Audiscore Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Most cover is provided by private staff and ambulances paid for by the promotion. Not normally NHS staff, I take the point on board they will be stressed by speedway accidents at NHS hospitals. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur cross Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Audiscore said: Most cover is provided by private staff and ambulances paid for by the promotion. Not normally NHS staff, I take the point on board they will be stressed by speedway accidents at NHS hospitals. And I take your point on board about speedway's use of private ambulances. However, when the government is really scrambling around soon for any medical resources, do you really think any private ambulance company wants the PR-disaster of insisting it still needs to honour its contract with a speedway club rather than adding that ambulance to the general cause (especially when the government probably offers a good bit more money for such a cross-over compared to whatever the speedway club was due to pay in the first place) ? !! Today's steering of emergency services away from mass gatherings is one step for now. In due course, it will almost certainly be at least a short-term government enforcement that merges NHS and private medical resources into one overall medical resource for the national good - remember, any private ambulance still needs to operate under government standards while not being under the NHS banner so bringing it into one overall stock won't be difficult if the government insists upon it. Edited March 16, 2020 by arthur cross 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Audiscore said: Why they need to call a meeting about this dint know. Common sense should prevail, the season should be postponed until the pandemic is contol led. Riders can't get here, others can't fly out causing real problems It's a shame the controlling body can't make a desicion. We are already seeing P&P days cancelled, that must lead to the postponement of meetings, its inevitable IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 42 minutes ago, Audiscore said: Most cover is provided by private staff and ambulances paid for by the promotion. Not normally NHS staff, I take the point on board they will be stressed by speedway accidents at NHS hospitals. 44 minutes ago, Audiscore said: Most cover is provided by private staff and ambulances paid for by the promotion. Not normally NHS staff, I take the point on board they will be stressed by speedway accidents at NHS hospitals. Many of the private staff are NHS workers, who would be better employed in their normal jobs on overtime than standing in the pits at speedway. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Audiscore said: Most cover is provided by private staff and ambulances paid for by the promotion. Not normally NHS staff, I take the point on board they will be stressed by speedway accidents at NHS hospitals. true , but i'm sure the paramedic isn't private. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 We normally have so many blank weeks and supporters want fixtures every week, teams will just have to ride Monday and Thursday to fit them in, if we get any racing at all. Time for a independent person to do the fixtures to stop self interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1234 Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Whisper is that season delayed until at least May 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttons Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 59 minutes ago, james1234 said: Whisper is that season delayed until at least May The minimum of 12 weeks for the over 70's to not attend any gatherings, and I would think that is a good percentage of Speedway fans so that takes us to June. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, james1234 said: Whisper is that season delayed until at least May Ok. Then I'll shout. Not a chance of getting under way by that early date. Edited March 16, 2020 by Grand Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 24 minutes ago, Grand Central said: Ok. Then I'll shout. Not a chance of getting under way by that early date. Someone in the 'know' told me July 1st, for one of my local tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YerRopes Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Tbf, I dont think anyone really knows atm.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwayleics Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 The way things are going Speedway will be THE only sport running with spectators. Surely it’ll be delayed until Summer...eventually! The best the owners can hope for is an outright ban of mass gatherings by Boris, therefore triggering insurance payouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Ridiculous figure, how can you say 499 is fine, 501 is not? crowds / large gatherings should be banned, full stop. But given your first sentence, what would be the bottom figure for your sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Richard Weston said: No doubt the BSPA will announce tomorrow that speedway is delayed....for how long? My guess, is that we may be able to race again from mid summer but it will need a major reorganisation to fixtures. I read somewhere that the Championship is to be reduced to just one meeting for both home and away , and no cup meetings. I suppose the BSPA will have to wait to see how things pan out before they announce resume start date. No doubt if it goes on longer than current estimates, the BSPA will have to a cutoff date that if there is not enough meeting slots left then the season will not start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 how on earth are the bspa/scb and the fim going to survive ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Not sure about bspa or fim, but surely speedway star, which is already in difficulty must be heading for big problems. It makes most of its money from track sales, and they just ain't going to happen for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 In this desperate position that we all find ourselves in, i just hope the government will fairly prop up every business in there hour of need.If they just prop up big business only that would be nothing short of a disgrace fair measures have to be put in place.Virgin have just announced that workers have been imformed to take eight weeks unpaid leave so there is a long tough road ahead for alot of the nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 from what I hear promoters aim to be back up and running end of june,/beginning of july... no cup competitions, just do 1 home and 1 away, for 1 year only I should think they can extend the league to late November even December if possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: In this desperate position that we all find ourselves in, i just hope the government will fairly prop up every business in there hour of need.If they just prop up big business only that would be nothing short of a disgrace fair measures have to be put in place.Virgin have just announced that workers have been imformed to take eight weeks unpaid leave so there is a long tough road ahead for alot of the nation. You'd hope that Branson would dip into his $4 billion to help folk out wouldn't you? If he were to divide his fortune amongst his employees each one would receive $466,690... probably enough to see them through Edited March 17, 2020 by iainb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur cross Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Phil The Ace said: from what I hear promoters aim to be back up and running end of june,/beginning of july... no cup competitions, just do 1 home and 1 away, for 1 year only I should think they can extend the league to late November even December if possible On one hand, relating to date deadlines for things like collective insurance policies, the usual ending on 31st October (a Saturday this year) could be extended at just a few days of administrative notice towards a date in November or December. But on the other hand, unless we have a very dry autumn, too many tracks will just be permanent sludge by mid-November (if not earlier) as the shorter amount of daylight hours (and less warm sunshine even if it occurs at all) means you're relying only on the wind rather than the sun as well to dry out the most recent rainfall - I've always reckoned (and posted on other threads on this forum several times before) that 12-Celsius appears to be the borderline for the temperature as well as the wind having a proper drying effect - you don't get many 12+ days by November and far more in single figures. Infamously a few years ago at Workington as they tried to clear a backlog, a late-October meeting was abandoned once it became clear the moisture on the track was actually turning into ice. Clearly these exceptional coronavirus circumstances could justify an exceptional gamble with hoping the weather behaves itself to allow a little fixture scheduling in November but realistically, the weekend of Sat-7 & Sun-8-Nov will be stretching it to the weather limit for the Anglo-Scottish tracks (Redcar, Newcastle, Berwick, Edinburgh & Glasgow) with only a week or two's more flexibility further south. At this stage, my target would be to make a revised fixture-list that schedules meetings up to the Halloween weekend but also permits rain-off catch-ups until the weekend of Sat-14 & Sun-15-Nov Edited March 17, 2020 by arthur cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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