Panthers up for sale.

[wealdstone]

One of the rumours last year when "The Gang of Two" were trying in "The Best Interests of Speedway " to force Ged Rathbone out , was that the principal Gang member was looking to shift Speedway to EOES and leave Norfolk Arena for Stock Cars etc.

[BluPanther]

32 minutes ago, wealdstone said:

One of the rumours last year when "The Gang of Two" were trying in "The Best Interests of Speedway " to force Ged Rathbone out , was that the principal Gang member was looking to shift Speedway to EOES and leave Norfolk Arena for Stock Cars etc.

Please please not the Peterborough Stars. I could never join in the S,T,A,R,S, chant    

[Crump99]

2 hours ago, BluPanther said:

Please please not the Peterborough Stars. I could never join in the S,T,A,R,S, chant    

Would save me a few quid though!

[LagutaRacingFan]

If Lynn come to the Showground, they would be kicked out very quickly. The Panthers ultras would not stand for this. 

[Hawk127]

4 hours ago, wealdstone said:

One of the rumours last year when "The Gang of Two" were trying in "The Best Interests of Speedway " to force Ged Rathbone out , was that the principal Gang member was looking to shift Speedway to EOES and leave Norfolk Arena for Stock Cars etc.

So Mr Chapman who has presided over possibly one of the worse years in British Speedway is prepared to walk away from Norfolk and leave the county with no track and any possibility of local derbies with Ipswich and the rivalry that graced the East Anglia for many a year ever happening again. Betray the Stars fans and those who transferred their allegiance from Norwich all those years back. If it is true and it does happen let all those loyal Norfolk supporters and the wider support hope he fails and in doing so suffers plenty of financial hardship while he reflects on on another crass decision. 

[stevehone]

10 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

So Mr Chapman who has presided over possibly one of the worse years in British Speedway is prepared to walk away from Norfolk and leave the county with no track and any possibility of local derbies with Ipswich and the rivalry that graced the East Anglia for many a year ever happening again. Betray the Stars fans and those who transferred their allegiance from Norwich all those years back. If it is true and it does happen let all those loyal Norfolk supporters and the wider support hope he fails and in doing so suffers plenty of financial hardship while he reflects on on another crass decision. 

why would he need to leave Kings Lynn?

put someone in to run either

Edited November 8, 2018 by stevehone

[Crump99]

1 minute ago, stevehone said:

why would he need to leave Kings Lynn?

put someone in to run it

Struggling with any logic here! Sounds like a Colin Horton job

[Byker Biker]

35 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

So Mr Chapman who has presided over possibly one of the worse years in British Speedway is prepared to walk away from Norfolk and leave the county with no track and any possibility of local derbies with Ipswich and the rivalry that graced the East Anglia for many a year ever happening again. Betray the Stars fans and those who transferred their allegiance from Norwich all those years back. If it is true and it does happen let all those loyal Norfolk supporters and the wider support hope he fails and in doing so suffers plenty of financial hardship while he reflects on on another crass decision. 

Eh??? Sorry but you've got the wrong impression from the speculation and rumour on here, the pattern is in his acquisition of Leicester from David Hemsley and subsequent transactions that put the Bates family in.

Securing Peterborough opens up more options for Speedway and then licencing out the rights or putting a Co-Promoter in to run it keeps the venue operating. If indeed it is Keith, just because he hasn't been wholly successful as Chairman doesn't mean he makes all the wrong decisions. Let's be honest when everybody was burying Alex Harkess and his Management Committee they all wanted Keith and or Rob to run the sport. They got what they wished for in a horrible political climate and now the BSPA could do no worse than pull together all of the commentators who contributed to today's Speedway Star articles, lock them in a room and not let them out until the job is sorted. One thing that is absolutely clear from today's issue is that all the problems are known but there is still passion and enthusiasm from all those people. If we can send rockets to the moon and make all this communication from three little oblong holes on the wall those guys can eventually fix the sport, it can't be beyond the wit of man, can it?

Edited November 8, 2018 by Byker Biker

[BluPanther]

14 minutes ago, Byker Biker said:

Eh??? Sorry but you've got the wrong impression from the speculation and rumour on here, the pattern is in his acquisition of Leicester from David Hemsley and subsequent transactions that put the Bates family in.

Securing Peterborough opens up more options for Speedway and then licencing out the rights or putting a Co-Promoter in to run it keeps the venue operating. If indeed it is Keith, just because he hasn't been wholly successful as Chairman doesn't mean he makes all the wrong decisions. Let's be honest when everybody was burying Alex Harkess and his Management Committee they all wanted Keith and or Rob to run the sport. They got what they wished for in a horrible political climate and now the BSPA could do no worse than pull together all of the commentators who contributed to today's Speedway Star articles, lock them in a room and not let them out until the job is sorted. One thing that is absolutely clear from today's issue is that all the problems are known but there is still passion and enthusiasm from all those people. If we can send rockets to the moon and make all this communication from three little oblong holes on the wall those guys can eventually fix the sport, it can't be beyond the wit of man, can it?

