, or surface of the track - its whats under the surface of the track only on turns 3-4 that is/was the problem. Is it the Loch Ness monster? Only appears now and again. Some people believe it doesn't exist, others disagree. Some even refuse to go out on the surface of the loch, whereas other, less experienced, people seem to have no problem with it. Been a mystery for ages that nobody can get to the bottom of. Hopefully, the equally mysterious situation at the NSS won't take as long to solve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin wood Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 What are you finding mysterious about the situation at the NSS? Its been well documented what the problem has been and what's being done to rectify it.Same as the Loch Ness monster in as much that some people won't accept the truth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 What are you finding mysterious about the situation at the NSS? Its been well documented what the problem has been and what's being done to rectify it.Same as the Loch Ness monster in as much that some people won't accept the truth. Apologies for my flippant remark, Colin and my suggestion that Nessie may be lurking down there. No mal ice intended (though I had thought that the "N" in "NSS" may stand for "Nessie" ). Q: What is the unluckiest monster in the world? A: The Luck Less monster - well, she would be if she surfaced at the NSS about now, imagine the barrage of refund requests and litigation she would receive. What I have found "mysterious" is the Belle Vue web-site, or rather the apparent lack of an open & honest update of the current situation to be found on it. Apart from some kind posters on here who have relayed some of the information they gleaned from the recent Fan's Forum, there would have been no update provided for us "outsiders" - like Manchester equivalent of sassenachs. A fan's forum is all well and good if you can attend it, or information is disseminated from it to the general public. Fair enough, if this situation simply affected Belle Vue's fans, but it doesn't as a number of other, general speedway, fans were affected (probably more so) and, some may say the sport in Britain as a whole. Maybe not "mysterious" but, for me, disappointing. If the Belle Vue management cannot put a statement out for legal reasons, then why not make that their statement. I would have thought that their web-site is the major medium for public communication and, apart from announcing meeting cancellations and a brief statement about ticket refunds (together with details of a coach being sent to Coventry), the actual ongoing issue has been skirted around on there, in my opinion. I am a speedway fan, have loved my trips to Belle Vue in the past (particularly in the Octobers of 1976 & 1984) , am interested in what is going on and, simply, have a reasonable request for being kept in the loop. I am though, as I said, simply a fan of the sport I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin wood Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I get where your coming from regarding the official web site.The unofficial site Belle Vue Army is very good and probably more informative.I think the official site has to be careful what is put out with the recent problems.The delay to get racing at the NSS has been really frustrating for all fans.I watched some of the practice session before the first league match was called off and I thought the track was great,what do I know? Hope you make the trip to Manchester it should be a brilliant race track when finally sorted out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) I get where your coming from regarding the official web site.The unofficial site Belle Vue Army is very good and probably more informative.I think the official site has to be careful what is put out with the recent problems.The delay to get racing at the NSS has been really frustrating for all fans.I watched some of the practice session before the first league match was called off and I thought the track was great,what do I know? Hope you make the trip to Manchester it should be a brilliant race track when finally sorted out. Thanks Colin and all the best for having the situation resolved soonest. Thanks for the info about the unofficial site too. If things don't change soon, the Aces will have ridden all of their 'A' home fixtures before they start their home programme. Never known a start to the season quite like it, but people more knowledgeable than me would know if otherwise. At least the team that was assembled looks good on track and Scott is in form. Just need to get Joe Jacobs going now. A competent rider, but a big ask after a year out, to get a No.7 berth in the EL. Best wishes. Edited April 19, 2016 by macca56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) So now they have dug up bends 3 and 4 they have found another problem, and some on here said that there was no need for the contractor to utilise the expertise of someone who knew how to build a speedway track. The problems and repairs are down to the Council and contractor but if the job was done properly the stadium would be up and running by now and would have saved a lot of embarrassment. Edited April 21, 2016 by A ORLOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 You have to begin to wonder if the rest of the track will eventually encounter the same unexpected defects that have materialised on bends 3 & 4. I sincerely hope not but it does seem that the contractors, whoever controls theml, are somewhat less than ideal. Someone has made a right pigs ear of all this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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