Bracknell Bees’ cup semi-final clash against Peterborough Phantoms has been postponed.
The Hive was set to host the first leg of the contest on Saturday evening, but snow and ice around the venue has led to the decision to call it off.
Sunday night was set to be the second leg in Peterborough, but instead that will now become the first leg with a date for the home contest to be rearranged.
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Bees director Stuart Robinson explained; “In the absence of a thaw and commercial gritting, the heavy overnight snow in Bracknell has rendered the car park as unusable and the access roads and pavements as extremely dangerous.
“We are also extremely concerned that the temperature is dropping to freezing as soon as the sun sets and is going down to minus 6 overnight. The current pools of slush around the area too will cause an icy threat. Public safety risks will increase further.”
Bees are the latest club to suffer a sporting postponement this weekend, following on from the entire fixture list in the Hellenic and Thames Valley football leagues being called off.