Poole statement CLUB STATEMENT 22nd January 2015 Following a meeting convened by UKVI (UK Visas and Immigration) this week to discuss matters concerning migrant riders in which the Poole promotion were in attendance, the promotion would like to clarify that of the team named so far only Chris Holder is affected. Co-promoter Gordon Pairman explained Dakota (North) has British patriality and Davey (Watt) is in possession of a long-term visa and as such neither are affected by the issues that as an Association we are trying to overcome to the satisfaction of the UK Borders Agency and UKVI. However, it does mean that we have some work to do to enable Chris Holder to obtain a new visa as, following the meeting yesterday it is apparent that the current certificate of sponsorship we issued for him will need to be renewed. Whilst we have been given encouragement from the government offices that they will do all they possibly can to resolve the issues as quickly as possible, as a club we will need some assurances that this whole matter is sorted well in advance of the start of the season. We for one would not be willing to begin the season either riding with or against guests or weakened teams as that would only serve to offer a sub-standard project and we would hope that the BSPA body recognise that it is not in the sports interest to do so. We owe it to the fans, sponsors and our colleagues at Sky Sports to track the best possible sides across the leagues. We will be calling on our fellow BSPA members to work united on this matter, as is the commitment, but should it become apparent that the issues may not be resolved on a fair basis for all clubs, we would hope the Association would look at measures to allow equalisation across the teams
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:01:19 +0000
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