Speedway Floor Manager Puts on a Good Show

New Zealander Steve Brandon, based in Northampton, is a freelance floor manager, and when thousands of speedway fans flicked on to Sky Sports Two last week, he was one of a small army of workers who had been at Swindon’s Abbey Stadium for over 24 hours to ensure the action could be beamed into the nation’s living rooms.

“I suppose my job in a nutshell is to make sure everyone is in the right place at the right times,” Brandon says.

His job involves coordinating the riders, which sounds like a tough job, but it’s one he enjoys.

“The riders are as good as gold and I suppose they have all done enough TV matches to know what’s going on.

“If we try and do anything different or anything changes then we will communicate that to the team managers beforehand.

“We do everything we can to put on a good show and hopefully you can see that watching at home.”

Brandon is originally from Christchurch.

Original article by Andy Warren, The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, June 2, 2014.