Workington v Poole 18/07/26 6pm Championship.

[topaz325]

After a few weeks of no track action at the GT Tyres arena the Comets are in action against the highly fancied Poole Pirates team.

 

The Workington riders whilst having no team action have been busy riding for their respective Premiership sides (Batch, Tate and Drew) and also guesting for other Championship teams. Max and Vinnie have also been guesting a few times for championship teams so hopefully the guys will be race ready.

The Poole team are packed with heavy hitters including the formidable pairing of Rushen and Cairns, while the heat leaders include Lawson , Cook and Kerr!

The weather at the weekend is forecast to be  a bit cooler than of late which should be better for the racing surface.

 

** Remember it is back to the 6pm start time**

Edited 21 hours ago by topaz325

[Neila]

Pilots sneak luke Harrison at reserve for the " injured " bowes

[SteveLyric2]

1 minute ago, Neila said:

Pilots sneak luke Harrison at reserve for the " injured " bowes

Why "injured" in quotes? His season is over. Have you not seen the scans of his back?

[Neila]

 taking time to replace him, using good value guests while his rolling average is 2 points higher than this years average,  yes within the rules but !!

[Neila]

🤔

Edited 17 hours ago by Neila
Posted twice !!

[Neila]

Just been said on BSN that Richard lawson still feeling the effects of his illness, with 2 more meetings in 2 days and the hot weather, will he be available for all meetings  ??

[szkocjasid]

11 hours ago, Neila said:

Pilots sneak luke Harrison at reserve for the " injured " bowes

1) Bowes is injured not "injured"

2) Poole didn't "sneak" Luke Harrison in at reserve, they made a shrewed guest selection

3) Every guest selection will probably be stronger than Bowes because he's been in poor form all year. Poole are hardly likely to say "we'll only sign weak guests to match Bowes scoring"

4) when Jacobsen was missing, on his assessed, did Workington refuse to give Zischke a r/r outing because Jacobsen wasn't really a "5 point rider", or only use 3 point guests? Of course not, they'd plan to be the strongest the rules allowed.

5) with a strong choice of guest, I expect Poole could romp this. 

Edited 6 hours ago by szkocjasid

[SteelShoe]

15 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Why "injured" in quotes? His season is over. Have you not seen the scans of his back?

I haven't seen the scans Steve, are  these available on social media at all ?. What do the scans reveal and In what meeting did he suffer the injury ?. 

[Bagpuss]

I'm not having a go at Poole here (just to repeat I'M NOT HAVING A GO AT POOLE) or Luke for that matter, but the guest rule is bonkers, how can a rider who has been in a clubs top five (and indeed riding as a heatleader for the best part of two season) guest as a reserve? Utterly ridiculous! 

[phillwhitewasmad]

18 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I'm not having a go at Poole here (just to repeat I'M NOT HAVING A GO AT POOLE) or Luke for that matter, but the guest rule is bonkers, how can a rider who has been in a clubs top five (and indeed riding as a heatleader for the best part of two season) guest as a reserve? Utterly ridiculous! 

because of averages that way there can be no manipulation on any given day as averages are there for all to see 

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, SteelShoe said:

I haven't seen the scans Steve, are  these available on social media at all ?. What do the scans reveal and In what meeting did he suffer the injury ?. 

Check out Fraser Bowes #51 on Facebook or the Pirates website. His initial injuries included a pierced lung, and damaged ribs plus extensive bruising etc. He had treatment and attempted a comeback but couldn.t turn the bike without backpain - crashed again!

He went back to the medics, had more scans which revealed a previously undiagnosed central disc protrusion!  Recovery time 3=6 months, so his season is over!

[Bagpuss]

36 minutes ago, phillwhitewasmad said:

because of averages that way there can be no manipulation on any given day as averages are there for all to see 

I get that but its as daft as a brush isn't it? Luke Harrsion is a considerably better rider than Fraser Bowes. It's essentially a statistical anomaly. The guest system shouldn't be about employing ringers for one night only.

[SteelShoe]

36 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Check out Fraser Bowes #51 on Facebook or the Pirates website. His initial injuries included a pierced lung, and damaged ribs plus extensive bruising etc. He had treatment and attempted a comeback but couldn.t turn the bike without backpain - crashed again!

He went back to the medics, had more scans which revealed a previously undiagnosed central disc protrusion!  Recovery time 3=6 months, so his season is over!

Okay, thanks Steve. He has had a bad run commencing in the Aussie season.