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RADIO 4 COVERAGE: PM SHOW TODAY - Listen here! Fantastic piece on the radio tonight on the Save the Velodrome campaign, including an interview with Dulwich Estate, the landowners, showing their support of the campaign. It's really worth listening to and hearing it all first hand. Click here. Go to minute 48 on the playing bar. Hope to see you at the open meeting tomorrow. Details on the first message on this chain.

A BIG THANK YOU: Dear Supports, Thank you to everyone who made it down yesterday to show BBC London how much we all appreciate the track. There were over 100 kids and parents today, and while it was a wet, it was worth it. We can't thank you all enough for heading down. Watch out for yourselves on the box - it will be aired this Monday 4th October at 6.30pm.

Sorry Sheila - it ends at 5-30pm. Thanks

We have BBC?s Newsround coming to the Velodrome to do a piece on the campaign this Friday, 1st October (think John Craven). In case you didn?t know, every Friday is Kids Club. Children can bring their own bikes, trikes or scooters to whizz round the track for an hour and it?s FREE! It would be great to show as many children as possible enjoying the facilities (come rain or shine). Please join us from 4pm at the track and have some fun. Note the start time is normally 4-30pm. The Velodrome entrance is on Burbage Road, SE24 9HE. There is free parking for all. Click here for the map. Save the Velodrome is a campaign to stop the oldest cycling track in England from being closed. To find out more, visit: www.savethevelodrome.com or www.facebook.com/savethevelodrome. There is a public meeting on 6th October - everyone welcome - details on the site above. Many thanks The Save the Velodrome Campaign committee

Dear All We are trying to get an idea of numbers for the open meeting (details below) - we need as many people as possible. Please could you email [email protected] if you're planning on joining us. Details of public meeting: Wednesday 6th October 7.30pm to 9.30pm Great Hall, Dulwich College Dulwich Common, London SE21 7LD The agenda for the public meeting is to: ? raise awareness of the plight of the facilities; ? present status of conversations with the Dulwich Estate, Mayor's office, Southwark council and relevant authorities; ? hear suggestions for the future proposed regeneration; ? review potential plans. If you want to keep upto date with the campaign and show your support then please check out our public page on www.facebook.com/savethevelodrome or email [email protected] Please help to save this fantastic facility! Many thanks Save the Velodrome committee

Hi Everyone The Herne Hill Velodrome is seriously under threat of closure. The campaign to save it has started with an invitation to a public meeting on 6th October. Please show your support on the website www.savethevelodrome.com or www.facebook.com/savethevelodrome. We are trying to get an idea of numbers for the open meeting (details below) - we need as many people as possible. Please could you email [email protected] if you're planning on joining us. Also please tell everyone - we need to show that people care about the facilities. More information below from the press release: ?Save the Velodrome? Campaign launches with an open invitation to a public meeting. An alliance of residents and cyclists has been formed to save a former Olympic stadium from closure. The Herne Hill Velodrome is the oldest cycling track in the country and the home of the 1948 Olympic Cycling Championships. But now it faces closure due to deterioration and lack of funding. There is no alternative track in London for the hundreds of children who ride and race there. In the past, that has included Bradley Wiggins, the three-time Olympic gold medallist, who began his competitive cycling career at Herne Hill. The Campaign is the brainchild of Hillary Peachey, a local resident whose children use the site regularly. She says, ?It seems shameful that, with 2012 approaching, London cannot even sustain the facilities it has. That is why we are calling on Londoners as a whole to save this precious resource.? The Campaign kicks off with a public meeting at Dulwich College at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 6th October. But Londoners are asked to register their support on www.savethevelodrome.com Campaigners aim to secure the future of the site and make it a viable long-term facility for all, including local residents and schools. The agenda for the public meeting is to: ? raise awareness of the plight of the facilities; ? hear suggestions for the future proposed regeneration; ? review potential plans. To stay open, the Velodrome will need corporate and private funding, together with volunteer support. The campaigners are hopeful of getting it. Details of public meeting: Wednesday 6th October 7.30pm to 9.30pm Great Hall, Dulwich College Dulwich Common, London SE21 7LD For further information about the event/press enquiries: Hillary Peachey [email protected]