Committee Members

CHAIR/TREASURER: Sandra Joy Kemble mother of 3 wonderful grown up children and grandmother to a gorgeous 2 year old granddaughter. Self Employed Book-Keeper. Supported the Lions since 1980's, favourite back then was Finn Jensen and Rolf Gramstad. My eldest son is named after Martin Rogers and he came first in a fancy dress competition when he was 3 as a Leicester Lions speedway rider. My other interests are music especially the 70's, dancing, alternative therapies and Dolphins.

VICE CHAIR: Michael Peter Kowal Been a Lions fan from the mid 70's. Been on the Committee for a couple of years now and has enjoyed it very much. I'm a family man and at my happiest surrounded by my whole family......other interests include winter sports, as a spectator only, also I'm in to model railways as well as the real thing........though I'm more into steam than anything else...which is handy......as is my grandson

SECRETARY/MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Linda Harris I've followed the Lions since 1977 live with my two dogs and I love to travel and am hoping to visit New York in 2012. My roles within the supporters club are Membership secretary, acting club secretary and looking after the very successful 50/50 match day draws

John Cross I am married to Diane since 2008, we are both retired and living at Rothley, we both have 2 children and we both have 3 grandchildren. Diane and I both enjoy helping Linda Harris to sell the 50/50 tickets at Leicester Speedway. I was introduced to Speedway at Blackbird Road at Easter 1953 and knew immediately that this was the sport for me and even though I was in full support of the Leicester Hunters I also appreciated the efforts of the visiting riders and that is how I still view the situation to this day, but I think there are many people in this sport who think the same as I do. Having said that it is always nice to see our own team doing well. When in 1968 the Long Eaton team was moved to Leicester myself and my late wife were invited to be programme sellers at Blackbird road and I also for a few years was a member of the track-staff at Brandon stadium. My wish now is for our new Leicester Speedway to carry on being a big success.

John Thomas long term Speedway fan, committee member and volunteer up at Beaumont Park. You can find me on every match day selling programmes in my famous shed!!

Dennis Manton My first Speedway meeting was in 1949 when the Hunters opened up, from that day on I have followed Speedway ever since. When Leicester closed down I transferred my support to Long Eaton until their demise. I was one of the petitioners that helped Ken in the bid to get Speedway back to Leicester which we achieved in 2011. I joined the committee when it reformed back in 2000 and have been on it ever since. I help out on the main gates during the week on race meetings.

Gary Ledger I am a family man with two children, nine year old Daniel and five year old Erin and not forgetting my good lady wife Jackie. I have been a fan of speedway for around four years now, so when Leicester saw the return of the Lions it all became that more special. My other interests are power boating, we have a boat we usually use on the south coast and on the Lochs in Scotland, camping with friends, this more often than not goes with the boating side of things and lastly I like radio controlled helicopters, this can sometimes be a tad difficult as they are notoriously hard to master. On race nights I am usually around the front of the refs tower, more often than not with my lad Dan, though we are all there on occasion.

Dave Howard Lions fan since 1972, invited onto LSSC Committee in 1981-1983 by Martin Rogers knocking on my front door at home, now returning for my 2nd stint. Not bad at keeping to time, this is good seeing as I am Incident Recorder/Timekeeper on Race-nights. "I want to help bring fans together in a positive manner and want to attain a situation where all supporters have positive thoughts when they think of LSSC and what it offers and provides for them"

John Harvey A speedway fan for 28 years and a start marshal for one, I am responsible for the recent social events and am keen to increase the value that members receive from the Supporters Club.

Alex Kowal I was a year old when Leicester speedway closed down, never saw Blackbird Road. My Dad got me into speedway when Long Eaton was riding. Been following them all the way till they were closed. After Long Eaton I have been supporting King's Lynn and now Leicester as we got our track back. I'm the youngest committee member, not just age but as a new member in the committee. With the experience of designing and running websites in the past, I was elected to do the Supporters Club Website. If there's no speedway, I shoot some pool or spend time with my family and friends.