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Would imagine that Pickering will get 6 rides in quite a lot of meetings this year!

Not an error no, as confirmed on FB. Must have a plan in place as it will be dark before 8pm in early April.

Final was Ben Cook, Z Kennedy, Cluff, Zischke in that order. can’t find the full scores. Viv was winning the semi final until his seat came loose and had to stop. Clips here https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14UGFZriZS1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

From what I saw yesterday from the Sydney meeting online, we need to be handing out a contract to Viv Muddle asap for 2027. Assuming that he won’t be over here this year. Looks a star already at 15 years old in his first ever meeting on a 500cc bike.

Yes, technically it’s riders who have taken time out of the sport. But I bet I know what will happen…

Ablitt will probably come in at 4.64, after the 8% reduction. Lambert will fit as you could tell by the vibe on the 360 podcast he has signed. Don't know why they can't be transparent like other clubs are in the press releases 🤫

Vuolas' average is way too high for what they've got left

Pleased it's him would've been my pick too, they've obviously tried to get Max Perry in, as per his statement. But I think Jamie has the potential! Got 2/3 right, wrong Dane!

Treble would be on again 🎉

Yes but what he’s saying is that a few people have saw Jack’s post and for some reason have linked the two on the Comets page because he’s signed for a club!

Yeah I thought this too, when he said on FB he’s signed a contract. It must surely be for Buxton, as he’s knowhere near Championship standard 😂

Godfrey said it himself on the 360 speedway podcast, he thought all the clubs who were bringing foreign riders in "is bizarre" when Alfie Bowtell and Lambert are out of a job. Hard to think the guy is the chairman of the BSPL. There's a thought for 2027 actually instead of growing the sport we could close the Championship to British riders only.

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It is a good looking and competitive Championship, the usual suspects Poole, Oxford and Glasgow will no doubt be up there, all 3 look strong. Edinburgh have a strong looking reserve pair (believe Loftus will be one of the best signings on his average) Plymouth strong top 2, plus Klima at reserve should clean up (if he turns up every week) Redcar don’t look as strong as last year, can’t see that side being a play off team. But they do have a very strong reserve pair. Likewise with Berwick they’ll be competitive especially at home, but will probably fall short of the play offs. Scunthorpe do look weak, but I’d imagine once they make changes once Pickering’s average drops they might become more competitive away. Workington have the best looking side since we’ve relaunched. Should be miles more competitive away from home in 2026, and I’m confident we can take that 4th spot again. 1st Glasgow 2nd Oxford 3rd Poole Plymouth/Edinburgh/Workington fighting for 4th. 7th Berwick 8th Redcar 9th Scunthorpe

No idea who she is, again Speedway probably targeting their aging audience. Absolute car crash viewing that was 😂 How can whoever came up with the idea think it was a good one, I’m guessing it definitely came from the BSPL and not Speedway Futures. Unfortunately they’ve been found out with the Cameo link. Rob Godfrey is a good guy, but unfortunately the sport needs to outgrow his and some of the promoters ideas. He knows this too, and the comments on the 360 podcast about Speedway futures taking over seem positive (if it happens!)

He also won the Danish U21 semi final meeting outright on 13 points plus then winning the 3 way run off. Ahead of both William Drejer and Mikkel Andersen, who both finished in the top 5 of the SGP2 series (5th and 3rd). I know nothing about the guy, but at least the results on paper give a quite a level of optimism at his age 🤷‍♂️

I don't think most people would of heard of whoever the 5 point rider was, if you dig through the results he had last year in the Danish Semi-finals and U21 final, he seems a rather exciting signing for me. It's been 3/3 success in terms of the three 5 point assessed riders we've signed exceeding their 5 point average so far. He's been in much better company than the overall level in the Championship so I'm sure he will be very competitive and learn a lot

Can't see much about him, but appears to be an exciting prospect from what I have read and given he finished 5th in a strong Danish U21 Final last year on 11 points ahead of Villads Nagel on 10. This definitely the type of signing I like to see the club make, it's gut wrenching when you sign a rider like Lambert or Starke that you know will just disappoint!

It will be 7pm tonight then. Reserve or second string?

There's loads of riders that could return on the -8% per season missed rule. Even the Aussie ones on British passports 😂 Schlein 7.43 (8.08) Wethers 4.40 (6.47) Wouldn't be surprised if either of them pop up again somewhere

Don’t understand why a Premiership club would want to sign him 🤷‍♂️

Andrew basically confirmed in the live YouTube interview he did last night that one of the final 2 riders would be from outside UK speedway. Can only assume that this will be a 5.00 or 4.00 rider

There’s an update in the Speedway Star. Looks like it’s just 1 position to fill, we are hardly left with the dregs as some people like to believe.. COMETS OPTIONS WORKINGTON boss James Denham admits there have been some very tough decisions in putting together his team for 2026. With Jonas Jeppesen, Troy Batchelor, Tate Zischke and Vinnie Foord all confirmed as starters for the GT Tyres Comets, it leaves three places to fill. Denham says they haven't been short of options to complete the septet, and all are being explored having taken a different approach to team- building than in previous seasons. "We've had to go down a different route, because what we've seen the last two seasons is that we just need stronger riders in certain positions," said Denham. "Troy was pretty much the only man we could rely on, there was no-one else that we could trust. He delivered when he could but he didn't really have any support. "We needed to give him that support. We needed a proper number one this year, and Jonas is the right man. "Troy maybe isn't as strong as some of the other number ones, but he can mix it with those guys on his day. "That's the route we've gone down, and we have three other positions to fill now. We have some of that sorted but are waiting for the last piece of the jigsaw. "I think there are plenty of riders, both on the continent and in the UK, that would fit the bill and we're just trying to figure out which is going to be the best one. We're waiting for a few people to get back to us and figure out which is the best option to go with. "We need to be unbeatable at home this year and pick up as many aggregate points in the Championship, like we did that first year when we made the play-offs." As is always the case when it comes to teams putting together their line-ups, there are inevitably riders who miss out on places and this may end up happening to Comets' 2025 rider of the year Jacob Hook. Denham sympathises with his plight but with team-building simply coming down to numbers, he says these are the tough decisions that need to be made. He added: "We've had plenty of riders who have been interested in coming to Workington this year and we've had to make some tough calls with Jye (Etheridge) and Jacob, but that's how the points limit plays into our hands. "I'm disappointed for Jacob. Not only has it not worked out for us, but it hasn't worked out for any other team so far, so he might miss out this year, which is the downfall of his success last year."

Wouldn’t say so, the literally posted Exciting news on the horizon on the new year post. It’s logical that they had to wait for decisions to be confirmed at the AGM I would say.