The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club finished runners up in the second round of the Spring Cup in East Park on Sunday, this follows up an opening round second place last week. Again, it was the Wednesfield club who took victory, however this time they completely dominated the meeting, taking 7 maximum heat advantages to total 75 of a possible 84. Birmingham […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators kicked off their 2017 season at the memorial Playing Field with an entertaining inter-regional challenge against Horspath. The visitors called up their former Elite League rider Lewis Osborne, now with Great Blakenham, to make up their side and the former British No.2 was unbeaten. Also in the side was 2015 British Champion Zac Payne, so it promised to […]
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The entry for one of Cycle Speedway’s newest and exciting competitions is now open via the British Cycling website. The HSBC Elite GP series takes place over four rounds for Elite Men and Elite Junior categories, however entry is open to absolutely anybody, of any nationality, wishing to test themselves. Prize money is up for grabs in each round, with the overall winner being […]
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Jamie Yates is after a Cycle Speedway bike for a 7 year old. See below for his ad: Hi 33/18, I’m looking for a small speedway bike for a 7 year old. Anybody looking to sell can contact me on: 07969449830 Cheers Jamie
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Astley and Tyldesley are holding a North & Scotland squad training session on Saturday 18th March. It signals the start of preparations for the new Supertrax series, which encompasses the Battle of Britain for seniors and juniors and Women’s League for women, with the first round commencing at the end of April. This year the North and East Women’s teams are joining […]
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Craig Hardie of hardie-bikes.com is looking for some Cycle Speedway equipment. See below for his ad: Hi 33/18 News I’m looking for a small or intermediate alloy frame/forks or whole bike depending on what is available. Craig Hardie — t. +44 (0)1383 889088 e.info@hardie-bikes.com w.www.hardie-bikes.com twitter.http://twitter.com/HardieBikes fb.https://www.facebook.com/HardieBikes
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club finished runners up in the opening round of the Spring Cup in Wednesfield last Sunday, with the home club taking the win on the day. Both clubs dominated the opening round with the lead changing hands several times before the Aces held on to a narrow victory. The Monarchs will point to an exclusion […]
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Josh Brooke has been in contact with a Canadian company, “North Shore Billet”, and has got the go ahead to put in an order of 33 tooth direct mount chainrings. Anyone who is already on a Direct Mount set up will know that a 33 tooth direct mount chainring is impossible to come by in today’s market. Based in Whistler, […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway had mixed fortunes in their first home encounter of the season, with the first team losing out in a challenge match to Manchester side Astley & Tyldesley, while the second team took victory against local neighbours Birmingham. Astley fielded a strong team led by the former European champion, Damian Zareba, with solid back up form Reece Pollitt […]
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Josh Brooke was in fine form on his way to the 2017 Dash Trophies GP title, delivering a faultless performance on 19 points. Brooke, racing for Great Blakenham this season, was looking sharp all round, backing up his impressive performance in the European final at Poole in 2016, where he finished fourth after a run off for silver. Lukas Nowacki […]
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Sunday, 12th March, saw seventeen Bury riders arriving at Goshen for the first full club practice of the new season. The weather was kind, for a change, and by 12:00 the gates were up, the PA system was installed and working and we were ready for the start (with John Burston having already pencilled in both the teams). The Northern […]
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As the dawn breaks on a new Cycle Speedway season, there is reason for optimism as the sport begins it’s journey down a new path, which should sow the seeds for growth across the sport in the UK. The new Supertrax series, which encompasses the Battle of Britain, the successfully established Women’s League and HSBC Elite GP, offers a fresh […]
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Chris Timms has assumed a role of “rider representative” for the Midland League. Here’s his letter to 33/18 News. Following the changes that were made last year that I believe were out of my and many other rider’s hands, I decided to try and do something about it. I came up with a rider representative role and put it forward […]
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The draws have been announced for the 2017 Dash Trophies GP, which takes place at Ashmore Park, Wednesfield on Saturday 11 March 2017. The event sees two semi finals at 1pm and 3pm, with the grand final at 5pm. Here’s the line up: Semi Final 1 – 1pm Myke Grimes Adam Watson Ashley Hill Lukas Nowacki Ben Higham Neil Hollebon […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway Club travelled to the Newport Sports Village on a very cold, wet and windy afternoon on Sunday, for their first pre-season friendly against Newport, and came away with a moral boosting win by 88-92. The home side rested first team regulars, Adam Bennett, Chris Davies and Dale Clark, while Mark Carmichael was unavailable, but Birmingham’s Mark Winwood took […]
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Wednesfield Aces kicked off their pre-season with a win over Swindon Robins at the Oasis Leisure Centre, securing victory by 84-96. Topping the score chart was Aces legend, Lee Aris, with a maximum and was backed up strongly by team partner Brandon Whetton with 18pts. If it wasn’t for a fall in his second race, then Paul Heard would of scored maximum […]
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We will be announcing the draw for the Dash Trophies GP semi-finals this evening, which takes place at Ashmore Park, Wendesfield, on Saturday 11th March. Stay tuned to 33/18 News for updates. Photo by Andy Whitehouse.
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club are getting prepared for a busy 2017 season, which kicks off this weekend with the ‘Spring Cup’ competition. This is a 4 round series with the 1st round this Sunday at the Wednesfield track in Ashmore Park, culminating with the 4th and final round at the Birmingham track on Sunday 9th April. The competition […]
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