KevH Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 A few years ago I seem to remember that Sainsburys had bought/were intending to buy the Armadale site and the Monarchs were looking for an alternative venue. Could someone please bring me up to date with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainAudi Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Dead in the water - the Sainsburys bid was rejected in favour of the new asda (I think) at the other end of the town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Dead in the water - the Sainsburys bid was rejected in favour of the new asda (I think) at the other end of the town. So the Monarchs are safe at Armadale for the foreseeable future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainAudi Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 So the Monarchs are safe at Armadale for the foreseeable future? we are probably about as safe as most clubs in British speedway who don't own their stadium are. The danger is always lurking but for the most part we are okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Thanks for the update, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damosuzuki Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 I believe the council decide they wouldn't give planning permission for a supermarket on the stadium site, which was dependent on. I think they wanted houses. At some point someone told me Livingston was their current favoured option but I may have imagined it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 At some point someone told me Livingston was their current favoured option but I may have imagined it! Livingston is the favored option for who.........the speedway or Sainsburys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damosuzuki Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Oh sorry the Speedway... someone mentioned this to me but I don't know if it was reliable or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Oh sorry the Speedway... someone mentioned this to me but I don't know if it was reliable or not. i would have though getting back to Edinburgh would be the favoured option at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 And to think that it was a GLASGOW supporter that pointed Edinburgh in the direction of Armadale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 i would have though getting back to Edinburgh would be the favoured option at the end of the day. It is our preferred option as well the stench from Armadale only 30 miles away is pretty off putting and has had a great detrimental effect on the Glasgow tourist board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em1500uk Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 I wondered what the situation with all this was. Had been wondering for some time. Cheers I might make it to Armadale for the first time in 2016...we'll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) I'd heard a rumour, not sure how reliable it was, that it's Ingliston for Embra in 2016. However, as that's more than 30 miles from Ashfield it wouldn't tie up with last night's letter. Edited October 17, 2015 by george.m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncooseboy Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 there were certainly grand plans talked about a couple of years of a move to the Ingliston show ground but everything seems to have gone very quiet since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 there were certainly grand plans talked about a couple of years of a move to the Ingliston show ground but everything seems to have gone very quiet since The nearer to Edinburgh you get, the greater the opposition to establishing a Speedway venue becomes from pompous, snobby, nimby councillors (including SNP reps also surprisingly) and overzealous, jobsworth local planners & H & S enforcers There is also the further complication that being a Showground site any prospective tenants come under intense scrutiny by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland who are generally not inclined to consider accepting newcomers outwith their industry. Thankfully we are now well integrated into West Lothian where the local authority now consider us as an asset rather than a nuisance to the surrounding environment. Our cousins from the West should be grateful that they are dealing with a Local Authority who do not consider Speedway within the Glasgow City area as some threat to it's citizens and appear to assist them in planning and H & S matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucks Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 The nearer to Edinburgh you get, the greater the opposition to establishing a Speedway venue becomes from pompous, snobby, nimby councillors (including SNP reps also surprisingly) and overzealous, jobsworth local planners & H & S enforcers There is also the further complication that being a Showground site any prospective tenants come under intense scrutiny by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland who are generally not inclined to consider accepting newcomers outwith their industry. Thankfully we are now well integrated into West Lothian where the local authority now consider us as an asset rather than a nuisance to the surrounding environment. Our cousins from the West should be grateful that they are dealing with a Local Authority who do not consider Speedway within the Glasgow City area as some threat to it's citizens and appear to assist them in planning and H & S matters. have to agree with you about snobs etc ect. turn clock back to1988 they had stock car racing at newtongrane midlothian, in a right down trouding place newgrange is . local conciller out with decils meters eventuliy after a big fight back conncil would not renew licence, people came far and wide to the stadia ,well the wn#hole stock car circus move the lot to cowdenbeath whitch to date still going strong in cow/b. the stadia is right smack in the middle of cow/b seems everybody locals council seem to be in favor a nd help,ayr nearer you get to edinburgh area concils dont want noise of engines even thou big following Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncooseboy Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 ALWAYS ensure that these planning coun cillors are aware that speedway bikes run on methanol fuel, mention an alternative name is wood alcohol and when it burns in the bike the exhaust product is water. That should appeal to their green credentials plus these days the modern bikes no longer dump all the oil out of the exhaust pipe, unfortunately that results in crap track surfaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 ALWAYS ensure that these planning coun cillors are aware that speedway bikes run on methanol fuel, mention an alternative name is wood alcohol and when it burns in the bike the exhaust product is water. That should appeal to their green credentials plus these days the modern bikes no longer dump all the oil out of the exhaust pipe, unfortunately that results in crap track surfaces What is there (other that moany greens finding out and getting upset) in place to stop a track man just getting a load of used oil and dumping it no his track anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncooseboy Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 its illegal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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