Weymouth Wildcats still seeking new home

Wildcats have not possessed a track since racing stopped in 2010 at their Wessex Stadium home.

Since then, the ‘Cats have raced in Plymouth’s St. Boniface Arena and Poole’s Wimborne Road.

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The absence of a parent stadium cost them dearly in 2020 when the British Speedway Promoters’ Association (BSPA) banned nomadic clubs from racing in the Midland & Southern Development League (MSDL).

And Tresadern admits the situation could become so desperate he may enquire with farmers about use of land near Weymouth.

He told Echosport: “It’s not like we’re not trying to find somewhere.

“If I had to start walking around farms and knocking on farmyard doors, or barns, and speak to farmers about possible use of a field, then I’ll have to do it this year.

“We need to get a track back in Weymouth. It’s our own destiny. We haven’t got to rely on anyone else to say: ‘Yeah, you can come and ride here this season’.

“We’d know what we’re doing straight off. Our long-term aim is that we want to get back.

“If I have to start knocking on farmers’ doors, it’s something we’ve got to start looking at doing.”

Tresadern and fellow co-promoter Martin Peters have been frustrated in their previous efforts to contact landowners.

“It’s a crazy one, because nobody gets back to you,” he said. “I don’t like to constantly nag people.

“I like to give it a while. Should I constantly nag them or are they receiving any correspondence from me?

“That might be another one where I have to go and physically knock on a door and speak to people.

“That’s the only way going forward with a lot of people.

“People are saying speedway’s dead and I know there are financial issues.

“But with Birmingham being saved, Oxford brought back from the wilderness and the Isle of Wight doing such a good job, the feel-good factor is getting back to a decent level.

“We need to jump on board with it all.”