Workington 2026

[topaz325]

Ok good news

[Midget]

Would be interesting to know who puts these teams together? 

Plain to see batchelor ain't going to take any risks anymore, if anyone comes near him he doesn't want to know.

Holm jackobsen can't stay on the bike, it's fall after fall. But every season we are going with unproven riders. 

Vinny foord has not progressed at all. 

Signing Drew Kemp to replace Craig Cook has been a disaster, which isn't really suprising. Kemp would never be a replacement for cook, and before anyone says it, yes cook probably had to go, but should it have been more than one change while jacobsen was still on a assessed 5? 

So who does pick these teams? 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Midget

[Fromafar]

9 hours ago, Midget said:

Would be interesting to know who puts these teams together? 

Plain to see batchelor ain't going to take any risks anymore, if anyone comes near him he doesn't want to know.

Holm jackobsen can't stay on the bike, it's fall after fall. But every season we are going with unproven riders. 

Vinny foord has not progressed at all. 

Signing Drew Kemp to replace Craig Cook has been a disaster, which isn't really suprising. Kemp would never be a replacement for cook, and before anyone says it, yes cook probably had to go, but should it have been more than one change while jacobsen was still on a assessed 5? 

So who does pick these teams? 

 

Holm Jacobsen is riding out of control most of the time.Needs to calm it down a bit.IMO

[arnieg]

9 hours ago, Midget said:

Would be interesting to know who puts these teams together? 

Plain to see batchelor ain't going to take any risks anymore, if anyone comes near him he doesn't want to know.

 

I'm no Batchelor fan, but you wouldn't say that if you'd been at Northampton on Monday.

[Preston Comet]

On 7/16/2026 at 3:35 PM, The White Knight said:

 

I think this is a racist Post. 🤬

Not racist in the slightest! 

It's just you trying to get attention by bringing up race. Clown

[Whitelinehugger]

34 minutes ago, arnieg said:

I'm no Batchelor fan, but you wouldn't say that if you'd been at Northampton on Monday.

The bloke is up and down like a yo yo. He has a childish big attitude issue. 

[Woke23]

13 hours ago, Midget said:

Would be interesting to know who puts these teams together? 

Plain to see batchelor ain't going to take any risks anymore, if anyone comes near him he doesn't want to know.

Holm jackobsen can't stay on the bike, it's fall after fall. But every season we are going with unproven riders. 

Vinny foord has not progressed at all. 

Signing Drew Kemp to replace Craig Cook has been a disaster, which isn't really suprising. Kemp would never be a replacement for cook, and before anyone says it, yes cook probably had to go, but should it have been more than one change while jacobsen was still on a assessed 5? 

So who does pick these teams? 

 

I have to disagree with the batch comment. Batch has been our best rider of the last 3 years. This season he's had one or two bad performances snd the rest acceptable.

I would've brought batch back this season as well after his performances as number 1 last season.

Hind sight is a wonderful thing but im sure the promotion probably thought jeppesen and cookie would be 1 and 5, with batch at 3. 

[H20]

Cook has let this team down masively this season missing them early crucial meetings which we could easily have won if he had been bothered to turn up.

Just a pity Klindt was not available a couple of weeks earlier as I agree Kemp is not the same quality.

I think Jackobsen is a decent rider but needs to just calm down a little and be patient instead of making stupid attempts to pass, he going to really hurt himself if he keeps that up.

[crescent girl]

48 minutes ago, H20 said:

I think Jacobsen is a decent rider but needs to just calm down a little and be patient instead of making stupid attempts to pass, he going to really hurt himself if he keeps that up.

Hurt himself?  He put Reid Battye out the game for nearly three months!

[CTD26]

18 hours ago, Midget said:

Would be interesting to know who puts these teams together? 

Plain to see batchelor ain't going to take any risks anymore, if anyone comes near him he doesn't want to know.

Holm jackobsen can't stay on the bike, it's fall after fall. But every season we are going with unproven riders. 

Vinny foord has not progressed at all. 

Signing Drew Kemp to replace Craig Cook has been a disaster, which isn't really suprising. Kemp would never be a replacement for cook, and before anyone says it, yes cook probably had to go, but should it have been more than one change while jacobsen was still on a assessed 5? 

So who does pick these teams? 

 

You listen to rider interviews etc and they all say the same thing, there’s no pressure to perform as long as the effort is there. 
 

For me, you could have the 7 best riders in the world but it seems it’s the mentality of the management of the club which is the root cause of the issue. It’s a case of wanting to be mates rather than manage the team. Can’t imagine the manager really inspires the team or gives them a kick up the rear end when they’re having shockers.

