dantodan Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Just to get things moving, 10 days to go. Ian Thomas RIP ran both clubs well and it is fitting that our clubs contest the Ian Thomas Shield. Let's hope this wintery weather is out of the way by the end of the month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 lots of stuff going on for the first meeting, nichols,squibs all sorts of goodies to the fans. git yer sen owa marra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 50-40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantodan Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 weather may be the winner as more freezing temps and snow are forecast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workyboy Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Weather forcast for the west side Saturday, is cold but no snow forcast for us. Those who are going or coming over from Newcastle, don your thermals!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Any news on a Tully replacement? I'd go r/r in a friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 There are spare seats on the special Newcastle coach to Worky on Saturday. Check out the situation on the Newcastle website. Remember it is only £5 per seat. Announced that it is R/R for both legs in place of Tully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discodaz Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 What time does the gates open tomorrow ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantodan Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 I ain't travelling for this one but a charge of a fiver Newcastle to Workington return is very good value. It will easily cost far more in petrol to get to Cumbria and back. How come the reciprocal coach Worky to Newcastle on Sunday is free? Who is footing the bill for that? Good deal for the Comets fans I hope you fill your coach as we need your cash through our turnstiles at Brough Park. This is a match that I think is impossible to forecast a score for. Andrew Tully may have hard shoes to fill (well! he is a big lad isn't he?) R/R for Andrew at least gives 4 of our lads another race each on the opening night of the season and the same tomorrow it all helps to blow away the cobwebs. If pressed for the score I will say a last heat decider and both sides could win it in heat 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet10 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 There is 2 buses coming across Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discodaz Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Good job I had me long johns on tonight lol brrrr to cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Bitterly cold night, some slow times , the track was a bit rough in parts early on and caught a few of the riders out, meeting dragged on for far too long hopefully future meets can be slicker and this was just a one off. Star rider of the night was probably Stuart Robson but even he was passed in a heat by Rusty and Kyle, hope Tero is ok after a nasty fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) how many people noticed that the track is now smaller with the rugny pitch being wider what about the famous face tonight non other than 19 times tt winner and lap record holder john mcguinness he was in the pits before the meeting with peter carr by the way i thought the track was very poor tonight but start of season it usualy is would also like to say i thought lewis kerr looked much better than the points he scored unlike some of the other riders he was always tying hard Edited March 30, 2013 by scarra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet49 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 I ain't travelling for this one but a charge of a fiver Newcastle to Workington return is very good value. It will easily cost far more in petrol to get to Cumbria and back. How come the reciprocal coach Worky to Newcastle on Sunday is free? Who is footing the bill for that? Good deal for the Comets fans I hope you fill your coach as we need your cash through our turnstiles at Brough Park. This is a match that I think is impossible to forecast a score for. Andrew Tully may have hard shoes to fill (well! he is a big lad isn't he?) R/R for Andrew at least gives 4 of our lads another race each on the opening night of the season and the same tomorrow it all helps to blow away the cobwebs. If pressed for the score I will say a last heat decider and both sides could win it in heat 15 The new promotion is footing the bill and there are two coaches, a whole 98 of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantodan Posted March 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 that is fantastic and you will have more that have come by car. Brough Park is having work done on the covered terrace steps which are out of bounds to us all. So all the fans will be out in the open (the bar is unaffected however) lower down near the greyhound track, hope is doesn't rain as we will have nowhere to run to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneylegend Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 It was great to watch the racing last night track not great but it was a freezer of a night good win for the Comets. Howarth and rusty were our star men. sad that Tero got injured :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 It was great to watch the racing last night track not great but it was a freezer of a night good win for the Comets. Howarth and rusty were our star men. sad that Tero got injured :-( I see Kyle at Swindon on Thursday for Poole was well impressed quick think he will have a big year for the comets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 (edited) Congrats to the new promotion for all their efforts last night, to promote their first meeting. There was a nice feeling about the meeting with a big crowd in, possibly 2000. A new Scot on the presentation mike, who sounded very like Scot Wilson of Edinburgh but it wasn't Scot Nichols with bike outside having pictures taken free of charge. Band playing alongside Scot outside. Programme sheet for everyone, in addition to the pay programmes with full reports and adverts. Free bag of sweeties for all the