Rain, rain go away - I want to watch the Comets

THE weather gods certainly haven’t been kind to the Workington Comets this season and I’m flippin’ sick of it.

THE weather gods certainly haven’t been kind to the Workington Comets this season and I’m flippin’ sick of it.

Of course we all know speedway is partly governed by the weather and there is nothing you can do to change it but it is still frustrating when your Saturday night plans are ruined when matches are called off.

Last year there were hardly any rain-offs but our summer seems to have come and gone in April and rain always seems to be forecast for Friday and Saturday.

It just shows what pathetic weather we have in the UK although it means we could be in for a bumper load of fixtures in the next month or so.

As Tony Jackson has said to me he is spending half his life rearranging fixtures at the moment.

The fixtures will get completed one way or another but let us just hope that Workington are top of the pile come September.

WITH almost a third of the season gone we should assess the runners and riders at the top of the Premier League.

I will use a bit more of a scientific approach than The Apprentice did on Wednesday night, who just went with the most popular candidate, to see which teams will be up there come the end of the season.

We are all hopeful that Workington will be up there and with a few more away victories coupled with their home form – where they look unbeatable at the minute – should serve them well.

Glasgow, who I expected to be up there before the season started, look strong and seem to be covering well for their horrendous run of injuries they have had recently. They could be the team to watch.

Sheffield as always are up there but I feel Ipswich and Somerset are flattering to deceive at the minute.

Everybody will agree Ipswich are dominant around their Foxhall Heath home track but look weak away which could be their downfall.

And Somerset who were the early pacesetters have had the stuffing knocked out of them in the last couple of weeks with injuries to Travis McGowan and the move up from reserve of Dakota North and then his subsequent injury.

A home defeat by Sheffield and then a defeat by effectively a Comets four man has dropped them to fifth.

ALL roads lead to Cardiff this weekend for the British Grand Prix.

If we get anything like last year’s event, which saw passing galore as well as a few scuffles between team-mates, we are in for a cracker.

Eyes will be on Tomasz Gollob to see if he can erase his Cardiff hoodoo while Chris Holder will hoping to repeat last year’s success.

But no doubt Greg Hancock and Nicki Pedersen will have something to say about that and don’t expect Chris Harris to sit down and roll over considering it is his home Grand Prix.