Belle Vue Aces
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Belle Vue Aces
Speedway
Article provided by
Hayley Bromley
T
here is no question that the National Speedway Stadium is one of
Manchester’s brightest gems and after changing ownership over
the winter, the vision for its future is starting to come to life.
Since taking control of the business
in February, the new management team
have tackled an exciting few months in
their quest to keep the world’s oldest,
most famous speedway team racing.
Now, just half way into the season,
their efforts are starting to bear fruit with
both the Belle Vue Aces and the Belle
Vue Colts on track towards the strongly
contested end-of-season play offs.
It cannot be overstated how the
overall morale of the club has contributed
to this early success, something which
Aces captain Craig Cook says is half the
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battle for a team chasing a gold medal.
But behind the scenes the hard
work continues, for the enormous
potential of this state-of-the-art stadium
means it can handle far more than just
weekly speedway as CEO Adrian Smith
explains.
“We’re indebted to both the
Eastland’s Trust and Manchester City
Council for getting us to where we are
today,” he said. “It’s been a superb
challenge but there’s still lots to be done
going forward.
“With the speedway, we want to
develop a great family environment and
enhance our dedicated fan base; the race
night experience remains high on the
agenda of things we’re working on.
“We secured a brilliant Director of
Speedway in Mark Lemon, who’s put
two good teams together in a very short
period of time and we’re delighted to see
just how successful they’ve already been.
“I’ve got so much appreciation for
all our volunteers who helped lend a
hand to get everything up and running.
They’re the life blood of this club and