Over 50 junior, senior, women and veteran riders turned up to the Great Britain training camp at Willenhall E-ACT Academy in Walsall on Sunday. All the GB managers were in attendance, as was coach Stuart Raven. The day consisted of team building events including the biggest game of dodgeball, cardio workouts and nutritional seminars. It gave everybody who is hoping to […]
Read more
With Natalie Timms not going to Australia Womens Team GB announce that Emily Morton, Cycle Speedway’s only current qualified level 2 female CS coach, has been added as assistant coach/manager to Stuart Raven and Geoff Gamage. Emily will also be responsible for specific womens welfare issues and first aid. Geoff Gamage commented: “I would like to publicly thank Natalie for […]
Read more
Following consultation with the member Federations, the ICSF has agreed the following age categories for International competitions. The birth years are shown below for the 2017 World Championships. Men: Born 2002 or before (min 15+) Women: Born 2004 or before (min 13+) Junior Under 18: Born 1999-2004 (min 13+) – boys and girls may compete in this event Boys Under […]
Read more
Newly appointed Team GB Veterans boss, Geoff Gamage, talks to 33/18 News about his new official role and the differences between managing Womens and Veterans racing. “It is an honour to be asked to manage the Veterans Test team, having done the unofficial one last time. “Once it was obvious that both sets of guys wanted the series I was […]
Read more
The thriving Veterans scene received a boost this month, after British Cycling’s request to the ICSF to include a Veterans Australia v Great Britain test match series was approved. Following members of the Veterans community indicated a willingness to race on both sides of the world, a formal approach to the BC CS commission was made and then ratified, before going […]
Read more
Cycle Speedway Australia posted on social media this morning, indicating the preferred campsite for the touring party is fully booked due to the international Cricket taking place over weekend 3. Since the news, Team GB have been working with their Australian counterparts to find a solution without moving the dates to avoid a clash, despite this mornings annoucement. New accommodation […]
Read more
The Team GB tour management team have released their first newsletter for the 2017 World Championships Tour in Australia in November. This month’s newsletter features flight details, which are now available to book online. Flights A group flight has been obtained with approx. cost is £920pp. We have identified flights that can be booked individually and offer substantial savings. Obviously […]
Read more
After a high interest from riders to be part of the Great Britain squad to tour Australia in November 2017, the perspective managers have selected their initial preliminary squad. Managers will work close with the preliminary squads along with Stuart Raven as GB’s Head Coach throughout the coming months and 2017 season. The selection for the final GB team is to be […]
Read more
The Team GB managers eagerly await the series in November 2017 in Australia, and give an update to all the hopefuls who wish to be part of the final squads who will be tasked to retain the test-series in Australia. Speaking to 33/18 News, Great Britain Team Manager, Lee Aris commented: “The agenda has now been fixed, the current Cycle Speedway […]
Read more
With less than a year before the commencement of the 2017 World Championships, the Australian Cycle Speedway Council has recently announced their team manager appointments for the World Cup and Test Match series. The vastly experienced Brad Hoppo has retained the senior role from the 2015 World Series staged in the United Kingdom and victory on “home ground” is a challenge […]
Read more
The 2015 World Cycle Speedway final will be shown throughout the UK across the Sky Sports platform this Wednesday (2nd November) in another promotional boost for the sport following last week’s television coverage of the Great Britain V Australia Test match from Coventry. Sponsored by Tyre City, the final will come from the superb Wednesfield Aces track in Wolverhampton. It […]
Read more
Cycle Speedway will make a long awaited return to national television screens tonight on Sky Sports, when edited highlights of the third and deciding Test match featuring Great Britain V Australia are shown from Hearsall Common, Coventry. The action will be beamed across the nation as the two teams, level pegging going into the match, decide one of the most fiercely […]
Read more
Please note: This is an updated version of the itinerary which differs from the one posted earlier. The ICSF have released the itinerary for the 2017 World Championships, which take place in November/December 2017. The racing will take place over a three week period from 13th November, running to 3rd December 2017 in Adelaide, South Australia. Check out the itinerary below:
Read more
Due to a late change in programming schedules, the 2015 World Woman’s Final from Wednesfield in Wolverhampton is now at 6.30pm tonight (Wednesday 18th May) – not at 7pm. The other broadcasts of the final are unchanged. The final will be part of the Sports Unlimited programme. Full timings are: Wednesday 18th May 2016 at 6.30pm – Sky Sports 3 […]
Read more
Major Cycle Speedway will return to the Sky Sports TV screens in mid May with the edited highlights of the 2015 World Woman’s Final from the long running Wednesfield Aces track in the West Midlands. Coverage will beam into homes the UK, and latterly globally to over 30 countries, across the Sky Sports platform of the fiercely contested event, which […]
Read more
In his first week in charge, new Team GB supremo Lee Aris is already turning his attention to the 2017 World Championships in Adelaide, South Australia, and he wants your feedback. He has written to interested parties, as the ICSF look to confirm dates. The letter reads: Attention to all whom maybe travelling to Australia in 2017 as part of […]
Read more
British Cycling have announced international manager appointments have now been made for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Unfortunately, not all roles have been filled, highlighting the worrying downward trend of volunteers across the sport. Lee Aris is taking over management of Team GB from Dave Murphy, with a special eye on the 2017 tour in Australia. Geoff Gamage stays on as Women’s […]
Read more
World Women’s champion, Vicky Brown and the Men’s and Women’s Great Britain squads are shortlisted for the “Ride of the Year” award on the British Cycling website. They face stiff competition against the likes of Road’s Lizzie Armitstead, Track’s Laura Trott and BMX’s Liam Phillips. Brown stormed her way to the World title at Wednesfield in August, as well as collecting […]
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.
