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Top 10 riders competition
18/05/2010
Who are the all time Top 10 riders at your club? The new British Speedway Directory & Track Guide tries to answer that question for every existing speedway team. Fans, promoters, officials, historians and members of the speedway media were quizzed and they came up with some surprising often-controversial answers! To enter the competition to […]
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Eileen Shepherd 20th June 1931 – 14th April 2010
08/05/2010
My trip to the Isle of Wight on Tuesday night was spoilt by news of the shock death of the lovely Eileen Shepherd. There was a tribute in the programme that read: Eileen Shepherd 20th June 1931 – 14th April 2010 Please join with us this evening in remembering one of our ever-present founder shareholders […]
HD adds lustre to seating, team suits and Sky revenues
11/04/2010
People say that the sports programming shown exclusively on Sky Sports has historically been the real engine of subscriber and revenue growth for the Rupert Murdoch owned Sky satellite channel. Premiership football has definitely driven many people to sign up with Sky Sports who otherwise wouldn’t have done so and, if its boosters and/or press […]
Attendance Queries
31/01/2010
Attendance figures for the 2008 and 2009 Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) series have finally been released from where they’d been held in a file marked ‘Top Secret’ inside the BSI/IMG bunker located on the outskirts of London. A quick first glance indicates that the SGP World Championship outlook remains cloudy and its popularity with fans […]