Sheffield were forced into two changes from the match against Bury, with Luke Morton & Rich Hudson unavailable, meaning Niall Morton made his return from injury & Laura Watson came in, having just had her loan to Sheffield approved. Northumbria, meanwhile, made just the one change from their match against Edinburgh, with Keith Oldham replacing Dan Thompson in the side. […]
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Norwich started their campaign yesterday, with a local derby against the Hethersett Hawks. With Lee Grange back in a Norwich shirt against his former club, Craig Norton jumped out of his sickbed at ten past one, Jamie Medler, the only lad who hasn’t reached 30 yet, and four of the lads, Gary Colby, Paddy Wenn, Alan Parkins and Chris Cullum (pictured above with […]
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Ipswich Whirlwinds started the defence of their SE1 title by welcoming Kesgrave Panthers to Whitton Raceway. Kesgrave bolstered by the loan signing of Leon Mower, a Whirlwind last year, had a good mix of youth and experience and Ipswich welcomed back Dan Pike after an extended break from the sport. Ipswich dominated the opening heats, with the power pairing of […]
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Defending Midland League Champions, Wednesfield Aces, had a comfortable win against the Leicester Monarchs, around the sunny but cold Ashmore Park track. The score does not reflect the effort that Leicester put into this very competitive match, the East Midlanders pushed the Aces all the way with a team that was a mixture of youth and experience, which included former British […]
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Astley and Tyldesley’s Gin Pit is set to undergo a substantial refurbishment, after the Manchester club were allocated new funding assisted through British Cycling. Gin Pit was built by three volunteers 25 years ago and the club believes the constant upkeep required to the current circuit distracts club members from more pressing matters like coaching and rider development. Read the press […]
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Astley & Tyldesley came away from West Yorkshire with two convincing Northern League wins on Sunday. A&T took a maximum 7-3 heat win in the first race of the Division 1 match and controlled the match throughout, to run out convincing 89-59 winners. Reece Pollitt and Damian Zareba were both unbeaten by an opponent, with solid scores from the rest […]
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Hellingly took part in their first meeting yesterday at their closest opponents East London, who were unfortunately depleted due to rider unavailability and injury, which resulted in a double victory for the Hellingly Lions. New Team Manager, Martyn Hollebon masterminded the riders and announced England junior international, Jesse Moore as new club captain before the fixture. In the first team match, all […]
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Hethersett Hawks opened their Golden Jubilee season with a cracking local derby on a perfect track at the Memorial Playing Field. The visitors Norwich Stars had a strong line-up and the Hawks were without skipper Leigh Cossey due to working away but it was the home side who broke the early deadlock when Dan Chambers steered Harley Hamill home for a […]
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Here are all the results we have so far form today’s Cycle Speedway racing. Your result not here? Send it in to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk Midland League Division One Wednesfield Aces 104 – 73 Leicester Division Two Wednesfield Aces 69 – 69 Leicester Northern League Division One Bury 107 – 72 Hull Heckmondwike 59 – 89 Astley and Tyldesley Sheffield 87 – 91 Northumbria Stockport 92 […]
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East Park celebrated their 10 year anniversary this afternoon, with no less than five individual events. Australians Cody Chadwick and Bobby McMillan tied on 19 points and fought it out in a run off for the open title, with Chadwick taking his first victory on GB soil. Paul Heard claimed another podium for 2016 in third. Leicester’s Elizabeth Rigley fulfilled […]
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Swindon Robins welcome Poole to the Oasis Leisure Centre this weekend, and it is sure to be a tough test for last year’s South and South Wales finalists. The Dorset side will be bringing with them top Poles, Greg Gluchowski and Maciej Ganczarek, along with their solid base of young home grown talent in Dean Hook, Hayden Chant, Arron Morgan, Aaron […]
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One of the sports top over 50s veteran’s riders, and best known characters, Joe McLaughlin is hoping for a speedy recovery after becoming increasingly ill over the past month with severe chest pains, coughing and weight loss. His condition got steadily worse with a mystery illness that had doctors confused despite many tests and scans. On Tuesday morning of this […]
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The number of officially registered British Cycle Speedway clubs has risen upwards with the revived Stoke Cycle Speedway club now registered with British Cycling. It means the Potteries club are now officially back in the sport, will have insurance and can stage accredited matches. It also opens up access to coaching, grants and help. Leading official Avon Allcock completed the […]
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The Edinburgh Falcons got their 2016 campaign underway against their greatest of friends from Northumrbia. The Vikings arrived with a sore and energy sapped Gavin Parr who deserved a longer break given his heroics the previous day. The Falcons were missing Kamil Greszla and Lee Lawrence who both are on the sidelines until May due to injury. Dougie Morgan jumped […]
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Bury Comets arrived at Sheffield looking to begin their title challenge with a win, while the young Stars were aiming to cause a shock and show their own potential. The away side managed to get in front as early as heat two with a 7-2 when Kyle Holland suffered a bike malfunction. Four drawn heats followed as tactical riding came […]
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The Wednesfield Dragons tamed the Wolves of East Park to take the Midland League Division 1 match at Ashmore Park on Sunday. With seven riders only available due to injuries for Dragons, East Park were well in control by the half way stage, leading the Dragons by 48-39. In the second half the Dragons had different look about them and started to […]
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Hull opened their 2016 Northern League campaign with an eight point victory over Yorkshire rivals Heckmondwike, in what was a closely fought affair throughout, with only two points seperating the two sides with two heats remaining. Both sides were down on strength with Hull missing three riders and Heckmondwike also missing a few due to work or other commitments. Heckmondwike […]
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Hethersett Hawks open their Golden Jubilee season with an interesting local derby against Norwich Stars in the South East League. The Hawks hope to have new signing Lee Smith in their first-team squad for the opener at the Memorial Playing Field on Sunday at 2pm. A total of 22 riders have taken some part in pre-season training over the past eight […]
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