Kent Kings 2020?

[ruckerroo]

9 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

Exactly, how can thousands cram onto beaches and go on marches, yet speedway and lower league football cannot run with meagre attendances.

a boost for the sporting sect is that goodwood are looking to run a meeting at theyre racing festival the last week in july, attendance around 5,000 as a trial, members and owners attending. Thoroughly sensible idea, if 5,000 can go there which takes 5 times that then it should open the flood gates for other sport from early august.

[East End Fan]

4 hours ago, cityrebel said:

Exactly, how can thousands cram onto beaches and go on marches, yet speedway and lower league football cannot run with meagre attendances.

But I think the "R" number has risen just recently as a direct result of the marches and crowded beaches.  We will only see success in ridding ourselves

of this Covid 19 if ALL the public observe the rules...and that is a pipe dream. 

[crescent girl]

The proof is in the figures.         Wales, Scotland and Ulster have kept a firmer lid on masks and distancing, and are down to about two or three Covid-19 deaths in a week between them.

England, where the vast majority of marches and beach ignorances have been taking place, is still recording around forty deaths a week.

To get speedway back, the virus has to be reduced and later eliminated (not eradicated, that's a pipedream) and if everyone plays their part -- and the Westminster parliament concentrates on saving lives rather than saving rich people's profits.

It does appear that outdoor activities create a lesser risk than crowds indoors -- bad news for cinemas, clubs and pubs -- and this may allow 25% stadium capacity to be invoked, and speedway to make a return. 

[East End Fan]

20 hours ago, crescent girl said:

The proof is in the figures.         Wales, Scotland and Ulster have kept a firmer lid on masks and distancing, and are down to about two or three Covid-19 deaths in a week between them.

England, where the vast majority of marches and beach ignorances have been taking place, is still recording around forty deaths a week.

To get speedway back, the virus has to be reduced and later eliminated (not eradicated, that's a pipedream) and if everyone plays their part -- and the Westminster parliament concentrates on saving lives rather than saving rich people's profits.

It does appear that outdoor activities create a lesser risk than crowds indoors -- bad news for cinemas, clubs and pubs -- and this may allow 25% stadium capacity to be invoked, and speedway to make a return. 

Cannot disagree with that.  Most Speedway venues are  basically outdoors.  But we will be counted like soccer and rugby and no allowance made for our

comparatively modest numbers. 

[East End Fan]

Saw on telly today that sports stadiums are to re-open in the Autumn.  Does that mean September ? October ?  Will it happen for Speedway ?

Dodgy weather at that time of year and I guess a lot of clubs will decide to call it a day now as Glasgow did.  Does anyone know any better ?

[Badge]

2 minutes ago, East End Fan said:

Saw on telly today that sports stadiums are to re-open in the Autumn.  Does that mean September ? October ?  Will it happen for Speedway ?

Dodgy weather at that time of year and I guess a lot of clubs will decide to call it a day now as Glasgow did.  Does anyone know any better ?

October was the month

[screm]

Looks like Kent will need a team change should this season ever start as it appear Nico Covatti has decided to sit out racing over here.

[cityrebel]

44 minutes ago, screm said:

Looks like Kent will need a team change should this season ever start as it appear Nico Covatti has decided to sit out racing over here.

The season might start for some clubs, but league racing might be just a pipe dream.

[East End Fan]

2 hours ago, cityrebel said:

The season might start for some clubs, but league racing might be just a pipe dream.

Suggestions generally seem to be that racing might get going in October.  Could be too little too wet.

[East End Fan]

23 hours ago, screm said:

Looks like Kent will need a team change should this season ever start as it appear Nico Covatti has decided to sit out racing over here.

How do you know that ?  Is it just for 2020, or permanent ?

[Weeyin]

17 minutes ago, East End Fan said:

How do you know that ?  Is it just for 2020, or permanent ?

He stated that he won't be back in 2021 he has a good job and that allows him to race Saturday's  and Sunday's 

[gazzac]

1 hour ago, Cookiefan said:

He stated that he won't be back in 2021 he has a good job and that allows him to race Saturday's  and Sunday's 

I don't think he'll be the first especially the slightly older riders, earn enough to make a  living, and still get his adrenaline fix at the weekend with speedway or grass track/long track.

Edited July 19, 2020 by gazzac

[screm]

2 hours ago, East End Fan said:

How do you know that ?  Is it just for 2020, or permanent ?

https://www.lanueva.com/nota/2020-7-17-8-39-0-nicolas-covatti-cambia-de-planes-no-me-estaba-divirtiendo-en-inglaterra?fbclid=IwAR2GGiKaxJk_tbD6Z70aj2p0QcgEkEk_e2aRLV2Zd2L1wd31Yd37RYtf67A

[leander]

On 7/12/2020 at 5:08 PM, crescent girl said:

The proof is in the figures.         Wales, Scotland and Ulster have kept a firmer lid on masks and distancing, and are down to about two or three Covid-19 deaths in a week between them.