kids(but not Senior citizens ) Two very good girl singers on the centre green, singing three popular songs, although it was that cold that a few thought they should have got on with the racing. Big improvements by the rugby club in terms of carparks and tidiness around the stadium, including new popup seats in the main stand. Pleased to see the number and the variety of sponsors banners around the first and second bend. Someone has been very busy and got things right. Scot Nichols booked at a considerable fee for greeting and three match races. New track shop in outside container Lots and lots of positives, including the absence of the usual evil element in the backstraight stand. Unfortunately the big disappointment was the track. Looked OK in the first and second heat but after that it was breaking up and was treacherous, especially the third/forth bend. By the middle of the meeting most rider, with the odd exception, were two wheeling into the third bend and the winner of heat 14 was about 7 seconds slower than the first heat time. Riders sliding into the first bend(cue Lindgren) were fighting to combat the ripples to stay on. Everyone was wary about full throttle on the forth bend as they were drifting into the fence, and Rene dropped it there in the lead in his first ride. After that most riders played safe and just held position. The weather did play a part, especially when the frost came in the last couple of heats, but the real damage was a bad track before that, and all riders insisted on the track being graded after every two races. Severe grading later on when the two tractors virtually remade the third/forth bend, but one got the impression that the two drivers were working to different scripts. Just pleased that the riders were OK after the meeting, except Teo, who ran into the side of a rider, was clipped by Lawson, and excluded for his move. A bad shoulder and I gather he will miss tonight's meeting at Brough as a precaution. The two other match races were sensibly scrapped, and for those usual culprits( hiya Davidj) who usually, and predictably, have a go at the Newcastle track, ask yourself why allegedly 4 riders refused rides in heat 15 for the Comets. A good first meeting for the new promotion and I wish them all the success, and hopefully fill the stadium like last night. A good start for the Diamonds with some good rides, with a lot of promise from Lewis Kerr, well done. Edited March 31, 2013 by Tsunami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorj Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Congrats to the new promotion for all their efforts last night, to promote their first meeting. There was a nice feeling about the meeting with a big crowd in, possibly 2000. A new Scot on the presentation mike, who sounded very like Scot Wilson of Edinburgh but it wasn't Scot Nichols with bike outside having pictures taken free of charge. Band playing alongside Scot outside. Programme sheet for everyone, in addition to the pay programmes with full reports and adverts. Free bag of sweeties for all the kids(but not Senior citizens ) Two very good girl singers on the centre green, singing three popular songs, although it was that cold that a few thought they should have got on with the racing. Big improvements by the rugby club in terms of carparks and tidiness around the stadium, including new popup seats in the main stand. Pleased to see the number and the variety of sponsors banners around the first and second bend. Someone has been very busy and got things right. Scot Nichols booked at a considerable fee for greeting and three match races. New track shop in outside container Lots and lots of positives, including the absence of the usual evil element in the backstraight stand. Unfortunately the big disappointment was the track. Looked OK in the first and second heat but after that it was breaking up and was treacherous, especially the third/forth bend. By the middle of the meeting most rider, with the odd exception, were two wheeling into the third bend and the winner of heat 14 was about 7 seconds slower than the first heat time. Riders sliding into the first bend(cue Lindgren) were fighting to combat the ripples to stay on. Everyone was wary about full throttle on the forth bend as they were drifting into the fence, and Rene dropped it there in the lead in his first ride. After that most riders played safe and just held position. The weather did play a part, especially when the frost came in the last couple of heats, but the real damage was a bad track before that, and all riders insisted on the track being graded after every two races. Severe grading later on when the two tractors virtually remade the third/forth bend, but one got the impression that the two drivers were working to different scripts. Just pleased that the riders were OK after the meeting, except Teo, who ran into the side of a rider, was clipped by Lawson, and excluded for his move. A bad Hi, Newcastle p&p today/nite and tully had crashed on bend 4 ended up wid broken vertebrae and more crashes on bend 3 I don't want our lads to go over there on Sunday , bloody usual death trap ! Xx I gather he will miss tonight's meeting at Brough as a precaution. The two other match races were sensibly scrapped, and for those usual culprits( hiya Davidj) who usually, and predictably, have a go at the Newcastle track, ask yourself why allegedly 4 riders refused rides in heat 15 for the Comets. A good first meeting for the new promotion and I wish them all the success, and hopefully fill the stadium like last night. A good start for the Diamonds with some good rides, with a lot of promise from Lewis Kerr, well done. Think Davidj is on hols , haha! Maybe as it was nearly 10 o clock at night minus 1 degrees and the track starting to freeze over , but hey don't let facts get in the way lets see what delights await us over on Rough Park in a couple of hours ! Lord help us I heard Davidj is away on hols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandits4eva Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I heard Davidj is away on hols a permanent holiday I would say! Depending if all is rosy with her of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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