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Just an aside but Bradley Wilson-Dean signed for Polish Division 2 side Ravicz at the same time he signed for the Diamonds - it's on the internet.  I was watching the Rawicz match on Polish TV yesterday and he was in the pits (his name was on the back of his mechanic's shirt).  It'll be interesting to see if he rides in Poland this year.  Hopefully Matty and Max will get fixed up as they have been loyal Diamonds' riders.  They, Paul and James should be retained as Diamonds' assets in the vague hope that we can restart next season.

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28 minutes ago, 1stbendwinkoboy said:

Just an aside but Bradley Wilson-Dean signed for Polish Division 2 side Ravicz at the same time he signed for the Diamonds - it's on the internet.  I was watching the Rawicz match on Polish TV yesterday and he was in the pits (his name was on the back of his mechanic's shirt).  It'll be interesting to see if he rides in Poland this year.  Hopefully Matty and Max will get fixed up as they have been loyal Diamonds' riders.  They, Paul and James should be retained as Diamonds' assets in the vague hope that we can restart next season.

Paul is not aDiamonds asset.

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29 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said:

Dunno what your on about?

 

31 minutes ago, Justgotmecpc said:

Did you manage to fill the van with ya sheets today or have you left some for me to collect for me new garden reshape as it'll save me buying ground sheeting 

 

On 7/2/2022 at 8:46 AM, ruffdiamond said:

Tha not for sale mate (yet), as John says they'll probably end up in the bin,,, so fill ya boots. Ye could've had me wellies but they've already gone. :t:

Tha no use to me mate, like a said!,,, av heard that allotment folk seek such stuff, so shift the lot if you can. Am sure the rest of the guys won't complain. 

BTW,,, a do have another pair of wellies (almost brand new, been round the heap once),,, size 9, £93.01 paid, £60 to you?,,, al chuck in a new pair of socks for nowt.

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24 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said:

 

 

Tha no use to me mate, like a said!,,, av heard that allotment folk seek such stuff, so shift the lot if you can. Am sure the rest of the guys won't complain. 

BTW,,, a do have another pair of wellies (almost brand new, been round the heap once),,, size 9, £93.01 paid, £60 to you?,,, al chuck in a new pair of socks for nowt.

I'd have the socks but the wellies will play havoc with me bunyions 

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On 6/29/2022 at 6:10 PM, nmagee72 said:

perhaps Gateshead Council might be more open ?

there is a great location just off Albany Road/Quarryfield Road, behind the Dynamix Skate Park, currently a disused or rarely used Moto Cross/Off Road track. good parking, walking distance from gateshead interchange and all main routes etc

there is a railway line right next to it so noise should not be an issue ? with the busy A184 also adjacent, while its clearly already had permission for some sort of motor sport activities.

if you want to google map for a look, search "downcast studios" - its to the east over the railway line.

It's a really good shout.  Loads of relatively new investment in the area with the new Gateshead College, Sage and Baltic plus all the quayside apartments and OU buildings.  Then you have the new Arena under construction and perhaps a new Metro/Local Rail station if the Leamside expansion gets the go ahead.  Access isn't too bad from Felling By-pass or via the quayside and there's plenty of car parks close by or more unused land which could be used for parking. I'm not really sure why the area hasn't been used for housing or who it's owned by. Lots of residential investment on the other side of the by-pass.

I can see Gateshead Council being behind something sports related in this area, it's close to the International Stadium and sports academy, but as has been pointed out before the cost would be prohibitive. In lieu of a millionaire without a clue you'd need to attract grant funding.  Not easy. Sport England is an obvious starting point but they tend to focus on Olympic sports. Speedway isn't but BMX & Skateboarding are. If you can pitch the facility as a multi sports training facility you might get somewhere. That's a lot of contacts to make and manage and even then you'll not get 100% funding. Gateshead FC tried to do something similar with NHS funding thwarted by the credit crunch in 2008 I believe.

There's also a decent plot of disused land at the north end of the Team Valley Trading Estate next to the A1 Lobley Hill junction, currently used for the occasional fair. Maybe too close to Festival Park housing.

Not impossible to pull off but definitely a long term project for someone.

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