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I am buying up the stock of immodium. With the absence of toilet paper constipation is next best alternative.

Have the schools closed in Peterborough already?

I would have thought running a sport that could potentially take away I.C.U resources is morally wrong at this time. Sorry but the BSPA has no choice but to postpone the start of the season.

Put the moron on ignore brum, the idiot is not worth a second of your time ...

No point in P&P as the season has no chance of starting until at least July , if it starts at all.

Many of the private staff are NHS workers, who would be better employed in their normal jobs on overtime than standing in the pits at speedway.

Will you do this board a favour and stop insulting the intelligence of those who post on it. You are certainly insulting mine and I take offence to that. Stop being a child. A WUM. A troll. If you can't then do us all a favour and stop posting. It is absolutely pathetic. This is an evolving situation and no planning would have been done until the Association had further and central government guidance. Like the rest of the nation and every business within it. You attention seeking little cretin.

Tin hat on as usual.. But Why does Rob have to give a reason? Its not as if they are ‘paid’ employees. He may just want his own people in who he personally trusts? ( not saying others aren't trustworthy either) Harsh on some but not before time on others imo... Nothing wrong with that surely? personally I'm over the moon that the freemason type, closed shop them and us clique that has been at Newcastle speedway for many years has been smashed to smithereens!! Hail hail.

If the riders have been told then why not just tell the fans too? There should be no cloud of mystery

Why? Who are you and on what authorirty do you speak? It's not rocket science to come up with that. May is kicking the can but correct in that they just need a point to reflect on the position at that time. Current worse case projections suggest that any speedway this season is unlikely. We don't need your expertise to come up with that.

Better keep you head down then Ruff x Regards THJ

Whilst it would have been nicer to tell them earlier, I also welcome a new broom. it has been really irritating as a fan to watch and hear the secret code amongst the in crowd of ‘we know whats happening but we aren’t telling you.’ Welcome to terraces and life on the other side of the pits fence gentlemen.

Which just goes to show they had already made the decision last week if they are letting riders leave the country. As always the authorities assume the public are stupid.

Fair enough, but if it was my dollars i was putting into a business id want my own people with me... especially on the money side of things. As i say its harsh on some but its Robs call and fair play to him for doing it his way, he must have his reasons. Be interesting when the dust settles who's services have been retained. Its quite refreshing in my opinion.

Last time I engage with you. You have absolutely no idea who I am and what type of connections I have. I can tell you that I have enough of them to know that you are stupid little child. Not feeding your psychotic ego from here on. Good day to you.

And I take your point on board about speedway's use of private ambulances. However, when the government is really scrambling around soon for any medical resources, do you really think any private ambulance company wants the PR-disaster of insisting it still needs to honour its contract with a speedway club rather than adding that ambulance to the general cause (especially when the government probably offers a good bit more money for such a cross-over compared to whatever the speedway club was due to pay in the first place) ? !! Today's steering of emergency services away from mass gatherings is one step for now. In due course, it will almost certainly be at least a short-term government enforcement that merges NHS and private medical resources into one overall medical resource for the national good - remember, any private ambulance still needs to operate under government standards while not being under the NHS banner so bringing it into one overall stock won't be difficult if the government insists upon it.

Most cover is provided by private staff and ambulances paid for by the promotion. Not normally NHS staff, I take the point on board they will be stressed by speedway accidents at NHS hospitals.

One aspect of Boris Johnson's update a few minutes ago cuts across speedway more than anything else, namely his insistence that the emergency services should be concentrated towards where they're urgently and unusually needed rather than providing support to things like sporting events and other mass gatherings. You can argue on here all you like about what size crowd is too big or too small with regard to that sort of guideline. Very bluntly (and probably reflecting the general public's attitude rather than just speedway folk), the government won't allow an ambulance to be parked beside a speedway track for a couple of hours, often (and thankfully) not being required for any use, when it's highly likely to be needed in the general battle against coronavirus - similarly, accident & emergency staff need to be left to get on with general coronavirus admissions without having a speedway rider's broken bones added to their workload. British horse racing (another sport totally reliant on ambulance cover for its go-ahead) announced earlier today it would go completely behind closed doors from tomorrow onwards but now only its tax generation via betting might enable it to keep its ambulance cover as a special exemption within these emergency services guidelines for mass gatherings. However, given greyhound racing obviously requires a vet rather than an ambulance to be in attendance for its go-ahead, the dogs might be able to run round their tracks while the horses can't.

