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5 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

Not sure if it’s still a thing, but does he not need to ride in the UK to maintain his visa status? I’m sure it been mentioned that he’s living in Poole with Middleditch and to continue doing that he has to have a UK based job. Obviously at the minute being declared injured is bypassing that, but when he is fully fit surely he has to be riding for a UK club? 

Will be interesting to see what the situation with Pickering will be after he crashed today. Will Leszno put the squeeze on him as well, and play the game with Sheffield? 

Probably not, it seems to happen to King’s Lynn more than any other team 

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23 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Ben Cook returned from his wrist injury which has kept him on the sidelines for 2 months on Sunday 15th June for his Polish Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga club Leszno scoring 12 points from his 5 rides, however immediately after the fixture Mr Cook complained of further wrist pain and was examined by his club’s medical staff.

Mr Cook is to receive further intensive rehabilitation in order to identify the problem and has been medically withdrawn from any further racing for a further 7 days.

The Speedway Control Bureau have received a medical certificate for Mr Cook ruling him out for a further 7 days as from the 15th June 2025.

Mr Cook’s Premiership Club Kings Lynn will be granted a facility for his absence during this period.

 

My Flabber has never been less ghasted!! :rolleyes:

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56 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Ben Cook returned from his wrist injury which has kept him on the sidelines for 2 months on Sunday 15th June for his Polish Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga club Leszno scoring 12 points from his 5 rides, however immediately after the fixture Mr Cook complained of further wrist pain and was examined by his club’s medical staff.

Mr Cook is to receive further intensive rehabilitation in order to identify the problem and has been medically withdrawn from any further racing for a further 7 days.

The Speedway Control Bureau have received a medical certificate for Mr Cook ruling him out for a further 7 days as from the 15th June 2025.

Mr Cook’s Premiership Club Kings Lynn will be granted a facility for his absence during this period.

 

Then by that he won’t be riding for leszno away at Łódź next Saturday?

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7 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Then by that he won’t be riding for leszno away at Łódź next Saturday?

that remains to be seen interesting situation tho !!

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8 minutes ago, SuperStarsFan91 said:

Clearly he won’t be riding that meeting, because that’s only 6 days away 🤷🏻‍♂️

No worries....

Those Polish doctors are magnificent....

They get the riders fit time and time again, when the UK ones can't...:D

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1 hour ago, LisaColette said:

Ben Cook returned from his wrist injury which has kept him on the sidelines for 2 months on Sunday 15th June for his Polish Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga club Leszno scoring 12 points from his 5 rides, however immediately after the fixture Mr Cook complained of further wrist pain and was examined by his club’s medical staff.

Mr Cook is to receive further intensive rehabilitation in order to identify the problem and has been medically withdrawn from any further racing for a further 7 days.

The Speedway Control Bureau have received a medical certificate for Mr Cook ruling him out for a further 7 days as from the 15th June 2025.

Mr Cook’s Premiership Club Kings Lynn will be granted a facility for his absence during this period.

 

Given that King's Lynn had already booked / announced a guest before Cook "re-injured" his wrist, the whole thing absolutely stinks!

Also as Leszno won 60-30, if Cook was struggling with his wrist why did he go out in the nominated races?

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3 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

Given that King's Lynn had already booked / announced a guest before Cook "re-injured" his wrist, the whole thing absolutely stinks!

If we could get a rider to replace him permanently then I definitely would!! I agree it stinks to high heaven! If you don’t want to ride for the Stars anymore then don’t, just let the club know ffs! He’ll leave us hanging on and hanging on then not come back, then we will be even more screwed than we already are! 😠

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10 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

Given that King's Lynn had already booked / announced a guest before Cook "re-injured" his wrist, the whole thing absolutely stinks!

Also as Leszno won 60-30, if Cook was struggling with his wrist why did he go out in the nominated races?

For clarity they had booked Kildemand weeks ago before Cook had even had a practice to see how his wrist was. 

But agree with the rest. He obviously wants to ride in Poland but not the UK at the moment and it's a good question why he had five rides today. He will clearly get banned if he rides in Poland again and then miss the next Lynn fixture after that (BV away on Monday 23rd). Lynn aren't at home for three weeks after tomorrow, I'm guessing he and Leszno don't want him to ride on the grippy Lynn track until then at the earliest. 

Bottom line though is if he has a doctors note after today then there's not a lot anyone can do. I really hope we see him again and it's not another Museilak situation as Ben comes across as a genuine and honest fella.

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2 hours ago, LisaColette said:

Ben Cook returned from his wrist injury which has kept him on the sidelines for 2 months on Sunday 15th June for his Polish Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga club Leszno scoring 12 points from his 5 rides, however immediately after the fixture Mr Cook complained of further wrist pain and was examined by his club’s medical staff.

Mr Cook is to receive further intensive rehabilitation in order to identify the problem and has been medically withdrawn from any further racing for a further 7 days.

The Speedway Control Bureau have received a medical certificate for Mr Cook ruling him out for a further 7 days as from the 15th June 2025.

Mr Cook’s Premiership Club Kings Lynn will be granted a facility for his absence during this period.

 

A very different story to the post match summary from his Polish team manager who stated there was almost no sign of the injury and rhythm would return with more riding.....

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Just Saying.....I would be very surprised if you see Ben Cook riding at King's Lynn anymore this season....Just something I heard in my Hotel in Manchester yesterday evening, and the source seriously couldn't be more reliable.....But its Speedway in the UK..So who knows

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13 hours ago, siggysigalos said:

Just Saying.....I would be very surprised if you see Ben Cook riding at King's Lynn anymore this season....Just something I heard in my Hotel in Manchester yesterday evening, and the source seriously couldn't be more reliable.....But its Speedway in the UK..So who knows

These lads know that they are doing the UK promoters the favour by starting the season with them...

And also know that they are bomb proof regardless of performance levels as there isn't anyone willing to come over and replace them..

As. If they were available they would already be here..

A nice little earner without any pressure to deliver the goods, unlike their other job...

"It's much more fun and less pressured"....

Indeed...

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3 hours ago, LisaColette said:

Ben Cook returned from his wrist injury which has kept him on the sidelines for 2 months on Sunday 15th June for his Polish Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga club Leszno scoring 12 points from his 5 rides, however immediately after the fixture Mr Cook complained of further wrist pain and was examined by his club’s medical staff.

Mr Cook is to receive further intensive rehabilitation in order to identify the problem and has been medically withdrawn from any further racing for a further 7 days.

The Speedway Control Bureau have received a medical certificate for Mr Cook ruling him out for a further 7 days as from the 15th June 2025.

Mr Cook’s Premiership Club Kings Lynn will be granted a facility for his absence during this period.

 

Load of excrement

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11 hours ago, eric i said:

Thats poor from SCB should have given him a ban.

When BSN interviewed Ben at Poole recently he gave the same excuse of he'll try riding in Poland as the tracks are smoother/easier that Tobiasz Musielak used but Tobi actually got banned and then he never returned, probably will see the same thing here after the 7 days are up.

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11 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

Always gonna happen. Cheers Ben Cook, for nothing

Feel sorry for the Stars fans here, clearly he couldn't care less about you. **** pot.

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1 minute ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Feel sorry for the Stars fans here, clearly he couldn't care less about you. **** pot.

A what point does the finger need to stop being pointed at riders though??

There is a running theme at King's Lynn of struggling to hang on to rider's throughout a season. It's happening season in, season out.

The running of British Speedway overall is appalling also. Because of the tight restrictions on team building, rider's can't build any loyalty to clubs so they're not given the opportunity to care.

 

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