Marksman

After the car crash of the first 8 heats, we won 23-19, positives anyone? 😂 When you go to Berwick you know you have to be able to gate as it’s so strung out. We just weren’t at the races early on, bad day at the office. Hopefully tomorrow’s gate isn’t affected by tonight’s result, and we at least see some entertaining races. Hope Reid Battye and Niklas recover soon. Could be a big blow for Berwick as Battye looks like a heat leader already.

He’s riding with a trapped nerve in his shoulder, crashed his mountain bike. Shame he was robbed of 3 points. Not a good start to the season injury wise

Suspected broken wrist for Niklas, not sure about Reid Battye. Seems to be plenty of injuries for riders so far this season

He certainly tried to influence the referee’s decision on the microphone. I’ve no idea how he can announce Battye being excluded as his decision and then next minute he’s asking to check Bandits TV footage.

It was a stinker indeed, don’t know what Cook could of done. Not that it’ll matter over 2 legs 😂 Greg Blair is awful on the centre green too, always made me cringe on BSN. But his actions were unprofessional tonight

Dan Gilkes rode in the amateur meeting at Northside on Sunday (and won) I’m guessing he is just about ready to return.

JJ is primed and ready to go, can’t imagine it’ll be long before he gets a Premiership spot. Would be the best reserve in the league if he were to replace Hellstrom-Bangs. A good hard rider who won’t shy away from a first bend tussle.

3.66 so could replace Vinnie until he’s fit

I posted them above, Tate and Batch’s both drop a bit. Jamie only scored 1 point for Buxton today in an NDL level meeting, I’d imagine he will be given the Berwick KOC weekend and then will be replaced.

Rolling averages should be set now for May as KO cup matches won’t count. Jeppesen 8.48 Cook 8.35 Batchelor 6.75 Zischke 5.23 Jakobsen 5.00 Foord 3.89 Etherington 2.00 39.70 Max Perry would be 2.29 so would come in at 39.99 if Max came in for Jamie.

Walked the track before the meeting yesterday and it has a new mix of Grano dirt in it, which hasn’t been used before. Used to absorb the moisture in the track and avoid future rain offs. Could see it working yesterday by how dry the track was in the end. The imminent move away from afternoon racing will help massively by keeping the sun off it, as the track gets no shade.

He came out on Jamie Etherington’s bike yeah, which is a shame as he probably had a decent chance of doing something in that race

Yeah I thought this too, think the predictions beforehand didn’t take into account this, plus it being the Comets first home meeting. They are all well on the pace including Ryan Ingram, who looks a great 2 point reserve.

Was it the same issues with the first bend as last week when the Comets were there? Dan Thompson had some words to say about it on social media. “Average night - the track was dangerous and not enjoyable to ride early on. Onto tomorrow.”

It’s a fractured knee for Vinnie 😪 Would imagine he’ll be out for a couple of months maybe, but doesn’t require surgery

Hope Vinnie gets sorted soon, was a nasty fall, heard his knee had swollen massively. Will be no doubt waiting for the swelling to go down before getting a scan. If Vinnie is sidelined for months there won’t be many options at all with 5.95 available for 2 reserves. Best option would have to be a redeclare with Ben Trigger (3.26) and Max Perry (2.29) to make us at least have champ experience at reserve.

Good showing from the Comets in the end, on other day we may have won but we will be very competitive on the road this season for sure. Hope Vinnie is okay, plenty of positives there.

Lineups Redcar Bears Nicolai Klindt 8.36 Ace Piper 4.28 Jordan Jenkins 5.75 Jason Edwards (C) 6.53 Jake Allen 6.44 Jake Mulford 4.24 Jody Scott 3.93 Workington Comets Jonas Jeppesen – 8.20 Niklas Holm Jakobsen – 5.00 Craig Cook – 7.99 Tate Zischke – 5.76 Troy Batchelor (C) – 7.10 Vinnie Foord – 3.69 Jamie Etherington – 2.00 Livestream - https://live.redcar-speedway.com/ Preview - https://workingtoncomets.com/preview-comets-start-campaign-at-redcar/

Ain’t gonna happen if you go by Godfrey’s interview on the 360 podcast before the season. He mentioned it was bizarre that clubs are bringing in foreign riders in when some British riders don’t have a contract signed. Don’t think Rob Godfrey would pay for a box to be able to think outside of it to be honest!

Exactly this, away from Scunthorpe that team is Pickering and 5 reserves. Don’t know what Palm Toft is.

With Kurtz maybe, but don't think Blodorn would of scored as many as Jeppesen. Was a poor watch in all aspects really, stream was very poor compared to the effort that goes into the BV one.

Fantastic insight in the pits, could do with him on BSN! Stream has been great, much better than constant repeats we got on TNT

Any ideas why Jamie Etherington didn’t ride today?

Wasn’t a bad meeting, enjoyed the coverage on BV TV, and the antics of Stoney. You don’t get those types of characters in speedway much these days, especially top level riders. Holder was just a bit hard of Blodorn, he didn’t need to make that move as he would of passed him at some point anyways. Pleased for Tate, he is just a natural on a bike, looked very quick out front when he gated and well on the pace compared to last season. Hopefully he will be back to his best riding alongside Cookie for the Comets, the pair were telepathic together in 2024. It was an average meeting for BV standards, which says a lot about the track because it was still rather enjoyable to watch IMO.