PHOTOS: Southampton v Exeter
It’s great to see Southampton back in action and Graham Robins was on hand to capture their home match against Exeter last weekend. Check out the photos below: Thanks for the shots Graham!
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MATCH REPORT: Newport victory keeps them on top as Boaler returns
Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway Team won a hard fought match at Horspath last Sunday, after a last heat decider to keep them firmly at the summit of the South and South Wales Division 1 league table, winning by 92 points to 86. The Welsh 8 were missing three regulars through injury, but just had enough to cover to win […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Lions fight their way to victory
Hellingly Lions took to the track again on Sunday in a South Coast League match against Poole Comets, gaining a hard fought victory in the last couple of heats by 91-85. A good crowd had assembled and with the Lions suffering a heavy defeat on the road at Poole early last month, they were looking to start brightly, as the […]
Read moreRESULTS: Northern League KO Cup and Regional racing
Here’s a belated look at today’s results, apologies for the slow service this weekend. The big news being Stockport taking the Northern League KO Cup crown. Northern League KO Cup Junior Final Bury 50, Sheffield 44, Astley 37, Stockport 25 Senior semi-final 1 Stockport 52, Bury 44, Edinburgh 42, Heckmondwike 11 Senior semi-final 2 Sheffield 45, Northumbria 44, Hull 44, Astley […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Robins march on
Swindon continued to show their early season form to comfortably beat the Horspath Hammers on a Sunny Sunday afternoon. After extensive track work early in the morning following heavy rain all day Saturday and overnight, the track held up well and produced some exciting races throughout the day. The return of Danny Harper to the team paid dividends only dropping a […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Uncompromising Poole defeat champions Newport
Reigning league champions, Newport, dropped points for the first time in 2016 as they found Poole in an uncompromising mood at Harbourside. The home side were solid from 1 to 8 while the visitors sorely missed the services of injured Nicky Evans and Jack Harrold. With 9 heat wins between them, Greg Gluchowski and Maciej Ganczarek cruised to maximum tallies […]
Read moreTODAY’S RESULTS: Another Sunday of regional racing
Here are the results we’ve had so far from today’s regional racing. If your score isn’t here, please email it to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk. Midland League Division 1 Coventry 86 – 94 Leicester East Park 64 – 114 Wednesfield Aces Division 2 Coventry – Leicester East Park – Wednesfield Aces Northern League Division 1 Bury 82 – 98 Edinburgh Heckmondwike 68 – […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Swindon topple resilient Southampton
Swindon Cycle Speedway Club took victory away to resilient Southampton team, using their knowledge of the rule book well to utilise their six riders to keep the defeat to a mere 5 points. Swindon were short themselves but we’re able to field a full team, of which Jamie Brown and Martin Glover stepped up to the plate to contribute valuable points […]
Read moreTODAY’S RESULTS: Regional racing and sunburn
There was plenty of regional racing this afternoon in all four regions. There was also no doubt plenty of sunshine and sunburn! Here’s the results: Midland League Division One Birmingham 108 – 69 Coventry Leicester 97 – 80 Wednesfield Aces Division Two Birmingham 53 – 64 Coventry Junior League Birmingham 48 – 32 Coventry Northern League Division One Hull 107 […]
Read moreTODAY’S RESULTS: Some regional racing took place
With the 2016 European Club Championships being the main event this weekend, we did still have some regional racing across the UK. Here’s the scores we’ve had so far: Northern League Northumbria 79 – 99 Sheffield (NL1) Northumbria 72.5 – 75.5 Sheffield (NL2) Northumbria 63 – 49 Sheffield (NL3) Glasgow 79 – 70 Edinburgh (NL2) Report: Brandon Kay was Glasgow’s star […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Swindon lose by three in season opener
Swindon Cycle Speedway Club ran out of steam in the final stages on Sunday to eventually lose to a solid looking Poole CSC. Throughout the 18 heats, the scores were never more than four points apart, until a couple of costly errors in the final few heats finally swung the meeting in the visiting teams favour. Jim Bailey was one of Swindon’s […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Poole clean sweep in SSW BYJL Round 2 at Horspath
Here are the current tables for the South and South Wales British Youth and Junior League after round 2, which took place at Horspath. Girls In the Girls category, Macie Schmidt won the A final ahead of Swindon’s Alice Neighbour and Poole team mates Bethany Briggs and Anna Tutle. Round one winner Bethany still leads the series by three points. […]
Read moreTODAY’S RESULTS: Busy day of regional racing
Here are all the results we’ve had in from a busy day of regional racing across the country. If your result isn’t here, email us: newsroom@3318news.co.uk Midland League Division One Leicester – East Park Birmingham 99 – 78 Wednesfield Dragons Division Two Leicester – East Park Northern League Division One Hull 79 – 101 Sheffield Northumbria 76 – 103 Bury […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Robins hit the ground running at the Village
Swindon started 2016 with impressive away win at Horspath on Sunday 10th April. Historically the Village is a tough place to visit with its tight and technical corners. Swindon, who were missing a couple of key riders, rode sensibly throughout the meeting, led by the evergreen Steve Harris. The Robins secured heat advantages where possible to comfortably put the meeting […]
Read moreRESULTS: South and South Wales BYJL round one from Swindon
Reigning British Y&JL Champions Poole put down a marker in Round 1 of the 2016 championship by providing all 7 A Final winners. Here are all the scores from Swindon. A Final winners Girls – Bethany Briggs U8s – Scottie Rowles U10s – Joe Hurren U12s – Nathan Goulden U14s – Danny Byrne U17s – Ben Tinsdale Total competitors 55 Rider Scores Girls Bethany […]
Read moreTODAY’S RESULTS: See the results from this Sunday’s racing
Tune in this evening to find out who did what and where, as a healthy Sunday of regional racing takes place in all four regions. Midland League Division One Wednesfield Dragons 98 – 80 Coventry East Park 81 – 96 Birmingham Division Two East Park 69 – 55 Birmingham Northern League Division One Bury 89 – 85 Stockport Edinburgh 114 […]
Read moreCLUB NEWS: Swindon score press success
Thanks to Phil Clarke’s in-depth article that we published last week, Swindon have successfully bagged themselves a weekly section in their local paper, the Swindon Advertiser. See Swindon’s first article on the Swindon Advertiser website The local paper covered last weekend’s 40th anniversary special after Rob Hunt got in touch with one of the editors using Phil’s handy advice. Rob said: […]
Read moreDRAW: Welsh Ladies Open
Newport host their annual Welsh Ladies Open meeting at the Olympic Village on 16th April 2016. Tapes fly up at 2pm and the draw is as follows: Gemma Hill – Ipswich 2. Sophie Middleton – Sheffield 3. Jenna Whitehead – Leicester 4. Sammi Marsh – Coventry 5. Chloe Whitehead – Leicester 6. Alice Neighbour – Swindon 7. Danielle Hickie – […]
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