Workington 2026

[SteveLyric2]

3 hours ago, TigerIain said:

Drip feeding works in place where each announcement gets a back page story in the local press. It doesn't work in cities where the news is dominated by football. Drip feeding announcements of reserves and second strings would get at most a single sentence in the news in Glasgow. Even Bomber would be no more than a paragraph. 

Different teams do it differently based on local knowledge on what works for them publicity wise

I wonder what Redcar's reasons are?

[paul84]

McDiarmid 5.18

Grahn 5.3

Antti 6.87

Harrison 4.97

 

 

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[2ndbend123]

31 minutes ago, paul84 said:

McDiarmid 5.18

Grahn 5.3

Antti 6.87

Harrison 4.97

 

 

If the promotion want to progress next season we must build a team without Voulas. He is away performances are terrible after 2 years on these tracks. I would let him go 

[Bomber75]

just been announced Riss is going to Oxford

[Bomber75]

3 minutes ago, 2ndbend123 said:

If the promotion want to progress next season we must build a team without Voulas. He is away performances are terrible after 2 years on these tracks. I would let him go 

I tend to agree we need heat leaders who can at least hold there own on most tracks.

[Neila]

2 hours ago, 2ndbend123 said:

Not for me I don’t see that he has improved. Hasn’t improved his away form from being with Berwick. 

Etheridge has a lower average which was achieved in the main body of the team,  hooky average was from reserve, so guess this is why hooky was not invited back, not a fan of etheridge if he is announced, but not my choice, will be still buying a season ticket. UTC🔵⚪

[JC81]

6 hours ago, 2ndbend123 said:

If the promotion want to progress next season we must build a team without Voulas. He is away performances are terrible after 2 years on these tracks. I would let him go 

 i agree , workington and similar is hiss  style but away he  let us down 

[JC81]

4 hours ago, Neila said:

Etheridge has a lower average which was achieved in the main body of the team,  hooky average was from reserve, so guess this is why hooky was not invited back, not a fan of etheridge if he is announced, but not my choice, will be still buying a season ticket. UTC🔵⚪

 precisly , like said before he has an  inflated reserve avrg which  historicaly and at least 70 percent of time never improves in the following .

 I liked the lad an dont get me  wrong if he was back id of backed him all the way but but  i agree with management decision in this .

[szkocjasid]

I'm not sure why some posters appear to think that Hook would've been such a risk in the top 5.

He's improved every year as a reserve, 

2022: 2.78 (Edinburgh)

2023: 3.71 (Edinburgh), 3.74 (Berwick)

2024: 4.19 (Plymouth)

2025: 5.61 (Workington)

He obviously improved an awful lot in 2025 putting almost 1.5 points on his average, yes that was at reserve, but so was his previous average. If he was a 4 point rider in a top 5, but dropped to reserve & scored 5.5, then I'd understand the concern more.

If Hook carries on his seasonal improvement, I'd suggest there's no reason he can't match his 2025 figure when moving into the top 5.

My other point is, if every rider was dropped once they moved up from reserve, where would the future heat leaders come from lol! Every single British heat leader must have started at reserve (plus some Aussies), I guess most improving riders move up during the season, rather than between seasons, that didn't happen for Hook cause Workington had a very solid team.

Certainly seems a big difference compared to say Luke Harrison, I don't remember any Scunthorpe fans being reluctant to sign him up as a second string even through his away average was far below his home?

[Supersteady84]

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[Marksman]

7 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

I'm not sure why some posters appear to think that Hook would've been such a risk in the top 5.

He's improved every year as a reserve, 

2022: 2.78 (Edinburgh)

2023: 3.71 (Edinburgh), 3.74 (Berwick)

2024: 4.19 (Plymouth)

2025: 5.61 (Workington)

He obviously improved an awful lot in 2025 putting almost 1.5 points on his average, yes that was at reserve, but so was his previous average. If he was a 4 point rider in a top 5, but dropped to reserve & scored 5.5, then I'd understand the concern more.

If Hook carries on his seasonal improvement, I'd suggest there's no reason he can't match his 2025 figure when moving into the top 5.

My other point is, if every rider was dropped once they moved up from reserve, where would the future heat leaders come from lol! Every single British heat leader must have started at reserve (plus some Aussies), I guess most improving riders move up during the season, rather than between seasons, that didn't happen for Hook cause Workington had a very solid team.

Certainly seems a big difference compared to say Luke Harrison, I don't remember any Scunthorpe fans being reluctant to sign him up as a second string even through his away average was far below his home?

Probably on gut instinct because we watch him every week you can just tell from years of watching speedway his average of 5.57 is rather overinflated.

Found these stats for his guest bookings from 2025 riding in the top order, although a small sample, they back up why he'd struggle.  Averaged 2.66 when guesting in the top order, compared to when he rode at these same tracks at reserve for Workington he had multiple double figure scores.

 

[Woke23]

30 minutes ago, Supersteady84 said:

Jeppesen 
Harrison
Tate
Jye
Batch
S Lambert 
Vinnie

No thankyou. I want nothing to do with Lambert