And Then There Were Two
Posted 29/12/06

As a result of a ruling from the BSPA, Gordon Pairman will be standing down as one of the Co-Promoters of Glasgow Speedway with immediate effect.

The BSPA have advised that their rules do not allow an individual to be a Promoter at two different clubs at the same time. With Gordon being one of the three named as the proposed new promoters at Belle Vue it meant that a decision had to be made which position he would have to stand down from.

His co-promoters at Belle Vue are both newcomers to the position and for Belle Vue to get a vote at meetings they have to have a promoter with over three years experience. As Gordon meets this criteria, the decision was made that to protect their interests at Belle Vue Gordon would be forced to stand down as co-promoter at Glasgow.

We understand that Gordon is very disappointed at having to make such a decision as he had hoped to continue as promoter at both tracks.

The BSPA ruling may seem a new one to some, our thoughts immediately went to Terry Russell but as has since been pointed out although Mr Russell had an interest in many clubs at the same time he was, in fact, only named as a Promoter at Swindon.

Following on from that it is our understanding that as a result Gordon does not want to change his involvement with Glasgow in any other way and will continue as a Director and Shareholder at Glasgow as well as a Tigers fan and will still try to attend as many meetings as his schedule allows.