Coventry Bees speedway team have been fined £3,000 for their part in the meeting against Poole at Brandon.
The meeting would not have gone ahead if the Sky cameras were not present and conditions were such that the Bees advised their riders not to participate in heat ten.
Poole went ahead and rode in that heat and the meeting was then abandoned.
The Speedway Control Bureau have issued the following statement:
"THE Speedway Control Bureau have issued the following statement regarding the Coventry v Poole Elite League match that was staged on Monday June 1;
COVENTRY v POOLE (Monday 1st June 2015)
Coventry Promoters, Mick Horton & Neil Watson attended a Meeting with the Members of The Speedway Control Bureau on Thursday 9th July to answer a charge of not complying to Speedway Regulation SR 4.1.9.
This non-compliance arose at the above Meeting, when the Coventry Team Manager, for whom the Coventry Promotion are jointly responsible, instructed the Coventry Riders scheduled to ride in Heat 10, Chris Harris & Joonas Kylmakorpi not to participate.
This action had the effect of withdrawing from a Meeting, as the Riders failed to meet the 2-minute time allowance facility on more than one occasion.
The SCB Members viewed video footage supplied by the Coventry and also SKY TV footage.
Following a long discussion “in camera” the SCB Members agreed that the Fines imposed by the Meeting Referee upon the Team Manager, Gary Havelock and the Riders involved, would stand and in addition the Promotion would be fined £3000.
All Parties have a Right of Appeal to the Auto Cycle Union.
Coventry Speedway will issue a response to this statement in due course."