MATCH REPORT: Coventry go down fighting

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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2018 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS: Kesgrave To Host U10 CS Little League Club Championship

Following on from the inaugural event at Newport last year, there will be an U10 CS Little League Club Championship at Kesgrave on 12 May 2018 during the British Club Championship meeting. Six U10 teams contested a highly competitive championship at Newport in 2017 with Poole victorious. There was a run-off for second place with Coventry taking second ahead of […]

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MATCH REPORT: Brooke and Bacon continue strong Elite GP form in round one

Pierce Bacon (Ipswich) and Josh Brooke (Great Blakenham) took the honours at a sunny Cookson Park for the opening round of the HSBC UK Elite Grand Prix series, both riders heralding from the East and South East region,starting off how they finished the 2017 series, as winners. The junior event got the proceedings going, with a competitive field of 12 […]

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CLUB NEWS: Monarchs season is finally underway with victory

Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club finally got their season underway with a league win in Coventry on Sunday. The Sabres had already ridden one league match which balanced up the teams prior to start time. The first 5 heats were drawn and the racing super fast on an excellently prepared track. Heats 6 and 7 changed all that, with two maximums from […]

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MATCH REPORT: A&T maintain unbeaten start

Northern League Champions, Astley & Tyldesley, raced to another treble of victories in Sunday’s Northern League fixture at Bury. A&T recorded a convincing 102-75 win in the Division 1 match. The scores were level after heat 2, before A&T banged in five heat wins in the next six races, to hold a commanding 47-32 lead at the interval. The visitors […]

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CLUB NEWS: Hawks record first win of the season

Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators secured their first win of the season when the B team travelled to Canning Town Rec and defeated East London, who dropped down a Division this season. Owen Wells, fresh from a promising debut in the British Elite Junior Grand Prix at Sheffield where he finished ninth with 13 points, had another good day in London. He […]

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TODAY’S RESULTS: Results from Sunday’s racing

Here are the results we have received so far from the fixtures for Sunday 15th April: Midland League Division One Coventry 82 – 96 Birmingham Division Two Coventry 79 – 71 Birmingham Division Three Coventry 51- 69 Birmingham Gold Cup Wednesfield – East Park North and Scotland League Division One Bury 75-102 Astley & Tyldesley Hull 111 – 67 Sheffield […]

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MATCH REPORT: Wednesfield finally get their league campaign underway

Wednesfield’s first Midland League match of the season took place on Sunday. There was no Division 3 match as Wednesfield unfortunately couldn’t get together a team due to riders/parents having other commitments. However their Divisions 2 and 1 teams did not let the wet weather conditions dampen their spirits. Despite the weather not being on their side, the Division 2 […]

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MATCH REPORT: Comets take spoils in opening fixture at Cookson

Sheffield Stars and Bury Comets opened their North & Scotland League season with three evenly matched contests at the Stars’ Cookson Park raceway. The Comets took the honours in the League One match by a 97-83 score line, with a solid team performance. The Comets had fewer race winners (8) to the Stars (10). Crucially recording only two last places to the Stars […]

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RIDER NEWS: Iron Dan

Dan Chambers is undertaking some endurance events this year in order to fundraise money for charities. If you would like to donate to any of the charities mentioned in the article below then visit the mydonate page at the bottom of the article: Throughout 2018 I will be competing in several endurance sporting events whilst also raising £2700 for Macmillan […]

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VCSRA :Appeal for new committee members

Bill Gill has been in touch to say that the committee of the Veteran Cycle Speedway Riders Association is currently facing a dilemma about future activities. It has been reported in the past that the members of the committee are finding their age is preventing them from planning for the future. A few have stated their desire to finish in early 2019 and […]

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COACHING: Cycle Speedway Specific Coaching Course postponed

The Level 2 Cycle Speedway specific coaching course due to be held on 21st April has had to be cancelled due to a very low number of candidates. It will be rescheduled for October this year. British Cycling’s Cycle Speedway commissioner for coaching commented: “This is very disappointing and worrying. British Cycling’s insurance only covers coaches who are discipline specific qualified […]

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MATCH REPORT: Poole get their home season underway with Spring Cup win

The weather did its best to spoil the season opener at Harbourside Park but Poole and Horspath contested an entertaining Spring Cup encounter, reduced to a straight two team event after Newport defaulted citing transport problems. Zac Payne provided the spearhead for the Hammers and his encounters with the home trio of Dawid Bas, Maciej Ganczarek and skipper Dean Hook […]

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CLUB NEWS: Monarchs race for Individual Glory

Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway riders have been concentrating on individual racing whilst the weather has decimated all league racing up to last weekend. With the meeting against Wednesfield postponed due to heavy rain the weekend before, there has still been no team action this season so far for the Monarchs. It was the opening round of the British Youth and Junior league (BYJL) […]

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MATCH REPORT: Coventry cap off excellent weekend at East Park

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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