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Buster must be dreading this meeting. He'll have to fork out for 90 points worth of rider wages in one evening instead of the usual 34-36 points.

Where to start....well what a fantastic return to Speedway at Workington on Saturday afternoon. The crowd estimated to be around 2500 was the best tribute of all that could be given to the management team, staff and riders of Workington Speedway, thank you to everyone that attended including many that had traveled some distance from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Berwick etc. A win for the Comets on track was the icing on the cake with all the lads chipping in with points for a great team performance. The organisation of the entrance to the stadium, car park marshaling and other stadium officials was exemplary . The track stood up fairy well to the afternoon sun but was breaking a little up later in the meeting , hopefully the track will bed in better after a few weeks. Facilities for food and drink were very good, better than some clubs have put on for major meetings in the Championship. Hopefully the Cumbrian people will support the new venture in good numbers to help the club move forward in the coming years. Oh, can fans use the bins provided please for their rubbish, thank you. Once again thank you to Andrew and his hard working team for bring Speedway back to the town.

Scott such a quality speedway rider... Great to see a Nichollaissance this season

Premiership CEO Phil Morris has clarified this 'one-off' situation re. Holder. see BSPL website.....

My 7 yr old grandson went to openier on sat at workington he was bored between the races just wanted to go home for the computer,thats what the sport is up against!

Why do Refs’s not disqualify riders out of control who seriously impede other riders.Recently at Berwick the Ref stopped the race on 2nd or 3rd lap when Vissing impeded Knudsen even though Knudsen stayed on the bike and excluded Vissing .Is it different rules in Gp’s.Lindgren and Woffy both caused riders to take evasive action IMO.When it’s so obvious the culprit should be exclude IMO.

It is the sign of a great rider IMO.Which Zmarzlik certainly is.

Holder riding in Poland on a designated race night for Britain? Haha Good old Godfrey. What an idiot the bloke is

2.41 available to (temporarily) replace Killeen, Kinsley is was 2.13 / 2.08 with reduction. Personally I'd go for Kinsley for 28 days for a few reasons, 1) it would give him more track time to help the NL side 2) if Killeen is fit before the 28 days are up, he can ease himself back in with NL racing 3) Kinsley can't guest for a 2.00 rider, so Oxford would have to look elsewhere for guests 4) allows Kinsley to put himself in the shop window for another club (Scunthorpe) if he rides well, but isn't kept on

Unless it's a big round track,,, you might as well leave Bellego at home

Yes track looks good, its a good track when prepared well.

Some great racing again tonight... where are the Monmore haters?

Well in these times there may well be a set of knackers hiding up that skirt

Great to see Magnus Zetterstrom will be in attendance on Wednesday!

Maybe Howarth just fancies watching the Leicester v Liverpool game.

Yeah don't think bsn or KO cup count to averages. He'll be hoping to finish behind Marcin first few league matches get that average down. Wages must be halved this season losing all these guest bookings

Fair play to him and them for the statement but let's see if it really is a 'one off'. I suspect not.

Under the new rules a No.8 can replace ANY rider in any heat but cannot be used in heat 15, the reason for which is only known to the person who made up the rule.

Yes. If he had ridden then as long as he presented a valid sick note you could use a facility all season as Plymouth did with Kennett.

That's interesting as my 11yo says they take too long between races and she likes gaming too. Where is Frank Ebdon when you need him? Or we could all try 'no gaming til you watch some Speedway' !!

It often contains some interesting stuff, but also too much along the lines of "actor Kieron who once played third drinker in Hollyoaks bar scene said 'I might go to a speedway meeting 'cos my grandpa used to go and talked about it all the time' " type stories

In this instance Poland probably do have priority and this is why. Lublin v Krosno (Jack's club) was scheduled originally for 21st April but postponed and re-set for tonight. However, at that time Wolves were to be hosting round 1 of the Pairs so, had this gone again ahead, we would have retained priority. But as Wolves v Sheffield is a fixture change arranged after the Polish match had been re-scheduled, they get first call on his services.

Call it off after heat 10, simples. Sun caused a delay which meant the tide came in and the tractor sank in the resulting marsh.You read it here first..

Colin Horton would be a breath of fresh air. An astute businessman with a proven pedigree in the speedway world.

Some excellent points here, IMHO. The quality of the landscaping, viewing, access points layout, high stewarding level etc are all small but significant details that shout "long-term project". The track itself is a masterpiece. I don't think you need a lot of passing in a speedway meeting -- but you do need the threat of it, inside and out, and this circuit has it in spades. Steve Lawson's mantra has been the avoidance of pinch points, to let the action flow, and frequently you'd see four riders all confidently choosing different approaches to the corners rather than queue up behind each other on the one line. And if you go right out beyond map and compass territory, to the steeply banked land of the brave where the white line is in the next postcode and you have to steel yourself to keep it wound on, you reap a fabulous dividend of momentum. Bailey in heat 10 (to my strangled comment of "where's he going?") and Sam McGurk later both did it and promptly rocketed past opponents on the back straight. So, a day of triumph and great promise. But it's a promise that can only be fulfilled with public support at the entrance gate. The likes of the hobbit, 520-mile round trip, and I (420) are not going to be regulars at every fixture. Next week's crowd obviously won't match that of the opening day. But I do hope that speedway fans locally, amidst the cost of living crisis that's affected so many people around the country, feel able to turn over their hard-earned cash and help make the venture thrive.

