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PREVIEW: Jay Cartmell 4-Team Tournament Memorial – Workington Comets

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Taken from the Comets website: Denham shares some details on a extra meeting to add to the diary in September: “We are going to run a meeting in the memory of Jay Cartmell. Jay’s mum and dad Leigha and James have done a great job so far of organising it – we just have few things to put in place before we confirm any details. So far it looks a cracking lineup and it will be a four-team tournament style, something which we don’t see anymore in speedway. It’s a really good cause for the fans to get behind and hopefully it will be an entertaining meeting with a good crowd.” “We should be a position to announce more details next Sunday at home to Berwick but if anyone wants to help out with the meeting, as there is a few costs associated with running it, then please get in touch with either the club or get in touch with Leigha or James.” There's a post on the Comets Facebook Page that enables you to message Leigha Cartmell.

Taken from the Speedway Riders Index 1929-2022: Bernie Lewis LAGROSSE Born: 2 August 1939, Christchurch, New Zealand. Died: 30 June 2007. Career record: (1965) Glasgow; (1968-70) Berwick. NOTE: This rider originally rode under his real name of Bernie Lagrosse for Glasgow in 1965 but, when he returned in 1968, Trevor Redmond took some riders to Wales and said if anyone volunteered to be a Welshman for the night, there would be a bonus in it. Lagrosse agreed and Roy Williams was born!

Edinburgh won 8 heats, the comets won 7 heats but still lost by 20 points! Too many last places. There was only one heat where an Edinburgh rider finished in last place and the Comets didn't get a heat advantage all night!

The programmes available to buy on eBay. The post includes a picture of the completed scorecard PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY 1970 v RAYLEIGH. 1st MEETING EAST OF ENG. SHOWG. 12th JUNE | eBay UK

Peterborough v Rayleigh If it's Geoff Maloney in gate 1, then it could have been the league meeting on 12th June 1970

You'll find heat times on the SCB scorecard web site: 2025 SCORECARDS / Downloads - Speedway Control Bureau

info@srbf.co.uk is the one i've previously

For those unable to travel to Workington on Saturday, the meeting will be streamed on-line via Comets TV Comets Live streaming

23/5/25 West Lothian 18 Workington 6

Yep, I can remember going to Powderhall on the Comets supporters bus in 1981 and getting hammered 63-15. I think that Ron Bagley got on the bus after the meeting and apologised to us all for the terrible performance.

You're wrong. There was a race at Workington v Scunthorpe recently where 3 Riders crossed the finish line within two hundredths of a second of each other.

10/5/25 Workington 24 Redcar 7 Scorecard available here: Workington 10.05.25 Scorecard - NJL / WORKINGTON / Downloads - Speedway Control Bureau