It's the three little oblong holes on the wall that are helping to kill the sport off ....

[Hawk127]

38 minutes ago, stevehone said:

why would he need to leave Kings Lynn?

put someone in to run either

The original quote suggested that they leave Kings Lynnn to stock cars and move to the EOES. Hence my comments.

Here in East Anglia you have Mildenhall with its future unknown, Peterborough’s position unclear, Ipswich may look at the higher league, Rye House position not totally clear, Lakeside gone by the wayside and the possible suggestion re the Stars and all this in a region that has been a hotbed of speedway over the years and tremendous growth of local talent graduating from other two wheeled sports. It may be one of the few areas in the country where the proximity of clubs could make a huge difference to the overall well being of the sport. You could even add Coventry into the equation. Comments are really based on the sport overall and concern for its future in the region and if I am reading too much into things or got it so drastically wrong apologies all round. 

[Bald Bloke]

Why would Buster scrap speedway at the AFA when he owns the place, and rent a track for speedway.

[Hawk127]

12 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

Why would Buster scrap speedway at the AFA when he owns the place, and rent a track for speedway.

Agree. I only reacted to the post from Wealdstone. The only other reason could be that bangers/stock car numbers through the turnstiles far exceed speedway. Spedeworth for example have what appears to be a winning formula which speedway cannot compete with and you only have to look at the numbers at Foxhall for a banger/stock car meeting to see why Speedway is the poor relation.

[brylcream boy]

2 hours ago, JeremyCorbynFan said:

If Lynn come to the Showground, they would be kicked out very quickly. The Panthers ultras would not stand for this. 

Either that or just tell them you will be there and will come over and say hello. That should put them off.

[Bald Bloke]

15 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

Agree. I only reacted to the post from Wealdstone. The only other reason could be that bangers/stock car numbers through the turnstiles far exceed speedway. Spedeworth for example have what appears to be a winning formula which speedway cannot compete with and you only have to look at the numbers at Foxhall for a banger/stock car meeting to see why Speedway is the poor relation.

They don't run that many bangers/stox meetings and they are at the weekends, so wouldn't really clash with speedway at Lynn imho.Bangers is a weekend thing as all the drivers have day jobs, well maybe 90% do. I don't know if Buster rents the stadium out for the banger meetings, and they put people on the gate  and the takings are theirs or Buster gets the lot.

[wealdstone]

The Speedway Star interview with Ged Rathbone confirms the deal is about done and all else is speculation as it is not known what shape or form Speedway will take next year. Ged and Neil Watson attending AGM on behalf of new owner , and from the wording it seems like an individual rather than a consortium.

[bigcatdiary]

1 hour ago, Byker Biker said:

Eh??? Sorry but you've got the wrong impression from the speculation and rumour on here, the pattern is in his acquisition of Leicester from David Hemsley and subsequent transactions that put the Bates family in.

Securing Peterborough opens up more options for Speedway and then licencing out the rights or putting a Co-Promoter in to run it keeps the venue operating. If indeed it is Keith, just because he hasn't been wholly successful as Chairman doesn't mean he makes all the wrong decisions. Let's be honest when everybody was burying Alex Harkess and his Management Committee they all wanted Keith and or Rob to run the sport. They got what they wished for in a horrible political climate and now the BSPA could do no worse than pull together all of the commentators who contributed to today's Speedway Star articles, lock them in a room and not let them out until the job is sorted. One thing that is absolutely clear from today's issue is that all the problems are known but there is still passion and enthusiasm from all those people. If we can send rockets to the moon and make all this communication from three little oblong holes on the wall those guys can eventually fix the sport, it can't be beyond the wit of man, can it?

What was worrying about the many articles in this weeks star was that not many had many good ideas of how to fix the problems.

 

[Byker Biker]

7 hours ago, bigcatdiary said:

What was worrying about the many articles in this weeks star was that not many had many good ideas of how to fix the problems.

 

I think you will find that in typical journalistic style they answered the questions they were asked and with editing/sub editing the copy is presented as if it was an open conversation, not unusual.

[All4back]

9 hours ago, wealdstone said:

The Speedway Star interview with Ged Rathbone confirms the deal is about done and all else is speculation as it is not known what shape or form Speedway will take next year. Ged and Neil Watson attending AGM on behalf of new owner , and from the wording it seems like an individual rather than a consortium.

"Ged and Neil attending AGM on behalf off new owner". Suggests the new owner will not be there. 

[arnieg]

9 hours ago, bigcatdiary said:

What was worrying about the many articles in this weeks star was that not many had many good ideas of how to fix the problems.

 

Sadly I think we know the reason for that.

[Crump99]

1 hour ago, Isotonic said:

"Ged and Neil attending AGM on behalf off new owner". Suggests the new owner will not be there. 

I wonder if Rick Frost fancied another go now that he has the time on his hands that he didn't when boss of Readypower. I'm sure that he'd happily miss the shark infested custard of the AGM.