Workington 2025

[AndiCapp]

16 minutes ago, scaramanga said:

ill support the team no matter who we have by paying each week im able to attend 

dont really like it when its dragged out drip feeding riders in past its nearly always been leaked before official announced 

be interesting to see who we have and looks like no need for 2 pointer statement said 40 points for 7 riders

Leaked.... No one would do that like 2024 🙈🙈🙈

Who knows what will come but no doubt we will be competitive and challenging if we can let Craig leave there must be another find incoming 🤞

Edited 3 hours ago by AndiCapp

[scaramanga]

sometimes you have to let a popular rider got to build a balanced team 

when stoney left workington most thought that was criminal

[Robinh88]

Workington won't have let Cook go for no reason. Just as Glasgow and Edinburgh did! 

[AndiCapp]

8 minutes ago, scaramanga said:

sometimes you have to let a popular rider got to build a balanced team 

when stoney left workington most thought that was criminal

We still managed to win young shield twice more, the PLRC, Best Pairs and the historic treble in 2018. Now for the new era to kick on and bring back the glory days of the past... starting with the Best Pairs on April 5th 

Edited 2 hours ago by AndiCapp

[SteelShoe]

41 minutes ago, AndiCapp said:

The club will have reasons for letting Craig go and thats the harsh reality. Maybe a few off track issues may not have helped like running R/R at Redcar in a crutial meeting. Speedway is a numbers game and while the numbers dictate teams that maybe give the club no option. Whatever 7 the promotion put together will have my full backing. Im sure that whatever team represents the Comets we will be behind them come April.

 

Naturally speedway is an expensive sport to run and promote which if you read each clubs pages they all would love more paying customers. We have one MASSIVE selling point.. Our Track. It is widely regarded as one of the best in British Speedway and a blueprint many current or lost clubs could only dream of.

Looking forward to seeing our team release over the coming months.

I was at Redcar that night along with many other Comets fans. We were only given a facility to use Rider Replacement because of the goodwill of the referee. It seemed that the club only found out Craig wasn't coming about an hour before tapes up having reportedly been informed by Dayle Wood. The travelling fans were not happy. It just seemed very unprofessional.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

That statement from Cook is in such bad taste.

”I wish the Comets all the best for 2025”, having just brought their moral compass into question by accusing them of going back on their word.

I love Craig Cook, the rider. However, Craig Cook, the person, desperately needs to distance himself from childish finger-pointing on social media and if I’m honest, drama in general. Time to grow-up before it’s too late.

[TTT]

I don't understand this decision especially considering that Vuolas and Vissing are unlikely to return.

No replacement available either unless the management want to take a punt on injury prone Palm-Toft, Other than MPT nobody else is available on a 7+ GSA.

 

Pickering, Brennan & B. Cook -> Not riding in the Championship.

Lawson & Kerr -> Poole

Harris, D. Thompson & Howarth -> Glasgow

Masters & Nicholls -> Oxford

Wright & King -> Redcar

S. Worrall & Allen -> Scunthorpe

Schlein -> Berwick

Sedgmen & Castagna -> Edinburgh

[Marksman]

15 minutes ago, TTT said:

I don't understand this decision especially considering that Vuolas and Vissing are unlikely to return.

No replacement available either unless the management want to take a punt on injury prone Palm-Toft, Other than MPT nobody else is available on a 7+ GSA.

 

Pickering, Brennan & B. Cook -> Not riding in the Championship.

Lawson & Kerr -> Poole

Harris, D. Thompson & Howarth -> Glasgow

Masters & Nicholls -> Oxford

Wright & King -> Redcar

S. Worrall & Allen -> Scunthorpe

Schlein -> Berwick

Sedgmen & Castagna -> Edinburgh

All I’ll say is that the Workington scouting pool stretches further than riders known to British Speedway.

That combined with the strongest reserves in the league is probably how the team will line up in 2025.

Plus in my opinion we have the most exciting talent in the league on a sub 7 point average who will outshine a lot of those riders on your list

The same was said last winter when people assumed we’d be signing the likes of Theo Pijper and Simon Lambert as second strings…

Edited 1 hour ago by Marksman

[szkocjasid]

5 hours ago, 2ndbend123 said:

I really hope the Comets have a replacement for Cook could be a long and uncomfortable season.

Hold tight folks next season team is running on a shoe string..

Rumours the club is in financial ruin and this could prove it.

Workington will not replace Cook to same standard or above.

They don't have to, could just build the team with more strength in depth, use the spare points not used on Cook for a stronger number 7 than McGurk or another 2.00 rider.