martinmauger 584 Posted September 11, 2021 At the risk of being slightly annoying; whilst perusing Scunny v Poole proggie half saw a report on BBC2 Newsnight Friday night about the political situation in Workington, something about "the football & rugby club are working together to save their ground" then a brief shot of what MAY have been Derwent Park, back straight stand. No mention of speedway or the Comets though.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geoff100 1,426 Posted September 12, 2021 18 hours ago, martinmauger said: At the risk of being slightly annoying; whilst perusing Scunny v Poole proggie half saw a report on BBC2 Newsnight Friday night about the political situation in Workington, something about "the football & rugby club are working together to save their ground" then a brief shot of what MAY have been Derwent Park, back straight stand. No mention of speedway or the Comets though.... The track was ripped up so the football could play at derwent park whilst the reds ground was knocked down to build a new stadium for rugby and football no mention of the comets.it started out at £5 million then went to £ 25 and lastly at £ 100 over 50 yrs with the rugby and football not paying one penny towards it just the tax payers.thankfully it was voted down to late for the track to be saved ripped up so 400 people could watch a sunday league style football team. Tried to visit northside today but access road is fenced off to stop the gypo's gettind down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eric i 617 Posted September 12, 2021 I know there are some security concerns but could Northside be made bigger and developed into proper speedway track? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geoff100 1,426 Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, eric i said: I know there are some security concerns but could Northside be made bigger and developed into proper speedway track? It could but i think its bit far for people without transport to get too, but lots of land to build a redcar or scunny type track . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piotr Pyszny 206 Posted September 12, 2021 4 hours ago, geoff100 said: The track was ripped up so the football could play at derwent park whilst the reds ground was knocked down to build a new stadium for rugby and football no mention of the comets.it started out at £5 million then went to £ 25 and lastly at £ 100 over 50 yrs with the rugby and football not paying one penny towards it just the tax payers.thankfully it was voted down to late for the track to be saved ripped up so 400 people could watch a sunday league style football team. Tried to visit northside today but access road is fenced off to stop the gypo's gettind down. 672 at Reds’ home game yesterday. Not bad for ‘Sunday League’. How many times did Comets get that many spectators through the turnstiles during their last season? Remind me how much the Workington Speedway promoter lost while running Comets. £750,000 in just six years, wasn’t it? Completely unsustainable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregory peck 308 Posted September 12, 2021 Cant see anything ever happening speedway facility wise, workington is just a dwindling spectacle sports wise, a forgotten neglected town, only thing councillors channel their energies into is there expenses sheets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racin Jason 72 1,283 Posted September 12, 2021 51 minutes ago, Piotr Pyszny said: 672 at Reds’ home game yesterday. Not bad for ‘Sunday League’. How many times did Comets get that many spectators through the turnstiles during their last season? Remind me how much the Workington Speedway promoter lost while running Comets. £750,000 in just six years, wasn’t it? Completely unsustainable. 750,000 jeez Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted September 12, 2021 I thought the 'new' Northside track was nearing completion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neila 1,158 Posted September 12, 2021 6 hours ago, eric i said: I know there are some security concerns but could Northside be made bigger and developed into proper speedway track? Think plans are for a Redcar size track, but as I have previously said a long way off staging any practice/events, wish the guy good luck, maybe more information will be released when the track is nearing completion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neila 1,158 Posted September 12, 2021 7 hours ago, geoff100 said: The track was ripped up so the football could play at derwent park whilst the reds ground was knocked down to build a new stadium for rugby and football no mention of the comets.it started out at £5 million then went to £ 25 and lastly at £ 100 over 50 yrs with the rugby and football not paying one penny towards it just the tax payers.thankfully it was voted down to late for the track to be saved ripped up so 400 people could watch a sunday league style football team. Tried to visit northside today but access road is fenced off to stop the gypo's gettind down. You could have parked up at parking area just over the bridge and walked to see what was going on, you lazy sod or were you in the big red bus ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geoff100 1,426 Posted September 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Neila said: You could have parked up at parking area just over the bridge and walked to see what was going on, you lazy sod or were you in the big red bus ? Small grey car WALK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auntie doris 2,342 Posted September 13, 2021 21 hours ago, Piotr Pyszny said: 672 at Reds’ home game yesterday. Not bad for ‘Sunday League’. How many times did Comets get that many spectators through the turnstiles during their last season? Remind me how much the Workington Speedway promoter lost while running Comets. £750,000 in just six years, wasn’t it? Completely unsustainable. What crowds do the rugby team get? 2004/5 the Comets were averaging 1200, what happened to the missing hundreds? A pity they folded after winning the treble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ch958 2,395 Posted September 13, 2021 22 hours ago, geoff100 said: It could but i think its bit far for people without transport to get too, but lots of land to build a redcar or scunny type track . isn't there a bus goes past or to Asda? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neila 1,158 Posted September 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, ch958 said: isn't there a bus goes past or to Asda? Yes but the area the potential speedway track is situated over the railway line,so you have to walk along a road about 3/4 a mile to reach it, but as the crow fly's from said bus stop at Asda is about 100 meters, wish I could fly Nearest but stop is just off the roundabout opposite Northside school Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piotr Pyszny 206 Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, auntie doris said: What crowds do the rugby team get? 2004/5 the Comets were averaging 1200, what happened to the missing hundreds? A pity they folded after winning the treble. According to wiki, Workington Town RLFC’s highest league attendance in 2021 is 1,457. Encouraging to hear of plans for a track at Northside capable of hosting league racing. Best of luck to those involved. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites