COVENTRY
BUILDBASE BEES
SPEEDWAY
[COVENTRY
BUILDBASE BEES]
[SPEEDWAY]
As one of the most successful sides in the country, Coventry Buildbase Bees Speedway has
enjoyed another strong season in 2014. Sport in Profile Magazine caught up with the club’s
Press Officer David Rowe to find out more about the good work that they’ve been doing.
Involvement
He told us, “I’ve been watching
speedway all my life and my
first memories are from the
mid to late 80s, with Coventry
winning back-to-back league
titles in 1987 and 1988. I was
first taken by my Dad, who
went to all the home matches,
and I quickly wanted to see
more and more of the sport.
I was always attracted by the
fact that, in a sense, it’s a pure
motorsport – four riders, four
bikes, four laps, and a oneminute dash in each race.
Yes, there are complex rules
and regulations but you don’t
actually have to get involved
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in them to enjoy the sport – in
fact, quite often, it’s better not
to!
I’d been producing my own
reports on the club on the
internet whilst at University
and in 2002 I was approached
to join their media team. Two
years later I found myself as
Press Officer, I’ve been there
ever since and I also now have
involvement in several other
areas of the sport including
the national press office and
television commentary on
foreign meetings.”
Atmosphere
“It’s rarely anything other
than positive, especially on
a race-day. You know that
almost everyone who attends a
speedway meeting at Coventry,
whether they are working or
as a spectator, loves the sport.
There are frustrating times,
especially when the weather
intervenes in well-planned
events, but basically if you
don’t enjoy it you shouldn’t be
involved.”
2014
“It’s been a successful season.
Speedway is a particularly
tough sport to enjoy a run of
sustained success because
regulations are put in place each
winter which, in theory, equalise
the strengths of the clubs going
into the next campaign.