Workington Comets will start their 2018 SGB Championship campaign at Peterborough Panthers.

The fixtures for the new season have been revealed and Comets will kickstart their year with the Cumberland Open Championship, which was won last year by local hero Craig Cook on his return to Derwent Park.

April will see a pair of two-legged League Cup ties against Glasgow Tigers and Edinburgh Monarchs, with another against Berwick Bandits at the start of May before the league starts on May 11.

Workington will face Newcastle Diamonds in the Knockout Cup, with both legs of the tie due to be held in July.

Comets' final meeting of the regular league season is set to be at home to Edinburgh on September 1.

Team manager Tony Jackson said: "The Cumberland Open proved popular last year and it gives our new team members a chance to really get used to the track in a no-pressure meeting.

"You get a lot of riders who are looking for meetings to get under their belts and get themselves and their equipment right ahead of the season so hopefully it will be a cracking lineup.

"It's a tough start but there are no easy matches in what is a very competitive league.

"I can't see any obviously poor teams in the league this year so it's going to be quite intense.

"We've also managed to avoid all the Grand Prix meetings which we wanted to do because the fans and promotion will want to follow Craig Cook's exploits I'm sure."

Comets' full fixture list is below:

Key - LC: League Cup, KOC: Knockout Cup, SGBC: SGB Championship.

Saturday, March 31 - Cumberland Open Championship (at Workington)

Friday, April 6 - Glasgow v Workington (LC)

Saturday, April 7 - Workington v Glasgow (LC)

Friday, April 13 - Edinburgh v Workington (LC)

Saturday, April 14 - Workington v Edinburgh (LC)

Saturday, April 21 - Reserved

Sunday, April 29 - Reserved

Friday, May 4 - Workington v Berwick (LC)

Saturday, May 5 - Berwick v Workington (LC)

Friday, May 11 - Peterborough v Workington (SGBC)

Friday, May 18 - Scunthorpe v Workington (SGBC)

Saturday, May 19 - Workington v Scunthorpe (SGBC)

Thursday, May 24 - Sheffield v Workington (SGBC)

Sunday, May 27 - Reserved

Friday, June 1 - Lakeside v Workington (SGBC)

Saturday, June 2 - Reserved

Saturday, June 9 - Workington v Sheffield (SGBC)

Friday, June 15 - Glasgow v Workington (SGBC)

Sunday, June 17 - Reserved LC Semi-final

Saturday, June 23 - Workington v Glasgow (SGBC)

Friday, July 6 - Workington v Berwick (SGBC)

Saturday, July 7 - Berwick v Workington (SGBC)

Sunday, July 8 - Newcastle v Workington (KOC)

Thursday, July 12 - Ipswich v Workington (SGBC)

Friday, July 13 - Workington v Newcastle (KOC)

Saturday, July 21 - British Grand Prix (Cardiff)

Friday, July 27 - Workington v Ipswich (SGBC)

Friday, August 3 - Workington v Peterborough (SGBC)

Friday, August 10 - Workington v Newcastle (SGBC)

Sunday, August 12, - Newcastle v Workington (SGBC)

Friday, August 17 - Workington v Lakeside (SGBC)

Thursday, August 23 - Redcar v Workington (SGBC)

Sunday, August 26 - Workington v Redcar (SGBC)

Friday, August 31 - Edinburgh v Workington (SGBC)

Saturday, September 1 - Workington v Edinburgh (SGBC)

Sunday, September 9 - Reserved

Saturday, September 15 - Reserved

Sunday, September 23 - Reserved

Saturday, September 29 - Reserved