The opening round of the HSBC UK Elite GP comes to the North and Sheffield’s super fast Cookson raceway on Saturday. Josh Brooke, elite men’s winner from 2017, heads the entries – which is likely to include qualifiers for some of the riders. British champion and Cookson track record holder Myke Grimes will be the major challenger, along with 2011 […]
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Entries for the opening round of the HSBC UK Elite GP close this evening (Sunday 8 April). Day entry is permitted at the event, taking place at the fast Cookson Park circuit, but will cost an extra £5. In the Elite Men’s class there are some riders making their debuts, most notably Poole’s Polish international, Dawid Bas. A qualifier is […]
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Sheffield will again offer a cash incentive should a new track record be set at Cookson when the HSBC Grand Prix series begins on Sat 14th April. At the 2017 Battle of Britain match between the North and Scotland v Midlands the incentive brought about two storming rides in the last two races, as first Paul Heard reduced the record […]
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North & Scotland Regional Chairman, Mike Hack, has announced that Alisdair Foxley (pictured middle) has been appointed team manager for the North & Scotland junior team in this year’s Battle of Britain series. Alisdair’s appointment completes the region’s management team for the 2018 season, where he will work alongside Mike Hack (seniors) and Emily Morton (women). The Battle of Britain […]
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Entries for the first round of the 2018 HSBC UK Elite GP Series at Sheffield on Saturday 14 April 2018 are now open. Some tweaks have been made to the elite junior format, with a lower entry fee (£3 in advance, £5 on the day) and prize money scrapped, while the elite men competition remains the same as 2017, except […]
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A pilot for a new Elite Pairs GP competition has been given the green light by British Cycling this week. The single event will debut at the third round of the Elite GP at Coventry, on Saturday 4 August 2018, with a view to being brought in, series wide, in 2019. Like the individual event, prize money will be on […]
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British Cycling have released the competitions regulations for the 2018 season. Among the changes include; the junior Battle of Britain series now matching the senior formula for a full programme of racing and 8 rider teams. The Elite GP has scrapped the “best of three” rounds scoring, with all rounds counting towards final totals in 2018. The Junior Elite GP […]
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British Cycling have released details of where the action will be taking place in 2018.
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Poole hosted the annual GG Express Couriers Women’s GP yesterday, and home rider and British Champion, Macie Schmidt, raced to victory. Meanwhile, Ipswich’s Gemma Hill took the Cancer Research UK Final. During the day, the Great Britain Women’s team were presented with their new British Cycling race tops (pictured). Here’s the results:
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The 5th Annual GG Express Couriers Womens GP takes place on Sunday October 15th at Poole Cycle Speedway. This will be a festival of womens’ Cycle Speedway, starting at 12.00 noon with a Team GB select v Womens League select test match as part of the preperation for the Australian tour. Teams have been evened out. GB line up as; […]
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Last Sunday was the final round of the Supertrax Women’s League,where the formula offered up something a bit different from the usual team event. The formula consisted of a pairs match, made up of two categories, elite and intermediate, with all the names picked out of a hat. It turned out to deliver some fantastic racing. There was a run […]
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Two wins for the elite men and elite junior Midlands sides meant the region took the overall Supertrax Battle of Britain title. The elite juniors secured their sixth win out of six against South West and Wales in Poole this afternoon, while the elite men overcame a battling South West and Wales side. In Hull, the North and Scotland’s junior […]
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This Sunday welcomes the conclusion of the inaugural Supertrax Battle of Britain series, where it’s neck and neck at the top of the table between the South East and East, who travel to Hull to take on the North and Scotland, and the Midlands who ride at Poole against South West and Wales. There has been little to separate South […]
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The Hull club are looking forward to staging the final round of the Battle of Britain series this Sunday, when the North & Scotland host the South East & Eastern region. Anyone travelling should allow extra time as the Humber Bridge marathon is taking place and both Ferriby Road and Heads Lane will be closed. Avoid the Humber Bridge (A15) […]
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Here’s a quick catch up from the previous weekend’s Supertrax racing that we missed, where Bury hosted the third round of the Women’s League and the South East and East took on South West and Wales at Great Blakenham. Bury’s Neil Howarth got some great shots in Bury, check out his photos in the slideshow below: Meanwhile, Brian Barnett was […]
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Sunday was round three of the Supertrax Women’s league. The well-prepared Bury track was where the three teams lined up for the final round. From the start of the match it was clear that no one was going to pull away and get the win too easy, as the match went on the South West and Wales side started to […]
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The South East and East region raced to a comfortable victory over the South West and Wales side this afternoon at Gt. Blakenham in the elite men’s category. Unfortunately for the visiting side they had a couple of late drop-outs towards the end of the week meaning they didn’t have a junior team to travel and race. The Midlands elite men […]
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Astley & Tyldesley’s Gin Pit circuit was the venue for the 4th and final round of the HSBC | UK Elite Grand Prix series. A good sized crowd enjoyed some excellent racing on a warm, sunny day. The new MP for Leigh, Jo Platt, was present as the club’s official guest. Barring disasters, the Senior match was a straight shoot […]
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