There is a BSPA meeting tomorrow - until them there is nothing to update I think we all know what it will be when the update comes though......

Why the hell don't you grow up, you talk a load of bull sh..

Nobody is listening to you.

i thought most were already when on tv

Darren will bring more than that to the table. He is an ex rider who still has a runout occasionally, knows all the other referees, well acquainted with Newcastle as a club and will know most of the riders. I welcome him to the club, he's straight forward and a good guy.

Always sitting on the fence?

Well not quite: Peterborough Panthers Speedway@PboroPanthers - STAY SAFE out there guys and be sure to follow all the latest government guidelines.

Yes I had the same and had to buy out my contract with B.T,I complained a few times and got it reduced but they are all the same now.I am on EE mobile and get BT sports for £15 a month which I can stream to my TV and it is a rolling contract on a month to month basis and can cancel at anytime.

The minimum of 12 weeks for the over 70's to not attend any gatherings, and I would think that is a good percentage of Speedway fans so that takes us to June.

Yeah co's they've only had all winter to do it.

Underrated post.

New broom sweeps clean.

Forget this year.

We are already seeing P&P days cancelled, that must lead to the postponement of meetings, its inevitable IMO.

Boris Johnson just said no medical cover to sporting events and mass gatherings for 12 weeks

I'm not condoning it but I do think it's understandable madness. The government has shown over the last 10 years that it does not care one jot about the vulnerable in society. A lot of people live hand to mouth week by week, so when they're told by the government to not worry and everything is going to be ok and if you're in isolation we'll make sure food gets to you, quite frankly they're not believed. I'm doing alright as I have a bit of money in the bank and always keep a full freezer and pantry anyway as I generally bulk buy when products are on offer. In one way the supermarket cartels encourage bulk buying by their wildly fluctuating pricing policy where by a product is always at a low offer price somewhere or other be it Tesco, Asda, Morrison's or Sainsbury's.

Steptoe had the right idea, squares of newspaper with a hole in the corner, held up by a piece of string. Just don't use the shiny colour supplement!

Any other cynics like me who thinks they might wait until after March 25th I understand it's someone's testimonial.

What amount would you call a crowd/large gathering? You have to draw the line somewhere.

I'm sure I heard on the radio this morning that they will possibly get over 70s to isolate for 4 months,,, and thats probably 95 percenent of the crowd

Why they can’t self isolate in the country they are working in is beyond me tho.

Not really as I couldn't give a stuff but if you want to give yourself credibility with these "listen to me" posts in the style of Young Ones Rik (& it was only Neil the hippy who called everyone Guys!) then you need clarify a touch

Rumour is immediate lockdown and review again in April - whether that is early, middle or late not sure. Problem is, situation going to be much worse in April, May and June so when will it be oK to start again April 2021 might be about the best guess right now.

Having it pre season

To be fair, I don't think he knows any better.

Honestly If as rumoured; next week; the government tell pensioners over 70 to self isolate and dont venture out for the next four month the Newcastlse average crowd of 600 will drop to about 60.... Doh!!! Regards THJ

It's not a good time to catch a common cold, some fool will have you down as the grim reaper ...

I thought I heard something to the effect that the reason why the UK government did not want to close schools was due to the fact that they thought the kids would then end up either being looked after by the grandparents who the government want to keep away from kids or the kids would be playing on the streets and spreading any virus or colds they may have to even more people than by being at school. All governments are trying to do the best for their country but the media hysteria is making rational discussion and decisions almost none existant and certainly very difficult.

I genuinely believe this will kill British Speedway stone cold dead. As said, most attending are over 60 & have been going for their lifetime. Once the habits are broken the majority will not come back to Speedway. This virus may not kill as many of the elderly as first expected but it most certainly will kill this sport.

So Danny wins the Ben Fund which quite possibly could be the only meeting of the season. If that's the case... Ipswich will be declared the league champions as he’s our captain! Also means that Poole win Championship

I've had a reply from the supporters club..... Thanks for your message with regards to away travel to Leicester speedway matches, we have a group set up on Facebook called LSSC travel group which will have all coach travel on there and also will enable people to post for lifts etc for away matches. Hopefully you can join this group and join us on coaches to away matches. ......you can also see me on race nights at the LSSC 50/50 table and we can try and sort lifts out for you. Many thanks Dan Archer

I also have a sneaky suspicion it will be out of work NL riders posing as juniors. I would also be very surprised if riders actually ride at their local tracks geographically and just end up where they want/get picked. I fear it has a season at best before the plug is pulled just like last time.