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19 hours ago, ruffdiamond said:

How things have changed, eh ?

did you ever get anything decent from 'tab coupons' ? ;)

No but a can remember them...  lol

Never smoked my self but I remember a friends dad smoking his self to oblivion to get 3000 coupon points so he could get one of them round chrome ash trays where you pushed the button down on the top for the flaps to open dropping the ash and butt into the tray bit below... 

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THJ 

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21 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said:

Looks like the dirt is coming up and getting dumped round the back of the pit area and the Rugby club are going to bill the Speedway for the pleasure of putting it there along with a charge for removing the fence and storing it round the back and a charge for the containers with the Tractor and air fence panels in.

Besides the tractor, water bowser, and several containers  - there's an orange coloured transit van...it seems hemmed in by all the aforementioned, tried to have a look see what reg it was but grass didn't help ( or specsavers could have). The home side of the pits are full of rubbish too.

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2 hours ago, geoff100 said:

How about all speedway fans who go to town matches stop going ! Might not be alot but just enough to hurt them, looks like i might have to do the unthinkable   and watch the "jameaters".

Don't do the latter geoff pls lol......

.....so it's Saturday and almost 6 o' clock ....time to get shoes/ coat on and head for speedway thrills at  DP...I wish.

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10 minutes ago, singy13 said:

Don't do the latter geoff pls lol......

.....so it's Saturday and almost 6 o' clock ....time to get shoes/ coat on and head for speedway thrills at  DP...I wish.

Will try not too watch the jams! Today might have been practice day cant remember the date 20 yrs ago we came back ?

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18 minutes ago, geoff100 said:

Will try not too watch the jams! Today might have been practice day cant remember the date 20 yrs ago we came back ?

It was in March 1999..but also can't recall which day.. was versus Newcastle for IT Trophy 1st leg.....recall Stoney having engine failure in 1st Heat...then he won all his other races...

attendance 4,000 plus....

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3 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said:

No but a can remember them...  lol

Never smoked my self but I remember a friends dad smoking his self to oblivion to get 3000 coupon points so he could get one of them round chrome ash trays where you pushed the button down on the top for the flaps to open dropping the ash and butt into the tray bit below... 

Regards 

THJ 

Well, thats good to see that, even back in the day the tobacco companies were doing their best to clean up their mess ;)

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1 hour ago, singy13 said:

It was in March 1999..but also can't recall which day.. was versus Newcastle for IT Trophy 1st leg.....recall Stoney having engine failure in 1st Heat...then he won all his other races...

attendance 4,000 plus....

Yes seems like only yesterday , so was geoff powell the first comet heat win 

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21 hours ago, singy13 said:

It was in March 1999..but also can't recall which day.. was versus Newcastle for IT Trophy 1st leg.....recall Stoney having engine failure in 1st Heat...then he won all his other races...

attendance 4,000 plus....

4,400.

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On 3/30/2019 at 3:14 PM, geoff100 said:

Leader of the Council who said on TV we will support the Comets in their endeavours and back them to the hilt has gone to ground,

Thought the conspiracy theorists might have picked up on this...

Comets on ice for a year gets the council out of a hole pitch wise doesn't it...

And ya man the leader won't answer  his phone or any emails or text messages... 

Then the Vanity Project on that new stadium the one no one wants or can afford to run, the whole thing stinks to high heaven...

Regards 

THJ 

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23 minutes ago, TotallyHonestJohn said:

Thought the conspiracy theorists might have picked up on this...

Comets on ice for a year gets the council out of a hole pitch wise doesn't it...

And ya man the leader won't answer  his phone or any emails or text messages... 

Then the Vanity Project on that new stadium the one no one wants or can afford to run, the whole thing stinks to high heaven...

Regards 

THJ 

It's obvious the pitch re-alignment caused the suspension of 2019 speedway...but why not say that in the first place?

Just back from Town match....stuffed Newcastle 21-20 lol.

The orange van I talked about earlier on here is a 57 reg..worth nowt I guess....and some clearing up has been done...but plenty of mess to dispense with as yet.

