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Post by schumi on Aug 22, 2009 15:05:31 GMT
Post taken from the Rebels' forum, with a full announcement to be made on Somerset's website late on Sunday. As of today. Dave Croucher & Dave Pavitt have left the club of their own volition
Debbie Hancock is now the sole promoter....sanctioned by the BSPA
A business consortium is now running the club, which includes Mr Hancock as the owner of the club, and Mark Saunders from the team sponsors Sharp Retail Systems.
They will not take wages for this
All money will be ploughed back into the club
Team race suits are under consideration for a return next year
A new PA is to be installed next season
Team building will not be done to a price, but for maximum entertainment, and to bring more sucess to the clubrebelmike.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=3569&page=1 |
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Post by schumi on Aug 25, 2009 12:16:27 GMT
And here's the PR from Somerset's website:
After the announcement last Friday morning that the current Promoter, Dave Pavitt could not continue at Somerset Rebels due to financial reasons, the long term future of Somerset Speedway was quickly secured after two frantic hours.
Landlord Bill Hancock’s Daughter, Debbie, will take over as Promoter at the club with the approval of the BSPA, and ex-Rebel rider, Steve Bishop, will take over the position of team manager.
The long term future of the club has been secured by a consortium of well established local businessmen, including Oak Tree Arena landlord, Bill Hancock.
A spokesperson for the consortium stated that all those involved have been Rebel supporters for a number of years, and had no qualms in supporting Bill Hancock with his long term development plans & vision for Somerset Speedway.
The new management team did not have time to rest before having to put on its first home meeting against Rye House some 6 hours later.
The Oak Tree Arena, the home of Somerset Speedway, has over its short ten years of establishment, grown from a speedway track in a Farmer’s field to what is widely regarded as one of the best purpose built speedway arenas in the country, being voted ‘Best Prepared Track’ by the Speedway Riders’ Association at the end of last season.
Only last week saw further investment of over £20,000 on tarmacing the car park roadways and internal Arena walkways, and the commissioning of architects to draw up plans to put forward to the Local Authorities for a proposed new covered seated stand.
After the meeting last Friday against Rye House, the new Management structure was explained to a packed clubhouse of supporters, with pledges to continue the development of the stadium facilities for the benefit of both the supporters and riders.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 19:04:55 GMT
I thought you had to be a "rookie" promoter, working alongside a proper promoter, for 2 years before you could hold the position solely??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 21:18:34 GMT
I thought you had to be a "rookie" promoter, working alongside a proper promoter, for 2 years before you could hold the position solely?? I think you're right there Badger, although I do believe a 'rookie' promoter only has to do a 12 month stint before being 'accepted'. I guess the BSPA made the decision to make Debbie Hancock a 'fully paid up member' was made 'in the interests of the sport', as the alternative it would seem, would have been the demise of Somerset. |
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