diamonds7 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: Tonight is the night people if you want to help or make a change Looking forward to seeing as many people as posible Regards John as per our pms please keep us updated hope you get a get good crowd gutted i carnt attend , hope something can be put together 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, diamonds7 said: as per our pms please keep us updated hope you get a get good crowd gutted i carnt attend , hope something can be put together a just hope folk realise that this is no 5 furlongs sprint and, is more akin to the Grand National,,, so many obstacles in front of you, but just take one at a time to get through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds7 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said: a just hope folk realise that this is no 5 furlongs sprint and, is more akin to the Grand National,,, so many obstacles in front of you, but just take one at a time to get through it. ruffers il give you 10/1 on the quote 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, diamonds7 said: ruffers il give you 10/1 on the quote Poor odds that mind,,, anyway, owt happening yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Good luck with any help anyone can offer to keep the Diamonds going beyond next season. Newcastle are my second team now, & I will be coming to Brough Park next season to support them at least a couple of times. Let's hope THJ is up for a few drinks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 hours ago, proud panther said: Good luck with any help anyone can offer to keep the Diamonds going beyond next season. Newcastle are my second team now, & I will be coming to Brough Park next season to support them at least a couple of times. Let's hope THJ is up for a few drinks. Some very good points made tonight at the meeting & thanks must go to John Courtney who spoke very well & to Steve Brock for getting it all together .. good evening it was 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond@heart Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Justgotmecpc said: Some very good points made tonight at the meeting & thanks must go to John Courtney who spoke very well & to Steve Brock for getting it all together .. good evening it was Enlighten us who could not attend what the good points raised were. Thanks D@H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted October 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 So, what was discussed/agreed last night? Or is it a secret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted October 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) Just spotted this: Taken off Facebook: Important Statement from Rob Grant: In regards to the fan-lead meeting that took place at South Gosforth Social Club last night, club promoter Rob Grant would like to release the following statement, "Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting at South Gosforth Club last night. I am sorry I couldn’t attend but I have been told there were a lot of positive suggestions from the meeting. One suggestion I must address though is that at this present time and in the future as long as I am the owner of Newcastle Diamonds Ltd, we will be racing from Brough Park. I have a very good relationship with the owners and staff of the stadium and see no reason to be looking for, or to build a new stadium. I hope this clears the situation regarding raising funds to build elsewhere. As always, I wish to thank everyone for their continued support of Newcastle Speedway and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our end of season celebration on the 12th November. " Edited October 6, 2021 by StevePark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinBSN Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, StevePark said: Just spotted this: Taken off Facebook: Important Statement from Rob Grant: In regards to the fan-lead meeting that took place at South Gosforth Social Club last night, club promoter Rob Grant would like to release the following statement, "Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting at South Gosforth Club last night. I am sorry I couldn’t attend but I have been told there were a lot of positive suggestions from the meeting. One suggestion I must address though is that at this present time and in the future as long as I am the owner of Newcastle Diamonds Ltd, we will be racing from Brough Park. I have a very good relationship with the owners and staff of the stadium and see no reason to be looking for, or to build a new stadium. I hope this clears the situation regarding raising funds to build elsewhere. As always, I wish to thank everyone for their continued support of Newcastle Speedway and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our end of season celebration on the 12th November. " Apart from the press release he made saying he wanted to look for a new place to build the track 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondboy Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Marshall07 said: Apart from the press release he made saying he wanted to look for a new place to build the track The stadium is hardly going to give him a lease at favourable rates if he is going to p@ss off, they will stick it up him as they have the speedway promotion by the bollocks. A 3 year lease should have been signed and then hope in the meantime land is sourced, paid for, planning passed and then built on before the lease is up. Not rocket science.... Edited October 6, 2021 by Diamondboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leander Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, Diamondboy said: The stadium is hardly going to give him a lease at favourable rates if he is going to p@ss off, they will stick it up him as they have the speedway promotion by the bollocks. A 3 year lease should have been signed and then hope in the meantime land is sourced, paid for, planning passed and then built on before the lease is up. Not rocket science.... It was said that Rob wanted a 3 or 5 year agreement, and was told by the Stadium owners "NO. 1 year or nothing!". Relations appear to have improved as, I believe, a two year deal for next season is on the table. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondboy Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, leander said: It was said that Rob wanted a 3 or 5 year agreement, and was told by the Stadium owners "NO. 1 year or nothing!". Relations appear to have improved as, I believe, a two year deal for next season is on the table. My point still stands though, the stadium will not allow you to happily source a new venue, they will cut all ties and leave the promotion without anywhere to race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, Diamondboy said: My point still stands though, the stadium will not allow you to happily source a new venue, they will cut all ties and leave the promotion without anywhere to race. That's what happened at Glasgow before the Ashfield move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondboy Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Of course a miracle could happen and the stadium owners could say ‘look we don’t really want you here but if you source a new ground then we will honour you here at current rates till the new venue it is sorted’ I did giggle as I typed that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Diamondboy said: Of course a miracle could happen and the stadium owners could say ‘look we don’t really want you here but if you source a new ground then we will honour you here at current rates till the new venue it is sorted’ I did giggle as I typed that. or,,, something much worse could happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondboy Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said: or,,, something much worse could happen. Enlighten us please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 36 minutes ago, Diamondboy said: Enlighten us please. Couldn't possibly say, it's a 'could' happen thing,,, some things can be discussed 'face to face' and not for social media. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Diamondboy said: My point still stands though, the stadium will not allow you to happily source a new venue, they will cut all ties and leave the promotion without anywhere to race. Yes but we have always been led to believe that our time is limited at Brough and in the long term we need to look for another site. More rumours about rumours at the moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackHalifax Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Let’s hope the relationship with the stadium people enable track work to be carried out as racing dire this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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