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Wonder if the Comets will be using the new electronic scoreboard? This, and the other ground improvements for the RLWC will be of great benefit for Town and the Comets.

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My suggestion was a switch to Monday night in the Elite League, not a move to another night in the PL. All very easy for me to say when its not my money, but if it was and i could afford to take a chance to make speedway a success again at Workington, I would wrap up on a Saturday as soon as possible and give it a go.

How dare you insinuate that I am an X-Factor fan Mr Scarra, I prefer Casualty any day, although I do think that X-Factor has the edge over the Voice and will watch it now and again. Whats happened to the Comets is a mirror of the first era, great for a few years, big crowds etc, then dwindling away to a few hundred before its becomes totally uneconomical to run (costs too much money). I am now very old and was there both times! Both opening nights - attending every week for 6-7 year, then missed a few meetings here and there, then stopped altogether, me and a few thousand others. Fact is Speedway on a Saturday night is probably done for, I was just suggesting a solution that may work.

I am afraid I am one the Comets fans who no longer attends meetings, I also know many other people who also no longer attend, the following reasons have been debated to death on this thread, but sum it all up. - Too expensive for people to attend every week. - Many people have turned to other entertainment on a Saturday (the X-Factor factor!) - The weather this summer has been awful, Derwent Park can be freezing in the evening on a decent day, God knows what its been like down their this year! - This doesn't sound good, but the premier league product at Workington may have become a bit 'samey'. The Comets have had a cracking side this year, but the fans just haven't arrived in anything like the numbers of a few years ago. I understand fully the promotion can't afford to lose money and are looking to wrap up in a few weeks. Lets face it, no matter what team the Comets have next season it is highly probable that crowds will drop off after a brief increase in the first few meetings of 2013. KD will be back to the present situation within a matter of weeks. If he is to continue perhaps a major change would work, I wonder if a switch to Monday nights in the Elite League would work? New League, new riders, fewer meetings, new race night, 'your' team part of the Sky presentation as an extra interest - would certainly win me back! Just a thought.

What a shame that Workington would miss out on all those vast legions of reluctant travelling support if they rode in the Elite League. Having seen the enormous attendances that are at the EL fixtures shown on Sky, i doubt that a small back-water club like Workington could survive without visiting support. Probably better off staying where we are.