Coventry Bees Speedway - Brandon Stadium

After all that has been said and encouraging comments made I sincerely hope they can 'Get the Hive Buzzing again'

BringBeesBackToCoventry @KeepBeesOnTrack Busy day for the campaign today. This morning we're at our stadium with @bbcmtd - check it out this evening. Roughly translated - watch BBC Midlands Today this evening

Website link - Planning objections submitted (detailed information) Eleven grounds for the objections are shown in the 'Executive Summary'

Fingers crossed!!!

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire featured the latest Campaign Group efforts during their programming on Thursday March 1. There were various recollections of the sports at the stadium during Vic Minett's morning show, along with a further feature later in the day. The relevant section from the Drivetime show can be found at the following link. Start at around 1:38.50 and the feature lasts for around eight minutes. This is the link to the Vic Minett show.

Just heard that Henryk Zyto passed away last Wednesday His funeral took place yesterday in Gdansk RIP Henryk

Having only attended a few speedway and stock car events at Brandon in my lifetime, I was always amazed at the following and the intensity of the support. I sincerely hope the planners find sufficient reasons under planning law to reject the application. But, be aware, if they do, it is unlikely to be the end of the fight as no doubt in line with all 'developers' they will take the appeal route. Keep up the fight, do not be worn down by disappointments and maintain the intensity of adverse publicity GOOD LUCK!!

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Dear forum members and Brandon supporters, I hope that the stadium can be kept open and the history kept alive in future motor racing events there. Too much of Coventry's sporting, cultural and leisure heritage has been bulldozed already. Some of you know that I write about Coventry and I'd like to include something about Brandon in my forthcoming one as it deserved to be documented in some way. If anyone went there during the 80s I would be happy to hear from you with your memories. Thanks in anticipation and here's hoping that Brandon's future can be secured.

From the Speedway and Stox campaign group: THE latest show of support for the campaign to bring speedway and stock car racing back to Brandon has come direct from Westminster. A group of eleven Members of Parliament/House of Lords have submitted a joint letter to Rugby Borough Council, urging rejection of the Brandon Estates planning application. This speculative application, on a site which is not part of the Rugby Local Plan, seeks to destroy decades of sporting heritage and includes no satisfactory provision for the two popular family sports to be relocated elsewhere in the area. The letter not only calls on the Council to reject the application; it also urges them to support efforts to bring the sports back to Brandon. It is signed by a number of local MPs as well as others who have shown solidarity with the unacceptable position all fans of motorsports at Coventry have been placed in, and has been brought about thanks to speedway's All Party Parliamentary Group. The Campaign Group would like to sincerely thank all of the MPs and Lords who have taken such an interest in our fight, and who have signed the letter, and especially Mark Pawsey and his office for co-ordinating this response.

Interesting article from Coventry Observer

. . . . and from the Campaign Group

Thanks for that MR.