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An announcement at 7am!
Is speedway returning?
Is speedway returning?
An announcement at 7am!
Is speedway returning?
There was nothing wrong with the 70s.That seems bizarre, would anyone go? It seems really 70s.
That seems bizarre, would anyone go? It seems really 70s.
Ronnie Genz. The ladies heartthrob.Nothing wrong with the speedway for a good night out.
Cheetahs were UK Champions in 85 & 86, which was a great time for the City.
And the Easter triangle (Oxford - Swindon - Reading) ........... well you had to be there.
I remember Hans Nielsen and Simon Wigg in the Oxford Mail, but I find it hard to believe anyone under 60 would want to go and see it now. Is it a cunning way of proving that the leisure facility is unviable and that the land should be converted to housing?Jens Rasmussen was the only rider I could remember
I remember Hans Nielsen and Simon Wigg in the Oxford Mail, but I find it hard to believe anyone under 60 would want to go and see it now. Is it a cunning way of proving that the leisure facility is unviable and that the land should be converted to housing?
Yes you might be right, people like motor sport in general. You'd think it would need some decent marketing though to bring in new people.Not everyone on the planet is an Uber hipster, just social media makes it seems that way.
Listening on radio oxford. I didn't realise how much Speedway has died since Oxford Cheetahs folded. No Speedway at Swindon, Reading , Coventry anymore and also hardly any of the great European riders race for any of the teams.
Is the dog’s going to be back on as well? Go karts never left did it? To make it viable it would need to be multi used but the dogs was always a good night out and speedway while niche has a hardcore fan base.
Hope it works out as Oxford and surrounding county is bereft of anything resembling entertainment, not everyone wants to trek into London.
couple of decent articles on the decline of speedway:
Why did Britain fall out of love with speedway?
It’s classified by the government as an ‘elite’ sport but you’ll struggle to find it mentioned in the national press. The current European champion is a Briton — Robert Lambert — but I’d be surprised if many people reading this have ever heard of him. It was once reckoned to be Britain’s second...www.spectator.co.ukOut of time and on the skids: speedwayâs struggle for survival | Giles Richards
Speedway, now little more than a relic of its 1970s heyday, is crying out for a Bernie Ecclestone or Barry Hearn to take it on and revolutionise itwww.theguardian.com
one interesting bit - "...watched by an ageing audience. Redcar surveyed supporters two years ago and discovered that more than half had been going to speedway for at least 40 years, which suggested they were in their fifties and beyond. Despite generous initiatives for younger fans, British speedway has struggled to attract a new generation."