LisaColette Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) On 12/28/2020 at 6:50 PM, Skidder1 said: There are lots of official and non-official comments from various promotions about ' considering the bigger picture', rather than what may or may not be best for their individual club. Pretty bad that it takes a global pandemic to realise this though! And, Brexit of course!! Edited December 30, 2020 by lisa-colette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argos Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 If the AGM is taken place on the 7th January, If every Track is represented how will this work with the lock downs, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 The first thing they need to do is agree to start on time. I get really annoyed turning up for an advertised 19:30 start time then not seeing heat 1 before 20:00 then leaving the stadium after 22:00. That's far to long to run a mere 15 minutes of entertainment. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Argos said: If the AGM is taken place on the 7th January, If every Track is represented how will this work with the lock downs, Microsoft Teams/zoom or similar. Which begs the question who will be the first promoter to attend the AGM in their underpants? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo34 Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 3 hours ago, arnieg said: Microsoft Teams/zoom or similar. Which begs the question who will be the first promoter to attend the AGM in their underpants? Probably all of them - Debbie Hancock? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 3 hours ago, arnieg said: Microsoft Teams/zoom or similar. Which begs the question who will be the first promoter to attend the AGM in their underpants? I'm sure they've all attended previous AGMs in their underpants.......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirates Of Poole Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Clearly we don’t have enough riders available to cover the 19 teams. With restrictions on Polish rules etc just seen an article from CVS - surely he is right and we shall move to 6 man teams in 2021 so we can cover rider availability? With that the team average will reduce accordingly. Be then interesting to see if any top flight clubs or even Champ owners may wish to move leagues as unable to track a competitive side. Wonder if we will see any teams coming down and others going up? Edited December 31, 2020 by Pirates Of Poole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Is it time to go to 2 leagues , top league 8 teams at a standard in-between premier and championship and then an 11 team league between championship and national League kept at a lower standard than the top league so riders can progress and 6 man teams and riders semi pro in 2nd league to cut costs. Probably me being silly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 50 minutes ago, bruno said: Is it time to go to 2 leagues , top league 8 teams at a standard in-between premier and championship and then an 11 team league between championship and national League kept at a lower standard than the top league so riders can progress and 6 man teams and riders semi pro in 2nd league to cut costs. Probably me being silly Not silly at all. I can't see one big league in this or the near future, so split leagues can get enough riders, with more of the best juniors and more doubling up when necessary. 6 rider teams Two leagues 6/11 Lower standard in the lower league with more young riders in the reserve positions. Controlled riding nights to allow for doubling up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) On 12/27/2020 at 4:47 PM, lewy said: Maybe they are trying to think of a reason to stop Plymouth entering the championship! Geographically too far north was what i heard on the grapevine, also if it was nearer the sea away fans may make a day out of it Edited December 31, 2020 by Triple.H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Back to the future, with two Leagues, a British and a National, just like what we had in the glorious 70s and 80s ... and there are still plenty of riders Down Under in Australia just waiting for a chance 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I've enjoyed NL racing for 10 years or so but I would say the amount of riders who progress is fairly low ish. Also I understand some make a living at that level which I've never understood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, bruno said: I've enjoyed NL racing for 10 years or so but I would say the amount of riders who progress is fairly low ish. Also I understand some make a living at that level which I've never understood its low because there's nowhere for them to go!! The championship is full of div 1 riders that it can not afford 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, ch958 said: its low because there's nowhere for them to go!! The championship is full of div 1 riders that it can not afford Or the so called ‘ Premiership’ is full of championship level riders which it’s paying too much. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I hope that there will be a plan B and a plan C as well as a plan A! I can't see that there will be much of an improvement in the situation before the end of March at the earliest. The population if about 67 million. If we say that 50 million need vaccinating with 2 doses that's 100 million shots. The vaccine is not totally effective until after the 2nd jab. If there are 12 weeks between jabs that takes us up to the end of March. In the first month 1 million have had one dose. If they speed up to 1 million a day that's 50 days to give everyone one dose. Those getting them on the 50th day will then have to wait 12 weeks or 84 days to get their second dose. I'm making my own head hurt here but I hope you get my drift. No way is the current vaccination rate going to make much difference before Easter when we hear the season is due to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Happy Hunter said: I hope that there will be a plan B and a plan C as well as a plan A! I can't see that there will be much of an improvement in the situation before the end of March at the earliest. The population if about 67 million. If we say that 50 million need vaccinating with 2 doses that's 100 million shots. The vaccine is not totally effective until after the 2nd jab. If there are 12 weeks between jabs that takes us up to the end of March. In the first month 1 million have had one dose. If they speed up to 1 million a day that's 50 days to give everyone one dose. Those getting them on the 50th day will then have to wait 12 weeks or 84 days to get their second dose. I'm making my own head hurt here but I hope you get my drift. No way is the current vaccination rate going to make much difference before Easter when we hear the season is due to start. It could be a repeat of last year, but with a few more tracks taking the plunge to run some meetings. Edited January 1, 2021 by cityrebel Spelling mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Happy Hunter said: I hope that there will be a plan B and a plan C as well as a plan A! I can't see that there will be much of an improvement in the situation before the end of March at the earliest. The population if about 67 million. If we say that 50 million need vaccinating with 2 doses that's 100 million shots. The vaccine is not totally effective until after the 2nd jab. If there are 12 weeks between jabs that takes us up to the end of March. In the first month 1 million have had one dose. If they speed up to 1 million a day that's 50 days to give everyone one dose. Those getting them on the 50th day will then have to wait 12 weeks or 84 days to get their second dose. I'm making my own head hurt here but I hope you get my drift. No way is the current vaccination rate going to make much difference before Easter when we hear the season is due to start. Given the average age of speedway fans, 90% will be vaccinated by Easter lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, proud panther said: Given the average age of speedway fans, 90% will be vaccinated by Easter lol. The promoters must be hoping that all the oldies are fit enough to return, when speedway gets going again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Happy Hunter said: I hope that there will be a plan B and a plan C as well as a plan A! I can't see that there will be much of an improvement in the situation before the end of March at the earliest. The population if about 67 million. If we say that 50 million need vaccinating with 2 doses that's 100 million shots. The vaccine is not totally effective until after the 2nd jab. If there are 12 weeks between jabs that takes us up to the end of March. In the first month 1 million have had one dose. If they speed up to 1 million a day that's 50 days to give everyone one dose. Those getting them on the 50th day will then have to wait 12 weeks or 84 days to get their second dose. I'm making my own head hurt here but I hope you get my drift. No way is the current vaccination rate going to make much difference before Easter when we hear the season is due to start. Last year there were a few fixture options on the table for a curtailed season (which Lee Kilby worked on) depending what start date was allowed. Why would similar options plus one or two others eg 6-man teams etc not be on the table for 2021. All Promoters know what the options are - they just need to further discuss, vote and get a majority view. Edited January 2, 2021 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 The maths are now simpler. The Govt want to vaccinate everyone over 50. That's about 26 million people. The Govt reckon they can vaccinate 2 million a week. That's 13 weeks for the first dose and 12 weeks for the second which takes us up to the end of June to finish the over 50s. To do this and keep the programme rolling would mean they would have to start vaccinating 4 million a week from week 13 onwards. This all depends on getting enough doses and the people to give them. So by Easter only 26 million people 50 and over will have received one dose - if we are lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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