Tsunami Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 8 hours ago, HGould said: Keeping my fingers crossed especially for all Speedway Stadia shared with Dogs. The Stadia can run Dogs with no crowd and generate welcome betting levy money. The problem Speedway poses them is that if Speedway bring crowds in (if allowed and even if limited) and anyone gets an infection, the Stadium closes for 14 days for a deep clean. The Betting levy lost in those 14 days (around 10 dog meetings) may be as much as the same they would get in annual rent from Speedway. Already been flagged up at places like Newcastle and Perry Barr and Kent would be similar. Poole is a different and more worrying scenario where Dogs have closed entirely. Kent will be exempt from that with the stadium owner being a part owner of the speedway. True for the rest but. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) On 9/22/2020 at 11:52 AM, HGould said: Keeping my fingers crossed especially for all Speedway Stadia shared with Dogs. The Stadia can run Dogs with no crowd and generate welcome betting levy money. The problem Speedway poses them is that if Speedway bring crowds in (if allowed and even if limited) and anyone gets an infection, the Stadium closes for 14 days for a deep clean. The Betting levy lost in those 14 days (around 10 dog meetings) may be as much as the same they would get in annual rent from Speedway. Already been flagged up at places like Newcastle and Perry Barr and Kent would be similar. Poole is a different and more worrying scenario where Dogs have closed entirely. It'll be interesting to see what Stadia UK (Gaming International) decide to do to keep providing the sports and leisure required by the terms of their lease with BCP Council. Their Press release yesterday confirming that greyhounds will NOT be returning to Poole Stadium, also states that they are retaining on site a small management team to continue with the other businesses. Edited September 23, 2020 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 12:32 PM, Skidder1 said: It'll be interesting to see what Stadia UK (Gaming International) decide to do to keep providing the sports and leisure required by the terms of their lease with BCP Council. Their Press release yesterday confirming that greyhounds will NOT be returning to Poole Stadium, also states that they are retaining on site a small management team to continue with the other businesses. I wonder what that has got to do with Kent ? Posted on the wrong place I think ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 9/25/2020 at 9:00 PM, East End Fan said: I wonder what that has got to do with Kent ? Posted on the wrong place I think ? Simply replying to the H.Gould post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 9/25/2020 at 9:00 PM, East End Fan said: I wonder what that has got to do with Kent ? Posted on the wrong place I think ? Read the thread! It's about impact of Covid 19 on dog tracks who make thousands off betting levy running dogs with no crowd and how speedway could affect that if a speedway fan brings infection in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 The dogs are kept and access the track via parts of the stadium not in use during speedway. So in effect if a positive case closed the stadium side of the operation. In theory the dogs could still run behind closed doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 17 hours ago, teaboy279 said: The dogs are kept and access the track via parts of the stadium not in use during speedway. So in effect if a positive case closed the stadium side of the operation. In theory the dogs could still run behind closed doors. If a Stadium or Arena is subject to contamination the whole stadium would be closed. Hopefully the situation will be much improved by next Spring. Now to sort out Boris plan to turn Kent in to a lorry park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, HGould said: If a Stadium or Arena is subject to contamination the whole stadium would be closed. Hopefully the situation will be much improved by next Spring. Now to sort out Boris plan to turn Kent in to a lorry park. The lorry Park is Ashford (my home town) has been desperately needed for ages. Far better then operation stack closing the M20 down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 5 hours ago, teaboy279 said: The lorry Park is Ashford (my home town) has been desperately needed for ages. Far better then operation stack closing the M20 down. Traffic must be awful when the M20 is used as a car park. Glad I don't live in Kent and really only use the A2 to get to Sittingbourne. I wasn't able to see the British Final, but note that Australians were a big prescence ! No objections from me in these starnge times. How did Paul Starke do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 9/27/2020 at 3:16 PM, HGould said: Read the thread! It's about impact of Covid 19 on dog tracks who make thousands off betting levy running dogs with no crowd and how speedway could affect that if a speedway fan brings infection in. Some government cash for dog racing announced last night. Nothing for Speedway. So unfair. Bit concerned at the big increase in Covid 19 inputs of Kent. Will the new vaccines arrive in time to get us going at Easter ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 so Kent need to find a replacement for Covatti but all other Kings and Royals team members committed for 2021. Additional banking has been added to bends 3 and 4 to hopefully produced even more passing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 So good to see that Scott has got involved with improving track and hopefully we will see better racing. Be interesting to see who comes in for Covatti. My first post for a while....in a very strange year!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 10:42 AM, blueherb777 said: So good to see that Scott has got involved with improving track and hopefully we will see better racing. Be interesting to see who comes in for Covatti. My first post for a while....in a very strange year!!!! Blueherb speaks for most of us I think. Shame about Covatti, but not a surprise. He will not be the only rider from Europe not racing in UK in 2021. Next season will see some big changes, but it will also be a time for all our lives to settle down to normality and I would expect riders like Covatti to return to UK in 2022. I don't fully understand the things that Poland want to do that will affect us. In any case the number of riders rushing about all over Europe every week will not be the same as I'm sure that the cost of travel will increase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 7:10 PM, East End Fan said: Blueherb speaks for most of us I think. Shame about Covatti, but not a surprise. He will not be the only rider from Europe not racing in UK in 2021. Next season will see some big changes, but it will also be a time for all our lives to settle down to normality and I would expect riders like Covatti to return to UK in 2022. I don't fully understand the things that Poland want to do that will affect us. In any case the number of riders rushing about all over Europe every week will not be the same as I'm sure that the cost of travel will increase. It is now December and none of us have any idea about who the riders will be that make up our teams. I understand why such news is later than normal with the Pandemic and Brexit interfering, but if anyone on the BSPA is reading this, can we please have some news ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, East End Fan said: It is now December and none of us have any idea about who the riders will be that make up our teams. I understand why such news is later than normal with the Pandemic and Brexit interfering, but if anyone on the BSPA is reading this, can we please have some news ??? In Kent's case its 6 of the 2020 1-7 (excluding Covatti) plus another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 6:02 PM, Skidder1 said: In Kent's case its 6 of the 2020 1-7 (excluding Covatti) plus another. Of course I am aware of that, but the situation is likely to change if the standards are lower to take account of many missing riders. Such a scene could cause quite big changes to some teams and my question remains...when are we going to know ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 What many missing riders, how many have said that they won't be back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 12 hours ago, East End Fan said: Of course I am aware of that, but the situation is likely to change if the standards are lower to take account of many missing riders. Such a scene could cause quite big changes to some teams and my question remains...when are we going to know ? Mr Dickson (BSPL and Leicester) says today that discussions have already begun last week and a decision to be made for both top leagues by end December. Presumably individual clubs will already have checked with their riders as to who will not be able to ride so that BSPL have a clear picture of how it may affect the leagues as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Skidder1 said: Mr Dickson (BSPL and Leicester) says today that discussions have already begun last week and a decision to be made for both top leagues by end December. Presumably individual clubs will already have checked with their riders as to who will not be able to ride so that BSPL have a clear picture of how it may affect the leagues as a whole. You must have inside information. I have not picked that up as a news item recently, so how do you know ? Or are you guessing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper11 Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 9 hours ago, East End Fan said: You must have inside information. I have not picked that up as a news item recently, so how do you know ? Or are you guessing? Its on the Speedway GB official website. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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