Breaking news in the South West and Wales region is East Newport Cycle Speedway club are making a 2018 comeback. The management at Underwood Flyers are now in a position to put a development plan in place, which will hopefully see a return of senior action back at the polo. Flyers Secretary, Chris Wright said: “Our plans will see us […]
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Due to last minute withdrawals, the two scheduled semi final events were replaced with a single pre qualifier, to find the sixteen competitors who will contest the final at Findon, on Saturday 2nd December 2017. In the opening barrier of heats, it was Kristina Mines, Miriam Thompson, Lucy Millikin, Lauren Jacobs, in addition to Polish sensation Zaneta Siemianowska, and event favourite […]
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Following on from winning the Unsung Hero award at the Wigan Sports Awards Evening, Mike Hack went on to represent Wigan at the Gt. Manchester Sports Awards Evening. Further success followed, as Mike was delighted to win the Unsung Hero award at this event, comprising nominees from the ten boroughs in Gt. Manchester. Unfortunately, illness prevented him from attending either […]
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Great Britain Cycle Speedway’s junior team came through an intense encounter to take the test match series after the second of three rounds. A rejuvenated Australia pushed the tourists all the way, but in the end just fell short of squaring off the match scores. It was first blood to GB in heat two after the first heat was shared, […]
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Australia have won the senior test series in Murray Bridge on Sunday, after taking a second win against Great Britain in the three match series. After an opening shared heat courtesy of a Paul Heard race win for GB, Australia took the first advantage of the match in the second race, with Ty Geertsen and Braden Makepeace splitting the GB […]
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England’s juniors were crowned World Junior Team Cup champions on Saturday in an entertaining and hard fought final against Australia and Poland at Salisbury. Taking it in turns to race in pairs against each other, the 4 rider plus one reserve teams battled it out on a warm evening in North Adelaide. After England shared their opening heats against Australia […]
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Salisbury Cycle Speedway Club in Adelaide, South Australia, hosted a truly memorable World Cup final on Saturday evening. Host team, Australia, took the title in dramatic fashion on the final lap of the last race to become world team champions. England, Wales and Australia came through the qualifying on Monday evening to join 2015 champions, Poland, in the final. England […]
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Great Britain Women’s Cycle Speedway team have taken a 2-0 lead after securing two victories over their Australian rivals at Salisbury on Saturday and Murraylands on Sunday. The hectic girls schedule this weekend saw back-to-back fixtures in blistering conditions in Adelaide, with highs into the mid-thirties in rural Murraylands on Sunday. In the first test, Holly Greenhalgh sped away for […]
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Team GB’s Veterans team won the inaugural Veterans test match against Australia on another chilly evening at Le Fevre. After a scorching start to the tour, colder weather has hit Adelaide the past three days and the cold chill at “Le Freezer” was felt among spectators for the third night running. They were rewarded for putting up with the cold […]
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Australia powered to a convincing victory in the first match of the three test series against Great Britain at Findon, Adelaide, on Tuesday evening. The encounter was explosive team racing at it’s best, in front of a loud and vocal crowd to match the intense rivalry on track. It started well for Team GB, with Myke Grimes racing to victory in […]
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The curtain came down on a fantastic 2017 season at Hearsall Common this afternoon, with Coventry’s Kyle Barlow and Bury’s Adam Turnbull taking the senior and U16s Chris Allen Memorial titles respectively. Barlow jetted to an impressive 20 point maximum with a fine display of gating and passing in the annual individual competition, held in the memorial of the late […]
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With the Great Britain party due to arrive in Adelaide this coming weekend, they will no doubt be pleased to hear that the weather forecast for Saturday is 33c and on Sunday 34c.
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Poole chairman, Graham Sutton, has certainly been decorated in recent times. Following on from his prestigious Brian Cossavella award for services to event promotion at the British Cycling awards in February amid stiff high profile competition, Sutton has now been honoured at the Poole Sports Awards for outstanding services to Cycle Speedway. The Bournemouth Echo writes: “Graham Sutton was awarded […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators are holding a series of Go-Ride Racing over the winter months. The sessions are aimed at all under 16s. Sign on by 10:40 on the day for racing at 11:00. The sessions take place on the following dates: Sunday 12th November Sunday 17th December Sunday 14th January Sunday 28th January Sunday 11th February Sunday 18th March Prizes and […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club are bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores – being awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco region […]
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The Cross-over League fixture was changed to a challenge fixture on the day last Wednesday, due to both clubs not having enough riders and needing to use guests, but at least a good natured fixture still took place under floodlights. The results were tight throughout with the lead swapping in the early stages until the Monarchs took a couple of […]
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The ICSF World Championships are now only one week away and the UK and Poland touring parties are well into their final preparations ahead of their long flight down under at the end of next week. Here’s a catch up of what’s been going on in Adelaide over the past few weeks, sent in by our reporter in South Australia, […]
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On Sunday 22nd October, Newport Cycle Speedway Club hosted a new cycling discipline in the form of ‘driftway’ racing. A brand new sport created by Dave Pashley, the bikes are a bmx frame design with a drift wheel on the back. The day was a great success with 16 riders competing over a 2 lap race, which provided great racing […]
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