Another busy weekend of racing kicks off on Saturday with Round 5 of the South-East Grand Prix series which will be staged at East London. Also on Saturday the Eurovets cross the Severn Bridge for Round 4 of their series at Newport. Sunday sees another busy day of regional racing in all 4 regions, The match of the day is […]
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Another busy weekend of cycle speedway action kicks off on Saturday with the final Regional rounds of the British Youth & Junior League which will see the North & Scotland riders head for Bury whilst Hellingly stage the South-East & Eastern round which also doubles up as the 4th round of the South-East Grand Prix series. The South & South […]
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Riders competing in the 3rd round of the Eurovets this coming Saturday (June 1st) at Norwich are reminded that the venue is Eaton Park (NR4 7AZ for Satnav users)
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Another busy weekend of racing begins on Saturday with the staging of the Norfolk County Championships for Under 10’s, Under 13’s, Under 16’s & Under 19’s which are being staged by the Norwich club at their Eaton Park circuit. These events will also count as Round 3 of the Norfolk Go-Ride series which should have been staged at Harford Park […]
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This Saturday will see a bumper day of junior racing at Leicester as the Ross Mee Junior Invitation meeting has been brought forward from its usual Autumn slot and is being run together with Fraser Garnett’s 10 Year Testimonial. Altogether 80 riders will be involved in the day. The format has again been varied and this year the day will […]
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / MYHILL DECORATORS staged a round of the Orchid Eurovets Series and welcomed riders over the age of 40 from as far afield as Glasgow, Northumberland, Newport and Exeter. The veterans did not fail to disappoint either with some classic racing and still no quarter given. The events were sponsored by Yellow Brick Mortgages and stepping up to […]
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Orchid Eurovets Series Round 7 at Hethersett sponsored by Yellow Brick Mortgages Over 40’s A Final 1st Mark Winwood (Birmingham) 2nd Jason Keith (Northumbria) 3rd Steve Harris (Astley & Tyldesley) 4th Craig Marchant (Leicester) B Final 1st Rob Geech (Exeter) 2nd Carl Winwood (Birmingham) 3rd Jim Collier (Exeter) Over 50’s A Final 1st Paddy Wenn (Norwich) 2nd Norman Venson (Leicester) […]
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The Euro-vets GP Series hit Devon this weekend, with Exeter staging an entertaining afternoon of veteran racing. It was the new European veteran Champion Craig Marchant who completed a great week by topping the score-chart, before winning the Over-40’s Final from Birmingham’s Mark Winwood. Marchant’s only defeat of the afternoon came at the hands of Northumbria’s Jason Keith who rode […]
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31 riders turned out in brilliant sunshine for the Wally Grant Memorial Meeting at Horspath on Saturday, as if the Lions had ordered some Oz weather. In a titanic battle, which had some superb racing, the Orchid International saw Lions Vets not lose a race, but Jason Ashford, Steve Harris and the very lively Dave Frith especially kept them busy. […]
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Saturday 21 April sees the Eurovets bandwagon roll into Horspath. This is a non-Grand Prix event and takes the shape of two matches, the first starting at 1pm will be “The Revenge Of The Eurovets” ORCHID International which sees the Euro Stars taking on the 2017 British Lions that toured Australia, a repeat of the pre-tour international that took place […]
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There was a good turn out of 25 riders for the 1st Round of the Orchid Euro Vets Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Saturday. The host Astley & Tyldesley club put on a great day’s racing. Huge thanks go to Mick Knowles for providing the rider awards and post match catering, which was well received by all present. […]
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Four Newport Cycle Speedway Club riders competed in the opening Eurovets event in Manchester on Saturday. The fast grippy Astley track lent itself to some excellent racing, where the riders blew away their pre season cobwebs to impress the watching spectators. Newport’s new recruit Jim Collier was first on track scoring a creditable 11 points in the over 40s event. Comeback […]
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Many experienced a bit of a washout over Easter weekend, but some racing did take place, with round one of the Eurovets getting underway at Astley and Tyldesley on Saturday. Saturday Suffolk Under 7 & Under 9 Grand Prix + Suffolk Junior League at Great Blakenham Postponed,track waterlogged Eurovets Round 1 at Astley & Tyldesley Over 40’s Qualifying results Mark […]
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Northumbria’s Terry Kirkup takes us through a summary of the 2017 Eurovets season, which was another great success with around £1000 raised for the Orchid charity, as well as great racing. The 2016/17 winter break seemed to drag on forever, the new season eagerly awaited by many of the regular competitors. It was mid-March when E-V Supremo Fred Rothwell finally […]
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Mark Winwood went agonisingly close but just missed out on a podium finish in the Eurovets finale at Leicester on Saturday. A 3rd place finish on the day saw him finish level on points with Northumbrian Jason Keith in the 40s, however Keith took 3rd place on countback which saw Winwood miss out. Home star Craig Marchant was crowned 40s […]
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Birmingham Monarchs took victory in league action at East Park on Sunday, with all 3 teams winning their division matches, 24 hrs previous having hosted the Eurovets Orchid Masters in awful conditions. Track conditions on Saturday proved troublesome, with two huge downpours of rain leaving the track unridable, however massive efforts were made by both volunteers and riders to rid […]
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The Eurovets series travelled to Newport on Saturday for round 5 in what turned out to be in treacherous conditions with heavy rain falling throughout. Racing on the pacey Welsh circuit proved hard work for the riders. Paul Timms took his second victory of the series by outgating home hero Colin Simmons to seal victory in the 60s A final. […]
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Mark Winwood (pictured left in cover photo) moved into third place in the Eurovets 40s series finishing third in the A final at East London on Saturday. Mark took 3 victories on his way to fourteen points in the heats. Reigning veterans world champion, Craig Marchant, took his second victory this series to move atop the leader board on 92 […]
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