Guest Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 My hunch is that speedway is on the way to the near-collapse of the sport happenings of the mid-1950s. Besides Plymouth I saw on Facebook a concern in regard to Workington. News & Star / The Cumberland News 56 mins · Morgan: Glasgow cup-tie could be Workington Comets' last meeting Story: http://ow.ly/J0nA304WIip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawajoe Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Statement from WorkingtonSpeedway: Workington Comets owner Laura Morgan has made a heartfelt plea to supporters to attend what she fears could be the club’s last ever meeting tomorrow night. Very sad news as just a few years ago this was a well supported club ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Little Thumper Posted October 7, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Statement from WorkingtonSpeedway: Workington Comets owner Laura Morgan has made a heartfelt plea to supporters to attend what she fears could be the club’s last ever meeting tomorrow night. Very sad news as just a few years ago this was a well supported club ( The people at the top of speedway in this country must carry some responsibility for allowing speedway to have drifted into the wilderness. With good leadership and vision, speedway in this country should be flourishing and schooling the next bunch of top level riders. I hope that Laura and her people can people can find a way through this as we cannot afford to lose Workington or indeed, any of the other clubs who are pondering their ever-diminishing list of options. Good luck, Workington. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Bit late in the day now to make a heartfelt plea. Take a gamble, £10 entry for Adults, kids free, that's what type of Sport it is, give it a go, it will work, trouble is, it should have been tried when they knew they were up the creak without a paddle, bit late to try and promote it, the day before the Meeting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Best Wishes Workington speedway fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 The writing has been on the wall for a few years now, the BSPA really need to wake up, and smell the Coffee its almost to late.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Fingers crossed something can be worked out to enable you to carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Dan Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Bit late in the day now to make a heartfelt plea. Take a gamble, £10 entry for Adults, kids free, that's what type of Sport it is, give it a go, it will work, trouble is, it should have been tried when they knew they were up the creak without a paddle, bit late to try and promote it, the day before the Meeting We did £10 entry for our home fixture against Newcastle a few weeks ago. It was well publicised and promoted both in social media and printed media. Although more fans did attend the revenue received was less than an average meeting. We have also given away hundreds of tickets to families at events through the year, doesn't seem to make a great deal of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 at the end of the day , speedway is only a ten pound sport and kids free . if riders still want to earn big money from the sport, then they MUST go into the elite league . far too many riders are getting away with doing both leagues and holding promoters to ransom over pay/wage structures . it will take something very special to keep speedway @ workington in 2017. my hopes and dreams hinge on 2/3 small letters . if it closes will i travel to away meetings , no i dont think so. it has priced itself out of entertainment package for normal families to attend . there will be a good crowd @ dp on saturday , but that will be swelled by Glasgow fans . i feel for laura,jacko and all the rest of the management team . a bunch of true fans to the sport who could be lost forever . lower income teams may benefit from the team building average coming down , but i fear its too late for speedway in general . there are a good few teams struggling at the moment and some big names in there too . not just pl. whatever the outcome , we all must respect the final decision from the management. one final shot at the bspa. .. riders must not be allowed to do both leagues ever . enjoyed the P.L. play off,s on sky .. sorry , elite league . and for those who would not pay 15 quid to see a slightly lower end product , what you gonna do now with you Saturday nights ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penchev Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Berwick, Plymouth and Workington all in trouble, who's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Every year promoters pick from an ever decreasing pool of riders of an ability to compete at PL level. If clubs had put more into junior development in the last 10 years instead of paying for foreign inports of dubious quality then we might have had a sport paying within its means. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash&piffle Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Berwick, Plymouth and Workington all in trouble, who's next? You forgot Belle Vue, and Coventry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudflaps Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Foreign Riders should be limited to 2 per PL team in 2017 to help nurture NL upgraders...! looking to ban all Foreign Riders by 2019... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Max Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Interesting in Speedway Star to read Brian Havelock's comments, people slag him off (many Redcar fans) but he is openly admitting that his club, bottom of the league, are solvent AND made a profit this year. I applaud him for having a commonsense business like approach which has protected the future of Redcar. No doubt many of the moaning section of Redcar fans will still say that it isn't good enough, but would Plymouth and Workington fans exchange their position in league for redcar's and have a pleasant winter awaiting 2017 season?? I'm not suggesting all promoters use Havelock as a total role model for promoting speedway, but maybe his financial model should be considered!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappy Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Foreign Riders should be limited to 2 per PL team in 2017 to help nurture NL upgraders...! looking to ban all Foreign Riders by 2019... You can't keep weakening the product 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Without weakening it you won't have a product. Your call 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highside Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 You can't keep weakening the product Its either a weaker product or no product. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Very bad news indeed, the BSPA need to act at this years conference as its no good pretending everything's alright when its quite obviously not, thing is in many cases the damage is already done and Plymouth and Workington may only be the start, Leicester, Coventry, Belle Vue and Berwick all face uncertain futures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenR195 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) Interesting in Speedway Star to read Brian Havelock's comments, people slag him off (many Redcar fans) but he is openly admitting that his club, bottom of the league, are solvent AND made a profit this year. I applaud him for having a commonsense business like approach which has protected the future of Redcar. No doubt many of the moaning section of Redcar fans will still say that it isn't good enough, but would Plymouth and Workington fans exchange their position in league for redcar's and have a pleasant winter awaiting 2017 season?? I'm not suggesting all promoters use Havelock as a total role model for promoting speedway, but maybe his financial model should be considered!! No proof of a profit, just what he is saying, if we have made a profit why couldnt he honour certain stipulations in his riders contracts? Edited October 7, 2016 by BenR195 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Any happenings taking place in regard to keeping Workington in the sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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