England, where the vast majority of marches and beach ignorances have been taking place, is still recording around forty deaths a week.

To get speedway back, the virus has to be reduced and later eliminated (not eradicated, that's a pipedream) and if everyone plays their part -- and the Westminster parliament concentrates on saving lives rather than saving rich people's profits.

It does appear that outdoor activities create a lesser risk than crowds indoors -- bad news for cinemas, clubs and pubs -- and this may allow 25% stadium capacity to be invoked, and speedway to make a return. 

Not entirely. Reporting methods need to be taken into account. In England if you've had covid 19 and recovered over a month ago, then get die from other causes (i.e. road accident) then it is still recorded as a covid-19 death. In Scotland and Wales it is only recorded as a covid death if you've been tested positive within the last 28 days. According to one newspaper today the English death count is over estimated by approx 4000, because of this. 

Speedway won't be back this year in the UK. One positive covid test in Poland resulted in a 50% cancellation of this week-ends fixtures, and it could  be worse depending on the test results taking place tomorrow (matches I've watched on tV seem to have an awful lot of mechanics, officials breathing through their throats judging how some seem to wear the masks). If riders start flying here, there, and everywhere again one positive test could result in matches being cancelled all over the place.

[ruffdiamond]

53 minutes ago, leander said:

Not entirely. Reporting methods need to be taken into account. In England if you've had covid 19 and recovered over a month ago, then get die from other causes (i.e. road accident) then it is still recorded as a covid-19 death. In Scotland and Wales it is only recorded as a covid death if you've been tested positive within the last 28 days. According to one newspaper today the English death count is over estimated by approx 4000, because of this. 

Speedway won't be back this year in the UK. One positive covid test in Poland resulted in a 50% cancellation of this week-ends fixtures, and it could  be worse depending on the test results taking place tomorrow (matches I've watched on tV seem to have an awful lot of mechanics, officials breathing through their throats judging how some seem to wear the masks). If riders start flying here, there, and everywhere again one positive test could result in matches being cancelled all over the place.

It's an invisible disease, so if you don't know its there, you don't know if it's not. 

[East End Fan]

On 7/19/2020 at 7:21 PM, leander said:

Not entirely. Reporting methods need to be taken into account. In England if you've had covid 19 and recovered over a month ago, then get die from other causes (i.e. road accident) then it is still recorded as a covid-19 death. In Scotland and Wales it is only recorded as a covid death if you've been tested positive within the last 28 days. According to one newspaper today the English death count is over estimated by approx 4000, because of this. 

Speedway won't be back this year in the UK. One positive covid test in Poland resulted in a 50% cancellation of this week-ends fixtures, and it could  be worse depending on the test results taking place tomorrow (matches I've watched on tV seem to have an awful lot of mechanics, officials breathing through their throats judging how some seem to wear the masks). If riders start flying here, there, and everywhere again one positive test could result in matches being cancelled all over the place.

I just had a phone call from a guy I have become friendly with at Sittingbourne and he says that he's heard that no racing will happen there until 2021.

Has anybody heard the same ?

[Joseq7]

19 minutes ago, East End Fan said:

I just had a phone call from a guy I have become friendly with at Sittingbourne and he says that he's heard that no racing will happen there until 2021.

Has anybody heard the same ?

Yes unfortunately confirmed. 

http://www.kent-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1599.1&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[Fromafar]

7 minutes ago, Joseq7 said:

Yes unfortunately confirmed. 

http://www.kent-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1599.1&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The shrewd and sensible Promoters can see that it’s a big gamble to run any  meeting that they have to fork out points money IMO.

[East End Fan]

On 7/22/2020 at 8:29 PM, Joseq7 said:

Yes unfortunately confirmed. 

http://www.kent-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1599.1&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Thanks.  Common knowledge now of course and no surprise really.  Note the optimism at Central Park already announcing their opening

date next year !!!!

[arthur cross]

13 hours ago, Richard Weston said:

Defeatist and brave in the same breath. But what else can you do?

I've watched speedway at Central Park a few times but can't now recall: is it a greyhound track?

If so, no surprise they have bailed out of 2020.

Yes it's a greyhound track - what's more, it's currently one of the busiest closed-doors greyhound tracks with 6 meetings a week (mid-morning into lunchtimes every Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu plus both Friday & Sunday nights), each of those meetings on its own being worth more in betting industry tv-fees than a speedway meeting's rent plus catering profit.

Let a crowd in for speedway and risk the news a couple of days later of a covid-positive spectator ? - if that scenario happened, that's a fortnight's quarantine for anything at the stadium and so, given their hectic dog schedule, bang go 12 greyhound fees !!   

Are you still wondering why any of the greyhound landlords that enjoy the bonus of speedway revenue have had to protect their bigger (and all-year-round) revenue first ? !!

Edited July 26, 2020 by arthur cross