piston197 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 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 !) Bing Videos Edited 4 hours ago by piston197 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 37 minutes ago, Midget said: James Denham should never ever of been appointed team manager. He does have that real 'motivational twang' in his voice!!!😇 Seriously though, I thought the Glasgow owners were assisting financially? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woke23 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: He does have that real 'motivational twang' in his voice!!!😇 Seriously though, I thought the Glasgow owners were assisting financially? Glasgow owners may have helped out last season but that was to get them out the situation we were in then. They are there on a consulting role more than anything. This isn't a "workington" issue. Speedway is in a sorry state in general and most clubs will be running at a loss. Just look at Edinburgh who are heavily reliant on supporters charitable donations to stay alive. The more supported clubs will obviously run at a profit but that will mean nothing when they have no other teams to play. Something needs to change and we've all knew that for years. Will it change? Absolutely not. Shame, Ive really fallen back in love with Speedway since comets came to tapes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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