No matter what sport, if there’s no winning mentality then what’s the point?

[Marksman]

5 minutes ago, CTD26 said:

You listen to rider interviews etc and they all say the same thing, there’s no pressure to perform as long as the effort is there. 
 

For me, you could have the 7 best riders in the world but it seems it’s the mentality of the management of the club which is the root cause of the issue. It’s a case of wanting to be mates rather than manage the team. Can’t imagine the manager really inspires the team or gives them a kick up the rear end when they’re having shockers.

No matter what sport, if there’s no winning mentality then what’s the point?

I think that is probably true yeah, but it can go the other way and management/officials could be like Keith Denham and upset people and drive people away from attending too.

You could say Redcar, Scunthorpe, maybe Edinburgh are ran the same way as Workington too.

Another thought I had is that I don’t buy that there is no home advantage either. Klindt has shown what a true home advantage would look like on the track. 
You just need fast riders, which obviously comes at a price. That’s why Belle Vue have such a home advantage around a similar track.

Batchelor has been good for the Comets and his gating is elite at home, but he is simply not suited to the track. Think Nicholls at Belle Vue.

IMO, I would be looking at bringing Antti Vuolas back next year, and fellow riders suited to our track. Yes we might struggle away the odd time but I think you need to be strong at home more importantly.

[CTD26]

20 minutes ago, Marksman said:

I think that is probably true yeah, but it can go the other way and management/officials could be like Keith Denham and upset people and drive people away from attending too.

You could say Redcar, Scunthorpe, maybe Edinburgh are ran the same way as Workington too.

Another thought I had is that I don’t buy that there is no home advantage either. Klindt has shown what a true home advantage would look like on the track. 
You just need fast riders, which obviously comes at a price. That’s why Belle Vue have such a home advantage around a similar track.

Batchelor has been good for the Comets and his gating is elite at home, but he is simply not suited to the track. Think Nicholls at Belle Vue.

IMO, I would be looking at bringing Antti Vuolas back next year, and fellow riders suited to our track. Yes we might struggle away the odd time but I think you need to be strong at home more importantly.

Yeah they’re all good points mate. It showed with Batchelor on Saturday, it was evident to everyone you needed to be on that outside line and for someone with all his experience, he elected to stick to the curb. 
 

Your home track needs to be an absolute fortress. But, it doesn’t help when it seems every rider licks there lips when they’re visit 😂 

I’m 50/50 with vuolas, no doubting him at home he’s reliable around northside, but away he looked like an amateur at times. It doesn’t help his average is inflated with how consistent he was at home. 
 

Vinnie is out of his depth at number 2, which I know is a hard number to ride at, but we’re basically running with 3 reserves and long in the tail which is what seems to have been the recurring theme for the last 3 season.

[Woke23]

Dipping into the foreign market works but it has to be done wisely. No one could've predicted Jakobsen would have flopped as much as he has. Doing so has put a lot of pressure on Vinnie, who really could have done with the season spent as reserve.

It worked two seasons ago when we brought in Tate and Antti but this season it wasn't meant to be.

Dropping Antti was the right choice for me, at the time - we needed strength home and away. With the team we had, on paper, we should have been winning at home and competing strongly away. Unfortunately, Cookies antics put a stop to any hope we all had

[Whitelinehugger]

3 hours ago, crescent girl said:

Hurt himself?  He put Reid Battye out the game for nearly three months!

The dirty bast*rd

[Neila]

Teams are built at the start of the year within the points limit,  but more importantly are built to come within a budget, Don't know if you've noticed but our crowds could be a lot better,  unless your gonna put your hand in your pocket to help out the promotion.  Just be thankful we have speedway to watch at which is probably the best race track and  viewing in the country 😀.  I was at Poole last night they had a crowd of 1500 - 1800 so they can afford the best riders

20 hours ago, Midget said:

Would be interesting to know who puts these teams together? 

Plain to see batchelor ain't going to take any risks anymore, if anyone comes near him he doesn't want to know.

Holm jackobsen can't stay on the bike, it's fall after fall. But every season we are going with unproven riders. 

Vinny foord has not progressed at all. 

Signing Drew Kemp to replace Craig Cook has been a disaster, which isn't really suprising. Kemp would never be a replacement for cook, and before anyone says it, yes cook probably had to go, but should it have been more than one change while jacobsen was still on a assessed 5? 

So who does pick these teams?