Truro Robin Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 As a Swindon fan exiled in Cornwall, I wondered if anyone had any info on the possibility of speedway returning to Cornwall. I know there was some talk about Bodmin as a potential site a few years ago, but it all seems to have gone quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedway102285 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hi Truro Robin like you im now living here but from Oxford, It used to be a hotbed with Nanpean and also within reasonable distance, Exeter. As far as Bodmin goes, the National Trust put the spanner in the works there , More recently there was also talk of Fraddon at the Moto Park but that also seems to have gone deathly quiet............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Robin Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hi Truro Robin like you im now living here but from Oxford, It used to be a hotbed with Nanpean and also within reasonable distance, Exeter. As far as Bodmin goes, the National Trust put the spanner in the works there , More recently there was also talk of Fraddon at the Moto Park but that also seems to have gone deathly quiet............ That's a pity. I used to enjoy trips to watch Exeter and St Austell/Trelawny. Always seemed to have good crowds at Trelawny, so it was a big shame when it had to close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hi Truro Robin like you im now living here but from Oxford, It used to be a hotbed with Nanpean and also within reasonable distance, Exeter. As far as Bodmin goes, the National Trust put the spanner in the works there , More recently there was also talk of Fraddon at the Moto Park but that also seems to have gone deathly quiet............ The prime mover for the Fraddon site is now the co-promoter at Plymouth, so you can probably forget Fraddon. Looks as if the Devils are your only likely option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 I believe persons including current Plymouth Co- promoter Ashley Taylor are keeping an eye on any potential new site for a track in Cornwall! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 I believe persons including current Plymouth Co- promoter Ashley Taylor are keeping an eye on any potential new site for a track in Cornwall! That's what I heard - Looking to train youngsters, so they can eventually join Plymouth in PL. Makes sense as the nearest NL track is probably Birmingham, and the travel could discourage many potential riders. Wish them the best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 I believe persons including current Plymouth Co- promoter Ashley Taylor are keeping an eye on any potential new site for a track in Cornwall! I see the laser treatment has worked wonders 25yearfan! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncooseboy Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) There is a potential site at Fraddon pretty much all the paperwork has been completed, there has been tipping going on on the site to get it flat, that still has a little way to go yet because the tipping licence (Yes you have to have a licence) ran out before all the necessary flattening had been done. It is very close to a site that the much missed Restormel council recommended when Trelawny closed Only trouble was their site was covered in that grass that grows on marshes and it had full size elecrfic pylons right across the middle of the site Meantime come to PLymouth for super racing and help us to afford to open the new track. Â Shame we cant get any of that many millions Cornwall Coucil want to apend on a new 6000 seater stadium for a football club rhat attracts 400 and a rugby club rhar attracts 1000 the developers were not interested in speedway get us 250k of that and we couild start in 2016 in a nice comfortable compact stadium with on site parking Edited March 22, 2015 by barncooseboy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 I see the laser treatment has worked wonders 25yearfan! I pressed a wrong button somewhere along the way! Â Like a few other defunct speedway hotbed areas its criminal that Cornwall hasn't got a speedway track and team as it would attract viable crowds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I heard on friday from someone who represents a large local company with involvement in the Cornwall Stadium development that the council have now 'kicked Fraddon into touch'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Robin Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I heard on friday from someone who represents a large local company with involvement in the Cornwall Stadium development that the council have now 'kicked Fraddon into touch'. That would be a shame if that's the case. Barncooseboy's post seemed to give a glimmer of hope. I will have to get along to Plymouth when the finances allow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishRoundabout Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Can anyone explain exactly where The Trelawney trach was please? I didn't have the pleasure of ever watching speedway in that area but keen to know where it actually was. Cheers. Apologies. I meant track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 The trelawny track was at nanpean near st. Austell. Even though I've been attending speedway for over 40 years at over 100 tracks, trelawny must be up there with the best. A great little race track hidden in the clay mines, next door to a blue lake. Quite an unbelievable place to watch speedway, and a venue I will never forget. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishRoundabout Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Thanks Cityrebel. I'm rather envious now! Was the track similar in size to Plymouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Very similar in size to plymouth, a fast flat out racers track. I saw emiliano sanchez break the trelawny track record against Sheffield in 2002. Surprisingly it was never beaten, considering the likes of zagar and Harris were riding there every week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncooseboy Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 The Council kicked the locally notorious Stadium for Cornwall into touch, that was the stadium intended solely for people kicking spherical and oval balls all over the place on the outskirts of Truro. It was dependant on a company called INOX getting planning fkr a large housing development however they failed to provide the information required by the council these days, you know things like the inside leg measurement of the first spectator thru the gate, what colour will the first bird whlo lands on the grass be etc  The Fraddon site is in the RIGHT area of Cornwall. A meeting was held with the Truro developers and ended as one of thise we will ring you situations. Nothing heard from them since Truro is too far west The Stadium for Cornwall was originally going to be a £14 million 10,000 seater stadium, apparently the RFU require stadiums of that size for the top Rugby Union league and runnng costs were going to be paid by the man who owned The cornish Pirates Rugby team He has now taken his money to another sunny European country and when the application came up for consideration it had shrunk to 6000 and £10m  When the Stadium project was first announced Radio Cornwall was swamped with Speedway fans asking what about Speedway, 2hours of solid requests nothing has been heard from the developers since. The Track would have had to go around the pitch, it would have been expensive to build and probably the racing would not have been of the quality of before. Its better to build a Speedway only ciruit somewhere else like Fraddon. Would also be a good location for a few pop concerts, there are few houses close and those that are , are desparate for speedway to return. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I have often thought the boarded grass track circuit at Roche would be great for Speedway and would have big potential audience with the Holidaymakers in nearby Newquay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglord Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 The trelawny track was at nanpean near st. Austell. Even though I've been attending speedway for over 40 years at over 100 tracks, trelawny must be up there with the best. A great little race track hidden in the clay mines, next door to a blue lake. Quite an unbelievable place to watch speedway, and a venue I will never forget. The first speedway meeting I attended was St. Austell Gulls first ever meeting at the Clay Country Motoparc as it was known. The Annear family brought speedway back to Cornwall for the first time since the sixties and the team was mostly made up of local grasstrack riders. Racing at Nanpean was always close in both conference (initally 'amateur') and premier leagues and the lack of home advantage often led to tense scorelines too. Â The first post in this thread asks about revival attempts in Cornwall since the demise of the Trelawny Tigers at the end of the 2003 season. I remember there being local press about various potential venues, some even with noise tests etc being carried out only to be poopoo'd by local resedents. These included: Par Moor, the same area where the original St. Austell Gulls stadium and later stock car track was situated, now burried beneith the behemoth that is Cornish Market World (Par Market), St. Eval (near Newquay) was talked about for a while, Bodmin Rugby club was looked at as an option, there's the boarded Grasstrack at Victoria near Roche and most recently Fraddon has been in Focus. Â To be honest, even with Plymouth being nearby, any venue in Cornwall that's close to good transport links or a decent road (or not - remember the roads to Nanpean!) could be well supported. I know it was before the economic downturn but St. Austell/Trelawny used to attract huge crowds..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) My first recollection of speedway in Cornwall was the opening of St Austell in 1949. Was there any speedway in Cornwall in pre-war years 1928-39? Edited March 24, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncooseboy Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 I think pre war it was mainly grass track but featuring a lot of the top speedway names. The most famouus venue was Rocky Park at ST AUSTELL think it was off the St Austell to Truro road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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