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6 hours ago, singy13 said:

It's obvious the pitch re-alignment caused the suspension of 2019 speedway...but why not say that in the first place?

Just back from Town match....stuffed Newcastle 21-20 lol.

The orange van I talked about earlier on here is a 57 reg..worth nowt I guess....and some clearing up has been done...but plenty of mess to dispense with as yet.

Honestly

The pitch realignment had nothing to do with the Speedway not running it was purely financial....

However with the Speedway not running it has opened the door for everyone else to maximise their own interests and agendas...

Oh and I have been watching the Diamonds getting turned over by Redcar 43 - 46 today at Brough Park and I assume I will be watching my football team get turned over by The Gunners tomorrow (April Fools) night as well...

Oh well "come day go day and God bless Sunday" as me old Grandad used to say...

Regards 

THJ 

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10 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said:

The pitch realignment had nothing to do with the Speedway not running it was purely financial....

However with the Speedway not running it has opened the door for everyone else to maximise their own interests and agendas...

All very confusing for this old lad....the talk at match yesterday was re the speedway track being lost to a new/enlarged grass pitch, to comply with FA rules (for the 'Reds) with the work on this starting in May......."it needs time to settle before soccer kicks off in August".

And with the RL World cup fixtures destined for the brand new stadium in Oct 2021 it is work of some urgency?( i.e. Borough Park, the Reds current home, is to be the site of this new venue.)

It seems a 'chicken and egg ' scenario to my puzzled mind.....i.e. surely if speedway did run they would thereby have been ousted mid-season to allow this pitch work being on schedule?

Whatever, it still leaves me hoping there is new venue on the horizon to stage speedway for Workington........and regarding that -  I still can't fathom out why Derwent Park is scheduled for demolition.....now where's my tablets.

 

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11 minutes ago, singy13 said:

All very confusing for this old lad....the talk at match yesterday was re the speedway track being lost to a new/enlarged grass pitch, to comply with FA rules (for the 'Reds) with the work on this starting in May......."it needs time to settle before soccer kicks off in August".

And with the RL World cup fixtures destined for the brand new stadium in Oct 2021 it is work of some urgency?( i.e. Borough Park, the Reds current home, is to be the site of this new venue.)

It seems a 'chicken and egg ' scenario to my puzzled mind.....i.e. surely if speedway did run they would thereby have been ousted mid-season to allow this pitch work being on schedule?

Whatever, it still leaves me hoping there is new venue on the horizon to stage speedway for Workington........and regarding that -  I still can't fathom out why Derwent Park is scheduled for demolition.....now where's my tablets.

 

Honestly

I think if the Speedway had of run the Reds would have been looking for another temporary venue, or playing on a smaller pitch at DP no matter what protestations they made (about the FA and pitch size)... so the Speedway not running has saved the council a major headache in that regard...

The new stadium vanity project still might not get off the ground despite all the positive spin we are hearing...

The last thing I was told was DP wouldn't be demolished for 3/4 years and in that time the Speedway could use the venue and would be the sole users until somewhere more suitable could be found (Northside ish?) The Northside Track would need major alteration to accommodate big boys Speedway and this cost (around £150K) would be prohibitive...

Also Keith Denham spent an awful lot of time; effort and money laying the track at DP, surely there must be some recompense if it is just unilaterally ripped up... Also my big worry would be the electrics laid to the inside of the track for the starting gate, as it will be a complete ball ache to try and reset; relay and rewire those should they get damaged...

The outlook isn't that good I reckon but lets wait and see I would love to be wrong...

Regards
THJ

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16 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said:

The pitch realignment had nothing to do with the Speedway not running it was purely financial....

This is harder to grasp than flippin' Brexit.......

..I'm not really arguing THJ you have more friends in speedway circles (and Maryport pubs lol) than I do, so am often pleased for your info sharing...good reading.

However if it was "purely financial" , re Comets crashing out, then why on earth did they sign up 7 riders ready for 2019??? It just doesn't add up to this bonzo.

I'll try to guess the answer in that folk who were promising to 'divvy up the cash', to help the promotion, backed out at the last minute?

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