We wanted to send a quick update to all Gladiators Fans;
Riders; Sponsors; Volunteers and Staff at this difficult time.
Most importantly, we hope that you will follow all of the
advice to both look after yourselves and to do all that you can to stay fit and
healthy.
Speedway Racing has to take a secondary place at the moment
and whilst it is immensely frustrating that the Coronavirus pandemic could not
have come at a worse time for The Club, we have to understand what the
priorities are and to do all we can to look after one another and to stay
safe.
We are a sport that relies on Gate Receipts for the bulk of
our income and are acutely aware too that our Riders only earn money from
Speedway when they race and that Sponsors will also be assessing their current
Businesses to ensure that they ride out the storm and can survive and come
through what could be a very difficult few months.
We will do all that we can in these circumstances to keep
the Club afloat, so that we can be fit and ready to recommence when the Sport
resumes, hopefully sometime during the Summer months.
Thanks to the work of an incredible group of Volunteers who
have worked almost every day in often horrible and inclement weather during the
winter months we have now almost completed a New Stand on the Home Straight
that will accommodate between 400-500 people at full Capacity, and we have also
refurbished and moved the previous Disabled Supporter Platform, to a place with
an absolutely outstanding view and easy access, that is much closer to Food and
Drink and Toilet facilities.
On the Commercial front we are very much in limbo due to the
aforementioned requirement for Business to look out first and foremost for
employees and their futures, but we hope that in the coming weeks, some hard
work and plans in terms of some big announcements will come to fruition.
Our Community plans, based around enticing all Children 14
and Under to Speedway with a Free Season Pass and also engaging with The Polish
Communities in Devon and Cornwall will continue, so that once ready, we can hit
the ground running and make a fantastic night at the Speedway available and
affordable for everyone.
We think everyone will want so fun and excitement, and we
have the ideal product to deliver that.
Finally, we do have a couple of Vans, a Minibus and a Van to
be precise and we would be delighted to put those at the disposal of any local
or Community Group that may require assistance to fetch and carry food or other
essential items to the elderly, the less physically able or anyone really in
need.
Due to the location of our Management and Volunteers, this
would specifically be in the Plymouth City Area and also up in Torbay.
If we can be of assistance to anyone, especially linked to Supporters or Groups that Supporters are aware of, please e-mail us in the first instance to:
admin@plymouth-speedway.com and copy in our Managing Director Mark Phillips at markphillips353@yahoo.co.uk or our Commercial Director Ian Jordan at ianm59jordan@googlemail.com
Please stay safe and look after yourselves and we hope to
see you all down at The Coliseum very soon.
Regards
Mark, Mattie and Ian
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