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Workington v Scunthorpe 18/04/26 3 pm. BSN Series.


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28 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

Young Ryan Ingram is progressing very quickly, well done the Scorps for spotting his potential and signing him early. 

Did he get a pre-loved gown for winning rider of the night? 😂

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6 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

Live by the sward die by the sward 😉😃

Nicely done 👍🏻

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6 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

A minor gripe but yet another track who doesn’t mow their centre green before being live on the TV/stream. Such an easy way to make the place look much neater and tidier.

Armchair fan not realising that it's been extremely wet in west Cumbria, can't cut grass when under several inches of water 

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24 minutes ago, Neila said:

Armchair fan not realising that it's been extremely wet in west Cumbria, can't cut grass when under several inches of water 

you seem to be getting a bit twitch y Neila 😉😂

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59 minutes ago, Neila said:

Armchair fan not realising that it's been extremely wet in west Cumbria, can't cut grass when under several inches of water 

Yes sir we've already established that and I've taken back what I said when it was pointed out, do keep up.

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44 minutes ago, SteelShoe said:

you seem to be getting a bit twitch y Neila 😉😂

They probably don't know how grass grows as they only see a concrete centre in kings Lynn 😄. Anyway Steve what happened to you 60-30 prediction 😜

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7 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

Batch showing his class by stealing a point off rushen on the last bend    What a great captain 

Except the ref's official score card gave the point to Rushen.

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7 hours ago, Neila said:

They probably don't know how grass grows as they only see a concrete centre in kings Lynn 😄. Anyway Steve what happened to you 60-30 prediction 😜

I'm a gardener you lemon 😂

FWIW if there was still grass in the middle at Lynn I don't imagine that would get cut every week either! 

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9 hours ago, Neila said:

They probably don't know how grass grows as they only see a concrete centre in kings Lynn 😄. Anyway Steve what happened to you 60-30 prediction 😜

thrown the glass ball away and sacked gypsy rose lee . You can't be right all of the time and some of us are rarely right at all, I'm in the second category 🤣.

Looks like my instincts were bob on regarding Reid Battye after watching the Aussie Champs series though. This ex road racer just had the build, style and racing instinct to make an impact and he certainly did that last night. Could be a tough weekend next week for the mighty Comets.

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11 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

Batch showing his class by stealing a point off rushen on the last bend    What a great captain 

After the meeting batch spent alot of time with jamie ,jonas was helping tate aswell these are the things most fans dont see,am sure young cooper wont be too bothered at the loss of a point.

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15 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

There were some excellent races but also a lot of strung out heats, feel that the venue would benefit massively from floodlights so the track guys aren't battling with the wind AND the sun. The shape is amazing and I don't think the circuit has fulfilled its potential yet.

Floodlights were intended to be in before the season started with a 6pm start, the electricity board haven’t installed them yet though.

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Entertaining meeting on a beautifully prepared track. The track changed constantly as the dirt moved out and the moisture evaporated quickly. It is a constant battle to retain enough moisture on such a wide track in full sun and breeze.

The two Comet 5-1's in heats 12 and 14 both involving Cooper Rushen who fully demonstrated his superb bike skills and advanced racing brain for someone only 16 sealed the meeting for the Comets after it was all square at the interval with a few  home fans getting a bit uneasy. The job was completed in heat 15 with classy win by Comets No1 Jonas Jeppesen from the impressive Josh Pickering with Cookie 3rd.  Young Niklas started really well but appeared to suffer bike problems in his 3rd ride which probably curtailed his scoring. It was great to see Tate win heat 14 this can only be good for his confidence. The skipper started really well but at the sharp end of the meeting was on the wrong end of Scunny heat advantages in heats 11 and 13. 

The Scorps battled away with every rider chipping in at times. Stand outs were Picko and young Ryan Ingram at no7 whose progress is impressive.

Good to see Captain Comet make a return, big well done to whoever it is 😉🤣

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Apparently niklas was on a borrowed bike for his last ride . Regarding the point for batch/Cooper the ref asked for a video replay and awarded coops the point, myself and many others thought batch had won easily, maybe batch shut off at the last minute to let coops get the point 🤔

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22 minutes ago, Neila said:

Apparently niklas was on a borrowed bike for his last ride . Regarding the point for batch/Cooper the ref asked for a video replay and awarded coops the point, myself and many others thought batch had won easily, maybe batch shut off at the last minute to let coops get the point 🤔

He came out on Jamie Etherington’s bike yeah, which is a shame as he probably had a decent chance of doing something in that race

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32 minutes ago, Neila said:

Apparently niklas was on a borrowed bike for his last ride . Regarding the point for batch/Cooper the ref asked for a video replay and awarded coops the point, myself and many others thought batch had won easily, maybe batch shut off at the last minute to let coops get the point 🤔

Sorry the refs video call was for HT 6 with Jonas and Lambert 

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Walked the track before the meeting yesterday and it has a new mix of Grano dirt in it, which hasn’t been used before.

Used to absorb the moisture in the track and avoid future rain offs.

Could see it working yesterday by how dry the track was in the end.

The imminent move away from afternoon racing will help massively by keeping the sun off it, as the track gets no shade.

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