From the Sunny Side of the Solent Sammy Miller Museum Good News is that the Museum is now fully open, there is no need to pre-book to visit the Motor Cycle Museum. Parking and entry to the complex is free. It would be wise to check details from the Museum website before travelling, it is I believe open every day, 10.00am to 4.30 pm, with last admissions being at 2.30 to enable visitors to have plenty of time to examine the exhibits, there are nearly 400 on view.
Brooklands Museum "Ready to get back behind the Wheel" Will be re-opening from 1st August, see website for full details. The Museum will have limited capacity initially, social distancing, no cash transactions, contactless only, entry tickets will be pre-timed. Masks too, I would expect. No events initially, just the splendid array of exhibits. Overall, the full range of Covid 19 restrictions will be in play, nevetheless there will be plenty to see and do and one of the UK's most historic sites. Speedway news August is now upon us and there is still a good deal of uncertainty about which events will happen this season, given that almost all Speedway Events in the Calendar will not be taking place. Speedway Promoters have just recently given up on trying to run anything this season, at least so far as Southern England is concerned. To cover the whole situation, I think the announcement from the Isle of Wight Promoters covers things very well: Wightlink Warriors will not run Speedway in 12
n By John Bramall 2020 Wightlink Warriors bosses Barry Bishop and Martin Widman have, after careful consideration, decided not to run Speedway in 2020 in the National League, even if the government and local council guidelines permit it. In a joint statement the promoters said, "While we know this news will be devastating to some, expected by others, and to all of us a masssive disappointment, we cannot see a way in which we can put speedway racing on without increasing the risk to our fans, staff, riders, sponsors, and of course the wider public on the Isle of Wight. The Island is a unique place and we have been proud of the Warriors success in keeping Covid 19 under control, and we would not want to be responsible for introducing an outbreak of Covid 19 however it was caused, and nor do we want to increase the health risk to our fans, friends, staff, sponsors, riders and management by staging a public gathering/event. Health aside, there will be an increased financial risk to run speedway now and our sponsors, quite rightly, will expect a return on their investment which we could not achieve in 2020, and this risks a knock on effect for 2021. Our sponsors have been brilliant, many coming forward to increase their sponsorship to help us become Covic ready and we value that so very much, nor will we forget that support. However, the risk is too great to health and finance, so we have therefore decided not to risk the club's future by running speedway in 2020, and we look forward to 2021. Our Stadium looks perfect, ready to go, and probably the best its ever been in our tenure and like you , we love our club, our fans, and our ethos. As sad as it is, this is the right decision in our view for the club and sport, and we should celebrate the fantastic work currently continuing at the stadium to ensure that we would have been ready in 2020, while ensuring that pride in the club shines through for the world to see. We will continue to keep the Warrriors in the forefront of online activity and we look forward to 2021, if not before.".Â
