By John Walsh

Last updated at 12:13, Monday, 01 September 2014

Scunthorpe 53 Workiington Comets 37: Workington Comets were unable to bring home a point from yesterdays trip to Scunthorpe as they completed a hectic three days of speedway.

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A 10-point defeat at Plymouth on Friday was followed by a successful double-header at home on Saturday when they thrashed Rye House 63-31 and then beat Scunthorpe 49-41.

The management team had been looking for a minimum of six points from the weekend to maintain their play-off challenge and thats exactly what they got.

Co-promoter Steve Whitehead, who stood in as team manager at Scunthorpe for Tony Jackson who was unable to travel, was happy enough with the six points.

He said: We had to get the maximum points from both home matches which we did and it would have been nice to pick up bonus points on our travels but we didnt manage that.

However, we have moved up the table and we are still on target for a top-six place, building some momentum for the play-offs.

It was unfortunate that we were without two key riders at Scunthorpe, Josh Grajczonek and Rene Bach, because they were required to ride in a world event in Poland. Unfortunately, they got there but the meeting was rained off.

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