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Post by idh on Sept 29, 2005 5:41:59 GMT
Edited by Nevs-see reply below.
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Post by Nevs on Sept 29, 2005 19:33:43 GMT
Hiya Guys-This is the hardest decision I have ever had to make with regards to deleting and modifying posts for 4 years.
Please let me explain.
I do believe in Freedom of speech entirely-I really do.
However in view of the circumstances with regards to Westpoint and the consequent events that unfolded following objections this is our last chance to keep a track in the vicinity of Exeter.
For that reason and that reason only I am going to delete any debate on Haldon or possible protestors to minimise possible damage to the planning application.
I am in no doubt that others will not agree that on this website that is the right thing to do-but on this occasion the Future of Exeter Speedway is the most important issue.
Let the club get on with what they have to do and please lets minimise the debate on here, where there are people watching to see what we say.
If we get the planning application lets discuss it then.
If any of you forum members are approached or emailed from members of the press(which is happening) (not the E&E or Western Morning News) asking you to phone them and make a comment on the current situation I urge you not to and refer them to Exeter Speedway or Teignbridge council.
This is purely a personal view from experience of what happened at Westpoint and I dont expect to gain any friends over my decision-I have no idea what the other Mods views are-but for now I think We should all keep schtuuum until the planning application goes in.
Any complaints/Support should be aired to Teignbridge Council not on here.
This really is The LAST chance for Exeter survival.
Lets not contribute to messing it up.
Thanks
John.
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Post by wealdenwillie on Sept 30, 2005 19:02:18 GMT
Sorry Nevs, I think you are quite wrong. I heard about Haldon from a friend in Torquay, who I believe read it in a newspaper. So why the secrecy on here when it seems to be pretty well known. And as for free speech - I believe it means just that.
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Post by Nevs on Sept 30, 2005 19:32:10 GMT
There is no secrecy at all-simple fact is we lost Westpoint as a venue due to local opposition and Haldon is our last chance-and if we lose that due to opposition then there will be no more Exeter Speedway at all, As simple as that.
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towbar
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Post by towbar on Oct 2, 2005 12:36:30 GMT
Edited by IDH
Sorry it could give ammunition to the protesters, not helpful
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Post by headmistress on Oct 2, 2005 18:41:29 GMT
EVERY support to David Short, Tony Lethbridge and co. ~real Exeter folk. EVERY support to NEVS and co. also real Exeter folk. Is it about time we gave this website OFFICIAL status - it's about time! Tell us menials what we need to do and we'll do it, within reason....
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Ivan.m
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Post by Ivan.m on Oct 5, 2005 11:28:55 GMT
I know its a bit of a taboo subject at the moment,but did anyone read the cracking article in the herald express by a chap called Guy Henderson?
Fantastic advert for us,and this bloke should be honoured for his frank honest views.
If anyone would like a photo-copy of his article,send me a p.m.
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Post by Nevs on Oct 5, 2005 17:51:21 GMT
IVAN'S LAST LAP AT THE STADIUM OF MEMORIES
11:00 - 04 October 2005
The greatest speedway rider of all time is coming back to Exeter next week.
But the return of Ivan Mauger to the County Ground could turn out to be a very sad occasion. Mauger, the Kiwi who won six world championships between 1968 and 1979, will ride the last four laps before the County Ground closes to the sport for the very last time.
To get an idea of how good Ivan Mauger was, he was also runner-up in the world championship three times in that 11-year period.
He first rode for the Falcons on Easter Monday 1973, when more than 10,000 people turned up to watch him lead the team to a win over the Poole Pirates.
Mauger, who was said to have had a private jet at his disposal during his time at the County Ground, didn't lose a single race in his first 15 meetings apart from a couple of mechanical failures.
The following season Exeter won the national championship for the one and only time, with Mauger leading the way and American ace Scott Autrey not far behind.
Autrey will also be there next Monday, by the way.
Mauger, who won the fifth of his world titles in 1977 while an Exeter rider, moved to Hull for the 1978 season.
He came back to the County Ground for a while in 1984, but it wasn't quite the same.
It must have been in the British League Division One championship season of 1974 that I saw Ivan Mauger ride.
My mate Simon Hatcher and I went to the County Ground a couple of times that season for matches, and I'm sure we also saw a GB v Poland test match that year as well.
Those couple of visits got me hooked on the sport, and although I haven't been a regular on the County Ground terraces by any means, those evenings with Messrs Mauger and Autrey were enough to draw me in.
I still remember scratching my head during a chemistry lesson one Tuesday morning and having a load of shale fall out of my hair on to my exercise book.
At the end of the meeting next Monday night, the Kiwi will climb on to a bike and ride four laps of the great banked shale oval, one of the fiercest and fastest in the country.
When the last echo of his engine bounces back off the terraced houses close to the St Thomas track and the final whiff of whatever it is they put in speedway engines evaporates into the night sky, that will be the end of 76 years of racing.
And although the promoters say they want it to be a happy occasion, the future for the Falcons is very uncertain.
The bulldozers will move in soon to demolish the track to make way for houses, and the Falcons have their hearts set on a move to Exeter racecourse.
This is up on the top of Telegraph Hill, and if anywhere could truly be described as "miles from anywhere", this is it.
It is on the top of a hill and surrounded by forest.
It would be a 300-metre-ish oval - smaller than an athletics track - tucked in a corner of the horse racing course and would be used for a couple of hours every Monday night during the season, which lasts from about Easter to about now.
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Post by BOXER on Oct 27, 2005 18:10:39 GMT
HAS THE PLANNING APPLICATION GONE IN YET? US BRIDGWATER FANS DONT GET TO HEAR THE LATEST NEWS VERY QUICKLY. LETS HOPE ITS GOING TO BE A BIT LONGER THAN 300 METRES, WE DONT WANT A CARBON COPY OF SOMERSET WHICH IS TOO SHORT, DO WE. HAVE A GOOD WINTER ALL, HOPEFULLY WITH SOME GOOD FALCONS NEWS .
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Post by hannibalheyes on Oct 28, 2005 20:06:22 GMT
Come on Boxer, their is nothing wrong with the Somerset track, it makes for great racing, lots of passing, I personally don't want to watch races that are all over by the second bend.
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