News Archive

The competing teams have been declared for the Premier League Pairs Championship being staged at Somerset on Friday, June 24 (7.30pm, parade 7.15pm).

GROUP 1
RYE HOUSE
GLASGOW (Joe Screen, James Grieves)
LEICESTER
NEWCASTLE (Mark Lemon, Stuart Robson)
WORKINGTON

GROUP 2
SOMERSET (Sam Masters, Cory Gathercole)
SHEFFIELD (Ricky Ashworth, Shane Parker)
PLYMOUTH
EDINBURGH (Kevin Wolbert, Craig Cook)
REDCAR

Further rider confirmations will follow shortly. Teams are able to pick any 2 or their top 3 CMAs as at June 1, 2011.

Comets' pairing James Wright and Rusty Harrison will represent Workington at the Premier League Pairs Championship at Somerset's Oak Tree Arena a week on Friday, the 24th June.

The Comets riders should, weather permitting, get a test run out at the venue tomorrow (Friday 17th) when the high flying Comets face Somerset Rebels in a Premier League fixture.

We wish James and rusty the best of luck in the PL Pairs.

17th June 2011

Somerset Rebels have called tonights Match off early to avoid unecessary travelling for the Comets.

The match at the Oak Tree Arean has been postponed because of a waterlogged track. A date for the re-staging will be announced in due course.

Kenny scores 16+1 as the Comets take all 4 points from Plymouth Devils. 41-49

Full report to follow.

Workington Comets 60 Rye House Rockets 34

James Wright top scored for Workington with a paid maximum as the Comets romped to a convincing 60-34 victory against Rye House as the Comets take the top slot in the League.

Full report and scorecard to follow.

With Redcar brushed to one side in Thursday's challenge meeting its now time for the serious stuff to begin -

Teams as follows, riding order not confirmed.

Workington Comets

1. James Wright
2. Richard Lawson
3. Tomas Topinka
4. Rusty Harrison
5. Peter Kildemand
6. Gary Irving
7. Charles Wright

Scunthorpe Scorpions

1. David Howe
2. Thomas Jorgensen
3. Tero Aarnio R/R
4. Carl Wilkinson
5. Ben Wilson
6. Steve Worrall
7. Viktor Bergstrom

After last night’s wash out the Comets and the Bandits will try again but with returnees Charlie Gjedde and Peter Kildemand who both qualified in yesterday’s Danish quarter-final in Glumsø with 14 (1^st place) and 13(3^rd place) points respectively.

Tamas Sike is due to be replaced by Adam Roynon who will undoubtedly add strength to the Bandits bottom end.

Workington Comets suffered further injury blows in their narrow loss to Edinburgh last night. Tomas had a bizarre parade lap crash and the Comets captain will unfortunately miss out on tonights visit of the Rebels. Rider replacement will operate for Tomas.

Peter Kildemand who was riding in Denmark also sustained an injury and will not take part in tonight's match either. Redcar's Matej Kus has been booked as a guest to replace Peter. No further details of Peter's injury are available at the moment.

The weather forecast for Saturday 21st May is for prolonged rain in the afternoon and into the evening.The match against Ipswich Witches has therefore been called off early to avoid any unecessary travelling.  

The Comets next home match is against the Redcar Bears on Saturday 16th April.

Having already met and beaten the Bears in a Challenge Match this season at Redcar the Comets confidence will be high.

Redcar will be missing their new signing Matej Kus who is away in World Cup action so Rider Replacement will be in operation.

The meeting will also play host to the American Touring team who will be bringing nine American riders together with 3 local lads including Gary Irving who will ride at number 1.

Redcar Bears v Workington Comets KOC 1^st Leg - 12.5.11

Workington Comets v Redcar Bears KOC 2^nd Leg- 14.5.11

Interests turn to the KOC as the Comets take on the Redcar Bears, with an early season win at South Tees the Comets will be going into the 1^st leg with high hopes.

Redcar Bears v Workington Comets KOC 1^st Leg - 12.5.11

Workington Comets v Redcar Bears KOC 2^nd Leg- 14.5.11

Interests turn to the KOC as the Comets take on the Redcar Bears, with an early season win at South Tees the Comets will be going into the 1^st leg with high hopes.

Redcar Bears

1.       Jason Lyons

Workington Comets won the top of the table clash against Somerset tonight at Derwent Park 53-41.

The Comets lost James Wright early on follwing a heavy fall in the first heat when Travis McGowan fell in front of him. James managed to take two rides before being withdrawn from the meeting. We wish James all the best for a speedy recovery.

Matej Kus promised much before the match  but was disappointing on the night, managing only one heat win.

Clash of the big guns!

