Report by Rob Mawhood, Photos by Nicola Banyard The League’s top two met at a dry, sunny Firth Park track to serve up an enthralling match that saw the fortunes swing back and forth for both teams. Holidays left both teams with selection headaches. Heckmondwike naming three ex-Halifax / Sowerby Bridge stars (Mark Rushby, Ian Johnson and Steve Muff) while […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley hosted the first of the three Manchester League Individual Championship evenings, at Gin Pit, on Wednesday (3rd August). In the u-10s Championship, A&T’s Josh Pilkington raced to a 16 points maximum score. Team mate Levi Edwards dropped just one point, with Bury’s George Keeble a further point behind. Manchester League u-10 Individual FinalJosh […]
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Report by Mike Hack It was a most exciting day of racing at Gin Pit on Saturday, as Astley & Tyldesley staged Day 2 of the European Cycle Speedway Championships.The day’s finale saw England win the European Nations Cup, beating Poland by one point, in an extremely hard fought match, with no shortage of racing incidents throughout the match. Final […]
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AS well as the action at Astley & Tyldesley there was also action at Cookson Park, Sheffield on Day 1 of the European Championships. The 2nd Veterans semi-final saw Lukas Nowacki and Mark Winwood jointly top score with 18 points. Joining those 2 in Sunday’s final will be Paddy Wenn, Jack Wleklik, Gavin Wheeler, Tomasz Wlodarczyk, Tomasz Szwajorek and Paul […]
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Day 1 of the European Cycle Speedway Championships threw up some hard fought action on a damp and grippy track at Astley & Tyldesley today.The day’s highlight was undoubtedly Dawid Bas’ win over the current European Open Champion, Marcin Szymanski, in heat 8 of Open Quarter Final 2, in a new track record time of 40.04 seconds. This shaved 0.04 […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Hull took a huge step to retaining the Yorkshire League title with victory in Round 5 at Cookson Park on 27th July.All the teams could field full strength sides, and there were seven riders racing who will be in action at the Euro’s. Dariusz Pilas won heat one, under tremendous pressure from Lewis Foxley. Nathan Everett […]
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Hull travelled to Dunfermline to race Fife in the North & Scotland Division One on a cool and showery day. Both clubs included a rider on secondary licence from Edinburgh with Jake Slight riding for the home side and Jason Keith making his debut for Hull. A very equal match started with a 6-4 for Hull’s Lewis Foxley / Jason […]
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Report by Pete Barnes, Photos by Arthur Lawrence Poole’s Harbourside Park was the venue for the Ade Gale Veterans Laurels event and there were a few riders, from the initial 22, who were unable, at a late stage, to make the event due to injuries and the Covid “bug” so the day before Dave Strong and Craig Marchant suggested, and […]
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Report by Ross Mee The decision to run both the team and individual Little League Championships on the same day for the first time proved to be a great success with ten entries in the team event and sixty riders competing in the three individual events with fifteen clubs being represented. The opportunity to compete in both events on the […]
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Bury staged the final Round 6 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on Wednesday evening. Temperatures were a welcome lower than the previous two days heatwave, with light rain falling during the Senior match.The Division 2 match was raced first, and it was another close encounter between Astley & Tyldesley and Bury. This time Bury took the win, 68-67, […]
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Report by Colin Simmons Newport CSC maintained their 100% South and South Wales Division 1 record after a good win at Exeter 86 to 91.The extreme heat did not hinder the riders, with both teams serving up some great racing on the fast Devon circuit.The Aces welcomed back Craig Nethercott and new recruit James Bailey which made them much stronger, […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photos by Emily Morton and Fife CSC Sheffield Stars lifted the North and Scotland KO Cup for the first time since 2007 with a solid team effort at Edinburgh’s Redbraes Raceway.The competition became a straight final when League One leaders Astley and Tyldesley had to withdraw due to rider unavailability. Sheffield lined up with a strong […]
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Hull smashed the points scoring record in round three of the Yorkshire League, and are now firm favourites to win the league title for a third successive season.Hull were at full strength for this round at the Hessle raceway and made their intent clear in heat one as Nathan Everett and David Cooper both sped past Sheffield’s Kielan Burton. Hull […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photos by Nicola Banyard Sheffield Stars overcame the stubborn resistance of the Fife Revolution to come out victors by 108-72 in this North and Scotland Division One match. A dry, bright and very breezy day welcomed Fife for their first visit to the Graves track. They quickly adapted to the track and conditions, making the Sheffield […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley and Bury dished out a most entertaining encounter in Sunday’s North & Scotland League Division 1 match at Gin Pit. On a warm and very windy afternoon, the track quickly dried out, despite plenty of watering before and during the various breaks in racing. Resplendent in their new racing tops, Bury twice led […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a very warm sunny Wednesday evening. A well watered track kept the dust down.The Division 2 match was raced first, and it continued the run of close encounters between Astley & Tyldesley and Bury. However, the lack of a fifth rider cost Bury on the night, […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photo by Nicola banyard Sheffield Stars took the spoils in the North and Scotland League One match, with a hard fought 97-78 victory, completing the double over their hosts. Stars went into the lead in heat two, Kyle Holland making a great inside pass on Jack Lister to join Ed Morton for a 7-3 maximum heat […]
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Newport Dig it Landscapes cycle speedway team defeated Poole 92.86 in a South and South Wales Division 1 meeting at Newport’s sports village.The home team made a sluggish start making many unforced errors and being caught out by the eager visitors, and trailed at the interval by 2 points.The second half also started badly for Newport with Adam Bennett falling […]
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