mac101 Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/speedway/coventry-bees-leicester-lions-brandon-13901969 Could there be a return for Coventry next year in the Nl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Probably... http://speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.33585 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GiveusaB Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Great news! No it's not. It's terrible news. This idea of teams for teams sake is a good idea is part of what kills speedway. Just short term thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ommer Mon Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) I think it is positive in terms of getting a team of some description back on track but the Bees fans never took to the National League in great numbers at Brandon so I hope they will do so at the new venue. It's a gamble for the promotion and credit to them for taking it. Sadly, some of the comments do seem to rule out a return to Brandon now but I think that was inevitable anyway. The best that they can hope for is that when granting permission for housing there is a requirement to provide a new speedway / stock car facility in the area. That is one for the Council to consider. As we have learnt at Cradley, if you don't save what you have got the chance to open somewhere else is extremely slim. Best of luck to the Bees. I really hope it works out for them but a 50 mile round trip to meetings is a drawback. Still we did a season at Stoke with a 100 mile round trip so it is possible. Fingers crossed. Edited November 15, 2017 by Ommer Mon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Hope it works out for Coventry. Maybe they will pick up a few speedway fans that cannot attend midweek Leicester meetings? Would also be nice if an MDL side could be tracked be it Long Eaton / Mercia Vikings etc as it will be a prime opportunity to help develop up and coming riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Certainly when there are no clashes with Mildenhall home meetings, I make the journey to support the venture. Any meetings at Leicester midweek are totally out of the question for me, so to visit the track on a Sunday would be just perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 For the sake of Coventry fans and Speedway in general I hope things go well. However I fear anything Hortenesque is doomed . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 when the bournemouth buccaneers ran at poole i only attended around a third of the meetings,it then closed due to lack of support and i now wish i had supported every meeting 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/speedway/coventry-bees-leicester-lions-brandon-13901969 Could there be a return for Coventry next year in the Nl But Mr Horton revealed the move meant a return to Brandon Stadium, a long-held hop of Bees fans, was unlikely in the extreme.He added: A standalone stadium either at Brandon or elsewhere has never been commercially viable and will never be commercially viable for the club. Strange statement about viability - especially when moving to a new 2011 stadium in Leicester & amazing how Brandon has continued for so long! Edited November 15, 2017 by Falcon Hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 I think if we had had 1 year out instead of 14 and started up at monmore in the NL the crowds would have been nowhere near what we got when we came back in 2010. Might be wrong. Can't see Coventry fans travelling to Leicester in any great numbers for NL. Again, could be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 i'll be as happy as the majority of supporters will be to see a bees or storm side back on track , and i wish them the best of luck . but i hope they've thought long and hard about it rather than it being the only alternative to no coventry side at all . i really can't see how enough fans will make the trip to leicester to keep them going for the full season when few seemed to watch them on my visits to brandon in the n.l . what the league doesn't need is another young stars like last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Well last year, the Coventry NL team were supposed to have merged with Belle Vue, and that didn't work out well...so who knows what will happen this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Well last year, the Coventry NL team were supposed to have merged with Belle Vue, and that didn't work out well...so who knows what will happen this time around. Did for BV ... but Coventry dropped out because their stadium was not available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway197635 Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 I reckon Adam roynon to be bees no.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 The distance shouldn't be that much of an obsticle, it's probably a 70 mile round trip for home meetings for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GiveusaB Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 I think if Coventry can put together a team worth watching, then fans will travel......it's surprising what a 'winning' team can do for 'on the fence' supporters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmet Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 we did a season at Stoke with a 100 mile round trip so it is possible. Fingers crossed. . No, - it didn't work. Fans wouldn't go that far, and the Heathens closed for 14 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbuck Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Although it is great news that Coventry supporters will have a team to follow again, this move does give Brandon Estates some leverage with their planning application. They must know by now, that Rugby Council won't ever approve a planning consent so they are likely to take their application to appeal, and they will then be able to not only inform the Planning Inspector that Coventry Speedway DO have an alternative venue, but can also present themselves as a pillar of society who are sponsoring the Coventry team. I wonder then, whether this move really is a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 It is an attempt to keep Coventry's name alive make no mistake this is an attempt to keep one mans name alive while he sells off his assets while Brandon estate pick up the tab for the rent of Leicester 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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