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556 of 581  Sat 21st Oct 2023 5:33pm  

Programme 10th July 1991.
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Midland Red

557 of 581  Wed 29th Nov 2023 8:30am  

Update: THE Planning Inquiry regarding Brandon Stadium has now been completed with the closing statements from all parties being made on Tuesday November 28. We are now in the hands of the Inspector, who must weigh up all of the evidence presented before delivering her verdict. We expect that decision to come at some stage early in the New Year, and it would naturally be inappropriate for us to comment further on the Inquiry until that has taken place. However, the completion of the Inquiry does mark a significant milestone in a Campaign which was started way back in 2014 when Brandon Estates first presented their proposals at the Village Hall, and was ramped up following the forced closure of the stadium in the winter of 2016/17. An astonishing amount of work has taken place since then encompassing liaison with the Council and other interested parties, public meetings, preparation and submission of extensive documents, involvement in the court case against Brandon Estates, and of course the Planning Committee meeting in November 2022 and the Inquiry itself this autumn. As an indication of the scale of the work, over the nine years we have held scores of meetings, with Rugby Council officers and Coventry Council officers, seven different Members of Parliament including one meeting in Westminster, with Local Borough Councillors, Parish Councillors, the West Midlands Mayor, the Enterprise Council, Sport England etc. We have also had to build and maintain relationships at Rugby Council with two different CEOs, three different Council Leaders, two different Planning Case Officers and three different Heads of Growth & Investment. We have kept the stadium in the public eye via many newspaper features, radio interviews and television coverage and kept local residents informed by hand-delivering newsletters to 1,000 homes on three occasions. We have staged three very successful public meetings and raised more than £22,000 in just one week to contribute towards the cost of legal representation at the Inquiry - not to mention the submission of our own planning application as an alternative to the Brandon Estates application. All of this has taken place against the backdrop of our historic stadium, a top motorsports venue of huge international significance, being trashed amidst repeated security failures resulting in the owners being convicted for breaches of a Community Protection Notice. We can honestly say that as a group of individuals who came together when the stadium was threatened and then closed, we could have done no more to oppose the developers' scheme, and we have done so with a clear and organised strategy. We want to say thank you to everyone who has assisted along the way. Whether that was attendance at a meeting, distributing letters, sending an objection, contributing to the legal fund, or any other involvement, you have all played a part in getting us this far and we are sincerely grateful. Our thanks also to Richard Humphreys KC for his invaluable assistance and representation during the inquiry. The support of the local community and the speedway and stock car family worldwide has inspired us throughout, and has ensured that we maintained the motivation never to give up. We know there are thousands of people who will be anxiously awaiting the outcome of the Inquiry, which may also have a bearing on future strategies to maintain other established sporting venues threatened by development. As has so often been the case, it's now a waiting game - but once again, a massive thank you to everyone who has been involved in this fight.
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JohnnieWalker
Sanctuary Point, Australia
558 of 581  Wed 29th Nov 2023 7:46pm  

Well done everyone - fingers crossed!
True Blue Coventry Kid

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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
559 of 581  Thu 30th Nov 2023 5:13am  

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rpfletch
Mentor, Ohio USA
560 of 581  Thu 30th Nov 2023 5:57pm  

Hopes and prayers with you all, many happy memories of the speedway.
rpfletcher

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Midland Red

561 of 581  Fri 1st Dec 2023 5:07pm  

Further - interesting - information from Kenilworth Nub News Thumbs up
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MichelleE
New Zealand
562 of 581  Wed 6th Dec 2023 3:17am  

On 31st Jan 2022 9:50am, Midland Red said: There is some sad news today, that former Bees rider Pete Gay has passed away in Auckland, New Zealand. He was seriously ill, having suffered severe burns in a house fire a few weeks ago, but succumbed to a chest infection in hospital yesterday. He was 81. RIP Pete Sad
Thank you for this message, Pete Gay was my Dad. Dad was a Coventry kid, born and bred. He lived in Whitley and Stoke throughout his childhood. Worked in the car plants in his young adult years and of course there was his love of speedway. He started in bicycle speedway and then into the motorcycles. At 17 he went to France and he rode for the Brandon Bees and later other clubs. Coventry and speedway was in his heart to the end, we even have a Coventry bee on his memorial Smile
Michelle Evans

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NeilsYard
Coventry
563 of 581  Fri 19th Jan 2024 2:31pm  

I'm hearing the planning application to demolish the Stadium for housing has been rejected Thumbs up
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JohnnieWalker
Sanctuary Point, Australia
564 of 581  Fri 19th Jan 2024 7:27pm  

Great start to 2024 for the Bees! My sister says it's been bought by a carrot farmer - I don't know if she's joking! Apparently, speedway and stock cars are on his agenda. I hope he doesn't change the Bees to the Coventry Carrots!
True Blue Coventry Kid

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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
565 of 581  Sat 20th Jan 2024 4:53pm  

Oh, a clever one there JW, I hope you haven't disturbed a bees nest. Roll eyes
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JohnnieWalker
Sanctuary Point, Australia
566 of 581  Sat 20th Jan 2024 7:28pm  

Hi Dream! Neal Storey - son of long-time track manager Phil (see photo, with Ron Mountford) - tells me "He is a multi millionaire, from growing and supplying vegetables to supermarkets. He is a retired stock car driver but his son is doing it now. He said at the enquiry that he just wants to see his son race at Coventry like he did years ago. He said he would own the stadium and rent it out for Speedway and Stock cars".
True Blue Coventry Kid

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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
567 of 581  Fri 12th Jul 2024 5:23pm  

Hello, I've just been informed that Tony Unwin (Beesman) has passed away.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
568 of 581  Wed 17th Jul 2024 8:01pm  

Hello, I used to really enjoy going to the speedway with my dad & two uncles, then after I had my own feet intact from age 14. Our chapel youth enjoyed going, so I will do what I can to keep the thread alive. Coventry Speedway.
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Mick Strong
Coventry
569 of 581  Thu 18th Jul 2024 8:11am  

On 17th Jul 2024 8:01pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Hello, I used to really enjoy going to the speedway with my dad & two uncles, then after I had my own feet intact from age 14. Our chapel youth enjoyed going, so I will do what I can to keep the thread alive. Coventry Speedway.
I used to love going to the speedway and shaking the stand to the song of "Glad all over" by Dave Clarke 5
Mick Strong

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Not Local
Bedworth
570 of 581  Thu 18th Jul 2024 12:19pm  

Mick - That must have been 1964 which was also the first year that I went to Brandon. I recall that Charles Ochiltree, the Coventry promoter, threatened to ban the Dave Clark records, probably because he was worried that the old wooden grandstand would fall down. The new 'modern' grandstand opened the following year, it was constructed using that wonder material asbestos. One day that is going to cost somebody a lot of money to dispose of.
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