Last updated at 11:04, Friday, 05 September 2014

Sheffield 52 Workington Comets 40: Workington Comets slumped to a heavy defeat against the bottom side in the Premier League.

Kyle Howarth, front, battles with Sheffield's Ben Wilson

The Comets had been looking at the very least for a bonus point but they returned home with nothing, falling away after a bright start to the meeting.

After six heats the two sides were all square at 18-18 but from that point the Tigers pulled clear and a 5-1 to the Comets in the last heat was scant consolation for what had gone before.

The Comets had also lost 52-40 at Owlerton in a League Cup meeting early in the season, so to that degree they were at least consistent.

Before the last heat maximum the visitors had grabbed a 5-1 in heat five and the only other race advantage came when a second place from Josh Grajczonek as a tac ride helped them to a 5-3.

Co-promoter Steve Whitehead was acting team manager and admitted he was disappointed by the defeat.

He said: I know they are bottom of the league but they rode better than that tonight. Simon Stead is still class; Nico Covatti had his best meeting for them and all the other chipped in well.

Kyle Howarth had declared himself unfit on Tuesday after a crash on Monday but today he said he was ready to go. We sorted that and he was excellent. He desperately wanted to ride in heat 15 and he followed Josh round for a 5-1.

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Workington Comets suffer heavy defeat at Sheffield