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  5. Posted

    I had mixed feelings when the move to the championship was announced yesterday , I have enjoyed this year with these young lads we have had in our team and think they may be lost to the sport If there is no Third League of some description.

    i must admit I did not have any interest in the “ third division”  when Workington were in the championship back in 2018 but there seems to be a real camaraderie with the boys this season that does not always exist with some teams .

    I hope many of this years team can be in next years line up , this would mean a weaker championship but maybe that is a good thing.

    One thing I do know Is the  promotion at Northside have put a lot of work in to making this season a success , so well done to Andrew Bain , Steve Lawson and the many people behind the scenes who work tirelessly every week.

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    45 minutes ago, Halifaxtiger said:

    Sort of :D

    Not sure what happened but from watching 70-80 meetings a season prior to the pandemic I simply lost interest on return this season. The straw that broke the camel's back was the appalling BSPA decision to fine Kent Speedway for something that was entirely out of their control and was nothing less than vicious. 

    Workington was, however, always one of my favourite places to visit so - with the bonus of a superb run up through the Dales and the chance of some walking - I did think about coming. 

    That line up pretty much rules it out.

    If it’s the same person I think it was you  I stood with on occasion on the second bend at Derwent Park.

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    3 hours ago, Halifaxtiger said:

    Rob Godfrey has often had the attitude that the NDL is secondary to the upper leagues (after Scunthorpe left it, of course) and can be used for their benefit regardless of the effect on the third tier. Its why Isle of Wight are no longer part of the BSPA set up.

    I did think of ending my speedway retirement for this one - the weather looks good, its a superb run up to Cumbria and I can do some walking in the Lakes - but that line up doesn't exactly encourage me to do so.

    Retirement !

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    4 hours ago, Aries said:

    So you “accept the weather has a lot to do with track conditions” but then criticise the track anyway? What do you expect them to do? In an ideal world they’d have moved the fixture further than 24 hours to prepare something better after torrential rain but that was taken out of their hands. You say “there’s no excuse for a bad track”, well I’m sorry but there is and it’s a damn good one! You’ve completely contradicted yourself. On one hand you’re saying there’s no excuse for a bad track and in the same breath saying you accept the weather dictated that

    Not quite my words , just saying a lot of riders could not get on with the conditions while some could.

    Thanks any way.

  24. Posted

    Okay the track was very rough but just because some riders handled it better than others is no excuse for a bad track, I accept that the weather has had a lot  to do with track conditions but for a grand final leg it does not sit well.

    I agree with much of what Robert Lambert said in his interview but maybe he should have been a bit more diplomatic.

    Also some of the early referees decisions  were a bit dodgy , it’s all in Ipswich hands now to keep it close at Sheffield .

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