Piotr Pyszny Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) There's nowhere but the Brandon Stadium site in the Brandon/Rugby district to lay a 3G pitch. Seriously? Edited September 20, 2023 by Piotr Pyszny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 3:51 PM, eric i said: Sports England guy was useless didn't know how many riders were in a team, sounded like he had never been to speedway despite living in manchester. Expand Do you know if osbourne has spoken at all yet as I didn’t hear him yesterday ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 1:37 PM, 40-38 said: Trouble is none of that's appeared in any of the official paperwork. No good relying on figures that aren't provided in official evidence. Expand But it's,a public enquiry/appeal so everything said in the Council Chamber will become a matter of record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 Hard to escape the feeling (and it must be obvious to the 'laymen' listening to evidence at the inquiry) speedway's future is built on foundations of sand because so few clubs own their stadia. And one that did, Buxton, packed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen52 Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) I would like for the Barrister of the Save Coventry Speedway to actually ask the question as to who "Brandon Estates" actually are ie who are the directors could well give us some idea who has been behind the proposal to develop Brandon rather than just hide behind a company name, especially one that's registered abroad. Edited September 20, 2023 by heathen52 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry_Bee Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) That was a tough watch but it’s still early days and of course B.E are going to dig at anything at all possible to get an upper hand even though I found it bizarre that the cost of reinstating the stadium was mentioned when what’s coming is how it got into that state?. The witness for the council in all fairness kept his cool as he was spoken too quite poorly at times and was asked questions they knew he wasn’t going to have answers for. B.E will soon have plenty of questions to answer themselves from the campaign group as B.E are still hell bent on separating speedway and stox. It was never going to be plain sailing and no matter the outcome the campaign group could not have done more and I’m pretty confident that when given their time to speak they will go hell for leather to paint Brandon Estates for what they really are. Edited September 20, 2023 by Coventry_Bee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 6:50 PM, Coventry_Bee said: The witness for the council in all fairness kept his cool as he was spoken too quite poorly at times and was asked questions they knew he wasn’t going to have answers for. Expand In fact alot of the time he was having the answers put in his mouth, with questions often ending with "yes?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) Speedway is so unpopular a negative spin/ fib can easily be taken as the truth. You’d never get away with it with other well known sports. Edited September 20, 2023 by Deano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Who's being questioned at the moment? I missed the start, it's a Stock Car bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Inquiry advised short-term cost of circa £736,000 to restore Brandon (fire and vandal-damaged grandstand excluded) for stock car and speedway racing. Terracing on the back straight and each bend would provide a 6,000 capacity. Estimate based on 2020 site visit and 2023 photographs. Basis of estimate being questioned! Edited September 21, 2023 by Piotr Pyszny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) On 9/21/2023 at 8:59 AM, iainb said: Who's being questioned at the moment? I missed the start, it's a Stock Car bloke Expand A Mr Hunter, from Preston - former stock car driver (also missed his full introduction - if there was one). Edited September 21, 2023 by Piotr Pyszny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 8:59 AM, Piotr Pyszny said: A Mr Hunter, from Preston - former stock car driver. Expand Is he the guy that wants to buy it and reinstate it as an operational stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 9:02 AM, iainb said: Is he the guy that wants to buy it and reinstate it as an operational stadium? Expand Sounds like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen52 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 9:02 AM, iainb said: Is he the guy that wants to buy it and reinstate it as an operational stadium? Expand Yeah, he has driven Stocks and the company that he part owns (Family) is very profitable ie pretty significant profits. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Sadly, as with the speedway representatives, Mr Hunter, the stock car guy, under questioning, seems rather short on hard facts. "Have you taken professional advice?" "No. It's just my view." Why don't I like the sound of that! Edited September 21, 2023 by Piotr Pyszny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 9:05 AM, heathen52 said: Yeah, he has driven Stocks and the company that he part owns (Family) is very profitable ie pretty significant profits. Expand Did I hear him say a £51m turnover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 So not consulted a building professional, not consulted the council about h&s. I thought yesterdays performance was poor, today's is even worse. Mr Hunter appears to be a) pulling figures out of thin air, b) cannot even be bothered to read the developers information. Why is everybody so under prepared? As a (retired) Barrister I cannot believe how under prepared the SCS people are under cross examination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) On 9/21/2023 at 9:10 AM, SJA said: So not consulted a building professional, not consulted the council about h&s. I thought yesterdays performance was poor, today's is even worse. Mr Hunter appears to be a) pulling figures out of thin air, b) cannot even be bothered to read the developers information. Why is everybody so under prepared? As a (retired) Barrister I cannot believe how under prepared the SCS people are under cross examination. Expand You're not the only one. A shambles. In this setting, wishful thinking doesn't cut the mustard. Edited September 21, 2023 by Piotr Pyszny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W9 Lion Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 9:20 AM, Piotr Pyszny said: You're not the only one. A shambles. In this setting, wishful thinking doesn't cut the mustard. Expand Next person who is a Planning Consultant is doing a much better job. Trying to hold BE to account over unanswered questions and starting to unpick the self inflicted damage from yesterday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) WHAT! Mr Ford "the prospective Speedway promoter"!!! I'm out! Looks like Poole have found a new home Mr Shovlar have a look at this: https://www.railcard.co.uk/ Coventry Pirates? Edited September 21, 2023 by iainb 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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