Just days after the news broke that, with the full backing of Brian Ginders, Chairman of Island Speedway (IOW) Ltd, ex-rider Barry Bishop and business partner Martin Widman are determined to bring speedway back to the Isle of Wight, the duo can now reveal that they have secured a big partnership deal with local businessman Dave Stevens of SBS EPOS.
The decision of the future of the club was deferred until January, with some interesting and unexpected developments coming up during the shareholders' meeting.
Having achieved something of a minor miracle by reaching this year's KO Cup final given all our current and past injury problems this season, those problems finally took their toll last night when we went down 58-33 in the first leg of that final at the hands of the Dudley Heathens.