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14 hours ago, ray c said:

you ought to ring the stadium and get george edwards phone number .unless of course you already have it and get maybe another version of your story .:t::t:

That is what I heard. You saying it’s completely wrong?

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13 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

That is what I heard. You saying it’s completely wrong?

no i am saying there maybe another version . as sugarry said they are looking at  events to get the stadium up and running again after lockdown is over . i do agree it needs an upgrade sooner rather than later 

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14 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Guess the 2 car parking attendants (the only staff allegedly still employed)  you spoke at length to have ideas on how they could park more cars around the track and on the old football pitch andmaximise their income ?

Any plans afoot for the redevelopment of Poole Town centre with luxury apartments and a sprinkling of affordable housing. Surely that will become the financially attractive option to the Poole council as the costs of maintaining their asset keep on rising year on year ?? 

 

 

Matt Ford did say that he could get a consortium of local businesses together if the lease became available!!  Not sure if that was realistic or just a 'media sound-byte' when Stadia UK stopped the greyhounds?!  But he does still have local contacts and is still reasonably well in with the Council.

As far as housing development is concerned there was (under the old Poole Council) a plan to develop  part of the stadium site which would include the lorry park through to the empty office blocks on Wimborne Road, providing I think approx 500 dwellings.

However I'm not sure if this is still a plan under the new BCP Council, who have this week announced that their housing targets do fall short of what the Govt requires!!

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17 hours ago, scottyfan said:

Ringwood is just 4 miles up the road from me and is definitely in Hampshire.

Matchams address is given as, Matchams Leisure Park, Hurn Road, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 2BT....It is nearer to St Leonards which is in Dorset:blink:...so not sure on Matchams.

You are not wrong...doh!!

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On 5/22/2021 at 11:53 AM, Skidder1 said:

Well its only my opinion having spent much of my working life in local events, hospitality and leisure industries. Even now retired, regular Friday/Saturday meetings would rule me out due to other obligations.

To get families to bring their kids along to anything on a regular basis in this day and age would be remarkable for any popular event/activity let alone speedway.

For holidaymakers it is well known that Fri/Sat is 'changeover day' for hotels/guest houses, campsites etc.  A midweek fixture is  traditionally much easier for holiday makers to plan into their week's stay!

That I totally agree with 

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On 5/24/2021 at 7:03 PM, BobC said:

As has been said, Mx got stopped by the local housing group. The leader of that group? None other than former Poole Co-Promoter Terry Chandler!

What a hypocrite! Which reminds me of when Wimborne MCC wanted to stage their big grastrack meeting, The Whoppa, near Fordingbridge in the New Forest. The locals objected and got their way. Their ringleader was none other than Murray Walker.

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1 hour ago, ray c said:

Bikes down the stadium today i believe

Yes they are. Busy practicing right now at 4pm.

'Now thats what I call music', well to my ears at least!

Moved back to Poole on Thursday and live close to the stadium.

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