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Sandbanks Hotel is very good as are its sister hotels the Haven Hotel (also in Sandbanks) and the Harbour Heights in Canford Cliffs. The Sandbanks has a very good on-site Chinese Restaurant - assuming nothing has changed due to the Covid??? The club recommends the Hotel Du Vin in Thames Street, Poole. Food and accommodation top notch (but top prices too - particularly August Bank Holiday weekend I imagine.)

Very smart new blue/black team kevlars on show today at the practice in Leicester. Can't see them clashing with any other SGBC Club thank goodness. All individually sponsored by fans and/or local companies, with their names on the back! Very smart but I guess will need some dusting down after the session today.

Did I hear correctly? Polish tracks are now allowed upto 25% capacity?!

There's always one!!!

In case you haven't read this week's Speedway Star I think you'll find that Rob Godfrey is already ahead with the appropriate lobbying to and by those in Government authority.

A rewind meeting on Weds 24th June - Poole v Swindon from July 29 2015. Darcy's final appearance at Wimborne Road, whilst on loan with the Robins.

Not at the moment!

Rewind meetings resume on Weds 24th June with a 2015 Poole v Swindon meeting. Darcy's final racing appearance(for Swindon) at Wimborne Road!!

Absolutely.

Do try to keep up. No club will run meetings if there continues to be a ban on crowds. Thats been stated officially. As long as the social distancing reduces to 1 metre or below by August and/or fans are required to wear face coverings then there shouldn't be a problem for Poole or any other track with decent viewing options on all sides of their respective stadia.

6-man teams being reported in Speedway Star.

Missing my regular dose of live racing. Much confidence in this week's Speedway Star that mid-August will be a realistic start date - similar to Sweden - to give a 10-11 week season. Fixture formats for various start dates have already been sorted and agreed. Can't wait personally.

Moggo did that too at Poole to great applause - promptly followed by the Poole tractor driver doing the same, which brought the house down!!! Great fun.

The club stated in last Wednesday's rewind and on the website that they would be taking a break for a couple of weeks but would be back with some more rewinds soon. Probably avoiding the return of TV footie.!!!!?

Not forgetting several British clubs are unable to race at weekends 'cos their stadia are also used for other sports!!

I know Danny King has already had some laps on the Leicester track in recent weeks. It'll be good for the others to get some advance experience of the 'new' track as Leicester are another of the clubs wanting to race as soon as allowed.

No stadium staff!!

So its announced today that at least 5 of the 2020 Pirate team will undergo 'behind closed doors' training this month - but not at Wimborne Road?! I guess it will be at a track owned by the respective Speedway Promotion eg. Somerset, IOW, Kings Lynn, BV? PS. Edited for the over-pedantic' "practice"!

Thats already happened at some other tracks too.

Wednesday's (June 10th) Re-wind meeting is the 2018 Final 2nd leg in Norfolk - Kings Lynn v Poole - where Poole took a 1st leg 53-37 lead to defend.

All found now ready for today's auction. Thank goodness.

The lease is for Stadia UK to operate the stadium as a sports/leisure facility, specifically (but not exclusively) for Greyhounds and Speedway. If it doesn't do one and doesn't allow the other then its reneging on the terms of the lease and this would allow the Council to take the lease back or offer it to an alternative operator with similar leisure/sporting provision.

If that is true - despite Stadia UK's statement that dogs will return as soon as the public are allowed to attend - then the Council will be within their rights to take the stadium lease off them.

BSPL have already stated that competitive speedway will not happen behind closed doors - its not affordable for any club. but Danny Ford is still planning to resume when allowed - as are the likes of Edinburgh, Leicester Newcastle etc etc If by mid-July/August - like transport - it becomes a requirement for fans to all wear face masks to public gatherings and social distancing is reduced virtually to nil then whats the problem?

My point was when the lockdown is lifted sufficiently to allow speedway/greyhounds and similar sports to take place with a 'socially- distanced crowd', so that advertisers, sponsors will get their brand seen by fans attending. Whenever/if ever the lockdown is further eased then its likely that the 2-metre rule will also change. Boris (and some other countries) are already suggesting 1 metre distance might be enough and that would equate to just a couple of arm lengths. Danny is clearly of the opinion that it can work otherwise he wouldn't have stated it publicly in yesterday's articles.