singy13

12:00 might be a tad early for many riders, if they are to travel on the morning, and any away fans might not like it. Suit us locals though lol. Maybe such as 5 p.m. more convenient for the majority? Or 6 to encourage keen soccer element? Guess you'll need power at any time for starting gates and all the various lights, especially red and green?

The riders will bring about the sports downfall via track closures if they are too cash greedy - then they'll have no one to pay them anyway.

The thing is the Comets were initially very well supported (in both eras) - fans followed Comets both home and away-then the west Cumbrians began losing interest, quite rapidly in fact. And it's thinking of how fickle, yes the folk around here can be exactly that - Fickle, it's same with RL... Therefore it's probably a bit risky to serve up such as National League racing and expect large attendances - ok yes for a couple or so meetings. But my lifelong experiences as a faithful Comet make me feel worried if NL is used per se.............just my thoughts guys, I'll be there whatever.

Hope not it seems so many laps of complete mayhem.....can't for the life of me see the attraction....or do I need to get a life????

But those on ladders were still there on bend 3.

Yeah very poor crowds before the closure...I recall meeting the Comets announcer after one meeting and queried the attendance - he said it was 387......my worries of the future certainly leapt into panic mode. So speedway is a sort of 'novelty' sport, when those less dedicated fans disappear it's deffo doom and gloom for the diehards. I also recall the late great Ian Thomas claiming "the honeymoon is not over at Derwent Park" , that was approx 2006 and crowds were around 1200 then. Mind for the 2018 end of season play offs the crowds were very good - but the damage was already done of course. Hopefully the Northside 'experience will again prove attractive to the locals.

Sure miss ya marra.................

Does he miss the Comets?

Speedway can be so cruel as you say Dan is a tough nut as we saw back in 2018 v Lakeside....triple femur break (I think?) and the kid recovered so well.

Yeah he went over fence onto concrete terracing......................

Laal Dan Bewley apparently been in bad crash tonight in Poland....hopefully not too serious?

Total "fire sale"..................hmmmmmmmmmm I can taste his burgers, with relish.........hot diggity dog...is he selling that facility too??

Yep

People of Worky are preserve purists.....................the other town are jambos (except me).

Coming out of bend 4 was always dodgy, especially if trying a last lap overtake...many a time riders had to shut off for fear of hitting the enclosure wall........although one night Les Collins swooped past Stoney there and even waved at Carl as he went past......scary but brilliant speedway.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooo.....

I've seen Taffy Owen go over fence 2 bend, and years later Grant Macdonald cleared bend one. Sadly the latter caused injury to a fan. Both riders thankfully ok.

The shale would always get you on first/second bend even when standing high up on terracing at Derwent Park.....probably because of excessive track banking..

Lowca marra..............................I'm a Whitehaven resident.....did always travel to Derwent Park watch to Worky Comets.....and still (unlike geoff100) attend each and every Workington Town Rugby League match...can almost see the Haven ground from my house, not my fave team tho...ok I'm weird then lol.

Yep true...there was no Diamonds in 1985.

Reading of so many Speedway tracks struggling financially , and the most recent closure, are the Northside Comets gonna have many opponents to face?

Constrictive criticism ........................................really??................ (constructive ??????)

Well that's awful..............surely some form of publicity campaign, e.g. billboards/bus adverts/home delivered flyers, could be used to make the massive population in the 'second city' very aware of happenings at Perry Barr..................it's an old adage but speculate to accumulate is a proven advantage. Sadly it seems speedway is less attractive than forking out for a pizza. (just a random example of money well spent - it seems).

Birmingham speedway is more like a mirror of Newcastle Diamonds.............. these outfits have had many ups and downs over the years. So many closures between the two it comes as no surprise to see the critical finances of both aired in public while looking for sympathy. But that's all they'll accrue. Because I'm afraid the fans with long memories know how delicate it is supporting such fragile outfits that they'll not come out in big numbers any more.....sadly it seems only speedway suffers this sporting dilemma.

Still nice to be able to find an old programme stashed away in loft etc. Like looking back through them from eras when we followed the Comets to such as Eastbourne, Canterbury, Mildenhall, Peterborough, Bradford, Quibell Park, Sunderland etc etc.....the programmes from such venues add to great nostalgia............very important.