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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Updated Schedule & Draws

July 24, 2022 Steve Copping

Due to some riders withdrawing from the European Championships no pre-qualifying matches will be held: Therefore the schedule for Friday 29th July will be as follows: Astley & Tyldesley11.00 Veterans Semi-Final 1/Półfinał Weteranow 1 (16)12.30 Open Quarter-Final 1/Ćwierćfinał otwarty 1 (16)14.00 Open Quarter Final 2/Ćwierćfinał otwarty 2 (15/16) Cookson Park, Sheffield11.00 Veterans Semi-Final 1/Półfinał Weteranow 2 (15/16)12.30 Open Quarter-Final 3/Ćwierćfinał […]

DRAWS: European Championships

June 11, 2022 Steve Copping

The draws and schedule are in for the 2022 ICSF European Cycle Speedway Championships. The draws were conducted online by ICSF General Secretary Mike Hack and ICSF European Officer Tomasz Wlodarczyk, and witnessed by Polish ICSF delegate Maciej Laskowski and British ICSF delegate Steve Harris. VenuesAstley & Tyldesley – Astley & Tyldesley Miners’ Welfare Club, Meanley Road, Gin Pit, Tyldesley, […]

INTERNATIONAL: Cycle Speedway event in Slovakia

June 1, 2022 Steve Copping

Jeremi Jurus has been in touch with news of an event taking place in Slovakia this coming Friday (3rd June) “This Friday (3rd June) motorcycle club from Zarnovica, Sloviakia is taking a kids cycle speedway competition. It will starts at 15:30 local time with official opening ceremony at main stand, where the cycling track will be set on motorcycle track. […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Entries close on May 29th

May 13, 2022 Steve Copping

ICSF secretary Mike Hack has been in touch with the following information regarding the European Championships: A reminder to you all that entries for the 2022 European Championships close in just over two weeks time, on Sunday 29th May. Thanks go to those who have already entered and we look forward to receiving entries from those who haven’t yet done […]

HOME INTERNATIONAL: Squad updates

May 10, 2022 Steve Copping

There have been several changes to the originally announced line-ups for the Home Internationals at Fife on Saturday May 21st Ireland, who were intending to field a Select team, will not now be doing so due to unforeseen circumstances. This means that England & Scotland will face each other in a 6 rider plus optional reserves formula over 18 heats. […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Further Details announced

April 6, 2022 Steve Copping

International Cycle Speedway Federation secretary Mike Hack has been in touch with the following details regarding the European Cycle Speedway Championships to be staged from Friday 29th July-Sunday 31st July: Six competitions will be held over the weekend: Open, Women, Veterans and Junior Individual Championships as well as Open and Junior Nations Cup Finals. The provisional schedule is:Friday 29th July […]

INTERNATIONAL: Ireland on the lookout for riders

March 7, 2022 Steve Copping

Ireland joint team managers Steve Copping and Gary Colby are looking to increase the pool of riders available for selection for Ireland, more so at Junior (Under 18) level and with the European Championships being staged in the UK this year the pair are especially hoping to see an Ireland Junior team compete in the European Nations Cup as well […]

CLUB NEWS: Astley & Tyldesley to host European Championships

January 17, 2022 Steve Copping

The Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club are delighted to announce that they will be hosting the 2022 European Cycle Speedway Championships. This was confirmed in an official press release issued by the International Cycle Speedway Federation. “As a consequence of postponing the [2022] World Championships. the ICSF has brought forward the re-arranged staging of the European Championships, from 2023 to […]

NEWS: World Championships postponed, European Championships brought forward

January 11, 2022 Steve Copping

The World Cycle Speedway Championships, which were due to take place in South Australia from Tueday 15th November to Sunday 4th December, have once again been postponed. International Cycle Speedway Federation secretary Mike Hack confirmed the news in a statement today which is printed below in English & Polish: The International Cycle Speedway Federation (ICSF) World Council regrets to announce […]

NEWS: ICSF Press Release

November 2, 2021 Steve Copping

International Cycle Speedway Federation Secretary Mike Hack has released the following statement in English & Polish: The International Cycle Speedway Federation (ICSF) held it’s annual World Council meeting on Sunday 31st October (Europe & Americas time) and on Monday 1st November (Australasian time). The main agenda item was to discuss the feasibility of staging the twice postponed World Championships, in […]

INTERNATIONAL: Cycle Speedway in Slovakia

September 21, 2021 Steve Copping

Jeremi Jurus has been in touch regarding another cycle speedway competition on the speedway track in Zarnovica, Slovakia. It’s addresed for U-12 girls and boys, and every competitor will receive a gift from Slovak speedway star (2013 european chamion) Martin Vaculik

MATCH REPORT: European Club Championship day 3

September 13, 2021 Steve Copping

Report by Mike Hack, Photos courtesy of the Polish Federation President Marcin Niedzielski MS Slask Swietochlowice, of Poland, are the new European Cycle Speedway Club Champions! They took their victory after beating Torun, Horspath and Gniezno in the Grand Final at the TSZ Torun track in Poland.The match was closely contested, particularly early on. After three rounds of races, Swietochlowice, […]

MATCH REPORT: European Club Championship day 2

September 13, 2021 Steve Copping

Report by Mike Hack Day 2 of the European Cycle Speedway Club Championships saw all twelve teams racing their second group qualifying matches, at the TSZ Torun track in Poland. Wroclaw took a convincing win in match D, with Swietochlowice finishing three points clear of Kaszczorek for second place, and Poczesna a distant fourth. Mateusz Pacek and Bartosz Grabowski both […]

PREVIEW: European Club Championships

September 8, 2021 Steve Copping

Words by Mike Hack The 11th staging of the European Cycle Speedway Club Championships take place this weekend, over three days from Friday to Sunday, in the city of Torun, Poland. Twelve clubs line up – ten from Poland and two from the UK, Birmingham and Horspath (Oxford). Matches will be held on two tracks – the new track at […]

DRAWS: European Club Championship

August 22, 2021 Steve Copping

The draw for the 2021 European Club Championships has been made and is available to view online, along with the schedule, at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f48r26L_OdMUS4HU2BFF4zvtrp2a-j5h?usp=sharing The online draw was conducted by Maciej Laskowski, Polish Federation Secretary and witnessed by Mike Hack, ICSF General Secretary. The scorecharts in the championships folder will be updated throughout each match during the tournament, and available for […]

INTERNATIONAL: Provisional schedule for Minneapolis visit

August 3, 2021 Steve Copping

Pete Barnes has been in touch to say that contact has been made with the Short Track Cycle Speedway Club in Minneapolis USA regarding a proposed visit in July 2022. It would take the form of a development program with racing events and early plans are as detailed: Tuesday 5th July. Direct flight from London Heathrow to Minneapolis with Delta […]

INTERNATIONAL: Ireland appeal for riders

June 14, 2021 Steve Copping

Ireland joint team managers Steve Copping and Gary Colby are looking to increase the pool of riders available for selection for Ireland, especially so at Junior (Under 18) level and with the Home International having been reinstated to the calendar having originally been cancelled for 2021 Such riders would need to have been born in Ireland, failing that then their […]

INTERNATIONAL: Riders sought for event in USA

June 14, 2021 Steve Copping

Richard Thrift, on behalf of Short Track Cycle Speedway, has been in touch to say that they are looking for riders from the international community to race in the USA in 2022 at the US Open Cycle Speedway Championships and to compose a team for Team USA vs Team World in an international friendly. Both events taking place on a […]

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