The Comets travel to Foxhall to face title favourite’s Ipswich, however the Witches have already been rocked at the hands of the Somerset Rebels who have beaten them both home and away!

We’ve had a very promising start to the season with two very solid home wins so the lads will be keen to give the premier league new boys a run for their money.

Newport Wasps 43 - Workington Comets 50

Workington Comets 57- Newport Wasps 38

The Comets did the double over Newport on Friday & Saturday nights in both away & home meetings.

This moved the Comets up to second in the Premier League.

Full match reports to follow.

Workington Comets announced at the match against Berwick on Easter Monday that talented American Kenny Ingalls will return to the Comets starting line up following further surgery to remove the screws from the plate in his right leg.

Kenny will be named in the line up for the match at Newport on Friday 29^th April.

"We look forward to him carrying on and improving from where he left off last season" said promoter Keith Denham.

Tonight's match against Edinburgh has been called off because of the threat of heavy rain which is forecast to fall from 6pm onwards.

Keith Denham has confirmed that Kenny Ingalls will not start the season for the Comets."Kenny's appointment with the medical people was brought forward to this week in an attempt to get to the root of the issue with the pain he suffers when riding in certain situations" Keith explained. "The upshot is that the rod that was inserted into Kenny's leg following the accident at Berwick needs to be removed and Kenny is scheduled to have an operation on April 6th to have the rod removed and will undergo intensive therapy thereafter.

Saturday 26th March saw the 2011 Comets taking to the track on a glorious sunny day at Derwent Park.Sadly the day was overshadowed by Kenny Ingalls' being sidelined due to his leg still not being wholly recovered from his horror crash at Berwick last season.The remaining Comets took to the track with new silencers and the general impression was that there is some reduction in noise but overall the fans experience will not be diminished and the Comets look well prepared for the forthcoming season.

The Americans are coming to Workington to feature in a double header on April 16th.

The 'Travel Plus Tours' American Touring Team is once more back on UK shores for another short but intense tour of the UK. The popular traveling team, formerly known as the Dream Team, is gearing up to once more showcase young talent and long time veterans up and down the country.

A busy Weekend Ahead For Workington Comets and their fans.

Kenny Ingalls makes his 2011 debut for the Comets making his comeback from a leg injury, meanwhile Alex Davies also returns to join his Newport team mates after fracturing a vertebrae.

The Comets make the long trip to Wales on Friday night and 24 hours later the Wasps do the reverse and travel to Workington for the return Fixture.

Glasgow Tigers have announced that the Comets fixture due to take place on Sunday April 10th has been postponed due to issues arising from the recent track improvement works. The full statement can be found here

Redcar Bears 42 - Workington Comets 48

Workington Comets started the 2011 season with a strong showing at highly rated Redcar on Thursday night in a Challenge Match.

James Wright top scored for the Comets with 13 points but it could have been more had he not had bike problems in Heat 13. He explained "an exhaust bracket broke and dropped down, effectively acting as an anchor as it dug into the track".

Workington Comets 59 Leicester Tigers 31

A late decision was taken to run the match following a prolonged downpour, however credit must go to both teams for completing the meeting.

The Comets adapted to the conditions better than the Lions and after an even start they pulled away to take all three points on offer to cement their position at the top of the Premier League.

Full match report and scorecard to follow.

After Thursday night’s defeat at Ipswich the boys will be keen to make amends against Scunthorpe Scorpions, who on the opening night at Derwent Park  were well beaten by the Comets by 22 points.

Here’s hoping the boys can do the double on them this Friday!

Scunthorpe will be using Sheffield’s Hugh Skidmore as a guest for the injured Tero Aarnio and the rider replacement facility for Carl Wilkinson. Newcastle’s Richie Worrall will also replace his brother Steve, who is away on Under 21 duty.

Workington Comets 57 Berwick Bandits 36

Workington Comets continued their dominant home form with an emphatic demolition of Berwick Bandits.

The meeting also signalled the last match for popular local rider Gary Irving, who has been standing in for the injured Kenny Ingalls, as it was announced to the Comets fans at Derwent Park  that Kenny will be back in the saddle with effect from next week at Newport.

Full report to follow.

Edinburgh Monarchs v Workington Comets - Friday 3rd June - Tapes Up:7.30pm

Workington Comets face two tough challenges this weekend as first they visit Armadale, home of Edinburgh Monarchs on Friday and then are at home to high flying Somerset Rebels on Saturday night.

Friday will see the Comet’s without Peter Kildemand, who was the star performer in the narrow defeat to  Rye House on Bank Holiday Monday. Rider replacement will be in operation for Peter, with Rusty, Rich and the two Reserves, Charles & Kenny being eligible to take the rides.