Category: Club News

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES were under full strength for the visit of last season’s play-off winners Great Blakenham on a cold spring morning at the Memorial Playing Field. The match was littered with falls and exclusions and Hethersett took an early advantage until heat 5. A double exclusion in heat 6 saw a rousing win by Paul Delaiche […]

Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club took victory over Leicester on Sunday in the Gold Cup competition. Birmingham didn’t take part in round one as they hosted the first match last week with victories for Wednesfield and Coventry. Coventry won the match up against East Park. Heat leaders Chris Timms and Paul Heard were both missing for the Monarchs so a […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES took their “B” team to East London for a challenge match to support the Londoners in their quest to rebuild after dropping out of the League this season. New team manager David Adams will be pleased with the team’s effort and attitude with Charlie Lyth, fresh from the Great Britain Junior Academy at Leicester […]

Fife Cycle Speedway are delighted to announce that Katie Archibald, GB track cyclist, Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European champion is joining Fife Cycle Speedway as their female club patron. Katie is Scotland’s most decorated female cyclist. She is current Commonwealth Individual Pursuit Champion, World record holder in team pursuit, part of the 2016 Olympic GB gold winning pursuit team, 10 […]

Two former world Champions were on hand to help launch Heckmondwike Cycle Speedway Club’s get active recruitment campaign last Saturday (March 2). Laura Watson & David Hemsley who have both won many top honours, including world titles were at the Firth Park track in support of Kirklees councillors and officials to launch the ‘Try it, Like it Do it’ project. […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES turned their first wheels in the 2019 season with a trip to Coventry for a challenge match. A very entertaining match ensued but several riders discovered how much fitness they need to improve before the season starts for real in April. New signing Craig Norton put in a solid performance and the team was […]

Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway team started the 2019 new season with victory in Hull in a season opener challenge match. Both teams brushed off the early season cobwebs with league racing due to get underway mid March. Hull were missing their talisman and triple British champion Andy Angell but still put up a spirited fight , even taking a half time lead. The […]

Norwich Stars opened their 2019 season with a visit to Leicester for 2 challenge matches at Senior & Junior level. The Senior match was first and the Stars finished on the wrong end of a 111-69 scoreline but the score was not a reflection of the effort being put in by all the riders. Birmingham rider Mark Winwood, who was […]

Pre season training starts for Hull on Tuesday 19th February followed by a home challenge match against Birmingham on Sunday 24th February commencing at 2.00 pm. The match will be for first team riders only but will be followed by an individual/team event for combination/junior riders. Due to the recent good spell of weather and a good forecast for the […]

Hull are looking forward to the 2019 with renewed optimism following the signing of six riders in the close season. These are, in the order they were announced: Frank Auffret who originally raced for the Saltersgill Saints in Middlesbrough in the 1960’s followed by a successful career as a motor speedway rider between 1969 and 1982 part of which included […]

Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway team took double glory in Coventry last weekend at the 2 day Indoor championships, racing to team and individual success with Ricki Johnson in near unstoppable form. Saturday saw the Monarchs drawn in the Semi final of death as the strongest of the 3 Semis. There was no need to worry as the Birmingham men cruised to an unexpected […]

HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had their first podium place at a British Individual Championship for 15 years when Owen Wells rode superbly to be runner-up in the British Junior Indoor Championships in Coventry. He dropped two points in his five races to earn a place in a sudden-death race-off for the title against Lewis Brinkhoff from Suffolk The […]

Heckmondwike Cycle Speedway team members and all interested parties alike are invited to attend the club’s Annual General Meeting. The meeting, scheduled for 19.30pm on Tuesday 18 December at The Star Inn, Roberttown, will discuss a strategy for attracting new blood to help boost the club’s re-entry into the North & Scotland League next year. Team manager, Justin Naylor is […]