Workington 2026

[piston197]

7 minutes ago, Marksman said:

🏁 UPRIGHT SPEEDWAY WEEKEND... - Workington Comets Speedway | Facebook

Ah, more speedway racing with a sideshow of an autojumble of speedway/grass track stuff, might suit Dean, Allstar speedway and a few memorabilia stalls, but NOT and autojumble, should be a cracking weekend watching the uprights, and hopefully one or 2 stallholders will make their diesel and stall money back ?

Here is an autojumble in case there is any confusion ( the rusty Ariel is sold !)

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Edited 2 hours ago by piston197

[Neila]

Sad day for comets fans but to be honest not surprising, as I think only 1 meeting reached a break even crowd, others were a bit away from the level required.

Thanks to Andrew Bain and back room people for getting us this far, thanks to the many sponsors big and small, as without them we would not have got this far.🔵⚪🏁. Gonna put a lottery ticket on to try and help the comets out

[YeOldPitGate]

1 hour ago, noaksey said:

Alternatively the sport as a whole looks at resolutions that would stop clubs losing serious money every season, perhaps this is what Coleman was getting at as in an 8 team premiership with everyone else in a watered down championship with reduced costs 

Something needs to change regardless 

Don't disagree with any of that Noaksey I personally think 8 and 8 way to go with top league once home and away in the perfect world top league standard 30% better than currently so every team has a proper number 1.

Second division twice home and away made up of the bottom 4-5 riders in division one plus youngsters from UK and any unpolished under 24 gems we could get from abroad.

Two issues straight off the bat is more money would be needed to fund an 8 team better quality top league and doubling up would have to stay for a while so it could pay for the bottom 60-70% of riders in league 1 being able to top up earnings in league 2.

I would restrict top league to once home and away if nothing else this alone would stem losses as fewer meetings and if you only saw Kurtz, Bewley etc once a season you might get more inclined to turn out. The caveat would be home meetings at least every fortnight not months between one home meeting and the next.

[Bandit59]

1 hour ago, Neila said:

Sad day for comets fans but to be honest not surprising, as I think only 1 meeting reached a break even crowd, others were a bit away from the level required.

Thanks to Andrew Bain and back room people for getting us this far, thanks to the many sponsors big and small, as without them we would not have got this far.🔵⚪🏁. Gonna put a lottery ticket on to try and help the comets out

Yes, agreed brilliant race track, feel for everyone involved so sad 

[SteelShoe]

Don't know what to say about this. The timing seems strange to say the least and is coming from James Denham who states he is giving up the team manager role next season anyway ?.  Will keep my thoughts to myself at this time until the situation becomes clearer. 

[Midget]

2 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

Don't know what to say about this. The timing seems strange to say the least and is coming from James Denham who states he is giving up the team manager role next season anyway ?.  Will keep my thoughts to myself at this time until the situation becomes clearer. 

James Denham should never ever of been appointed team manager. 

[YeOldPitGate]

How were the crowds when they originally reopened I think it was under another Denham but from memory that fella had quite a bit of money behind him, were they poor then or like most clubs have they just declined over time due to the speedway ills we discuss on here daily ?