Editing Workington (section)

===Speedway===
{{Main|Workington Comets}}
[[Workington Comets]] are the town's professional [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workington Speedway |url=http://www.workingtoncomets.co/ |website=Workington Comets}}</ref> which competes in the British Speedway Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Speedway's Premier League |url=http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/plteams.html |website=British Speedway}}</ref>

Before [[World War II]] racing was staged at Lonsdale Park, next to Borough Park, on the banks of the [[River Derwent, Cumbria|River Derwent]]. The sport did not return to the town until 1970. In 1987, Derwent Park was a temporary home to the [[Glasgow Tigers (speedway)|Glasgow Tigers]], which briefly became the Workington Tigers before withdrawing from the league. Speedway returned to Workington,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=V. |date=16 March 2007 |title=Comets Roaring to Go |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/comets-are-roaring-to-go-1.167558 |newspaper=[[News and Star]]}}</ref> and the team has operated with varying degrees of success, but in 2008 it won the Young Shield<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2008 |title=Workington Comets Beat Berwick to Win Speedway's Young Shield |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/match_reports/workington_comets_beat_berwick_to_win_speedway_s_young_shield |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917095006/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/match_reports/workington_comets_beat_berwick_to_win_speedway_s_young_shield |archive-date=17 September 2009 |newspaper=[[News and Star]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the Premier League Four-Team and Pairs Championships. An academy team under the banner of Northside Stars, develops young riders who show potential at the Northside training track and may make future first teams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=John |date=2 March 2008 |title=Comets Academy Rides Again |url=http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/comets_academy_rides_again_1_79136 |newspaper=[[News and Star]]}}</ref>