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Bear Necessities

25 Friday Sep 2020

Posted by laurencereade in A

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Bearsted, Chatham Town, Covid 19, Football, groundhopping, Honey Lane, Non League, Otham, Southern Counties East League

Tuesday 15th September 2020 ko 19.30

Southern Counties East League-Premier Division

BEARSTED 2 (Marshall-Katong 20p Abibio 24)

CHATHAM TOWN 5 (Evans 17 71 Butler 74 Bradshaw 80 Abioye 86)

Att 256

Entry & Parking £8

Programme- Free, online only

On Twitter, one of my followers has the following bio, “If it wasn’t for football I wouldn’t know where half the places in the UK are.”

Now that goes double for non-league I suppose; even I had to look up where Bearsted is, and just to make life even more difficult, the football club play in Otham, not Bearsted! Continue reading →

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A Route Forward?

16 Sunday Aug 2020

Posted by laurencereade in O, S

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Chalvey, Covid 19, Eddie Wright Raceway, Football, Letfansin, Old Windsor, Old Windsor Park, Scunthorpe, Speedway

Saturday 8th August 2020 ko 14.00

Friendly

OLD WINDSOR 4 (Farnan 12 25 49, May 80)

CHALVEY DEVELOPMENT 0

Att 33 at Old Windsor Park

Free Entry

Sunday 9th August 2020 17.00

Speedway British Youth Championship

500cc 1st Jordan Palin 

250cc 1st Max James

125cc (Group A) William Cairns

125cc (Group B) Billy Budd

Att 441 at Scunthorpe Speedway

Entry & Programme £6.50

Last weekend the UK saw what could easily be the only speedway meeting staged this year. It was the Scunthorpe Scorpions promotion that managed to get both guidelines and permission to stage what in the normal scheme of things would be a fairly low-key meeting. The 3 speedway leagues have had their 2020 seasons cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak so short of a few challenge matches this could easily be it for British speedway this year. With 2 sports events in 2 days to watch there was the added bonus of comparing how the events were staged, under what restrictions and for non league football the chance to assess a possible safety blueprint should supporters be allowed back into non league grounds from National League down to feeder league level. Continue reading →

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