Workington 2026

[Neila]

6 minutes ago, lewy said:

Tight ass,buy a season  ticket help your club out.

Help out in other ways marra 😄 oil and fuel sponsor for a rider and executive club member so far

[dellbob]

1 hour ago, lewy said:

I think cookie will be signed,more out of desperation than choice,no one else available of the same  ability and if he goes awol you will get a facility for him

Desperation ??

 I think not 

[lewy]

19 minutes ago, Neila said:

Help out in other ways marra 😄 oil and fuel sponsor for a rider and executive club member so far

Good stuff mate 

[AndiCapp]

On 12/18/2025 at 9:07 AM, foreverblue said:

It is a very long time since Batch rode for Poole and of course I realise ex gp riders are on the way down but he must have had some really poor meetings to get to his current average and he does seem to give up when not gating, despite that I do think he is worth  including on his current average.

I have every sympathy with anyone who has mental issues but if he came back without that baggage he would be a top rider in this league but is he worth the risk.

Racking bonus points up robs the system of a true average. Clever was of maintaining the longevity of your career by tucking in behind your team mate

[AndiCapp]

2 hours ago, Adamski1282 said:

Would likely sell more season tickets, and get fans more engaged, if there was some snippets of info from the club as to who the rest of the team is going to be...

I'm all for 'building the suspense' but the complete radio silence is getting a little tiresome, especially when the club are just repeatedly advertising season tickets....

There maybe some logic in the staggered release. All in good time id say. 

[szkocjasid]

While there's a risk of signing Cook & him not starting the season, how about Workington getting Drew Kemp to agree to be back up (assuming he's not looking for a Champ spot) he may be willing to ride for a few weeks till they got things sorted out?

[Adamski1282]

10 hours ago, AndiCapp said:

There maybe some logic in the staggered release. All in good time id say. 

There may be logic in someone's eyes, as I noted, I'm all for building suspense, but at the moment the narrative is being led by others, rather than the club, with no input/announcements from the club.

For example; Hooky has announced he isn't returning; Comets haven't announced anything, and haven't even had the good graces to thank him publicly for last year. Same with Jye. 

Whether individual fans, like, love, or loath previous years riders, the optics and publicity from a club could be soooo much better, rather than complete radio silence.

[Neila]

Trying not to be negative to speedway and the Comets promotion, BUT at the moment clubs are following rules talked about, but until the postponed AGM in early January, nothing is totally agreed and signed off, , and could change drastically if the rubbish hits the fan with the top league 🤔 so maybe the comets have a team sorted and signed, but are waiting until after the AGM to confirm things.

[foreverblue]

2 minutes ago, Neila said:

Trying not to be negative to speedway and the Comets promotion, BUT at the moment clubs are following rules talked about, but until the postponed AGM in early January, nothing is totally agreed and signed off, , and could change drastically if the rubbish hits the fan with the top league 🤔 so maybe the comets have a team sorted and signed, but are waiting until after the AGM to confirm things.

I think it is safe to assume, teams are all sorted, we will be as you were in the Championship and we will have a highly undesirable 5 team Premiership. As usual the AGM will change nothing. 

[Comet1234]

I’m pretty sure that Workington have their team sorted or almost sorted for 2026. The fact that Jacob Hook announced he won’t be back shows exactly that.

That could mean one of two things.

1. The team is fully complete and it doesn’t include Jacob

2. The team has 2 riders still to sign, and it isn’t possible for Jacob to be one of them as his average is too high. For this to be the case, the 5th rider to have signed must be between an average of 7.68 and 8. Can only think of Drew Kemp and Craig Cook who fit that criteria.

If there was still a chance mathematically that Jacob could come back, they wouldn’t give him a definitive answer like they have done.

Interesting.

[StevePark]

1 hour ago, Comet1234 said:

I’m pretty sure that Workington have their team sorted or almost sorted for 2026. The fact that Jacob Hook announced he won’t be back shows exactly that.

That could mean one of two things.

1. The team is fully complete and it doesn’t include Jacob

2. The team has 2 riders still to sign, and it isn’t possible for Jacob to be one of them as his average is too high. For this to be the case, the 5th rider to have signed must be between an average of 7.68 and 8. Can only think of Drew Kemp and Craig Cook who fit that criteria.

If there was still a chance mathematically that Jacob could come back, they wouldn’t give him a definitive answer like they have done.

Interesting.

What about a Premiership rider on a converted average?

