The South West and Wales region hosted the fourth round of the new Supertrax Battle of Britain against the North and Scotland at the well appointed Newports Sports Village on Sunday. The elite junior class took to the track first, which resulted in a controversial victory for the North and Scotland by 4 points in a dramatic ending. The early […]
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Kesgrave welcomed the visit of the Midlands to Twelve Acre Approach for the fourth round of the Supertrax Battle of Britain on Sunday. The unbeaten elite men’s South East & Eastern team held a slender two point advantage over the Midlands coming into this top of the table clash and a tight encounter was expected. The healthy crowd were not […]
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The Midlands won a last heat decider in round 4 of the Supertrax Battle of Britain against previously unbeaten South East and East at Kesgrave, to take the points and keep them in the title race in the elite men’s class. After a very tense match in front of a healthy crowd, you could hear a pin drop under orders […]
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The Cycle Speedway Supertrax Battle of Britain series reaches round 4 this weekend and it brings with it a crucial tie between elite men’s class pace-setters, South East and East and the Midlands in Kesgrave, Ipswich. The series’ top two teams met in round one at Leicester back in April, where the South East and East held off a late […]
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Norfolk put on another entertaining evening’s racing at Eaton Park with the fourth Go-Ride Grand Prix. 19 riders arrived to find that the first bend would present a challenge, as the inside 18 inches was coned off following flooding from an overnight thunderstorm. Apart from that track conditions were perfect and some excellent racing took place. Spare a thought for […]
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Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway team recorded their biggest win of the season, defeating a weakened Swindon Robins by 109 points to 69, at Newport Sports Village. Although Newport won by a huge 40 points, only evergreen Kevin Greaves remained unbeaten by a Swindon rider. The Welsh team welcomed Mark Carmichael back from injury, he looked quite sharp and […]
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The deadline for entries for the 2017 British Individual Finals weekend is Sunday 30 July. This year the age categories have been brought in line with other cycling disciplines and they are: U12 Boys, U12 Girls, U14 Boys, U14 Girls, U16 Boys, U16 Girls, Junior (U18), Over 40s, Over 50s, Over 60s, Women and Open. There will be an U10s […]
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On a recent trip to Poland, Pete Barnes met up with former Poole SeaView Coaches rider, Artur Poprawski, and both took the opportunity to visit the now unused Rawicz track. It was not a welcome sight, as the public address and cycle storage buildings have now been dismantled, the centre green overgrown, the racing circuit covered in weeds, although the seating and safety fence are […]
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Birmingham Monarchs visited Wednesfield on Sunday, in what was always going to be a close and hard fought fixture. Both teams did not fail to produce. First up was division 3 and the youngsters. There was some excellent racing from both teams and it was great to see the future of both clubs so strong. Birmingham emerged victorious by 80 […]
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Sheffield were back to full strength for the visit of Astley & Tyldesley to Cookson for this North & Scotland League One match. Team Green were too strong a unit as they inflicted a sixth successive defeat on the Stars by 99-80, Sheffield’s heaviest home defeat of the season. Reece Pollitt sped away to win heat 1, and with Mick […]
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An excellent day for Cycle Speedway at East park Wolves started with a sad moment yesterday. A minute silence for the late Joe Guy, a terrific young rider who started his cycling racing career at East Park and later at Wolverhampton Wheelers. He was tragically killed in a road accident while on a training ride. The Division One match was […]
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The South Coast derby usually throws up a lively encounter but the home side threatened to run away with this one until the Aces found their feet in the later stages and came back strongly winning 4 of the last 5 races. Both sets of riders provided excellent entertainment for the healthy crowd to enjoy as Harbourside once again provided the backdrop […]
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As the deadline for league fixtures is just weeks away at the start of September, the regional fixtures are coming thick and fast. Here are today’s results: Midland League Division One East Park 76 – 94 Coventry Wednesfield 93 – 85 Birmingham Division Two East Park 47 – 102 Coventry Wednesfield 86 – 56 Birmingham Division Three East Park 24 […]
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After a most successful start to this year’s National Rounds at Kesgrave three weeks ago the action moves to East Park this Saturday. 137 riders, the largest number for several years, took part at Kesgrave and hopefully this round’s central location will see that number topped. At Kesgrave it was particularly encouraging to see riders from both Newport and Norwich […]
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As temperatures soared, Goshen Sports Centre, Bury, was the venue for this season’s edition of the Home Internationals. The day’s action opened with the new Women’s Regional Best Pairs event at 10am, surely a prelude to a full international at some point in the coming years. In the early stages of the match most races were shared, only Laura Watson […]
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Swindon Robins hosted the Poole Comets on a bright and sunny Sunday afternoon at the Oasis Leisure Centre, where the racing didn’t disappoint. A spirited first half didn’t quite go to plan for Swindon, and at the halfway stage they were 10 down. Swindon hung on as best they could but Poole’s strength and depth, including former European Champion Maciej […]
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For the second consecutive weekend, the Exeter Aces were narrowly defeated in a thrilling SSW league encounter at Cofton Road. Despite an inspired challenge, against strong opponents, the Aces lost by a single point and it was a penultimate race exclusion for Exeter’s Aaron Herbert which brought the event to a controversial climax. Despite an untimely Zac Payne fall in […]
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Northumbria’s Dan Wharrier has spent the last year working in the US, he is now back and in his first meeting dropped just one point. Sheffield arrived on Tyneside with a weakened side due to holidays, they faced a Northumbria team without Gavin Parr and flu victim Terry Kirkup. Jason Keith beat Adam Watson in heat 1, which turned out […]
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