33/18 News

Following the sad news of the death of Mick Harley on 4th May, 33/18 News has learned that Brian Herd, father of 1993 World Champion Tony Herd, has passed away. […]

On Tuesday Salisbury Cycle Speedway Club announced that Brian Herd would be presented with a plaque on behalf of the club to show their appreciation to Brian for his services […]

Steve Copping has added to the tributes to Mick Harley, who died last week: The heavenly cycle speedway track gained one of the pioneers of International Cycle Speedway racing on […]

Pete Barnes has written in with his own tribute to Mick Harley, who died last week: Photos below taken by Mick Priest and supplied by Tammy Clarke

On 4 May 2020, Findon Skid Kids founder, Mick Harley, passed away peacefully in his sleep, aged 77, following a 2 year battle with cancer. Although everyone was aware of […]

Steve Copping is currently working to try and bring the Results Archive section of the website up to date but there are several gaps which Steve would like to fill. […]

Words by Rod Witham The word ‘legend’ is liberally over-used these days but surely there can be no better word to describe two of the all-time greats of our sport, […]

For those interested in nostalgia and cycle speedway history, the National Cycle Archive at Warwick University holds what is probably the World’s biggest collection of cycle speedway magazines, press cuttings, […]

Long serving Poole club chairman, Graham Sutton, has been awarded the Wilkinson Sword, for his outstanding contribution to the sport, at all levels, for the past half century. Graham is […]

One of Cycle Speedway’s top referees, Bob Prince, has won the Referee of the Year award for 2019. Bob is pictured above with the award having won it in 2014 […]

Newport cycle speedway riders Mark Carmichael and Chris Davies have been awarded long service lifetime memberships for their services to the club for 20 years each. Mark and Chris have […]

By Steve Hodgkinson, Birmingham CSC Press Officer Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club are likely to lose a 12K Grant because council officials aren’t helping the club, despite asking for a […]

Tarn Fynn has been in touch to reassure everyone that British Cycling are working on alternative calendars for the 2020 season, to bring the cycling community back together stronger than […]

Jeremi Jan Juruś has sent in this article about a variation of cycle speedway which operated in Latvia between 2005 and 2012: Latvia http://sgpvelospeedway.ucoz.lv/ “Cycle speedway fell, but its glory […]

Due to the new Government Guidlines on social gatherings and news of British Cycling suspending all their sanctioned activities, including cycle speedway, until June 30th the next 2 Great Britain […]

British Cycling has extended their suspension on all their sanctioned cycling activities, including cycle speedway, until June 30th. Further details are included in the statement below. Given the ongoing uncertainty […]

Due to the new Government Guidlines on social gatherings the next Academy Day at Leicester, scheduled for Saturday March 28th, has had to be cancelled. In a statement posted in […]

Peter Sadler from Newport has a Mielec bike for sale, £400. also various tyres, 26×1.3/8 and 26 inch metric. Peter’s email address is Firstnamepetersadler@gmail.com or he can be contacted by […]

British Cycling has suspended all their sanctioned cycling activities, including cycle speedway, initially until April 30. Further details are included in the statement below. Based on the Government’s latest advice […]

The Celtic Cup, which was due to have been staged for the first time since 2015 at Newport on Sunday, has had to be cancelled due to concerns over the […]