No Breaks

A Lost Season in British Speedway

No Breaks
Roddy McDougall
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Hardback
h240 x 160mm - 288pg
3 May 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781785317729
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No Breaks: A Lost Season in British Speedway is a story of survival. Once the country' s second most popular sport, filling Wembley Stadium for meetings, speedway now gets by on crowds numbered in the hundreds. It' s been banished to industrial estates in towns like Redcar and Scunthorpe and generally forgotten by the mainstream media. And yet, going into 2020, things were looking up: several star riders were returning to race in Britain for the first time in years and a new, long-term TV contract was in place. Then the coronavirus lockdown happened, cancelling the league season and threatening the sport' s very existence. Starting in September 2019, No Breaks hears from those who earn a living from speedway - the riders - and those who continue to keep it alive against the odds: the promoters and fans. Month by month, the book explores British speedway' s current health - itself a reflection of wider society - while shining a much-needed light on many compelling and positive stories.
Roddy McDougall worked as a journalist for several national news broadcasters. A producer and reporter for BBC News and BBC TV Sport, he moved on to senior roles in news editing with TV-am, GMTV and ITN where he was Head of Home News. He' s written for When Saturday Comes and has co-authored a forthcoming walking book on his birthplace, Edinburgh. He currently works in London as a media and presentation coach.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781785317729
Published: 3 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pitch Publishing
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 240mm
Width: 160mm
Pages: 288

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