24/10/2024
This is a statement from Sittingbourne speedway Ltd, the agreement with Mr Ribbons to run public events at the Iwade stadium between the months of April and October 2024,were for ONE year ONLY,it was explained to him that myself and Barbara were going cut down the day to day work load at the end of October so no future plans would be implemented until then,he agreed with that situation,
Also no dates were given to him for the month of October as they were for any rain off meetings that may occur, around the middle of August we asked him to choose any of the Sunday dates for October, he never came back to us,so the Sundays for that month were offered to other organisations, of which two Sundays were then taken,he was contacted again with the remaining Sundays, his words were I have lost a lot of money during the season so my last meeting will be Sunday September 1st,and at the end of that day I will be taking everything off site that belongs to me,of which he took some items ,the rest is still at the stadium waiting for him to collect,
He also made it clear that it was a four and half journey each way to Iwade so that was not also viable,
I suggested to him if he was desperate to run speedway in 2025 perhaps he should try and resurrect the fen tigers at Mildenhall, another track sadly closed, not heard anything from him since his last meeting in September so I am guessing he is trying to get the tigers back on track,
We have now hopefully sorted out the future for the Iwade tracks to continue for many years to come,all will be revealed at the end of this month.
Regards Graham and Barbara,company directors.
