Workington 2025

[soupy]

48 minutes ago, screm said:

Obviously I welcome the statement and I`m delighted that Workington Speedway continues, but now the dust has settled.

Exactly what was the issue. 

Start time, money, visa`s, what ?.

 

Think it had something to do with companies house.

[comet49]

10 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

An expensive way to do it. They could do what they say they were going to do.

We'll see 😉 You gonna be a bit match rusty!! 🤷‍♀️

He’s not Rusty, he finished years ago….

[szkocjasid]

Brilliant news, can't afford to lose any more clubs. 

Workington fans wanting regular Speedway will certainly get that now, with only 1 home meeting raced.

[old bob at herne bay]

The secret business  world of speedway.

Let’s hope this solution lasts longer than the remainder of the season. 

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[AndiCapp]

36 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

"It’s great that Workington have been able to enter a new partnership with a blue-chip national company in Allied Mobility, which is synonymous with investing in speedway in the UK, and I’d like to thank the Facenna family for their support.”

So why is hasta la vista a clown?  It's not needle, it's a statement of fact. Tracks have often survived with the help of other owners/promoters.

Its the statement he made that 'saved the club', what knowledge base gives him that inclination? We are grateful for all help our sponsors add.

[IainB]

48 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

So why is hasta la vista a clown?  It's not needle, it's a statement of fact. Tracks have often survived with the help of other owners/promoters.

And in Leicester and Sheffield's case the same promoter

[Mr Blobby]

21 minutes ago, AndiCapp said:

Its the statement he made that 'saved the club', what knowledge base gives him that inclination? We are grateful for all help our sponsors add.

Much would you like to bet if it wasn’t for them you wouldn’t be riding on Saturday?  

[TigerIain]

11 hours ago, SteelShoe said:

 

 I can't help but think the BSPL who are supposed to have the interests of British Speedway at heart have been very harsh on Workington Speedway with this suspension and caused a lot of deep upset.. The club is guilty of inactivity in terms of filing necessary records something which is obvious .  The club are not in trouble financially and do not owe HMRC anything.  The owner of the club owns all the assets all of which are paid for. 

If the company was struck off for not filing accounts then that is purely on them, not the BSPL. Assets of a struck of company transfer to The Crown, and would have to be bought back by the new Ltd Co. Normal day to day operating of the assets as an individual or as the sole director and sole shareholder of a limited company is no different (unless the company gets stuck off), but a Ltd Co pays less tax, especially if the individual pays higher rate tax. If the Ltd Co had any assets that were required for speedway to run (track, licence, riders, visas) then the club could not run whilst The Crown owned the assets, which again is nothing to do with BSPL. Involvement of another promotion (through sponsorship) is likely related to the quickest way to sort visas as presumably it's easier and quicker for an established company to obtain them than a new one. 

Whatever the cause of the issues, it's good to see the Comets back on track (and hopefully filing accounts on time!)

[AndiCapp]

46 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Much would you like to bet if it wasn’t for them you wouldn’t be riding on Saturday?  

Grateful as i say for having all our fantastic sponsors. IYKYK 

[SteelShoe]

2 hours ago, LisaColette said:

Yes it does matter when they said they were going to give fans a clear and transparent statement. 

That may be too sensitive now.

[SteelShoe]

I would just like to express my thanks to Glasgow Speedway and the Facenna family for their help and advice given to Andrew and Workington Speedway through what has been a very difficult time. 

[JamesB]

Whatever happened here (and it’s pretty opaque), it’s great to see the club survive and hopefully thrive.

All the best.

[CTD26]

Ecstatic that the comets managed to pull through the issues. Massive thank you and a great amount of gratitude to the Facennas for helping out, hopefully the beginning of a very good partnership. 
 

Now everyone get down on Saturday and give Andrew, Steve and the comets the support they deserve. Yes, it hasn’t been made public what the issues have been behind the scenes, but, the people who need to know, know. 
 

Less of the name calling about people trying there best to keep the sport in our town and how about getting down and backing the boys.

UTC

ps where’s 2ndbend123 hiding at now with all his “information”??

[IainB]

15 minutes ago, CTD26 said:

Ecstatic that the comets managed to pull through the issues. Massive thank you and a great amount of gratitude to the Facennas for helping out, hopefully the beginning of a very good partnership. 
 

Now everyone get down on Saturday and give Andrew, Steve and the comets the support they deserve. Yes, it hasn’t been made public what the issues have been behind the scenes, but, the people who need to know, know. 
 

Less of the name calling about people trying there best to keep the sport in our town and how about getting down and backing the boys.

UTC

ps where’s 2ndbend123 hiding at now with all his “information”??

You know you're Glasgow's bitches now 😂

 

Edited July 9, 2025 by IainB

[CTD26]

1 minute ago, IainB said:

You know you're Glasgow's bitches now 😂

Haha rather be that than not have a speedway team to go and watch

[Fromafar]

Great too see licence returned,congrats too Promotion for sorting out the issues.Wish them a good season.Cant afford to lose such a good venue.

 

[Marksman]

Noticed that we have been deducted 2 points for a breach of SCB rules, so back to zero points.

[Fromafar]

36 minutes ago, Marksman said:

Noticed that we have been deducted 2 points for a breach of SCB rules, so back to zero points.

Petty and pathetic is that’s the case.At least in Speedway it’s not really that important It’s a Circus,the racing and entertainment that matters to most fans nowadays.

[Neila]

Looking through the fixtures all comets home meetings showing at 6.00 but at least 1 away fixture changed, Poole now showing on bspa fixtures as 23rd July was 13th August !!! Bugger looks like the mini tour Poole, Ipswich and scunny now not going to happen ☹️

Edited July 9, 2025 by Neila

[arnieg]

34 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Petty and pathetic is that’s the case.At least in Speedway it’s not really that important It’s a Circus,the racing and entertainment that matters to most fans nowadays.

So what should the SCB do, ignore rule breaches?

However what it does need to do is explain what rule has been breached.