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Wolverhampton Speedway Bosses Pledge to find Brand-new Venue

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Wolverhampton Speedway managers pledge to discover brand-new venue
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ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman BBC News
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Speedway club bosses have promised to find a after news they can not remain at their home of 96 years.

Wolverhampton Speedway stated on 17 April they were ravaged their tenancy agreement for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this season.

About 17,000 individuals have now signed a petition calling for it to be saved.

But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said the "amazing" assistance had resulted in talks with authorities about a new site.

"The reality that this petition has been signed and got such a huge amount of support in just a couple of days is rather remarkable and I believe that's certainly been the influence and opened the yohaig code door to these conferences for the club," he stated.
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Site owner Entain has stated it will focus on greyhound racing however comprehends fans and the club will be "disappointed".
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Mr Van Straaten, who took over running the club from his dad in 1986, stated speedway was "an important part of Wolverhampton folklore".

"My energy in the last few days has turned to supplying a new site where we can establish a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the primary occupants," he stated.
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"I 'd like to develop our own location, I wish to be the yohaig code main holder of the occupancy and also create something that is open six days a week to help train motorcyclists; to train children to take them off the yohaig code streets."

He said he had actually handled to bring a stadium to Redcar and had actually gained understanding from that job.

"I 'd love to be in a position where I can bring a speedway stadium to the city of Wolverhampton," he said.

The reaction from people made him believe this was possible.

"the yohaig code amount of individuals that signed the petition has actually took my breath away. The assistance for this sport is quite fantastic," he said.

Mr Van Straaten stated it would be an "immense" blow if it didn't occur, but included he was going to be positive and they had the rest of this promotion code year to attempt to discover a site.

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