Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Sunday, 24 June
The Great British summer continued to wreak havoc with the fixture list as all three Premier League matches scheduled to be raced today fell casualty to the seemingly incessant rain.
The matches which should have taken place but were called off were:
Glasgow versus Birmingham,
Newcastle versus Rye House and
Newport versus Mildenhall.
The fixture casualty list caused by the weather must now be reaching a level which is causing alarm to the BSPA. Not only will it prove difficult to rearrange all the wiped out meetings to meet end of season deadlines for playoffs etc. but the lost revenue during June, one of the ‘summer’ months must be substantial.
For Premier League tracks the coming week will see no Premier League matches raced on Friday or Saturday night due to the Premier League Pairs being held at Somerset on Friday and the British Grand Prix at Cardiff on Saturday. This leaves only the meetings on the Isle of Wight (v. Rye House) in a Knockout Cup match on Tuesday, at Birmingham (v. Somerset) and King’s Lynn (v. Mildenhall) in Premier League matches on Wednesday and at Sheffield (v. Workington) again in the Premier League on Thursday – a grand total of four matches for the whole week!
How long will it be before we see some tracks running twice a week or having to resort to double-headers to clear up the backlog and what will be the long term financial implications for the clubs most badly affected?
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Sunday, 24 June
The Great British summer continued to wreak havoc with the fixture list as all three Premier League matches scheduled to be raced today fell casualty to the seemingly incessant rain.
The matches which should have taken place but were called off were:
Glasgow versus Birmingham,
Newcastle versus Rye House and
Newport versus Mildenhall.
The fixture casualty list caused by the weather must now be reaching a level which is causing alarm to the BSPA. Not only will it prove difficult to rearrange all the wiped out meetings to meet end of season deadlines for playoffs etc. but the lost revenue during June, one of the ‘summer’ months must be substantial.
For Premier League tracks the coming week will see no Premier League matches raced on Friday or Saturday night due to the Premier League Pairs being held at Somerset on Friday and the British Grand Prix at Cardiff on Saturday. This leaves only the meetings on the Isle of Wight (v. Rye House) in a Knockout Cup match on Tuesday, at Birmingham (v. Somerset) and King’s Lynn (v. Mildenhall) in Premier League matches on Wednesday and at Sheffield (v. Workington) again in the Premier League on Thursday – a grand total of four matches for the whole week!
How long will it be before we see some tracks running twice a week or having to resort to double-headers to clear up the backlog and what will be the long term financial implications for the clubs most badly affected?
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