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They are doing alot of things right at Plymouth and it is being rewarded with better attendances so well done the Gladiators. After saying this I thought 150 minutes for 15 heats was too long tonight. The interval in particular was too long even with the kids race and the re-runs of heat 14. I tried the curry and rice tonight and it was very nice. Wouldn't hesitate to purchase again.👍

Yeah have to agree with this, when we needed him to stand up tonight (which he eventually did last night) he went missing in action. It will be hard for him to progress further in speedway without showing more steel and adaptability on tracks of different shape and surface quality.

Absolutely needs to work smarter.

Yeah Worky wouldn't have minded this scenario last Saturday.

Not sure which Worky will turn up for this, hope it is the sharp confident racing head on one. I will be cheering them on . UTC👍👊

To be honest Gazc, I don't know anything other than what you have mentioned. Allied Mobility are included with other sponsors on the Workington Comets Facebook account now.

Some great on point observations there mikebv. Getting more water into the track pre meeting is something we definitely need to be working on doing especially in the absence of rain in the 12 -24 hours before the meeting. The signage which has just gone up this week looks great. This can only help keep Workington Speedway visible and increase conscious awareness that it does actually exist as a credible sporting family option. Continuously putting the supporter experience right at the top of the clubs priorities in all aspects has to be the only way forward. How well the club is doing on this should be gauged periodically through feedback surveys.

My insinct was realised, the Bears gave us a spanking for the second time this season on our home track. This was disappointing for a couple of reasons : one a decent crowd was in, some of whom may have been encouraged by our decent form of late and two, we looked to have transgressed back to the poor team we were at the start of the season. Consistently beaten out of the gate with only 5 heat wins and finishing last in 9 of the 15 heats sealed our fate. We looked like the away team most of the meeting which left one feeling deflated after the recent optimism. Thanks to the Bears fans who made the journey , you must be loving seeing your team winning at Northside.

This annoys me so much

Very tough meeting for the mighty Comets, Danny King especially has shown a real liking for the GT Tyres Arena. Jonatan Grahn is probably an upgrade on the current form of Jake Mulford having already had two excellent meetings at Northside. Paco is not Eric Riss who also loves Northside but has shown in the past that he is capable of double figures. Jason Edwards another rider who has had plenty of laps around Northside and achieved double figures. Jason has shown good form following his recent return from injury. Both Ace Pijper and Jody Scott go well at Northside. Comets will need a real solid team performance with another scrap for every point attitude and good starts. Should be a cracker ! UTC 👊

No incentive there then.

Bit harsh for me that Bellers101 . Originally you guys had booked Tate but an injury in Poland tuesday prevented that so Antti stepped in. Not easy getting guests on a Friday with 6 teams riding, you might have been left up rubbish creek without a paddle without them. Jacob a reserve guesting at No2 a difficult position. In his first race he finished 3rd in a 4-2 with Charles Wright. In his 2nd ride he had a mechanical failure , in his 3rd ride in heat 8 he was disappointing but coming out of gate 4. He only got 3 rides and rightly so the way the Bears reserves were riding tonight. Antti always starts with a pretty poor 1st ride but ran a third behind Kerr and Cook in heat 3 won in the fastest time of the night, he was last in his 2nd ride out of the grave yard gate 4, he then ran a 2nd from gate 2 behind Zach Cook with Edwards last from you guessed it gate 4 before winning heat 14 from gate 3 beating heat 14 specialist Cook to put the Bears 4 points clear with only heat 15 to come. Oh by the way Richard Lawsons first 2 rides from gate 4 yielded 1 point in total.

Bears state that Mulford is on International duty.

Thought Jake had been taken ill at the Glasgow meeting because he pulled up in his first race. But I could be mistaken .

Could be Paco and Jonatan Grahn .

Didn't think they performed badly. The Pirates are not as strong as last season. Tom Brennan and Ben Cook were exceptional for you guys last year.

Agree and you won't hear me talking about Worky winning the only remaining trophy open to us. If we manage to make the playoffs and have our full team intact I will reassess then. The chances of Bowes and Etheridge scoring paid 27 between them again are slim but, for Bowes in particular that was a great first outing at Wimborne Rd and will have instilled a sense of confidence in both riders that they could go back and give another good account of themselves.

Batch and Antti are frustrating for different reasons. If Antti wants a team place in the Premiership then he needs to reproduce his Northside racing demeanour more often away from home. The rider we see at home can be so far removed from the one we see at most away tracks.

Bearing in mind we have some away vulnerability I am delighted with the bonus . I think the performance tonight from Fraser, Jye and Jacob deserves a lot of credit. For Fraser to score so well on his first visit to the home of the champions is great, take a bow Fraser.

Sounds unpleasant for Vinnie. Need Batch and Antti to show some of their Northside form.

That is a blow for the Comets, Tate would have attacked the track. Hope he is fit for Saturday.

Sensible post , an example was last night at Leicester where Joe Thompson was tailed off behind Max Fricke after less than 1 lap.

completely agree, most races strung out after a lap. Kelvin gotta talk it up, could be at risk of being dropped? wouldn't surprise me.

Thank you. I haven't seen any of our home streamed meetings so i'm pleased they are providing worthwhile entertainment. The weather during the meeting was lovely, but you could see the dark clouds to the east were not far away.

This is the big question, I'm hoping we will be more competitive than our early season displays at Scunthorpe, Redcar and Edinburgh. Hopefully we can attack these and the remaining tracks with more self belief.