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UPDATE

NEWS Sunday 22nd February 2015, 9:24pm

by Toby Lerone

  Edinburgh Monarchs

Two matters have been causing us a great deal of concern in recent weeks and we can now bring you the latest news regarding visas and team sponsor.

Since UK Visas and Immigration raised concerns about the operation of the visa system within speedway on 21st January much work has taken place to correct matters. Meetings have taken place, discussions carried out and a multitude of paperwork put in place and we now believe that we are about to receive the Sponsor Licence that will allow us to apply for visas for Sam Masters and Justin Sedgmen to ride in our team in 2015.

Although it may appear a long affair, in fact the whole process has been fast tracked with an official from UKVI visiting the Club last Tuesday to inspect the paperwork now held by us. That was the final step in their assessment of our application for a new sponsor licence.

We hope for good news in the early part of the coming week.

Not such good news on the team sponsor front. We had been conducting discussions for a number of days with an interested party but, unfortunately, those discussions came to an end at the end of last week. Our search continues with time now running out.