Workington Comets reserve Matt Williamson had mixed emotions after Saturday’s entertaining Championship scrap against Redcar ended in a draw.

Williamson continued to be one of Comets’ best performers with nine points from six rides, including two wins, but his team’s failure to beat the Bears was a source of frustration.

He also ended the night with a heavy crash in his last ride, destroying his bike and leaving him feeling rather down the day after.

Trying to sweep around the outside of Jonas B Andersen, he instead found the fence but was fortunately quickly on his feet.

“I’m so happy with the way this season’s going for me personally,” he said.

“I just keep building and it’s good to show it’s not just a flash in the pan.

“But I’ve wrecked another bike and my helmet’s split so it’s frustrating because all my money’s going into repairing my gear.”

Comets were slow off the mark on Saturday but turned the meeting around and looked likely to sneak the win until a late rally from the Bears earned a draw and cost Workington two points.

Williamson acknowledged Comets are struggling to find consistency at the moment but believes it will come and they will prove they are a force to be reckoned with in the league.

He said: “We just all need to get firing on the same night.

“When we do I think the wins will come a bit easier.

“We did know it was going to be a tough meeting because their top three are very good, especially at Workington.

“We are doing well but I think the league on a whole is really strong this year.

“All of us put in a mega showing at Glasgow and to be fair we did on Saturday night but it’s so competitive this season.”

Williamson admitted he has had mixed success at Armadale ahead of Comets’ trip to Edinburgh tonight but 14 points for Buxton in the National League on Sunday suggests his knock the night before hasn’t affected his form.

Manager Tony Jackson echoed his rider’s frustration and said they must find consistency quickly after dropping points.

Jackson had warned before Saturday’s meeting that the Bears’ formidable top trio could cause them problems and so they did.

Double figures from Jason Garrity and Charles Wright and a paid nine from Ben Barker helping the visitors to pick the pockets of an inconsistent Comets team.

“We’re very disappointed,” Jackson said.

“We always knew this one would be tough because they’ve got a solid top four and a couple of our guys aren’t firing on all cylinders yet.

“We had a couple of bits of bad luck with Matt crashing in heat 14 and Mason Campton coming down.

“We need to find some consistency before it gets any worse; a couple of guys will have good races and then follow them up with a bad one.

“We need to try to get this sorted quickly because Redcar are a solid team but we’ll come up against stronger sides this season.

“We felt we’d come back and having done that we’re disappointed not to win.

“I’d take a draw over a defeat but after the good work we did last weekend it feels like this has undone it a bit.”

Jackson felt Mason Campton deserved more points than he got and said Ty Proctor was beating himself up after his last place in the final heat limited Workington to a draw, but he added that Comets are not far off.

“Again it’s a case where a couple of points would have made it so much different,” he said.

“On the plus side, it was a terrific speedway match which was great for the supporters but frustrating for the promotion.”

Meanwhile, it was confirmed in the meeting’s programme notes that skipper Craig Cook will be absent for Comets’ trip to his old haunt Edinburgh tonight.

Cook won the Premier League twice with the Monarchs and his expertise would have proved invaluable.

But Workington have drafted in another former Edinburgh rider, Steve Worrall, as a guest to try to plug that gap.