00000 1,279 Posted June 11, 2021 25 minutes ago, Pinny said: No sympathy I am afraid - it was a daft idea to launch the season without being able to have maximum capacity and they wont be the first to stop. Its an absolute farce. Should of forgot about 2021 and planned ahead for 2022 - looks like Somerset made the right call. The call Somerset made was to close totally, finish speedway. there will be no more Speedway at OTA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
00000 1,279 Posted June 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Grachan said: Haven't Somerset closed down completely, so hardly looking ahead to 2022. If any team made the right call it could turn out to be Swindon - providing, of course, that they do run in 2022 as they say they will. Swindon decided not to run to get their new stadium built. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,962 Posted June 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, HGould said: Some sanctimonious gloating from the usual suspects does not help. They tried, they have temporarily failed, far more respect for that than for keyboard warriors from the hatespeedway.com brigade. I don't think comments like that are very helpful, I don't think there's anybody on here that wants to see the death of Speedway or hate Speedway. We're all on here because we love Speedway and want it desperately to succeed, we just have different opinions on how to get there. Admittedly we don't have skin in the game other than tipping up our admission fee with an expectation to be entertained for the evening. Has anybody said this is the wrong decision? All I'm reading are a lot of people asking why several clubs haven't done their sums. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,314 Posted June 11, 2021 Just now, Richard Weston said: Swindon decided not to run to get their new stadium built. “The economics of the sport which relies so much on the paying spectator are not robust enough to take any downturn in revenue particularly after the cancelation of the 2020 season. Our government is not able to provide any indication of the timing or the steps of lifting the restrictions, which is not a criticism, just a fact. With this in front of us, it is impossible to plan and commit for racing at the Abbey in 2021." Swindon Robins Speedway Official Website: NO SPEEDWAY RACING AT SWINDON THIS YEAR (swindon-speedway.com) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevehone 3,425 Posted June 11, 2021 22 minutes ago, Grachan said: “The economics of the sport which relies so much on the paying spectator are not robust enough to take any downturn in revenue particularly after the cancelation of the 2020 season. Our government is not able to provide any indication of the timing or the steps of lifting the restrictions, which is not a criticism, just a fact. With this in front of us, it is impossible to plan and commit for racing at the Abbey in 2021." Swindon Robins Speedway Official Website: NO SPEEDWAY RACING AT SWINDON THIS YEAR (swindon-speedway.com) shows Swindon made a good business call Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,341 Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) Like has been said by me and many others,no way can Speedway be run with crowd restrictions and survive.That’s the bottom line.Can only hope things return to normal soon. Edited June 11, 2021 by Fromafar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted June 11, 2021 Poole announcement today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old bob at herne bay 828 Posted June 11, 2021 One has to ask - where is the the governing body the "BSPL " or whatever ? Heads stuck in the sand I guess ? They are noticeable by their absence 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARK246 243 Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, old bob at herne bay said: One has to ask - where is the the governing body the "BSPL " or whatever ? Heads stuck in the sand I guess ? They are noticeable by their absence Perhaps they are finding ways to stop the IOW from running 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TotallyHonestJohn 3,078 Posted June 11, 2021 2 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: Aye Steve and your lot may be next unfortunately.... Regards THJ 25 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Poole announcement today. I would be very worried if I was a Poole fan... Regards THJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted June 11, 2021 Why? The club will run this season, I am guessing just not under the current situation of hugely limited attendances. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinBSN 617 Posted June 11, 2021 I can understand restricted capacity being a problem (wolves have had their regular crowd cut by more than half) but Birmingham haven't sold out of tickets on any occasion? That says to me it's more an issue that the promotion aren't pulling in the crowd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weeyin 1,022 Posted June 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, Marshall07 said: I can understand restricted capacity being a problem (wolves have had their regular crowd cut by more than half) but Birmingham haven't sold out of tickets on any occasion? That says to me it's more an issue that the promotion aren't pulling in the crowd. Could be that a lot of their fans are not computer savvy and would pay on the door, I know a lot of Glasgow fans that do not do technology and are missing out 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinBSN 617 Posted June 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Cookiefan said: Could be that a lot of their fans are not computer savvy and would pay on the door, I know a lot of Glasgow fans that do not do technology and are missing out They had tickets on the gates against Redcar. It's all about putting things in place for those people. Offer them an option to buy in advance in person or over the phone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heathcote 51 Posted June 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, Marshall07 said: They had tickets on the gates against Redcar. It's all about putting things in place for those people. Offer them an option to buy in advance in person or over the phone. The paying on the gate facility was removed by the council...online sales only, hence the decision to suspend their season 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
