foreverblue Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Good news for speedway, all elite football off until 3rd April at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasser90 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Can see the speedway season getting affected by this soon. As of Monday no gatherings of over 500 people in Scotland. That’s Glasgow and Edinburgh speedway in trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Gasser90 said: Can see the speedway season getting affected by this soon. As of Monday no gatherings of over 500 people in Scotland. That’s Glasgow and Edinburgh speedway in trouble it's a bit strange Cheltenham is still going ahead today when I believe the Kelso meeting is behind closed doors . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, foreverblue said: it's a bit strange Cheltenham is still going ahead today when I believe the Kelso meeting is behind closed doors . BSPA statement says business as usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, wealdstone said: BSPA statement says business as usual Yes I know which is why I said it was good for speedway because if there is no football they may be tempted to go to speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 26 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Yes I know which is why I said it was good for speedway because if there is no football they may be tempted to go to speedway. I can see a marketing ploy here: ”Beat Coronavirus and watch live speedway, the only sport with fewer people than self-isolation!” 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 44 minutes ago, wealdstone said: BSPA statement says business as usual Trust me there be no speedway here before June at earliest will be a shortened season.Cardiff could well be 1st GP as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, Wolfie456 said: Trust me there be no speedway here before June at earliest will be a shortened season.Cardiff could well be 1st GP as well. Could well be the case, with few exceptions Speedway stadiums are not normally places where excessive hygiene is in evidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scrutton Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 If air travel is banned that will mean only Riders that live in Britain will be available. That will also affect Sweden Denmark and Poland as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I think that it is naive to think that speedway will be unaffected when most other major sports are being affacted - especially when the majority of riders do not live in the UK. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Steve0 said: I think that it is naive to think that speedway will be unaffected when most other major sports are being affacted - especially when the majority of riders do not live in the UK. Me too, and likely to have more deep consequences with riders and promoters struggling for income Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambpanther Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Steve0 said: I think that it is naive to think that speedway will be unaffected when most other major sports are being affacted - especially when the majority of riders do not live in the UK. Panthers have 6 UK based riders. We could just do Panthers vs R/R all season LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Points re Speedster. " We have a terrific group on PPSSC" "Close Personal ties with owners and sponsors" " Myself and everyone else involved with Peterborough" Claims to know Mimmo Has GCSE in Computer and IT GCSE did not start till 1988 , computer exam somewhat later Edited March 13, 2020 by wealdstone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, wealdstone said: Points re Speedster. " We have a terrific group on PPSSC" "Close Personal ties with owners and sponsors" " Myself and everyone else involved with Peterborough" Has GCSE in Computer and IT GCSE did not start till 1988 , computer exam somewhat later I left school in 1972 and took A level Computer Science for my last two years so I would have thought a computer course and exam would have been available in some schools from the start of the GCSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Chris116 said: I left school in 1972 and took A level Computer Science for my last two years so I would have thought a computer course and exam would have been available in some schools from the start of the GCSE. GCSE introduced 1988 and Speedster claims to have GCSE, pretty sure there was not a GCSE computer exam at that time Edited March 13, 2020 by wealdstone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Speedster15 said: Denmark on lockdown. Ostergaard not available for p+p. Really can’t see the season starting any time soon. Too many riders are going to be hit by the travel restrictions and if meetings do go ahead crowds will be well down putting a lot of clubs at risk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Speedster15 said: Statement does say it's business as usual but call offs are inevitable. It's not worth anyone booking a weekend off work or anything to see a Speedway meeting no matter which club you support. It's just a case of when and not if the call offs come. Speedway clubs are trying to get on with things because of various reasons fixtures, finances, stadium availability etc. but clubs will be left with no choice but to call off meetings with the travel bans, coronavirus etc. Agree with that and see serious knock on effect for clubs and riders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappy Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Will Andersen be at P&P then or does he still live locally Edited March 13, 2020 by Flappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappy Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Anyone else notice NKI's comment on the social media pages about doing some meetings for Panthers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 hours ago, foreverblue said: it's a bit strange Cheltenham is still going ahead today when I believe the Kelso meeting is behind closed doors . ££ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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