IronScorpion 1,407 Posted March 11, 2021 The worst & best of speedway in Britain. All four are at the tapes p1$$ing about until the race starts at 1.17 then 2 riders giving it their all, swapping & changing for 2nd place. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 12:27 PM, IronScorpion said: The worst & best of speedway in Britain. All four are at the tapes p1$$ing about until the race starts at 1.17 then 2 riders giving it their all, swapping & changing for 2nd place. Must agree. The video was very revealing. Excellent racing and Heeps looked like a fighter, so I have already taken a liking to him. I think Central Park will be to his liking. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flagrag 704 Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Not sure if this will have any effect on Kent Speedway but unfortunately Len Silver and his partner Hazel long running business Silver Ski holidays has gone into administration on Friday due to Covid 19 pandemic Edited March 15, 2021 by flagrag 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.D 463 Posted March 15, 2021 22 minutes ago, flagrag said: Not sure if this will have any effect on Kent Speedway but unfortunately Len Silver and his partner Hazel long running business Silver Ski holidays has gone into administration on Friday due to Covid 19 pandemic Blimey, that is kind of a shock but expected during this past year, I hope it doesn't effect the running of Kent as that business has been going a long time.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted March 15, 2021 7 hours ago, flagrag said: Not sure if this will have any effect on Kent Speedway but unfortunately Len Silver and his partner Hazel long running business Silver Ski holidays has gone into administration on Friday due to Covid 19 pandemic Where did you pick up that news ? I have not seen it. Very sad if true, but many businesses have gone the same way in this awful Pandemic. May have an effect on Kent Speedway, but I hope not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePark 2,780 Posted March 15, 2021 https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/news/travel-agents/silver-ski-holidays-failure-confirmed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted March 16, 2021 23 hours ago, StevePark said: https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/news/travel-agents/silver-ski-holidays-failure-confirmed Thank you for the info. I winder how many businesses have been lost where the owners are close to Speedway? Very sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/15/2021 at 10:02 PM, StevePark said: https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/news/travel-agents/silver-ski-holidays-failure-confirmed Just been on Companies House web site re Silver Ski. No mention there of administration or bankruptcy. All seems strange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted April 4, 2021 Easter Sunday comes with the news that trials will take place to see if Covid passports will work. Several big sporting events are selected for the trials including the FA Cup Final at Wembley ( so the TV news reports). But that is on May 15th with Speedway planning to open on 17th and Kents 1st meeting on 18th. Too close for comfort I think. Will see what Boris has to say on Easter Monday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted April 5, 2021 21 hours ago, East End Fan said: Easter Sunday comes with the news that trials will take place to see if Covid passports will work. Several big sporting events are selected for the trials including the FA Cup Final at Wembley ( so the TV news reports). But that is on May 15th with Speedway planning to open on 17th and Kents 1st meeting on 18th. Too close for comfort I think. Will see what Boris has to say on Easter Monday. It is as it was said, a 'trial' of some large events to assess the advantages and dissadvantages of the use of Vaccine passports. Not going to be used yet at Speedway, till after the assessment of their use if favourable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SFTGNigel 18 Posted April 5, 2021 Apologies if this question has been asked before on this thread but I'm returning to the forum after about year's absence given the shutdown of the sport in the UK. Have Kent given any information on season tickets or admission policies and limits (specifically for the likely reduced capacity meetings in early season - at least)? I can't see anything on their site about such issues and given the news about Silver Ski upthread perhaps that's not surprising. As an Rye House refugee I'm hoping to make Central Park my regular fix alongside while continuing to visit as many tracks as possible once the sport is back. I managed to see a couple of Ekstraliga meetings last year along with the climactic Toruń legs of the SGP season but no more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted April 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, SFTGNigel said: Apologies if this question has been asked before on this thread but I'm returning to the forum after about year's absence given the shutdown of the sport in the UK. Have Kent given any information on season tickets or admission policies and limits (specifically for the likely reduced capacity meetings in early season - at least)? I can't see anything on their site about such issues and given the news about Silver Ski upthread perhaps that's not surprising. As an Rye House refugee I'm hoping to make Central Park my regular fix alongside while continuing to visit as many tracks as possible once the sport is back. I managed to see a couple of Ekstraliga meetings last year along with the climactic Toruń legs of the SGP season but no more. Clubs are deep in discussions with their local councils at the moment, regarding stadium capacitys and Covid safety measures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crescent girl 1,905 Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, cityrebel said: Clubs are deep in discussions with their local councils at the moment, regarding stadium capacitys and Covid safety measures. Expect some wildly differing levels of co-operation from the various councils, counties, cities, even countries....... Edited April 5, 2021 by crescent girl 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted April 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, crescent girl said: Expect some wildly differing levels of co-operation from the various councils, counties, cities, even countries....... Absolutely... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 9:56 PM, crescent girl said: Expect some wildly differing levels of co-operation from the various councils, counties, cities, even countries....... Surely no Councils can go against government guidelines ? I do not know exactly what the rules will be, but there will be some, and they will be the same anywhere in the country. Stuff like distancing and face coverings, sanitisers etc plus limits on numbers, I would expect. Could include a negative test now that the test kits are free. Still 6 weeks away and a lot can happen in that time---good and bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites