Yesterday saw the final round of the Midland Spring Cup at Birmingham. The sun was shining and the teams from Birmingham, East Park and two teams from Wednesfield were all enjoying the sun and ready to race. There was some great racing from all the teams, with some highly competitive heats, a few spins and a couple of crashes, with fortunately […]
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It always looked like a tough fixture for Bury Comets away at Stockport, with a number of regular first team riders absent, and so it proved. The home side’s impressive win against Edinburgh last weekend saw them enter this one full of confidence, taking three 7-3s maximum heat wins in the first four heats. Some strong gating gave Stockport control […]
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Stockport moved to the top of the North and Scotland League first division with an emphatic show of strength against Bury at St. Thomas recreation ground this afternoon. Eleven 7-3 heat wins helped the home team to a 112-67 victory, with Ben Higham dropping just one point to Bury’s Kris Ramsden in heat eight. Jake Read was unbeaten in five races, but […]
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Astley & Tyldesley welcomed Sheffield for a Northern League encounter at a hot and sunny Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took the lead with a well worked 7-3 to the Mark Grantham/Damian Zareba pairing in heat 2. The next race saw first Paul Graham, then Kyle Holland receive gate exclusions, to gift Sheffield a 7-0. […]
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Newly reformed Stoke Cycle Speedway produced a fighting performance against Coventry, with a full team of new riders, in a challenge match on a beautiful hot day at Etruria Park. The fresh looking home side were missing the experienced trio of Simon Munden, Errol Thaw and Leighton Bates, with the latter taking up referee duties. Coventry fielded a near full strength side, […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators rested three experienced riders for the visit of East London to give the fringe riders a chance to impress ahead of some tougher assignments, and they stood up to the task to record a comfortable victory. Steady progress saw them foster a 13 point lead at the interval and no heat defeats in the second half preserved the […]
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Salisbury Jets cruised to a comfortable win in round 1 of the Club Leagues. On paper it looked like the Jets and Findon Comets had the strongest line up, but the Comets crashed in their first 2 races and sadly did not look the part for the rest of the meeting. The Dolphins, anchored by Ty Geertsen and Jack Norman, […]
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There was plenty of Cycle Speedway racing to catch on another glorious April afternoon today, with all four regions in action. If you result is included yet, please email us: newsroom@3318news.co.uk North and Scotland Division One Astley & Tyldesley 95 – 78 Sheffield Hull 82 – 93 Edinburgh Stockport 112 – 67 Bury Division Two Astley & Tyldesley 86 – 64 Sheffield Hull […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged the 1st North Regional Round of the Youth & Junior League series at a warm and sunny Gin Pit. First up were the U8s and U10s, run concurrently. A&T’s Aiden Green raced unbeaten in the U8s event, with Sheffield’s Joe Brownell doing likewise in the U10s category. Bury’s Harry Radford topped the qualifying scores in the […]
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The first round of the South East and East British Youth & Junior League (BYJL) took place at Kesgrave on Saturday 8th April. The weather was ideal for racing being still, warm and dry. It was good to see riders from Great Blakenham, Hethersett, Norwich, Ipswich and Kesgrave on the entry list but special mention must go to our new […]
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The British Youth and Junior League is back this weekend, with a slightly new look to the age categories. Leicester, Astley & Tyldesley, Kesgrave and Newport (Underwood) host the first of four regional rounds. As the sport is brought in line with British Cycling’s other disciplines, the age categories are U8, U10, U12, U14 boys, Junior (U18) and Girls. It […]
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The first round of the HSBC Elite GP series takes place on 6th May at East Park with entries closing for both the Senior and Junior Matches on 29th April. Having a new successful and accessible individual Cycle Speedway Grand Prix series is essential to the sport’s growth and offers another exciting promotional opportunity to showcase the best of what CS […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club stage their annual Welsh Open championships on Sat 15th April, with the women taking to the track first at 2pm, followed by the under 19 boys at 3.30pm. Two first class fields have been assembled for what is sure to witness some excellent racing on the big open Welsh raceway. Both meetings are sponsored by Dig It […]
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The next cycle speedway specific coaching course is scheduled to take place at East Park (Wolverhampton) on Sunday 14th May 2017. All eligible level 2 coaches have been contacted by British Cycling and these coaches need to respond to BC to enrol on the course. The cost of the course is a very modest £125.00, which includes all gear, books […]
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Sheffield and Northumbria were keen to forget their Division 1 losses last week against Bury and Edinburgh respectively. Sheffield were unchanged and Northumbria making one change to their main six as Dan Redshaw returned in place of Gavin Parr (away motor speedway racing at Scunthorpe). Four 7-3s and a 6-4 for Sheffield in the first six heats put the Stars […]
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With Stockport having concerns over transport during the previous few days, it was a relief to see an 8 man team line up for the NL Division One match against Edinburgh at a sun drenched Redbraes Park. Once the match started, it was clear that Stockport’s pre-season training had paid dividends as several of the home side looked to be […]
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The 2016 season saw plenty of action for Ireland, with teams entered for the Veterans, Junior and Senior Home Internationals, as well as the European Senior Nations Cup. A team was entered for the Junior European Nations Cup but was withdrawn due to rider unavailability. The Home Internationals were staged at Hull and the inaugural Veterans Home International saw Paddy Wenn […]
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Last Sunday, East Park v Wednesfield Aces Midland League Division 2 Cycle Speedway match saw a very proud moment for father and son, Wayne and Adam Tipton, who both raced for Wednesfield Aces second team. Adam, a regular Aces second team and Youth & Junior league rider, has been racing at the club for the past four seasons while dad, […]
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