paul84 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Craig will make us very strong in my opinion a number 1 rider who’s isn’t riding at number 1, this signing gives us a lot of strength and if Tate does what we know he can they are in for a great season with 4 strong riders. Hope Tate and Cookie are paired together they rode so well together last time 5-1s incoming ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinh88 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, paul84 said: Craig will make us very strong in my opinion a number 1 rider who’s isn’t riding at number 1, this signing gives us a lot of strength and if Tate does what we know he can they are in for a great season with 4 strong riders. Hope Tate and Cookie are paired together they rode so well together last time 5-1s incoming ! When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersteady84 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 On 1/7/2026 at 10:00 AM, arnieg said: That would be wrong for two reasons: 1] mathematical convention 2] precedent Lewis Kerr went from 8.60 at the end of 2023 to 8.39 at the start of 2024. But this is all irrelevant if the rule is 'one rider over 8', as 8.00 is not over 8. Looks like it wasn't wrong after all 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 17 minutes ago, paul84 said: Craig will make us very strong in my opinion a number 1 rider who’s isn’t riding at number 1, this signing gives us a lot of strength and if Tate does what we know he can they are in for a great season with 4 strong riders. Hope Tate and Cookie are paired together they rode so well together last time 5-1s incoming ! Totally agree with that my only concern is him staying in the team, he jacked in 2024 when the team were doing really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 17 minutes ago, paul84 said: Craig will make us very strong in my opinion a number 1 rider who’s isn’t riding at number 1, this signing gives us a lot of strength and if Tate does what we know he can they are in for a great season with 4 strong riders. Hope Tate and Cookie are paired together they rode so well together last time 5-1s incoming ! Totally agree with that my only concern is him staying in the team, he jacked in 2024 when the team were doing really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheDeepStuff Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 So will Cook last 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 or for a change manage to complete a full season without using the book of excuses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASpeedwayfan Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Can someone explain to me why his average isn’t 8.0? 8.2 minus the British reduction is 7.995 which of course rounds up to 8. Is it so they can have him and Jepperson? I’ve got no problem with him being at Worky and I wouldn’t want him out of a job. But I do disagree with reducing a riders average so a team can fit them in. I know it’s only 0.01 and I know that they’ll likely have points spare on their team overall. But just wondering if I’ve missed something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 A very good signing. Workington done a full season without a number 1 last year but are going into this season with two number 1s 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Are management already looking for a replacement for mid season?! 😉 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersteady84 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 21 minutes ago, ASpeedwayfan said: Can someone explain to me why his average isn’t 8.0? 8.2 minus the British reduction is 7.995 which of course rounds up to 8. Is it so they can have him and Jepperson? I’ve got no problem with him being at Worky and I wouldn’t want him out of a job. But I do disagree with reducing a riders average so a team can fit them in. I know it’s only 0.01 and I know that they’ll likely have points spare on their team overall. But just wondering if I’ve missed something. It was over 8 anyhow so its irrelevant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 32 minutes ago, ASpeedwayfan said: Can someone explain to me why his average isn’t 8.0? 8.2 minus the British reduction is 7.995 which of course rounds up to 8. Is it so they can have him and Jepperson? I’ve got no problem with him being at Worky and I wouldn’t want him out of a job. But I do disagree with reducing a riders average so a team can fit them in. I know it’s only 0.01 and I know that they’ll likely have points spare on their team overall. But just wondering if I’ve missed something. Averages are calculated to 3 decimal places, and rounded to 2. Cook's rolling average is 207 points from 101 rides = 207/101 x 4 = 8.198 If he was a foreigner, 8.198 would round to 8.20 As he's British, he gets a further 2.5% reduction. 8.198 x 0.975 = 7.993 which rounds to 7.99 (But even if it was 8.00 he would still fit) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 2 hours ago, ASpeedwayfan said: Can someone explain to me why his average isn’t 8.0? 8.2 minus the British reduction is 7.995 which of course rounds up to 8. Is it so they can have him and Jepperson? I’ve got no problem with him being at Worky and I wouldn’t want him out of a job. But I do disagree with reducing a riders average so a team can fit them in. I know it’s only 0.01 and I know that they’ll likely have points spare on their team overall. But just wondering if I’ve missed something. Only goes to 2 decimal points, so it's 7.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 4 hours ago, Midget said: A very good signing. Workington done a full season without a number 1 last year but are going into this season with two number 1s A possibility of 3 number 1s as batch on his day can beat anybody, and with less pressure to be the top rider, think this will help all 3 heat leaders 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy The Rebel Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Workington looking pretty strong with there top 4 there’s no reason why batchelor,Zischke and Jeppesen can’t all put a point in there averages there definitely going to be near the top end of the league,anyone know who the 5.00 rider will be as I’m assuming that’s what they will do. shaping up to be a really competitive championship this season some very good teams being built very much looking forward to the season starting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Best of luck to cookie, really hope this is the return of one of the best riders in the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersteady84 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Will cook be at number 5 or at 3 with tate at 4 considering they were brilliant together 🤷♂️🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeHouseLucas Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 1. J. Jeppesen 8.20 2. ????? 3. T. Batchelor 7.10 4. T. Zischke 5.76 5. C. Cook 7.99 6. ?????? 7. V. Foord 3.68 = 32.73 (2 left) Vuolas off to Scunny potentially?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 15 hours ago, InTheDeepStuff said: So will Cook last 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 or for a change manage to complete a full season without using the book of excuses? If he can avoid getting involved with a Premiership team, and if the speedway gods don't send him something thay messes his head up, it might just work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 (edited) Good luck to Cookie this season, the Comets looking really competitive already with two riders left to name. Edited January 11 by topaz325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 (edited) 31 minutes ago, topaz325 said: Good luck to Cookie this season, the Comets looking really competitive already with two riders left to name. like that 2 left to name not sign im sure the team is sorted or at worst only 2nd string position to fill Edited January 11 by scaramanga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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