Charles Wright, the former Workington Comets rider, will now have to sit out two major end-of-season meetings for his two League clubs.
He suffered a concussion in a fall at Belle Vue on Monday riding for the Aces in the Premiership Grand Final first leg against Sheffield Tigers.
It will mean missing the second leg at Sheffield’s Owlerton track on Thursday night, but he has also been ruled out of Redcar’s Championship Knockout Cup final second leg at Poole tonight.
The Bears have it all to do after losing the home leg 48-41 and Poole are on an 11-match unbeaten home run with their last three results on their own circuit all being 60-30 wins.
Poole declare a full-strength side despite Danny King, Steve Worrall and Drew Kemp all suffering falls in the first leg, but Redcar are without skipper Wright so Kye Thomson steps-in to guest.
Charles Wright’s brother James, who was nicknamed The Whippet during a successful spell as a Workington rider, picked up good points guesting for Plymouth last night in their final Championship meeting of the season.
Wright chipped in with 11 plus one bonus while another guest Richie Worrall scored a six-ride paid maximum for the Gladiators (17+1) in the 54-36 win over Glasgow at the .
Meanwhile some prominent ex-Comets – headed by new Grand Prix star Dan Bewley – will be appearing at Edinburgh in Saturday’s Scottish Open which is set to bring the curtain down on racing at Armadale Stadium.
Ex-Comet Craig Cook, who took the title in 2013 is in the line-up along with the 2015 winner, home skipper Sam Masters and the current holder of the title Richie Worrall.
Home favourite Josh Pickering and top heat-leaders Chris Harris and Richard Lawson (who started his career at Workington) are also included – along with Aaron Summers, who started his UK career with the club in 2007 and is set to retire at the end of the season.
The Monarchs have planned a 22-heat schedule starting at 6.30pm and a spectacular firework display at the conclusion of racing.
