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bigdave

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  1. The draw is shown as Poole v Workington so I assume that should mean the Comets host the 2nd Leg?
  2. Taken from the Speedway Riders Index 1929-2022: Lewis W. (Lew) GREPP Born: 19 November 1930, Cheadle , Greater Manchester, England. Career record: (1957) Belle Vue. Leo John RAMM Born: 23 April 1927, Mannum, South Australia, Australia. Died: 4 March 2004. Career record: (1956) Southern Rovers; (1964) Swindon. Frederick (Fred) COLLIER Born: 18 November 1941, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Died: June 2012. Career record: (1961) Stoke; (1965) Belle Vue.
  3. Over £3200 raised so far by Speedway fans to help replace what was stolen.
  4. She's active on social media listing the meetings she has planned in the UK & Germany including the Women's Speedway Academy and Women's World Cup towards the end of the month.
  5. Tate Zischke is on the front cover of this weeks Speedway Star. He also talks about how he is loving life with Workington!
  6. Comets latest averages after 8 meetings in the 18th May issue of Speedway Star: Cookie: 9.23, Troy: 8.84, Claus 7.88, Tate: 7.18, Antti 6.43, Celina 2.62, Sam 1.94
  7. Comets latest averages after 4 meetings in this weeks Speedway Star: Cookie: 10:40, Troy: 9.47, Tate: 7.73, Claus 7.53, Antti 6.40, Celina 2.82, Sam 2.44
  8. 1987 Wolves home programmes with completed scorecards: 1987 Wolverhampton Speedway programmes (28) | eBay
  9. Friday 3rd May @ Glasgow: Ashfield Giants 12 Workington Meteors 17 Workington Scorers: 1. Ben Rathbone - 6+1 2. Laylen Richardson - 2 3. N/A 4. Charlie Luckman - 9 Sat 4th May @ Workington Workington Meteors 12 Ashfield Giants 24 Workington Scorers: 1. Mark Parker - 2 pts 2. Laylen Richardson - 2 pts 3. Jessica Cox - 1+1 pts 4. Charlie Luckman - 7 pts
  10. Danny King has posted on his Instagram page that he has broken his hand in two places and is waiting to see if it needs operating on.
  11. Taken from the Workington Comets Facebook Page: Sat 20th April 2024: Workington Meteors 27 Redcar Cubs 9 The Workington Meteors replicated the Comets with a fantastic win over the Redcar Cubs to complete the double win home and away against the Cubs! Maximums from Ben Rathbone and Laylen Richardson plus excellent improvements from our 125cc riders Casper Kluczniak and Charlie Luckman Well done Meteors!
  12. 1981 when Berwick were homeless, they raced at Barrow, Glasgow, Workington and Newcastle
  13. They didn't. The track was too wet on the day they wanted to use it for their winter practice.
  14. They didn't, the track was too wet on the day Redcar wanted to use it for their practice session
  15. The Exeter & Arena Essex programmes with completed scorecards are for sale on ebay. Speedway Programme - Stoke v Exeter 29/6/1991 | eBay Speedway Programme - Stoke v Arena Essex 17/8/1991 | eBay
  16. If you use Facebook, there are a couple of relevant Groups you might want to join and post the above message on: The Speedway Programme Collector | Facebook Speedway Memorabilia | Facebook
  17. I'm guessing that the web site is maintained by a professional company who probably don't work over a bank holiday weekend, whereas it's much easier to post on Social Media any relevant news updates like they did announcing that Cookie would be riding on Sunday.
  18. According to the Comets programme, the Workington v Ashfield fixture is Sat 4th May. Workington v Armadale is also on June 22nd, not June 29th
  19. Match report and interview with the Comets Team Manager is here: Workington Comets second defeat in two days - cumbriacrack.com Cookie also posted a pictured of his badly swollen damaged thumb on his Instagram account with the comment "Off to A&E tomorrow to see what the damage is"
  20. Do you not consider this forum board to be social media?
  21. Good set of interviews with the Comets management and some of the riders by John Walsh. 'We will shock a few teams I am sure' - Workington Comets rev up for Championship season - cumbriacrack.com They also show that a lot of what is written on this forum is speculation with regards to what the discussions are before riders sign for the Comets.
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