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On 11/10/2022 at 10:26 PM, JCookie said:

THJ I forgot to ask - was it you celebrating your 70th on the trip to Torun?

youre never 70 . 

On 11/10/2022 at 10:44 PM, TotallyHonestJohn said:

No it was me 47th just the fat plumb who told the Polish air hostess the age has a chronic lisp and is a bit special so it was lost in translation...

Regards 

THJ 

age goes up , not down john . lol

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10 hours ago, Byker Biker said:

That fat stabard is never 70, he's ugly enough but until he starts having a lie down every day please give him the benefit of the doubt.

He does lie down every day , he's got too,  to help keep the wrinkles away to look younger than 70 

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On 11/11/2022 at 6:04 PM, geoff100 said:

That was one hell of a paper round :rofl:

A use to climb a moontin for a bag of Tudor though... (Bevan Court and Trevelyan Court Longbenton) Biggest paper round in Newcastle and it was vertical...

21 hours ago, jenga said:

youre never 70 . 

age goes up , not down john . lol

Al never be as old as you Jenga lad...

20 hours ago, Byker Biker said:

That fat stabard is never 70, he's ugly enough but until he starts having a lie down every day please give him the benefit of the doubt.

Not quite at lying down stage yet but have been known to nod off in the chair after me tea these days ....

Honestly  the cheek you have to put up wid...

Regards 

The oldest swinger in town...

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On 11/4/2022 at 3:33 PM, TotallyHonestJohn said:

Could there be room for a Workington team in the NDL come 2023?

Here's hoping!!!

There will be a management meeting towards the end of November... fingers crossed...

Could be a huge announcement coming that is for sure... Track is ready to go..

Ancillary Buildings; Security and Utilities are the next big challenges to overcome...

So get your team requests in now Comets fans as you never know what you could be getting for Christmas...

Do "We (still) Believe"?

H18tory was made in 2018 and could be made again in 2023... UTC...

Regards
THJ

 

Sounds very promising! I guess when it went in 2018, no one would of predicted us even talking about a return, remarkable.

Just my thoughts of course, but Speedway, especially for this new venture, should be ran in the summer/warmer months, unlike the shambles that descended the '22 Championship season.

That leaves us with something like this... (in an ideal world, that doesn't exist)

17 Weekends, Running May to End of August;

9 Home League meetings (KL possibly joining)
1 Home KO Meeting
Individual Meeting

3 more Sundays...?

NDLRC or Pairs?
British youth championship round
Under 19 final / Under 21 Semi final?

Means 14/17 weekends running speedway, giving room for rain offs etc. However of course, rider availabilty will always be a problem at this level, more so the opposition!

Then run into September if team progresses in League playoffs / KO Final etc.

 

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On 11/8/2022 at 1:52 PM, churchill said:

Sunday afternoons would clash with the rugby league at Town & Haven.

Good point Mr. churchhill...At Derwent Park the Comets ( i.e.the second phase promoters from 1999 - 2018) were not allowed to hold Sunday afternoon meetings. Therefore, as an alternative to the regular Saturday nights, Sunday nights were used - on rare occasions.

Obviously such meetings being held when Town were playing away...Haven would have no effect on speedway crowds though. I believe the Sunday afternoon 'block' was made by the church behind the scoreboard end, that was bends 1 and 2 of course. However, given that the new track is several hundreds of metres away from said church, perhaps the Sunday afternoon' block' will not apply.....personally hope so. But again, as you point out, any clash with Town would be foolish......I'm a Town fan too and wouldn't like such a fixture tangle. 

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I am a Haven fan and also followed the Comets every week.  When at Haven matches there are quite a few people I recognise as being former Comets supporters - you may be surprised at how many people will travel through from Whitehaven, Egremont & Cleator Moor areas to follow the speedway.  Same as when Reds were a football league team - we ran busses through from Egremont & Cleator Moor every week - not much other sport in West Cumbria to support.

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