This weekend is the start of the club season in Britain following last week's Benevolent Fund individual meeting. I've been tardy in starting the thread as I'm still struggling with the fact that my club and my next most watched club have folded leaving no speedway within the M25 at all.
I hope to get to occasional meetings at Kent (though they are increasingly stymied by the local council meaning they still have to commence meetings at the terrible time of 6:30pm on a Monday), Eastbourne, Peterborough and other further flung tracks as well as Grand Prixs but it's going to be far tougher to see the sport. The ice speedway I saw in Berlin the other week was a real tonic though, hope to see more of that on the continent some time.
Good to see this coverage of the sport in the Guardian today, even if it is about the trouble the sport is in across Britain. I've nicked part of the title as it sums up me feelings ;
Out of time and on the skids: speedway’s struggle for survival
I hope to get to occasional meetings at Kent (though they are increasingly stymied by the local council meaning they still have to commence meetings at the terrible time of 6:30pm on a Monday), Eastbourne, Peterborough and other further flung tracks as well as Grand Prixs but it's going to be far tougher to see the sport. The ice speedway I saw in Berlin the other week was a real tonic though, hope to see more of that on the continent some time.
Good to see this coverage of the sport in the Guardian today, even if it is about the trouble the sport is in across Britain. I've nicked part of the title as it sums up me feelings ;
Out of time and on the skids: speedway’s struggle for survival
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