Category: Club News

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had three riders at the final National Round of the British Youth & Junior League / Grand Prix in Birmingham. In the Under-12s George Larter-Dixon acquitted himself well at this level and reached the “B” Final. He can be pleased with his eighth place on the day. The two riders in the Junior category […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES travelled to the West Midlands to contest the British Club Championships, facing the top sides in the country at Open and Under-16 level at Wednesfield. The Open side faced reigning champions Gt.Blakenham and the home side in their Semi-Final. Captain Leigh Cossey led from the front with one win in his 11 points but, […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES faced unexpectedly hot conditions for their final Division 2 match on the South Coast. This made bend conditions tricky as Hellingly Lions put their home knowledge to advantage in the early stages against the Hawks’ B team which was under strength. At one point the Hawks were 13 points down but unbeaten rides from […]

Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club finished 3rd in last weekends regional Play Off Final in Wednesfield after the hosts and Midland League champions were sensationally beaten by 1 point in the final heat by Coventry. So it’s the Coventry club that will represent the Midlands in this weekends Play Off Final in Astley and Tyldesley. Birmingham started the first block […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had six riders representing Norfolk in return Junior matches against Suffolk at Harford Park, Norwich. In the Under-10s Luca El Labany helped set the platform for a team win by joining Norfolk Champion Connor Jarrett for a 7-3 win in his first ever team race. Substitute Lewis Smith also produced some key rides as […]

Birmingham Monarchs rider Paul Heard was crowned senior British champion last week in Great Blakenham after a 3 day weekend of racing to crown all age ranges and groups. The British Cycling British Individual Championships was the icing on the cake for Heard who took the biggest title of them all. It has been 10 years since Heard made his […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES made it four wins out of four against local rivals Norwich Stars with a 102-78 win in their final rearranged South-East & Eastern League Division 1 match at Eaton Park. The match was evenly contested in the early stages but Hethersett’s strength in depth shone through and. eventually. Hethersett were able to reach 100 […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had three riders racing at Hull in Round 3 of the British Youth & Junior Grand Prix. Charlie Lyth continued his promising form to finish second in the Junior Final. Paul Delaiche won a race on his way to the B Final but was unlucky to go down approaching the first bend in that […]

Birmingham riders have represented club and nation in Poland over the last 2 weeks with the World Championship titles and nation competitions doing battle. The Poles, Australia and all regions of the UK took part in the 2 week long competitions.Senior riders Chris Timms, Paul Heard and Mark Winwood all reached the weekend finals (10th/11th) after making it thru the […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had three riders who took the opportunity to warm up for the British Championships later this month by competing in Round 7 of the South-East & Eastern Grand Prix Series at Great Blakenham.. Paul Delaiche won the Under-18 event while George Larter-Dixon won the B Final in the Under-12s. Katie Adans, entered in the […]

Hethersett Hawks/ Yellow Brick Mortgages’ three representatives at the world championships in Poland had mixed fortunes. All three – Leigh Cossey, Harley Hamill and Craig Norton- all represented Ireland in a World Cup eliminator. They failed to qualify for the Final behind Poland,Wales and England. The worst outcome of that match was a heavy fall by Norton in his fourth […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES faced local rivals Norwich Stars for the third time this season in Division 1 and, whereas the previous two matches were close, this match was far from it. It was unfortunate for the Stars that they were without key riders, two already packed to leave for Poland the next day and another called into […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES were hosts to 48 riders of all ages from all over the region for Round 6 of the South-East & Eastern Grand Prix series. Harley Hamill was the only home winner – in the Seniors – but Charlie Lyth (2nd Under-18s) Paul Delaiche (3rd Under-a8s) and Jamie Thompson (3rd Veterans in his first match) […]

Birmingham Monarchs snatched victory in the final race with an all action and bruising 4 laps that had it all on Sunday. Battles at the front and back meant both teams were desperate to break the deadlock which had remained for much of the match. Leicester had held a slight edge right thru till midway through the meeting when Birmingham […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES faced a daunting task of two matches in one day in Suffolk against the League’s top two teams and when they arrived at Whitton Sports Centre to face Ipswich without Harley Hamill (work) and Leigh Cossey (ill overnight) they feared the worse. A heavy defeat will not tell the full story of some excellent […]