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SPOKESMAN-ONLINE EXPANSION - posted 11 August 2008

We are delighted to announce that spokesman-online is expanding. Since it was introduced in November 2007, cycle speedway's most popular website has been a resounding succces and is on course to crash through that magical 100,000 target before the end of the season.

Inspired by your tremendous support and aided by our wonderful sponsor, Wosskow Brown Solicitors, we are pleased to announce that we are doubling the number of available pages. Not only will we continue to bring you all the latest news and views but we will be able to concentrate that on specific pages, making it easier to navigate the site, at the same time bringing you a much wider range of topics.

spokesman-online was always meant to be a dynamic website concentrating very much on today and tomorrow. But we know from your feedback that you enjoy reading about the personalities, what clubs are up to and a bit about the sport's history. So our expansion means that we can carry these articles for longer, which will delight the ever growing band of new readers joining us every day.

Thanks again for your continued support - you are and remain the key to our success.

SPOKESMAN-ONLINE CONTINUES TO BREAK ALL RECORDS - posted 13 May 2008

In all the excitement of Euro 2008, we forgot to mention that we had another record breaking month in April.

Figures issued by our website providers show that we had 13,543 visits last month which was 2,165 up on our previous monthly best - or put another way a staggering 19% increase.

This is the sixth month in a row that we have seen our numbers increase. We are now averaging 451 visits a day and regularly break through the 500 plus barrier. Our weekend match reports and results pages are extremely popular with Mondays being our busiest day of the week. And it's all down to you our loyal readers and contributors. Keep the news flowing and we'll keep publishing it.

GOOD FRIDAY - GREAT FRIDAY - posted 23 March 2008

What a good Friday - in fact what a great Good Friday.

Independent figures produced by our web providers, show that spokesman-online enjoyed its busiest day ever on Good Friday. A staggering 627 readers logged into the site, smashing our previous record - all of which goes to prove that spokesman-online is more popular than ever.

There is no doubt that as the new season gets underway and riders and officials come together for the first time since the long winter break, the one thing everyone is talking about is cycle speedway's favourite website. So please keep spreading the word. If your team mates have not yet heard about the site, mention it to them and urge them to add www.spokesman-online.co.uk to their list of favourites.

We never let the occasion pass without acknowledging the support of our band of fantastic contributors. Thanks to them, we can virtually update the site daily. And finally don't forget our Viewpoint page which is always open for your cycle speedway comments.

WOSSKOW BROWN SPONSOR SPOKESMAN-ONLINE - posted 7 December 2007

spokesman-online is pleased to announce an exciting new development.

Sheffield solicitors Wosskow Brown have offered to sponsor the site for the next twelve months.

“This is great news” said spokesman-online’s editorial team. “The partnership with Wosskow Brown will enable us to significantly increase our storage capacity and double the number of pages. We are really indebted to Ian Brown for his generous offer.”

Wosskow Brown are equally enthusiastic about the new arrangement.

”This new site is proving such a big hit, it deserves all our support” said Ian Brown. “We know that it will be professionally run and have the highest integrity, which fits in perfectly with Wosskow Brown’s company image. We are delighted to be associated with spokesman-online”.

Wosskow Brown are well-known in cycle speedway circles. Not only do they sponsor the Sheffield club and the highly successful British Youth and Junior League but they have also introduced an innovative Club Support scheme (see Sponsorship page for details) which rewards clubs based on introductions to the company.

spokesman-online’s advertising banner at the foot of each page will be modified shortly to incorporate the Wosskow Brown name.

TAKEOVER DEAL CONFIRMED - posted 5 December 2007

spokesman-online has taken over one of cycle speedway's most successful websites following an approach by its present owner.

cyclespeedway.co.uk was founded six years ago by Suffolk enthusiast Paul Jay and quickly established itself as the first click for every discerning cycle speedway surfer.

Launched in the days before British Cycling's webpages, the site carries a wealth of information ranging from track locations, contacts, statisical data and links with other websites. However web-master Paul Jay has not been able to devote much time to the project of late.

"When I saw the progress spokesman-online had made in such a short space of time, I had no hesitation in offering my site and domain name" said Jay.

spokesman-online is delighted with the news.

"It's a wonderful gesture on Paul's part. It's early days and we are in on-going talks with Paul on how best to move things forward. However it will be a huge boost to have the cherised domain cyclespeedway.co.uk.

"When we set up the new site last month,the name spokesman-online, seemed the obvious choice but it may be more appropriate to change the name at sometime in the future. The acquisition of cyclespeedway.co.uk certainly allows us to do that.

cyclespeedway.co.uk has had 41,000 visitors since it started in 2001, making it one of the sport's most popular websites. Already an automatic divert has been set up between the two sites directing visitors to spokesman-online.

Watch this space for futher news.

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT - posted 21 November 2007

spokesman-online is delighted to announce a new partnership arrangement with one of the sport's leading photographers.

Brian Barnett has agreed to make available his extensive portfolio of cycle speedway photos to spokesman-online as well as supplying immediate pics from most of next year's international and national competitions.

Brian's superb photos can be viewed at www.cyclespeedwayphotos.co.uk - and if you are a speedway enthusiast, go to www.speedwayphotos.net, Brian's excellent speedway site.