We had a fantastic day . Thank you words Can’t quantify just how impressed we were by what had been achieved. So much space, so much potential snd most importantly, the work done has been done to a very high standard snd using quality materials. Attention to detail including the landscaping snd tree planting, shows a promotional to team not afraid to spend money. the pits are the biggest I’ve ever seen!!! the track shows just what can be achieved on a blank canvas. Eat your hearts out Leicester, this is what you could snd should have done !!! To be honest, the track is too good for national league riders to fully exploit. Just wait until you see the top guys racing on this track which has the potential to be the best race track on the country. i think you missed a trick by not charging for car parking. no one would object to paying £1 / £2 to park the car snd all revenue helps i wish you every success for the future. Everyone connected with getting this far should be proud of themselves I’d strongly urge all fans to get there snd watch a meeting . You won’t be disappointed Csnt wait until you are in our league do thst I csn watch the Brummies up there. a fantastic day, well worth the 500+ mile round trip

Has the makings of erm a 3 legged donkey race Both teams need a win, odds on both winning their home meeting as an act of appeasement?

Yeah, that was quality. The 250s provided a few good races. There were a few unrefined but decent riders there, which is exactly what you want to see.

El Bustico has to be the best topic title ever. Great stuff

Sorry yes, replaces Pickering

Great ride from Musielak , been some great racing tonight

Who is 5chlong ?

Nice attempted con job by Musielak with his victory lap... certainly had the ref dithering over the clear cut result

And up and coming NDL rider Archie Falloff's aunt got a dedication on the Steve Wrighf Show which mentioned speedway

Watching the speedway chat show. The girl certainly likes to show her pins!!!

1 hour delay

There's a bigger picture than that though. Looks awful that we don't have priority over riders on our designated race night. And it means more bloody guests

Yes makes them much stronger only weakness is bellego one of worst riders I've ever seen at the green.

Reading the regulations: 1) rider replacement is "a facility" 2) where "no facility" is allowed a guest up to 75% is available. In this situation it can not simultaneously be both a facility and no facility.

Didn't see what the outrage was all about. 50/50 call for me. Zmarzlik had got ahead of Doyle Regarding out-of-control riders-Bewley knew he messed up. If he would have kept the throttle wound on he would have passed Lindgren. He got a bit spooked and knocked the throttle off killing his race. If you want to be world champion you don't knock the throttle off there. Zmarzlik, Lindgren or Doyle wouldn't. Keep it wound on or react quicker. Should come with experience.

I think so far as a newbie attending ? what a speedway meeting seriously lacks...is presentation! With so few in attendance, the atmosphere is already dull compared to most sports! I always look at how the darts has changed with time and how successful that is now! (mind you, take away 'the alcohol' and I think darts would fall on its head!)

The only criticism I have of the Star is the "continued on page x"... When there is plenty of room on the first page to have included it, as invariably there is another piece, or two, alongside it... Still a quality publication though which does the sport great service...

A random thought, but I noted that one person in this thread commented on Zmarzlik's signature move of diving inside into corners. Another commented on him being given too much room around the outside. Is that not a sign of a great rider? You don't know how to race against him? If you move out, he dives under you. If you stay tight he goes round you? I know it's not really relevant to last night's final incident, but just seemed interesting that these comments were made.

Buster is an idiot. Imagine selling a leasehold flat with 1 year remaining.

Birmingham has had "Kids for a Quid" offers off and on since 2007. If cheap admission for youngsters worked, there'd be terraces full of young people now. Admission for 12-16yo's is currently £3. That's less than a Big Mac at McDonalds. For Students (17-22) admission is £5. Hardly deal breaking. And yet the terraces are still not flooded out with youngsters. The problem isn't price, it's value for money. You're trying to sell a product that looks 20 years older than Windows 95, to the Windows 11 generation. The product/experience needs to be brought into the modern age. There speaks someone not from Birmingham, I suspect, someone with no attachment to the city, its nickname, and its heritage. And what good did a name change do at Reading?

Okay, again, in the literal interpretation of 'past', he hadn't cleared Doyle completely but if it makes you happy, the leading edge of his machine was in front of Doyle's before the point of contact. Doyle blocked the move up the inside on the preceding laps but left the door wide open on this occasion. What was Zmarzlik supposed to do? To say that he went for a gap that wasn't there (and I know you didn't say that) is nonsense, as it clearly was. From that point on Zmarzlik rode the only line he could and made no attempt to move Doyle out. Doyle had the option to change tack with his preferred line taken but chose not to hence the contact. So apart from nitpicking the interpretation & spelling of 'past', what is your point? What did Zmarzlik do wrong? I'm quite prepared to hear someone with an alternative opinion to mine without trying to belittle them. (Disclaimer. This post probably contains spelling or grammatical errors. Read at your own risk)

An aerial view of yesterdays meeting vs Edinburgh Workington Comets' first meeting - YouTube

He should have laid it down and played the game. Or, you know, show some balls and race Doyle must have been to the Verstappen school of driving. He has someone alongside him that actually has a wheel ahead when they get to the turn, and he expects them to disappear into thin air.

Wonder when the book will be coming out. How to destroy a league challenging team by Rob Godfrey. Saying that Allen and Palm Toft were pathetic. Douglas a one man masterclass with a little back up from Mountain and Lambert.

What's really worrying is that if Kings Lynn and Peterborough merged, taking all the best riders with them, they'd still be crap!