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Paul ‘Burbo’ Burbidge Speedway Reporting Revolution on Twitter continues, part 4
28/12/2016
Drawing upon the full majesty of the 13 years of his ‘independent’ speedway reporting career, Bournemouth University’s finest media graduate and Britain’s speedway reporter extraordinaire Paul (Burbo) Burbidge’s digital social media profile continues to hollow out and infantalise the news content of the speedway reporting landscape. It is access all areas, “I write news for […]
Monster Energy Speedway World Cup 2016 – horror UK television viewing figures
20/11/2016
If judged via the television audience figures for BT Sports Speedway broadcasts in the UK, the Monster Energy sponsorship of the 2016 Speedway World Cup has massively shrunk the popularity and interest amongst British speedway fans. Without BARB information for the EuroSport broadcast years of 2013-2015, it is hard to establish if the unmitigated disaster […]
Speedway Grand Prix strategy questioned by Monster Energy ahead of sponsorship negotiations
24/04/2016
Ahead of the likely renewal (on very favourable terms they completely dictate) of their headline sponsorship of the Speedway World Championship, Monster Energy’s Joe Parsons opened his contract renewal negotiations over the contract that expires during 2016 with pointed criticism of rights holder BSI/IMG’s SGP stadium venue strategy. With only compromised or embedded media outlets […]
Top 40 Total Speedway Grand Prix rider earnings 2005-2015
23/01/2016
Top 40 Speedway Grand Prix riders from 2005 to 2015, judged by $ prize money earnings (with thanks to Charles McKay)
Darcy Ward: Conference League Riders’ Championship debut (aged 16)
The meeting starts thrillingly when the 16-year-old Australian with the dashing, film-star first name – Darcy Ward – shows verve and determination when he zooms from the back of the field to the front. Although he rears and nearly falls at the start, over the course of the four laps he thrillingly picks his way […]
Paul Bellamy – the excitement & impact of his years at the helm of the Speedway Grand Prix recalled
16/08/2015
Not known for their philanthropy or diffident approach to business, the venture capital owners of global sports, events and talent management company IMG probably remain completely unaware of the Speedway Grand Prix, let alone BSI Speedway managing director Paul Bellamy. That said, a debacle on the scale of the recent Warsaw Speedway Grand Prix – […]
Sky Sports SPEEDWAY viewing figures 2015 (to date)
13/08/2015
Like the speedway equivalent of Frazer from Dad’s Army, last week Philip Rising – Managing Editor of the Speedway Star – once again used an opinion column in the pages of his publication to warn about the “ills” and future of British Speedway in its current form/configuration (with especial emphasis upon the travails of the […]
Speedway Commentary Poem 1: Lines composed on the occasion of the inaugural Monster Energy Speedway World Cup Final at the National Speedway Stadium
31/07/2016
Pats his engines to say thank you That was breathtaking, breathtaking Criticism in the social media I’ve got 50p in my pocket With the steel shoe off his foot He will delight the huge crowd Gate 4 is a long way Harsh realities of speedway What do you expect to see? […]