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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Suffolk duo, Josh Brooke and Pierce Bacon took home the top prize at Swindon this afternoon in another successful round of HSBC | UK Elite GP action. In the elite men’s class it need two run offs to decide the final placings. Brooke and Lukasz Nowacki both finished on 18 points and the Great Blakenham rider made no mistake from […]
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Birmingham Monarchs had no team action over the weekend, however, plenty of riders were in action at various events. Round 2 of the Eurovets series saw veteran Monarchs travel to Stoke with varying degrees of success. Paul Timms recovered from a heavy fall and a no score heat to qualify for the 60s A final and finished on the rostrum […]
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Northumbria staged the opening round of the 2017 Eurovets Championship on Saturday. Eleven riders contested the over 40s and fourteen in the over 50/60s. After days of sunshine, Cramlington was overcast and there was a keen wind. However, nothing of course could deter the riders, and there was forty exciting qualifying races. In the young man’s event, midland riders dominated, joined […]
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The thriving Veterans scene received a boost this month, after British Cycling’s request to the ICSF to include a Veterans Australia v Great Britain test match series was approved. Following members of the Veterans community indicated a willingness to race on both sides of the world, a formal approach to the BC CS commission was made and then ratified, before going […]
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The 9 round season long Eurovets series accumulated in Birmingham on Saturday with winners on the day and overall both crowned. 22 riders were divided into their age categories with the top 4 from both moving forward to the A finals at the end of the day. In the 40s, home hopes lay with Mark Winwood, who was lying in […]
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Hull Cycle Speedway are pleased to announce that the Eurovets Individual Championships will be sponsored by Bonus Electrical. The Bonus group of companies is a family owned electrical business, operating for over 40 years and employing over 140 people at 7 locations throughout the UK. With manufacturing, wholesale and cable divisions, Bonus can supply any electrical product or service to any […]
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Tomorrow sees the sixth leg of the successful Eurovets series taking place on the world’s smallest circuit, Underwood in Newport. Tapes up at 11am to give ample time for the 3.30pm Cycle Speedway friends gathering in the Yard public house, near Cardiff train station, then onto the British Speedway GP at the Principality Stadium.
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Junior GB manager, Steve Mullinder, has picked the England team for the first Veteran’s Home International, taking place at Hull next weekend (16th July 2016). We spoke to Steve earlier this week and he gave us a run down of his team selection. MARK WHITEHEAD, Leicester “Mark has been part of Leicester British Vets Club winning team for the last 3 […]
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Birmingham’s reigning Eurovets champions, Mark Winwood and Steve Hodgkinson, failed to make the A finals in Poole on Saturday, leaving their title hopes hanging on a thread for 2016. Round three saw the series move to the picturesque Poole Harbour in Dorset, with a strong turn out of riders. Rain affected the meeting from start to finish but they didn’t […]
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Cycle Speedway racing – a sport that was a national craze in the post-war years – will make triumphant return to the Potteries this Saturday (23rd April), commencing at 1pm. Stoke Cycle Speedway club have risen from the ashes after years of no racing and will stage the opening round of this year’s Eurovets Grand Prix series at their newly […]
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