I'm not a member at Batley as yet (next meeting, hopefully!), but I do have a couple of observations
I've been to the track three times over the last couple of weeks, each time some local kids have been using the facilities for everything from a game of army to a pick up joint! There's no doubt that a new rostrum would be great, but given the evidence of usage, beer and cider bottles, fag packets etc, how long would anything other than steel last?
We've seen the damage to the gym hall at Bury this week, possibly due to the local youth, and while at Southport last Sunday I saw that there had been an attempt to burn the rostrum there.
I don't know what the answer is, other than building 10 foot high steel perimeter fencing! But I think that the out lay for a simpathetic welder at Batley might pay dividends in the long run.
Either that, or race every night so the track can't be used by the 'disaffected youth'. Bless 'em!
