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Period of mourning. No sport activities.


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2 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

It’s been announced by the palace there will be 7 days of official mourning.

The palace can mourn for as long as they want, life for others goes on.

Don't see why there should be "mourning". Surely people would rather have their lives remembered by "celebration". 

A minute's applause before every sporting occasion would be enough, or a tribute before every match. Cancel events the day of the funeral if people want to pay respect that way. 

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4 minutes ago, topsoil said:

The palace can mourn for as long as they want, life for others goes on.

Don't see why there should be "mourning". Surely people would rather have their lives remembered by "celebration". 

A minute's applause before every sporting occasion would be enough, or a tribute before every match. Cancel events the day of the funeral if people want to pay respect that way. 

i agree life goes on for the rest of us the mourning period is for seven days after the funeral for the royal family 

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My personal opinion is no sport this weekend and the day of the funeral. 

There has to be consideration however for policing of sports events when obviously there will need to be a very large police presence in London and other places that will mean less police to cover sport. 

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51 minutes ago, Star Lady said:

My personal opinion is no sport this weekend and the day of the funeral. 

There has to be consideration however for policing of sports events when obviously there will need to be a very large police presence in London and other places that will mean less police to cover sport. 

Agreed. 

It does very much depend on the sporting events in question and how high profile they are.  The bigger the event, the less likely it is to take place. For speedway, this weekend and the day of the funeral seems about right.

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The SPFL will meet this morning to make a decision on those matches after official government guidance recommended that sports bodies consider cancelling events on the day of the state funeral, but have no obligation to do so on other days during the period of national mourning.

Read this on Scottish Football website

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Just now, Normski said:

The SPFL will meet this morning to make a decision on those matches after official government guidance recommended that sports bodies consider cancelling events on the day of the state funeral, but have no obligation to do so on other days during the period of national mourning.

Read this on Scottish Football website

All games cancelled in Scottish Leagues 

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6 hours ago, Star Lady said:

My personal opinion is no sport this weekend and the day of the funeral. 

There has to be consideration however for policing of sports events when obviously there will need to be a very large police presence in London and other places that will mean less police to cover sport. 

The tour of Britain cycle race has been abandoned ,partly because police assistance could not be guaranteed.

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