Bomber75

I remember many moons ago Mike Sampson, Bob Coles and Chris Roynon used to pitch up to Holker Street in an old ford zodiac with a three bike trailer on the back.

I'm of the same opinion as a number of you. Racing with 2 leagues of seven and eight teams is crazy and doesnt give the supporters enough variety. The doubling up situation is a major problem as the sense of "My Team" is essentially lost, How can it be right that a Championship heat leader also rides as a heat leader in the Premiership, it used to be that a heat leader would ride as a reserve in the top flight. Taking the star riders out of the equation the standard of riders in Premiership and Championship is pretty similar, has to be there the same bunch of riders so why not go to one league of 15 teams and maybe encourage a couple of NDL tracks to join to give more meetings, more variety etc. Lets be fair for speedway fans certain teams are a draw Belle Vue for example. I hope what ever the wat forward is that Workington are involved and the problems are resolved. It looks as though Birmingham are going at the end of the year which is another nail in the coffin.

I think Craig Cook and Paul Stark will be missed. Vissing has never turned in the performances I was expecting unfortunately I think he is probably bound for Edinburgh, although Poole and Plymouth arent complete yet

I think theres a lot of potential in the side. I can see they will have a strong home season not sure away. It all depends on how the team settles and gets their heads together. Lack of away track knowledge may be a problem but a stronger side the 24 if for nothing else the than the reserve berths

Just been looking now that Redcar have named there 1 - 7 there are 17 available team places left in the championship. Be interesting to know how many available riders there are. I would think some will lose out and have to ride in development league

In general the signing announcements in the championship are very quiet at the moment

Is the feeling that Troy Batchelor will be back at number 1 ? if he is his average is 8.46 so that would leave 4.3 for the last rider so could be an assessed 4 rider.

Sam Hagon seems to be linked to a number of teams. Any news on a Connor Bailey comeback?

I think (hope) that the core 3 of the team will be Cookie, Troy and Tate. There are rumours Antti wont ride in the Uk but cant see that with him being established in BV team. Would like to see him back at Worky but may not fit with European commitments. Paul Starke appears to be Poole bound so their social media predicts. Can anyone explain what is the "reduction" applied to averages for team building Ive heard it mentioned but dont understand

Great to hear Tate is riding well, very positive.

I suspect one of the problems with floodlights is the associated investment required such as car park lighting and street lighting along the access road, the cost of installing floodlights would be a small part of the overall bill. Personally as a travelling supporter from Barrow the 3 or 5 starts suits us but wouldn't be keen on a 7 - 7,30 start as sometimes our grandson comes with us and it would be too late getting home. From a future view if the promotion seriously wants to stage FIM meetings I think lights will be recurred.

I think if Connor makes a return, and I hope he does, Workington would / should be the place Workington loved him and he seemed to love Workington. He had a lot of success there and its maybe what he needs.

I think the core of the team for 25 will be Cookie, Tate and Antti (Andrew says that Tate and Antti are club assets). Troy maybe if the points limit is 40 ish. Claus and Sam dont think they'll be back. Paul Starke would make 5. Which leaves 2 riders to find. Question for me is would the promotion go for a new 2 pointer and a higher average rider or 2 riders with higher averages and potential to improve. I did read somewhere that they were thinking of making a 2 pointer a must for youth development.

I certainly hope all the fears are unfounded as the promotion have put heart and soul into this venture and made a damn good job of it up to now. What ever happens it wont be through lack of trying on their part.Lets hope.

I think the new names to the UK may well surprise everyone Celina, Tate and Antti are dark horses and will be keen to make their names. I wouldn't mind betting the Premiership sides will be watching to pick up their next reserves.