This in from Bryn. In his own words. Ed
A firm decision from the club’s shareholders regarding the immediate future of the Wightlink Islanders speedway team was the widely anticipated outcome of a meeting held in the Premier Lounge at Smallbrook Stadium last night (Tuesday 17th December).
However after much lively debate, a somewhat dramatic development during the course of the meeting itself, and with the club having been given until January 31st to inform the British Speedway Promoters Association as to whether or not they intend to operate National league racing in 2014, such a decision has been further deferred.
Decision due at January meeting
It was agreed that it will now definitely be reached at a further shareholders meeting that will take place on Tuesday January 21st commencing at 7pm to allow all options to be explored further by club chairman Brian Ginders, including his agreement to a shareholder’s suggestion last night that he seek talks with an Elite League club about the possibility of them assisting in some way.
However the main interest will focus on behind the scenes talks that will now be sought by the club’s board of directors as soon as possible with a non-shareholder who, having heard of the possibility of speedway racing not taking place at Smallbrook next year, made contact during last night’s meeting to apparently express their desire to get involved financially with the Wightlink Islanders to help secure the club’s future both in the short and long term.
At this stage, details on this third party are somewhat sketchy as you might imagine given the circumstances, so at the moment it might possibly prove to be the case that no news is good news!
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