wealdstone Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Ben91 said: Perhaps that will be a good thing and they’ll just race alongside their proper jobs as a hobby in future, as should have been the case for a long time now. Could be, but the decline of British Speedway gathers pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 hour ago, wealdstone said: Could be, but the decline of British Speedway gathers pace. You can’t say you didn’t see it coming over the last few years ,but this Pandemic has certainly Not helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 4 hours ago, wealdstone said: Could be, but the decline of British Speedway gathers pace. The sport has been in terminal decline here for many years now. Here we are with a chance to rip it up and start again but instead there seems to just be a wait and see attitude. We could hope for some individual meetings in 2020 and take the time to put a proper plan in place to help the sport try and flourish once more but why bother when we can just try use the same incredibly flawed system next year again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ben91 said: The sport has been in terminal decline here for many years now. Here we are with a chance to rip it up and start again but instead there seems to just be a wait and see attitude. We could hope for some individual meetings in 2020 and take the time to put a proper plan in place to help the sport try and flourish once more but why bother when we can just try use the same incredibly flawed system next year again. As Rick Frost said "those in charge of Speedway could not even run a Burger Van successfully" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 1:06 PM, wealdstone said: As Rick Frost said "those in charge of Speedway could not even run a Burger Van successfully" Oh my goodness, have you ever tried that food at Peterborough.......thank goodness I'm a vegetarian. Twice in the past, my wife has suffered food like poisoning after having a burger there. It might be a coincidence of course, but I didn't think the thing looked properly cooked when she got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mimmo said: Oh my goodness, have you ever tried that food at Peterborough.......thank goodness I'm a vegetarian. Twice in the past, my wife has suffered food like poisoning after having a burger there. It might be a coincidence of course, but I didn't think the thing looked properly cooked when she got it. Rare if at all have I had food at Peterborough. The food is course in the hands of EOES who are responsible for booking whatever provider they see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PE7Panther Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mimmo said: Oh my goodness, have you ever tried that food at Peterborough.......thank goodness I'm a vegetarian. Twice in the past, my wife has suffered food like poisoning after having a burger there. It might be a coincidence of course, but I didn't think the thing looked properly cooked when she got it. I'm the same as Wealdstone; I never have it. I always pack a flask of tea and a sarnie or pie. The food at the EoES was very decent when we had the Grasmere Farms van. Top quality meat - and at least they used to test the temperature with a food thermometer, so it was always cooked properly. Their big drawback was that they were as slooooow as ar5eholes! Some of the staff were gormless and were totally clueless when it came to serving supposedly "fast food". But I s'pose we've got more important things to worry about than flippin' burger vans Edited July 17, 2020 by PE7Panther 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasser90 Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 With the season now cancelled maybe tungate was right to sell his kevlars ! but seriously should we keep the same team for next season ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 As some may know following months of silence they offered to refund my money. This has never been about money but rather the deafening silence from the bosses. Having now heard from them I am quite happy for money to be held over till next season. "Deo Volente" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Hope you got an assurance that there will actually be a Peterborough Speedway team in 2021 before you agreed to hold over the money until next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump99 Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, scoobydoo said: Hope you got an assurance that there will actually be a Peterborough Speedway team in 2021 before you agreed to hold over the money until next season. Given that there could be a second spike during close season (the real one), social distancing and/or other restrictions could be with us for the foreseeable future until or unless a vaccine and better treatments appear then I'd still wouldn't bet on viable speedway as we know it happening in 2021 anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 The whole season written off because of a flu like virus. The UK has truly gone mad... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump99 Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Blupanther said: The whole season written off because of a flu like virus. The UK has truly gone mad... As people return to some sort of normality (within the current restrictions), socialise more in groups and spend more time indoors then review the statement after New Year. The UK is not alone is it? The whole world has to be seen to have gone mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, Crump99 said: As people return to some sort of normality (within the current restrictions), socialise more in groups and spend more time indoors then review the statement after New Year. The UK is not alone is it? The whole world has to be seen to have gone mad. Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump99 Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 52 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... Well this is not the thread for stats, theories and conspiracies on Covid-19 so we'll leave it there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Blupanther said: Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... The number of deaths suggest that this was not just flu and I don’t think any decision makers panicked. Lots of things could have been done better and some things don’t seem logical - but better to be safe I say Edited July 22, 2020 by Steve0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Steve0 said: The number of deaths suggest that this was not just flu and I don’t think any decision makers panicked. Lots of things could have been done better and some things don’t seem logical - but better to be safe I say We will just have to disagree on that then ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38175.2&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump99 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 9:47 AM, Blupanther said: Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... I'm bored, so which ones are those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Scotland & Wales 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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