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Pleased for Cookie, he's mentioned constantly in his interviews this season about wanting to get back into the PL. Guess he's putting himself back in the shop window now, his gating has always been good, but it's been electric this season. Just seen he'll be riding at reserve on a 4.39 average, wow!

Got his chance in the Premiership

James has said Paul Starke is guesting for the Comets on Saturday vs Redcar

Can the team not be re-declared ahead of the new May averages I wonder? i.e Antti gets nominated as the senior 5 point rider. Who knows!

Antti is battered and bruised but okay. Paramedics deemed him to be concussed. Has to sit out now for 9 days. Unfortunate he will be missing for Glasgow away and Redcar at Home. Probably not a rider like Tate you can replace adequately on a 5 point average. The meeting was very good from Heat 5 re-run onwards, it was a lengthy delay but credit to Steve for sorting it. Promising start to competitive racing so far. Our top 5 is one of the best in the league in my opinion.

Managed to speak to Celina in the pits prior to the meeting, she was certainly still battered and bruised from last weeks fall. She said her right hip is fully black with blood spots, and it hurts to move. She is so determined and has definitely made an impression with Comets fans young and old at an early stage. That’s all that matters here, I don’t think we or she will care about outside negativity. She is so mentally strong and will laugh the negativity off. Her dad Jurgen and sister, drove over from Germany with her best engine that was sitting at home. He only arrived in Workington at 10.30am yesterday morning having drove all night, and then proceeded to start working on her equipment ahead of yesterday’s meeting. If she can get out of the start which she’ll be working on, I’m convinced she’ll start picking up good points instead of having to do it from the back. Speedway is to me is not a tribal sport, and I don’t see comments posted here echoed around Social media platforms. However the comments here are still fairly tame compared to other sports. Would take these comments with a pinch of salt. The experience at Northside is miles better than the Derwent Park days in my opinion, I wasn’t sure on the Afternoon starts at first but the numbers of families attending is really showing. All positive stuff for me! With improvements to FIM standards coming all the time and the inclusion of a Newport style ‘New years Classic’ in the pipeline we could be running all year round on this track.

On the season pass, most likely the replacement for the postponed Scunthorpe home meeting

BSN are streaming it tomorrow now

Hoping for a Redcar victory in this one, but honestly see another away victory in this one. 43-47. Hope I’m wrong!

Was quite a few riders practising down at Northside today, including Cookie and Antti Cookie looks very fast, can't imagine it'll be long until he's going through the card unbeaten

Yeah I saw the video of his only race, he couldn't turn the bike. Can't see him riding at Plymouth this season, his leg break was on his trailling left leg too

Looks like Celina Liebmann pulled out of the Italian Championships she was going to be riding in. Upon checking the results, was shocked to see a certain number 5 scoring 11 points and still riding! Maybe he can return to the comets on a 4 point average next season

Very enjoyable evening at the Ecco Arena, track was great as usual, and good craic with the Redcar fans. For the Comets it was very promising to come back from a 12 point deficit, Cookie was somewhat back to his old self, 13+1 but I think he will still get better. Tate and Antti, were exciting to watch after taking a few heats to figure out the track. Very exciting prospects, who will win a lot of races as already shown at Northside. In my opinion, we have 5 potential heatleaders in this side. All 5 had at least one heat win tonight Haven’t talked about Claus and Batch yet, but Claus is really flying isn’t he. Thought he’d be in Heat 15, but Batch had another good night Celina battles really hard, and was her best showing so far. Such a determined rider Sam Mc is only learning, just like Ben Trigger is. Some stronger 2 point reserves out there but they’ll both get there by mid season

Correct, and if he didn't have a championship average it would be PL ave. x1.5 A guest always takes the average of the rider they are replacing, so it's why he's at No.1

Redcar away preview - https://cumbriacrack.com/2024/04/10/workington-comets-look-forward-to-redcar-bears-clash/ Riding order seems to have Batchelor at 5 though, which isn't the same as the Berwick home meeting

The wind is brutal today down by the coast, not surprised it’s off. They could have risked it by running it, but with the many temporary structures that are in place (this is not a stadium by any means) and debris flying, who would be liable? It would be madness to run in these conditions with a much reduced crowd, having plenty of free weekends probably makes the decision easier these days.

You must be thinking about the 2nd bend where the pits are? Will be able to walk around the whole Arena once it's filled in.

No need for the name calling, you’ve proved who the real idiot is here when you can’t check simple info. First you attack the promotion for not having a match report up straight after a meeting (try travelling back from Berwick to Workington and getting up to go to the track at 11am), then about an injury update (which is posted on socials around 3 and a half hours before the meeting) Then play dumb because you don’t check all the correct channels. The constant negativity on here is boring, and I’ll probably just give it a miss in future. Hope this is eloquent enough for you. p.s the positivity from hundreds of Facebook comments is great to see. Funny that because people post on there with a real name. Coincidence? I think not. Some of the comments on here are great, others quite obvious mickey taking, others are just damn oblivious.

Stupid comment, the preview for the whole weekend was put on there on Wednesday. And all the information constantly updated on Social Media, probably one of the best out there for a small one man band kinda thing.

Yeah it was very clear from the back straight, but I bet it’s hard from that ref’s box on the strange angle they have. Was surprised at how fast Vissing was, he was the fastest rider on show. As for the others, especially Tate and Antti they were just trying to work out the track and when to shut off the throttle. The riders come into the bends so fast because of the long straights I’ve not been to Berwick for years, but can’t remember the track being that bumpy and awkward to ride. Berwick guys are clearly dialled into the lines on it, fair play and should have an unbeaten season at home. I think it’s good for speedway when sides are strong at home. Our guys will put on a good show tomorrow, hopefully Antti and Cookie they’ve came away unscathed after their falls. Craig hit the fence really hard

Met office radar shows a heavy shower passing through between 4.30-5. Hope it goes ahead, I’m sure they’ll be giving it a go now

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The funny thing is Craig Cook had similar words on Saturday