Astley & Tyldesley welcomed Sheffield for a Northern League encounter at a hot and sunny Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took the lead with a well worked 7-3 to the Mark Grantham/Damian Zareba pairing in heat 2. The next race saw first Paul Graham, then Kyle Holland receive gate exclusions, to gift Sheffield a 7-0. […]
Read more
There was plenty of Cycle Speedway racing to catch on another glorious April afternoon today, with all four regions in action. If you result is included yet, please email us: newsroom@3318news.co.uk North and Scotland Division One Astley & Tyldesley 95 – 78 Sheffield Hull 82 – 93 Edinburgh Stockport 112 – 67 Bury Division Two Astley & Tyldesley 86 – 64 Sheffield Hull […]
Read more
Sheffield and Northumbria were keen to forget their Division 1 losses last week against Bury and Edinburgh respectively. Sheffield were unchanged and Northumbria making one change to their main six as Dan Redshaw returned in place of Gavin Parr (away motor speedway racing at Scunthorpe). Four 7-3s and a 6-4 for Sheffield in the first six heats put the Stars […]
Read more
With Stockport having concerns over transport during the previous few days, it was a relief to see an 8 man team line up for the NL Division One match against Edinburgh at a sun drenched Redbraes Park. Once the match started, it was clear that Stockport’s pre-season training had paid dividends as several of the home side looked to be […]
Read more
Bury Comets Cycle Speedway team followed up last weekend’s opening day success with another triple win, this time at home to Hull. The weather was again excellent, as Comets fielded a strong side, this time using nine riders in the Division One setup. Hull had six, plus Katie Greaves at reserve who didn’t actually get into the action until Division […]
Read more
The sun shone on the opening day of the 2017 cycle speedway season, as Sheffield visited Goshen Sports Centre to take on Bury Comets. The Division One fixture began with a competitive race featuring Will Owens and Danny Taylor against Sheffield’s Niall Morton and Laura Watson. A freak coming together between Taylor and Morton saw a rerun, but Morton was […]
Read more
Astley and Tyldesley had several riders missing for various reasons and were locked in a tightly contested Division 2 match with Glasgow. A&T took the lead with a 6-4 in heat 1, but Glasgow levelled the scores in heat 6 and then took the lead, which they extended to 6 points after heat 11. The home team reduced the deficit […]
Read more
The new Cycle Speedway season gathers momentum today with the South East and East League beginning. Check back later for the results as they come in. North & Scotland Division One Bury 101 – 78 Hull Edinburgh 88 – 90 Stockport Sheffield 106 – 73 Northumbria Division Two Astley & Tyldesley 61 – 86 Fife Astley & Tyldesley 75 – […]
Read more
Fife ‘Revolutions’ Cycle Speedway competed in their first ever competitive fixture when they raced against Hull this afternoon in glorious sunshine at their Fife track. There was plenty of anticipation around this fixture to see if Fife’s young team could live up to their hype. Against a weakened Hull team in front of a sizeable crowd, Fife duly delivered, and once they’ve […]
Read more
Astley and Tyldesley suffered a narrow defeat in their opening Northern League Division 1 match of the season on Sunday. Team Green travelled to last year’s league runners-up, Stockport, and put in a determined showing, to go agonizingly close, losing 88-86. Stockport got off to a maximum 7-2 heat win in heat 1, after Kyle Holland, on his A&T debut, […]
Read more
Here are the results we’ve had in for today’s racing. Got a result? Send it to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk – keep checking back to 33/18 News for updates. Northern League Division One Bury 108 – 72 Sheffield Northumbria 69 – 109 Edinburgh Stockport 88 – 86 Astley & Tyldesley Match race: Hewitson (holder) beat Kirkup (challenger) Division Two Bury 83 – 64 Sheffield Fife […]
Read more
The Northern League season begins on Sunday with all nine member clubs in action. Reigning Division 1 champions, Edinburgh, begin their title defence with a trip to Northumbria. The highlight of the day though will be the debut of the new Fife team, who are at home to Hull and staging a double header with Glasgow also taking on Hull […]
Read more
Bury Cycle Speedway opened their 2017 competitive season with a friendly at Stoke’s Etruria Park circuit. The Potteries’ outfit have returned to action recently after a long lay off and the opportunity to test the competition was much welcomed. First and second team matches were contested using the new Northern League formulae, which offer the opportunity to use up to […]
Read more
Coventry Cycle Speedway had mixed fortunes in their first home encounter of the season, with the first team losing out in a challenge match to Manchester side Astley & Tyldesley, while the second team took victory against local neighbours Birmingham. Astley fielded a strong team led by the former European champion, Damian Zareba, with solid back up form Reece Pollitt […]
Read more
Sunday 22nd January saw the Bury winter training group assemble at Entwistle reservoir, high in the hills above the town, for a 5k run challenge around the perimeter of the lake. Bury have used this area for training two years go, when Danny Taylor won the event and John Burston and Matthew Turnbull were joint second. This year, the day was […]
Read more
With a track session planned for Sunday, the usual winter training group turned up at 12pm, but as expected, due to the frost the surface was unrideable. So, the 5 riders available made the 1 mile ride down the river bank and over the bridge to the access path to the local industrial estate, where a steep hill awaited them. First […]
Read more
Six Bury club members turned up at the Goshen track for the 2017 Goshen Duathlon at 12pm on New Year’s Day. The course took them alongside the river for approx 1250 metres, then turn and retrace back along the undulating path. Two cycles and two runs close to 10k in total, on Cycle Speedway bikes for most of them. It was […]
Read more
Sheffield’s Kyle Holland has confirmed that he has made the switch to Astley and Tyldesley, from his home town club, after 10 years racing for the Steel City. Holland said: “The transfer has been sent and gone through. I just want to try something new and push myself next season. I need a challenge and I think A&T is for […]
Read moreBy continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.
