RED ALERT FOR DIAMONDS

NEWCASTLE have issued a statement to underline that this Sunday’s double-header against Poole and Plymouth is critical to the club’s future.

The Diamonds’ promotion have set the admission price at just £20 for adults and removed the car parking fee, and say they must see an improvement in attendance figures to keep the business running.

They said: “Speedway is not a charity, and we have all now lived through a pandemic and are continuing to live through the after-effects of a pandemic that has crippled business after business, with Rob’s (Grant) successful family butchers and event catering business also being no stranger to these after-effects.

“The grim reality of the matter is that Rob and his business has invested a huge sum of money into Newcastle Speedway to initially get it to the tapes, and then boost it through the Covid-19 era; however, this is no longer sustainable.

“We now cannot continue to do this alone, and we are calling on all our supporters, far and wide, young and old, to please get behind your Diamonds and support your club this Sunday and for future meetings.

“We need a combined effort to make this weekend’s meeting great, otherwise the heart-breaking alternative that faces us, is that if the crowd is once again as low as it has been, it may seal the fate of the Newcastle Diamonds.”