BuzzCagney Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Had this from Councillor Renards office... Thank you for your email of 19th September about the proposed new Speedway Stadium in Blunsdon. I note your concerns about Gaming International. Planning enforcement is not an executive matter and so it falls under the remit of the Planning Committee. I have passed your email to Councillor Colin Lovell, the chair of that committee, and to Richard Bell, the Head of Planning. One of them will respond to you in detail about how the Council may enforce any planning obligations. Yours sincerely, As soon as I get something I will post it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Well done for trying to get some answers. As a lifelong Wimbledon fan, I would hate to see the robins go the same way as the dons! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzCagney Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Great team and stadium. A terrible loss to speedway. Wimbledon's visits were always a highlight of the season. Mauger, Larry Ross and Simmo and, of course, Briggo! Great riders all, and plenty more besides them. I am trying to get some answers but fear I'm wasting my time. What struck me about that reply was the line "I note your concerns about Gaming International". We all know GI but having the concerns "recognised", for some reason, made my stomach turn! Weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Just for clarity - the new stadium is still for both Speedway and Greyhounds isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Just for clarity - the new stadium is still for both Speedway and Greyhounds isn't it? Yes and other sports under the grandstand. The speedway will still be a tenant of the greyhound organisation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzCagney Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I'm happy to see you can book a Christmas visit to the Greyhounds. Hopefully you will be able to see the new Stadium taking shape! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 It seems to be the case that haydon hat passes the stadium quite often, no doubt he will report on here as and when any work starts. There is also the Blunsdon Blog on the Swindon Speedway page who may also put out pictures and news etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remembertheracers Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) I am so glad that some of you, notably Buzz Cagney, have now grasped the warnings from other Reading folk and myself - all of whom want speedway in Swindon to continue. My own view is that Osbourne will try to switch the Abbey BAGS meetings, which pay big bucks to Poole, which thankfully they only lease. That would make the greyhounds non viable and with speedway not really pulling in the crowds the odds favour him. The one thing for sure is that a new stadium, if there is one, won't be ready for the 2016 season. So the final End of Era meeting is either the end totally or that old stadium will still be in use next year. Try hard to get the media to air this mess, which sadly was predictable. Edited September 22, 2015 by remembertheracers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 This End of a Era sounds like a con to me ...should be re named the last meeting ever or the last meeting at this stadium till next season . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 This End of a Era sounds like a con to me ...should be re named the last meeting ever or the last meeting at this stadium till next season .i totally agree with you. It's about time the promotion told the fans the truth, no matter how unpleasant it might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 It does appear that the penny is slowly dropping for those who had faith in that dodgepot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 It does appear that the penny is slowly dropping for those who had faith in that dodgepot.Next March if there is no new stadium? which i think is impossible to build anyway by then(health/safety crap)speedway will start at the Abbey?.That means unless a new stadium is built the old one stays in place is that right? no one has a clear inclination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 The people working at the stadium told me last night that the starting gate , lighting and all Speedway related property will be removed on the 12th October. Whatever happens there will be no Speedway at the present stadium in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Next March if there is no new stadium? which i think is impossible to build anyway by then(health/safety crap)speedway will start at the Abbey?.That means unless a new stadium is built the old one stays in place is that right? no one has a clear inclination. That is what is in the planning conditions Sidney but inorder to build the new one the existing track will need to be shortened and cannot be knocked down until the new one is up and running. But the big question seems to be that many do not trust the owners of the present stadium to stick to these conditions as they have a record of not doing what they say they will do and shutting tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Get writing your your council Swindon people, bombard them, they have to reply, they represent you all after all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzCagney Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) It does appear that the penny is slowly dropping for those who had faith in that dodgepot. I don't think anybody particularly trusted GI but until our doubts have been realised there was little that we could do. Lets face it, the biggest cheer-leaders for the stadium have been Tel and, in particular, Rosco. If they are telling us its all good what are we supposed to think? It will be one to add to Rosco's list. Mascot. Rider, Captain. Manager. Final Ever Promoter. The people working at the stadium told me last night that the starting gate , lighting and all Speedway related property will be removed on the 12th October. Whatever happens there will be no Speedway at the present stadium in 2016. In all fairness that can go back in. Question: Do we have a Fan club these days? They were so good back in '06 but they are conspicuous by their absence now. Edited September 23, 2015 by BuzzCagney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Get writing your your council Swindon people, bombard them, they have to reply, they represent you all after all. If you read the email from Justin Tomlinson, the council are waiting for a submission from GI, with building to take 8 months from that submission. That already takes us to June from after the final meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 If they are telling us its all good what are we supposed to think? They're hardly going to say Swindon is doomed, or at the very least going to miss the 2016 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzCagney Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) They're hardly going to say Swindon is doomed, or at the very least going to miss the 2016 season. Sir Humphrey! Thank god you are here. Things should really get clarified now! My point is, Humpy, we are all powerless, pretty much, aren't we. Up to and including the promotion. But if they don't see the need to ring the alarm bells who are we to second guess them. If the club is in real peril they'd have nothing to lose by doing so, would they. No, if the promotion tell us things are fine, and to now they have, then I will believe them.. Edited September 23, 2015 by BuzzCagney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Rosco must have an idea about what's what given his passion for the robins He won't want to see them fold and he has access to the people in the know. What's his thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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