With round one of the Battle of Britain taking place this weekend, we’ve caught up with 2017 HSBC UK Elite GP champion, Josh Brooke, of the South East and Eastern team, ahead of their crunch match with last year’s elite men’s runners up, the Midlands. The South East and East and the Midlands traded away victories in two intense matches […]
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The elite Cycle Speedway team racing calendar gets underway this weekend, with round one of the Battle of Britain series commencing on Sunday. Ipswich’s Whitton Raceway and Poole’s Harbourside Park are the venues, for what should be 4 excellent matches. The South East & East team won the elite men’s series on points difference in 2017 over close rivals the […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club officially opened their new covered pits area on the weekend. The track, located at the Olympic Village next to the velodrome in Newport, is one of the top facilities in the country. Councillor Allan Morris was in attendance and cut the ribbon before the match between Newport, Poole and Horspath in the SWW Spring Cup, with […]
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Coventry XL Motors Sabres Cycle Speedway fought all the way against their local rivals Birmingham Monarchs in their first Midland League home match of the season on Sunday, but ultimately succumbed to the strength of their neighbours. Despite the weather bringing many challenges over the winter, the track was in supreme condition and provided some excellent racing by both sides, […]
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The draws are in for the opening Saturday of the British Club Championships to be run at Kesgrave on Saturday 12th May. There is a disappointing amount of entries, with all three classes being a straight final and currently a blank space in the U12s. The introduction of the lower age bracket may have had an impact for the lack […]
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The opening round of the HSBC UK Elite GP comes to the North and Sheffield’s super fast Cookson raceway on Saturday. Josh Brooke, elite men’s winner from 2017, heads the entries – which is likely to include qualifiers for some of the riders. British champion and Cookson track record holder Myke Grimes will be the major challenger, along with 2011 […]
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Coventry XL Motors Sabres took 24 riders to contest three divisions of Midland League racing at East Park, Wolverhampton yesterday afternoon. The first team registered their biggest win to date against the hard working Wolves, with Jake White starring for the home side. The Sabres took a 63-117 victory with new signing Jim Bailey and skipper Myke Grimes racing unbeaten […]
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Entries for the opening round of the HSBC UK Elite GP close this evening (Sunday 8 April). Day entry is permitted at the event, taking place at the fast Cookson Park circuit, but will cost an extra £5. In the Elite Men’s class there are some riders making their debuts, most notably Poole’s Polish international, Dawid Bas. A qualifier is […]
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On Saturday 21st April 2018, a Cycle Speedway “Discipline Specific” Coaching course will be taking place at East Park, Wolverhampton. The course is open to all level 2 qualified coaches. To make sure of your place please enrol through British Cycling. Also taking place, on the same day at the same venue, will be a Continued Personal Development course designed to […]
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Here are the results we’ve had in from yesterday’s racing. South East and East League Division One Great Blakenham 92 – 86 Ipswich Norwich 80 – 99 Kesgrave Division Two East London 84 – 75 Hellingly Great Blakenham 70 – 90 Ipswich Norwich 60 – 120 Kesgrave Youth Great Blakenham 39 – 74 Ipswich Norwich 51 – 109 Kesgrave Ross […]
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The sun finally shone and the season got underway in the Midlands with Leicester holding the Spring Championships. Nearly 70 riders contested the 6 categories. In the U9s, Liam Wells took the win ahead of a very determined Jude Wilcockson and Dominic Price. Newcomer Yoanna Gilpin was very impressive in taking fourth place. In the U12s Kyle Wells, Connor Steel […]
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After last week’s cancellation of the Cycle Speedway calendar due to the snow, it was all systems go for the Lions this weekend, with a short trip to East London for their first league encounter of the season. The match was to be only at Div 2 level, as the Londoner’s had elected not to contest Div 1 this season. […]
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Entries for the first round of the 2018 HSBC UK Elite GP Series at Sheffield on Saturday 14 April 2018 are now open. Some tweaks have been made to the elite junior format, with a lower entry fee (£3 in advance, £5 on the day) and prize money scrapped, while the elite men competition remains the same as 2017, except […]
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Entries for the first day of British Club Championships at Kesgrave on 12 May 2018, close on 12 April. The Club Championships have featured on Whitsun weekend for the past two seasons, but this year it has been scrapped in favour of three Saturday’s spread out over the year. Before the weekend merger, the championships were ran individually on Saturdays throughout […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club are still waiting to kick off their 2018 season, after the two opening fixtures were postponed due to the adverse weather conditions, which left all tracks virtually unrideable. Last Sunday’s clash at Coventry going the same way as the previous trip to Leicester. Whilst on track training has been limited this season so far, members […]
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Ireland’s riders saw plenty of action Internationally in 2017, both at team and individual levels. The action started with the Home Internationals at Bury where Ireland fielded teams in all 3 events. The Veterans opened the proceedings and was notable for the return to the track after an 18 month absence of Ireland co-manager Steve Copping due to Phil Widdas […]
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The Exeter Floodlight switch-on event, scheduled for this Saturday evening, has been cancelled. This is due to the track being deemed unlikely to recover from recent weather conditions.
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The draw has been made for the Frank Knight memorial meeting for Saturday 24th March at Cookson Park track, the meeting starts at 1pm (and will be preceded by the 1st round of the Go Ride racing, which starts at 11). The field includes seven British individual champions, one current and six former. FULL DRAW is 1. Sam Haines (Sheffield) 2. […]
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