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Storm Arwen: Sporting fixtures across UK affected by gale force winds

 


Tempest Arwen: Sporting installations across UK impacted by powerful breezes 

The Sky Bet League Two game at Prenton Park was deferred on Saturday morning with Rovers affirming the high breezes were to be faulted; Bangor's card of seven races likewise canceled, with the course having endured harm for the time being 

Tranmere Rovers' down with Stevenage in League Two has fallen foul of Storm Arwen 

Tranmere's down with Stevenage and the leap hustling meet at Bangor have been canceled as game felt the power of Storm Arwen. 

The Sky Bet League Two game at Prenton Park was delayed on Saturday morning with Rovers affirming the high breezes were to be faulted. 

"Harm from Storm Arwen has brought about a little part of the principle stand rooftop being brushed off and a lot of rooftop signage and guttering has been blown down," an assertion read. 

"The (security warning gathering) have exhorted that it isn't protected to continue with the game until the rooftop has been appropriately reviewed. While this is a major frustration, the wellbeing of fans is obviously everybody's essential concern. 

Bangor's card of seven races has likewise been canceled, with the course having endured harm for the time being. 

Representative of the course Andrew Morris said: "We've had no power since around 2am and the most recent update is we will not return power once again to the site until around 4pm, so that is clearly one variable. 

"The subsequent component is there's been harm to a portion of the public regions and they're considered to be perilous. 

"It's not long haul harm, it's simply with the timescale we had today and the breeze being however solid as it seemed to be, it was a simple choice on security grounds." 

Notwithstanding, Saturday's high-profile apparatuses at Newbury and Newcastle are set to go on regardless of the harm caused across Britain. 

Wolverhampton's Saturday evening card should pass a second prudent check assuming it is to go on because of snow while Sunday's gatherings at Carlisle and Leicester are both subject to preparatory reviews at 8am because of the danger of ice.

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