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ryaneveritt
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 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: Stanway Colchester Play Track |
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Does anyone Live in Colchester Stanway area !! There Looking at building a new play bmx track !! So Ideas Names This way please !!
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gladders
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Not another 'play track' please!!!!. Actually the proposals we've seen are for a track and skatepark in Shrub End (nr the football ground). I gave the woman who is doing the fund raising etc a call quite some time ago but no reply, i'll give it another go and see if she can afford MR Jenks or Mr Forte!.
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ryaneveritt
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Ah Na Na Na Na
You know that really crap one built about five years ago in, I think its called New farm road ! Well They wanna do somthing new with it. They are after a Small Bmx Track, this is Proper inside info lol. And they have money to spend to.
So Have you the details of any good track builders i can pass on to him to get it done pucker !!
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Ah Na Na Na Na
You know that really crap one built about five years ago in, I think its called New farm road ! Well They wanna do somthing new with it. They are after a Small Bmx Track, this is Proper inside info lol. And they have money to spend to.
So Have you the details of any good track builders i can pass on to him to get it done pucker !! |
Steve Jenks, Mr Forte (Kye, Leo, and Tobys dad), or whoever built Bournemouth or Burnham.
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gladders
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Ah Na Na Na Na
You know that really crap one built about five years ago in, I think its called New farm road ! Well They wanna do somthing new with it. They are after a Small Bmx Track, this is Proper inside info lol. And they have money to spend to.
So Have you the details of any good track builders i can pass on to him to get it done pucker !! |
Ryan you need to let me know who to speak to then, we only live 2 mins from there!. You are right, the current 'BMX play area' is a joke, dangerous (it,s actually a figure of eight!) and of course no one uses it.
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firebladeseven
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Back in the very late 70's or early 80's I was one of the kids who met the men from the council who were proposing to build a 'BMX Track' on New Farm Rd in Colchester (we called it Clairmont)
Can you imagine how gutted we were when the council came and dumped around 20 piles of dirt in an oval. WTF?
It was total shite, they didn't even attempt to flatten or compact anything and it would have only been wide enough for 1 bike anyway.
Forward wind 25 years and I again met the men from the council at the 'BOABMX' initiative consultative meeting at Alderman Blaxill school about a venue off Layer Road.
They were talking Dreamland Skatepark and seemed pretty set on the idea as I lobbied pretty hard for them to consider a pukker Jenks type track. They didn't seem to keen but said they would get back to me 
This new thing over Clairmont is news to me but the origional track I told of at the start was ripped out years ago and replaced with an equally shite oval thing.
I wonder what new improved shite oval they are thinking of this time or will it be 3rd time lucky. I hope so as I live just round the corner.
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gladders
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Ryan gave me name of guy from council, same chap i wrote/spoke to 3 years ago. Main difference this time he says is they have money but he's deffo only thinking 'play track'. As long as it's a Jenks play track no worries but won't hold me breath. Fireblade you may want to PM Ryan your details, more involved the merrier?.
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Ryan
PM sent.
Steve
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ryaneveritt
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I'll Keep Yuo upto Date on the Events and what is happening with the track. Have sent him the list of people who Alan Supplied me and Stephen was over the moon with it.
So his looking through gettin a few quotes so he has some idea what its going costs !! but good news i think he has money to spend.
Many thanks
Ryan
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Ian
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That sounds very positive. Lets hope they do it well.
Heres a link to Hersden Play Track. They hold races there during the summer and now alot of the riders are competing at South Regionals.
http://www.eastkentbmx.co.uk/Kent_Tracks.htm |
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gladders
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| Ryan gave me name of guy from council, same chap i wrote/spoke to 3 years ago. Main difference this time he says is they have money but he's deffo only thinking 'play track'. As long as it's a Jenks play track no worries but won't hold me breath. Fireblade you may want to PM Ryan your details, more involved the merrier?. |
just as well i'm not holding breath!
no news, zip, nada............
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gladders
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bump
this seems to have stalled again, wonder if we got Scott Dick involved (he did offer to help in situations like this on Talk). V frustrating, any other suggestions, Ryan?.
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