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17 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

Speedway is more invisible than Elite. How many people actually know what it is.

They should have got going last season when the Level 7 non league football teams got the go ahead.. 

600 fans max wouldnt have been far off a usual crowd for many teams and more than usual for some..

Maybe could have charged a few quid more as well given the circumstances..?

Many fans would have supported that increase given the situation I would have thought, just to see some 'live' Speedway.

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2 minutes ago, mikebv said:

They should have got going last season when the Level 7 non league football teams got the go ahead.. 

600 fans max wouldnt have been far off a usual crowd for many teams and more than usual for some..

Maybe could have charged a few quid more as well given the circumstances..?

Many fans would have supported that increase given the situation I would have thought, just to see some 'live' Speedway.

I totally agree with you. I saw 4 live speedway meetings last season,  compared to 24 non league football matches in the same period. I had the will, but very few tracks wanted my money.

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19 minutes ago, tyretrax said:

The problem isn't the number of spectators, it's the size of the stadium to allow social distancing.

I've been to quite a few non league games recently where the attendance was around the 600 mark. Amateur sport has different rules to so called Elite sports like speedway, where a 600 turn out would be classed as a good crowd at some venues.

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23 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

A £300m rescue package covering eleven professional sports has been announced, other than both rugby codes, basketball and netball I can’t find details in the sports covered, I wonder if speedway will be one of the beneficiaries? 

The package provides compensation for the sports covered /operating from December to March 2021. 

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So Speedway "Elite" to not allow crowds in but not "Elite" enough to be given any money... can't say I'm surprised, as a sole director employee running my own company I've also been totally stitched up by the government!

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16 minutes ago, iainb said:

So Speedway "Elite" to not allow crowds in but not "Elite" enough to be given any money... can't say I'm surprised, as a sole director employee running my own company I've also been totally stitched up by the government!

The money being provided to sporting organisations  is as a loan to cover some loss of earnings for sports (for now) operating between Dec 2020 & March of next year. 
Consequently there is no point in a speedway club applying for a loan to cover a period when no significant income would be expected from live meetings. Cricket would be another example of a sport that does not meet the criteria. 

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2 hours ago, 1 valve said:

Yes It is,
But doesn't run during the period  the loans are now being made available to apply for. 

Rugby League and Rugby Union are "summer" sports...

As is Lawn Tennis..

They all got funding....

I also presume most of the indoors sports also carry on during the summer and not exclusively get played in winter?

And horse racing is all year round...

I would think it's more down to Speedways almost zero profile that has seen them "overlooked" (maybe not intentionally),and/or could be down to much better, organised lobbying getting carried out by other sports, to ensure they remained in the forefront of the Government thoughts..?

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1 hour ago, mikebv said:

Rugby League and Rugby Union are "summer" sports...

As is Lawn Tennis..

They all got funding....

I also presume most of the indoors sports also carry on during the summer and not exclusively get played in winter?

And horse racing is all year round...

I would think it's more down to Speedways almost zero profile that has seen them "overlooked" (maybe not intentionally),and/or could be down to much better, organised lobbying getting carried out by other sports, to ensure they remained in the forefront of the Government thoughts..?

All seems very ambiguous to me.

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