topaz325 Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Im sure Mr Godfrey and Mr Chapman are very hard working chaps and have their best interests at heart but the road Speedway is going it is not sustainable in its present form. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, topsoil said: I'm glad you have decided you are "right". So, as the "clueless clowns" (and I would be interested to know who your "some" are), don't have an answer, I'm interested in what your recovery plan would be. Yeah I’m right about who’s to blame, you only have to see the damage they done and were speedway is currently. As far as my recovery plan, I’m not running the sport, it’s for them lot to figure that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Speedtiger said: Yeah I’m right about who’s to blame, you only have to see the damage they done and were speedway is currently. As far as my recovery plan, I’m not running the sport, it’s for them lot to figure that out! Standard forum whinge then. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, topsoil said: Standard forum whinge then. Yeah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 11/18/2021 at 6:34 PM, Skidder1 said: So its confirmed the AGM is on 7th December - the deadline for Brummies and Kent to declare. Its primarily to cover any financial and last minute issues as all the team building points/rules & regs etc have already been agreed amongst promotions. Why doesn't this apply to poole? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Just now, lewy said: Why doesn't this apply to poole? Because Poole run the league and not Rob Godfrey like most bitter and twisted people think 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Just now, phillwhitewasmad said: Because Poole run the league and not Rob Godfrey like most bitter and twisted people think You're talking to the converted mate as you may have noticed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, lewy said: Why doesn't this apply to poole? It does/did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Skidder1 said: It does/did! Who told you to say that Danny or matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, lewy said: Who told you to say that Danny or matt Gary May!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: Gary May!! Of course he did,keep spinning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 With the rising costs in utilities , petrol, food, etc will this have an affect on Speedway attendances and the entertainment industry in general with people having to decide even more so to pick and choose which if any meeting they attend. What more can promoters do to attract people through the gates on an already tight budget. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 Value for money. Yes, people will be tightening their belt, no doubt about it. We started couple weeks before Xmas, glad we have hide a long stretch of mild weather. Instead of turning on the heat we put extra jumper on. A smart run meeting would be a good start, meetings 2+ hours is not on at any time, never mind a cold wet March/April night. Keep the pit gates closed if tapes broke etc, riders straight to the tapes. By all means sell a full program, but provide a race sheet only for a nominal 20p or free. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, topaz325 said: With the rising costs in utilities , petrol, food, etc will this have an affect on Speedway attendances and the entertainment industry in general with people having to decide even more so to pick and choose which if any meeting they attend. What more can promoters do to attract people through the gates on an already tight budget. There will be whole sectors of the economy facing huge challenges... With the 'entertainment' sector in particular being hit massively I would suggest.. "Fortunately" for Speedway its demographic of mainly "grey pound" spenders might help it deflect some impact? In the past, the country it has been said, has "sleep walked" into recession... No one is sleep walking into what is ahead... For many, families in particular, after food and clothing, mortgage/rent, utility bills/council tax, car, mobile phones, broadband, sat tv etc etc have been paid for, not much will be left I would suggest for a lot of families. (Maybe not enough even exists in the first place).. They may even need their "grey pound" spending relatives to help... Not sure paying people 12 months money for working 6 will be too sustainable to be honest, (if it ever was)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, mikebv said: There will be whole sectors of the economy facing huge challenges... With the 'entertainment' sector in particular being hit massively I would suggest.. "Fortunately" for Speedway its demographic of mainly "grey pound" spenders might help it deflect some impact? In the past, the country it has been said, has "sleep walked" into recession... No one is sleep walking into what is ahead... For many, families in particular, after food and clothing, mortgage/rent, utility bills/council tax, car, mobile phones, broadband, sat tv etc etc have been paid for, not much will be left I would suggest for a lot of families. (Maybe not enough even exists in the first place).. They may even need their "grey pound" spending relatives to help... Not sure paying people 12 months money for working 6 will be too sustainable to be honest, (if it ever was)... I,m one of the “Grey pound “ people, I took early retirement . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 4 hours ago, topaz325 said: With the rising costs in utilities , petrol, food, etc will this have an affect on Speedway attendances and the entertainment industry in general with people having to decide even more so to pick and choose which if any meeting they attend. What more can promoters do to attract people through the gates on an already tight budget. The financial crash of 2008 had a marked effect on attendance at some tracks but the impact was softened by interest rates reducing to near zero putting money into peoples pockets. Sadly that’s not going to happen this time but let’s hope their savings will compensate for this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 Just now, GWC said: The financial crash of 2008 had a marked effect on attendance at some tracks but the impact was softened by interest rates reducing to near zero putting money into peoples pockets. Sadly that’s not going to happen this time but let’s hope their savings will compensate for this! I agree about the savings but the interest rate will not go up Significantly any time soon which is wrong , as someone said on the radio this morning the banks have plenty of government money....did I hear that right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, topaz325 said: I agree about the savings but the interest rate will not go up Significantly any time soon which is wrong , as someone said on the radio this morning the banks have plenty of government money....did I hear that right. In 2008 the Govt gave the banks billions... Maybe this time they will give the public billions to keep the economy going? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, mikebv said: In 2008 the Govt gave the banks billions... Maybe this time they will give the public billions to keep the economy going? I think we all know the answer to that one Mike! Governments pumped billions into the system just to stand still but we the public pay for it. A system run on ‘confidence’ will always have crashes - and a very small minority profit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 26 minutes ago, mikebv said: In 2008 the Govt gave the banks billions... Maybe this time they will give the public billions to keep the economy going? 19 minutes ago, GWC said: I think we all know the answer to that one Mike! Governments pumped billions into the system just to stand still but we the public pay for it. A system run on ‘confidence’ will always have crashes - and a very small minority profit. The government made a healthy profit on much of its injection into the banks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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