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Chris Bucknell
Australia
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 Posted - 21/12/2013 : 23:44:27
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To all,
I have received the following email regarding the endangered Brighton Speed Trials. Not sure if you need to be a resident to register and sign the petition but I have done so anyway.
I need your help to save the Brighton Speed Trials - the longest running motorsport event in the UK. It is under threat by Brighton and Hove Council who want to refuse permission and block the event taking place on the seafront.
You can help by signing our petition and sharing the link with friends:
http://tinyurl.com/qjtbmub. Don't delay; the council will be making a decision on 23 January 2014!
You may not be aware but the Speed Trials has been running in Brighton since
1905 and is an entertaining fun-packed day out for the whole family to watch
some of the UK's best race cars and motor bikes compete along Madeira Drive.
Over two hundred cars and motor bikes line up to take a timed run including
road cars, race cars and drag bikes who compete to win the fastest in their
class. A top six run-off to find the fastest car and bike brings the day to
a dramatic close.
Don't let the council block the event, please sign the petition and spread
the word.
Many thanks
Committee B&HMC
T.J.
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Oz34
United Kingdom
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 10:24:38
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Thanks Chris and Dave,
I have signed the petition. I have been attending the Speed Trials as a spectator since 1950 or so, and have competed on a number of occasions. At one time we even had a specific MMM Class, and even in recent years you could always find a few MMM cars competing in the Vintage Class. In the 30s top class MG drivers such as Hugh Hamilton, Jim and Peggy Elwes, Denis and Doreen Evans, George Harvey Noble, Robin Jackson, Aubrey Ashton-Rigby, Whitney Straight, Peter Monkhouse and many others competed.
It must continue.
Colin B. |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 10:39:15
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Me too - always intended to compete, not made it yet...
Regards,
Graham
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 11:11:35
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Both my wife and I have signed...as Brighton residents.
Chris ( J2353 )
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graham holdsworth
United Kingdom
424 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 11:37:10
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Me too. Competed in my first MGA many, many years ago !
Graham |
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Bob Stringfield
United Kingdom
854 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 11:59:14
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On what grounds are they threatened with cancellation?
The April motorcycle Pioneer Run, the November London to Brighton as well as other functions are held on Madeira Drive and all attract much trade and hotel / restaurant bookings to Brighton.
Bob. |
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 12:27:41
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| Signed - and publicised elsewhere! |
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McEvoy
United Kingdom
252 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 14:19:42
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Signed and circulated
This should be mandatory for all Triplemers!
McEvoy
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graham holdsworth
United Kingdom
424 Posts |
Posted - 22/12/2013 : 14:49:36
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Bob, probably because of last years rare fatality .
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 23/12/2013 : 10:56:12
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You could well be right Graham, although there is something of a mystery about it all. The September 2013 event was cancelled due to the fact that the Coroner's verdict had not been released in connection with the 2012 fatality. In that a motor cycle combination failed to slow down after the finish line, hitting an obstacle and the girl pillion rider was thrown off and died. The rider himself was also badly injured.
The Club felt that it was unwise to run the 2013 event in case the Coroner had any safety recommendations to make. I understood however, that Brighton council wanted the event to continue and offered an alternative date, which was not acceptable to the Club. The Council would now appear to have changed their minds and have suggested that the event is no longer welcome. It might well be that a high speed display of very fast and noisy cars, including quite a number of very expensive super-cars - all involving the recreational use of petrol (for pleasure purposes only - provided that you don't inhale !) no longer fits in with the Green Party's credentials. Time will tell.
Just pleae sign, if you haven't already done so. Earlier today the tally had reached about 2500, so we could do with a few thousand more to be really effective. I do not think the petition is restricted to Brighton residents, but is open to all the thousands and thousands of people who simply turn up to enjoy the occasion, some of them from outside of the U.K.
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Bob Stringfield
United Kingdom
854 Posts |
Posted - 23/12/2013 : 14:51:14
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Thanks for - finally - letting us know the reasons for the request to sign a petition. It would seem from the 'net that not all of Brighton Council are against the event and it is equally possible that not all MMM members regard the Green movement with the contempt displayed in a couple of the posts.
Bob. |
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Nick Dean
United Kingdom
444 Posts |
Posted - 23/12/2013 : 17:11:54
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To all, in case you were not aware, Madeira Drive was specifically built for speed events against the clock.
Good luck with the petition.
Nick Dean.
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Bob Stringfield
United Kingdom
854 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2014 : 20:02:29
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There is an interesting article by Graeme Archer relating to this topic and outlining information still lacking on this Forum, which potential supporters of the Speed Trials might want to consider.
It is to be found on Page 24 0f today's Daily Telegraph. No doubt it is also available online.
Bob. |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Keith Gosden
United Kingdom
41 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2014 : 12:23:53
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I too have signed. There were 10,695 others when I logged on (9/1/13 at 12.20)
Keith Gosden
PA 0909 - 4 seat tourer
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