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89 years ago today, on 29th September 1928, the first ever speedway meeting at Brandon took place - I wonder if there will be another one?

 

 

Rugby Advertiser, Friday 28 September 1928

 

Speedway Thrills on a Real Speedway.

FASTEST IN BRITAIN.

FIRST SPEEDWAY MEETING

AT BRANDON MOTORDROME,

To-Morrow (Saturday) at 3 p.m.

Gates Open 2.15.

 

POPULAR PRICES 1/2 and 2/4 (including Tax). Children Half-Price.

Refreshments obtainable on Ground.

 

Famous International Speedway Riders. First Time in Coventry.

Coventry, Birmingham, London, and Australian Riders in Opposition.

Midland Red Ruses will run from Coventry and Rugby direct to the Ground.

Reduced Train Fares. Rugby (L.M.S.) to Brandon, 2.17, return 6.30.

 

A Real Speedway. As will be seen from our advertisement columns, the first Speedway Meeting on the new track at Brandon Motordrome will held to-morrow (Saturday). The track, which is reputed to be the fastest in Britain and the first of the D shape in this country, measures, outside 462 yards and inside, 352 yards 40 feet wide on the straights and 60 feet wide at corners. A new patent safety fence device has been erected, and in future meetings will be held at night by electric light. Some very high speeds have been attained by local riders, and thus real thrills are assured the spectators, as famous international riders will be competing. There will be special bus facilities from Rugby and Coventry, and reduced train fares to Brandon Station.

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Horton still owns the rights to Coventry speedway , I believe he offered it for sale and there were no takers , so effectively if you don't want to see him running the club he still owns you don't want Coventry to run again .

How on earth do you come to that conclusion !!!! No one is going to spend money on buying the rights when then haven`t a track to race on. A stadium with a future is a different matter altogether and I`m sure would create a lot of interest.

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Sadly this just gets more and more complicated.

 

Good Luck to the 'Bees' Supporters, it must be awful with all this conjecture going on.

 

Let's all hope that something positive will be heard soon.

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Please don't start a new thread for 18, because it ain't going to happen


 

 

How on earth do you come to that conclusion !!!! No one is going to spend money on buying the rights when then haven`t a track to race on. A stadium with a future is a different matter altogether and I`m sure would create a lot of interest.

And you home crowds were how big ?

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Please don't start a new thread for 18, because it ain't going to happen

 

And you home crowds were how big ?

I sincerely hope you are wrong.

 

But,

 

I am very fearful that you could be right. :sad: :sad: :sad:

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I sincerely hope you are wrong.

 

But,

 

I am very fearful that you could be right. :sad: :sad: :sad:

I normally am. ;)

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Please don't start a new thread for 18, because it ain't going to happen

 

And you home crowds were how big ?

following "it aint going to happen" i would like you to add "but i sincerely hope it does" the same as 99% of poole fans do. re cov crowds i would be pretty sure the crowds in their last few seasons were considerably higher than pooles have been this season

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following "it aint going to happen" i would like you to add "but i sincerely hope it does" the same as 99% of poole fans do. re cov crowds i would be pretty sure the crowds in their last few seasons were considerably higher than pooles have been this season

He's an idiot wait till Ford tell him the council are going to build on Poole track and he needn't say it won't happen because it could very well .for the majority of Poole fans I hope it don't happen but it could then he will know how we feel
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He's an idiot wait till Ford tell him the council are going to build on Poole track and he needn't say it won't happen because it could very well .for the majority of Poole fans I hope it don't happen but it could then he will know how we feel

Actually Brandon Estates (Investin PLC) have a development waiting on planning permission near Poole Stadium.

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Actually Brandon Estates (Investin PLC) have a development waiting on planning permission near Poole Stadium.

Watch out Poole. :sad: :sad: :sad:

 

Do these people have it in for Speedway? :mad: :mad: :mad:

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It's not the stadium :D . They are wanting to build flats on a site about 1 mile away near the Poole Hospital.

It is stadia uk who are in the frame for the redevelopment of the area around the Poole track, the same people who have been delaying any work on the new stadium at Swindon and have not built what they initially stated for other sports sites.

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It is stadia uk who are in the frame for the redevelopment of the area around the Poole track, the same people who have been delaying any work on the new stadium at Swindon and have not built what they initially stated for other sports sites.

Yes, I realise that, but TWK was responding to a post about another company who are also involved in building in Poole, who we understand also own the Brandon site.

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Just a quick reminder that the NSSC have Peter Oakes as their guest this Thursday, 5th October, at 8pm.

 

Peter has had a colossal career in speedway journalism and management and was an integral member of the Bees management team during the very successful period from 2004 to 2009.

 

Everybody welcome with a small charge for non-members of £3. All proceeds to GB Young Lions.

 

Come along and have a chat with familiar faces from Brandon. All details;

 

https://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

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Smolinski, Skornicki, Barker, Ellis, Roynon and Broc Nicol confirmed to ride in Birmingham v Coventry Tony Mole farewell meeting

:( I'm going to be in Tenerife.

On the up side. I'm going to be Tenerife :)

 

AND, if I can find a friendly bar, I can watch the second leg of the promotion/relegation match and know who's going to be riding in which league next year (he he)

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