[Marky_Mark]

4 hours ago, Comet1234 said:

I’m pretty sure that Workington have their team sorted or almost sorted for 2026. The fact that Jacob Hook announced he won’t be back shows exactly that.

That could mean one of two things.

1. The team is fully complete and it doesn’t include Jacob

2. The team has 2 riders still to sign, and it isn’t possible for Jacob to be one of them as his average is too high. For this to be the case, the 5th rider to have signed must be between an average of 7.68 and 8. Can only think of Drew Kemp and Craig Cook who fit that criteria.

If there was still a chance mathematically that Jacob could come back, they wouldn’t give him a definitive answer like they have done.

Interesting.

With respect it doesn’t mean that at all, they may have just signed a rider on the same/similar average to Jacob that they believe is better value/has more scope for improvement? 

[YeOldPitGate]

10 hours ago, foreverblue said:

I think it is safe to assume, teams are all sorted, we will be as you were in the Championship and we will have a highly undesirable 5 team Premiership. As usual the AGM will change nothing. 

There are still rumours of a six team top league given nobody in the championship wants to commit financial suicide by moving up is there a likelyhood someone with money to burn is going to take on Northampton ?

[AndiCapp]

13 hours ago, Adamski1282 said:

There may be logic in someone's eyes, as I noted, I'm all for building suspense, but at the moment the narrative is being led by others, rather than the club, with no input/announcements from the club.

For example; Hooky has announced he isn't returning; Comets haven't announced anything, and haven't even had the good graces to thank him publicly for last year. Same with Jye. 

Whether individual fans, like, love, or loath previous years riders, the optics and publicity from a club could be soooo much better, rather than complete radio silence.

Maybe there are other reasons that certain riders arent returning which the club dont feel they are at liberty to announce. I feel the club will no matter what put together a side that will compete and time is of the essence to completing the line up. All riders are thanked for their contributions during the season and at the end of season do then all that is then certain is that once a club commits to a further season the fans support their club and decisions they make regardless of personal preference.

Edited December 20, 2025 by AndiCapp

[singy13]

34 minutes ago, AndiCapp said:

Maybe there are other reasons that certain riders arent returning which the club dont feel they are at liberty to announce. I feel the club will no matter what put together a side that will compete and time is of the essence to completing the line up. All riders are thanked for their contributions during the season and at the end of season do then all that is then certain is that once a club commits to a further season the fans support their club and decisions they make regardless of personal preference.

I'm glad you edited that to make it easier to understand 🤣

[SteelShoe]

On 12/19/2025 at 11:56 PM, szkocjasid said:

While there's a risk of signing Cook & him not starting the season, how about Workington getting Drew Kemp to agree to be back up (assuming he's not looking for a Champ spot) he may be willing to ride for a few weeks till they got things sorted out?

 Believe Drew doesn't want a Saturday track due to his commitments in Europe otherwise he would have been a good signing for the Comets. I wouldn't be surprised if he is yet to be  announced in a Championship line up though.

Edited December 21, 2025 by SteelShoe

[Normski]

23 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

 Believe Drew doesn't want a Saturday track due to his commitments in Europe otherwise he would have been a good signing for the Comets. I wouldn't be surprised if he is yet to be  announced in a Championship line up though.

Correct i spoke to Drew on what should have been the day of the AGM. He did say due to the logistics of riding abroad he would more than likely not be riding in Championship this season.

[comet49]

Hoping there’ll be a Christmas present before Thursday, ie another rider. 

[szkocjasid]

On 12/21/2025 at 8:52 AM, SteelShoe said:

Believe Drew doesn't want a Saturday track due to his commitments in Europe otherwise he would have been a good signing for the Comets.

That's why I suggested him as a short term back-up option. Otherwise I would have said he would be a good signing full time.

If he wanted to ride in the Champ only other option would be Scunthorpe, but would be tough to fit him in alongside Pickering.

Credit to him for being brave enough to leave Champ behind & try to progress as a rider, if that's his plan, but kinda feel one season too early for that.

[Neila]

2 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

That's why I suggested him as a short term back-up option. Otherwise I would have said he would be a good signing full time.

If he wanted to ride in the Champ only other option would be Scunthorpe, but would be tough to fit him in alongside Pickering.

Credit to him for being brave enough to leave Champ behind & try to progress as a rider, if that's his plan, but kinda feel one season too early for that.

Didn't drew kemp do this before, wanting to try Poland and not UK speedway, then came back to UK speedway, when the rides did not materialize in Poland ?