Henllys Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Seeing the Governments allocation of it's £300 million winter survival deal for sport : Rugby Union: £135 million Horseracing racecourses: £40 million Football: £28 million Rugby League: £12million Motorsport: £6million Tennis £5million Netball £4million Basketball £4million Ice Hockey £4million Badminton £2million Greyhound racing £1million What has speedway done not to be allocated any money ? (after being awarded a pilot test event by the government) When you look at the A-Z of Sport on the BBC Sport web page not a mention of Speedway no coverage at all? Answers on a postcard please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Clemens Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Perhaps it's because no one can see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_O Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Considering the total allocated to all the sports listed is just £241 million, where is the missing £59 million going?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Sadly, we should be used to the Sport being overlooked these days - Speedway is no longer fashionable. However, apparently, there could be more money available. It appears that the 'powers that be' in the sport will be making representations to the Government to see if any of that money may become available to Speedway. I certainly hope so. This is from the British Speedway Website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, double_O said: Considering the total allocated to all the sports listed is just £241 million, where is the missing £59 million going?? Perhaps that is the money that they are talking about. (see my previous Post). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Perhaps nobody put their hand up and made enough noise to the right people when people from other sports were doing so? Speedway would come under the motorsport umbrella, it isn’t a big enough concern for anyone to be handing it a million pounds. Especially when the sport probably haemorrhages money hand over fist. Maybe the sports handed money had to show they could pay the loans back over time and Speedway couldn’t provide such evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, The White Knight said: Sadly, we should be used to the Sport being overlooked these days - Speedway is no longer fashionable. However, apparently, there could be more money available. It appears that the 'powers that be' in the sport will be making representations to the Government to see if any of that money may become available to Speedway. I certainly hope so. This is from the British Speedway Website. Unfortunately I have to agree...thankfully I witnessed the last "Golden Era" and have many memories to look back on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 43 minutes ago, Ben91 said: Maybe the sports handed money had to show they could pay the loans back over time and Speedway couldn’t provide such evidence. this could be nearer the reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Does anyone really need to provid an answer to the title question British Speedway's been dead for many years prior to CoronaV, these promoters couldn't be trusted not to pocket few £100k's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Why is it not recognised? Because only about 20,000 out of a population of 70 million attend a meeting each week? (0.0029% of the UK populace, meaning approx 1 in 3500 people) Because they have no joined up, money invested collective National marketing, but instead lots of tracks do their own thing at a very basic low level which gain (if any) only minimal cut through.. ? Because it is seen as noisy, smelly and environmentally unfriendly? Because very few tracks have a "Community Champion" who go out into their local community hubs and give tangible support to local charities, foodbanks and hospitals etc. Thus demonstrating (and getting recognised), that they are an integral force for good in their locality.? Not having a World Class National team who regularly win competitions and not having clubs full of UK riders, some of whom would hopefully be 'local' to inspire others to take up the sport? Not having many blue chip company sponsorships that the public recognise and therefore link to the sport? I presume (and hope), Speedway, given it's been represented at other meetings, has simply been overlooked (or maybe it's simply the summer/winter nonsense that has been quoted), and they will receive some funding however, even if a genuine mistake, when some of the sports mentioned gets in front of you, it should be food for thought how the Sport markets itself and "sells" itself... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 This question has been answered on other threads. The government pay out was to assist sports that take place between November and March. Speedway doesn't. Plus the payout, I've read, was in the form of loans that have to be paid back, not a hand out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 15 hours ago, Ben91 said: Perhaps nobody put their hand up and made enough noise to the right people when people from other sports were doing so? Speedway would come under the motorsport umbrella, it isn’t a big enough concern for anyone to be handing it a million pounds. Especially when the sport probably haemorrhages money hand over fist. Maybe the sports handed money had to show they could pay the loans back over time and Speedway couldn’t provide such evidence. DON'T think that is the case... Godfrey has been very active on this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: DON'T think that is the case... Godfrey has been very active on this So go on Phil please tell us precisely what Godfrey has been active on...fans deserve to know exactly what he’s done. Time for some investigative journalism! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: DON'T think that is the case... Godfrey has been very active on this I get there has been dialogue Phil and that the BSPL reps attended meetings with other 'Elite' sports.. However, that would then make it even more strange that it has obviously come as a 'shock' to the BSPL that they didn't get offered any cash.. You would think that any organisation that had kept their foot on the gas by keeping in constant touch with the relevant Govt departments would have been kept well informed of how things would develop.. Rather than having to put out a hasty press release questioning why no money, and one that shows that they clearly have no knowledge of any potential further developments that may be in the pipeline.. Lobbyists can truly be worth their weight in gold if you employ the right ones as they keep bringing pressure to bear and keep their 'employers' names in the frame.. I wonder if Speedway has employed any where maybe others definitely have? It takes a lot of behind the scenes influencing to get Govt ministries to do what you would like them to and takes some proper planning and execution, (and often hard cash to get the right people to do it)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Because it's crap and poor value for money. This comes from a fan of 50 years, that when it's running, still goes twice a week! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvm Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 What sort of income does Speedway generate during winter, that it requires a government loan to see them over the winter? I assume the government looked at what sort of "loss of income" the sport would suffer as a result of there being no sport during winter and decided there would be none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 36 minutes ago, pvm said: What sort of income does Speedway generate during winter, that it requires a government loan to see them over the winter? I assume the government looked at what sort of "loss of income" the sport would suffer as a result of there being no sport during winter and decided there would be none. It would be more that there has been a whole previous season with no income and a new season (hopefully) that would require cashflow through the winter to enable to plan for it to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 42 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: It would be more that there has been a whole previous season with no income and a new season (hopefully) that would require cashflow through the winter to enable to plan for it to happen I suspect some tracks had their most profitable season for years - simply because they didn't have to run all those loss making meetings! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 I still think there are other sports that are not named in the list that may be higher up the list than speedway. Cricket, field Hockey, Cycling, Athletics, Snooker Boxing & Swimming to name a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 8:49 PM, Henllys said: What has speedway done not to be allocated any money ? So far NO money has been announced for Cricket, Cycling, Sailing, Swimming, Athletics, Golf, Gymnastics, Darts, Snooker, Boxing, a myriad of other Olympic sorts, or even any of the Winter Sports, either. So what makes speedway a special case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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