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 […]
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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 […]
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The Midland League fixtures have now been added to our 2017 Calendar page. The season kicks off on 2nd April with an all Wednesfield affair at Ashmore Park and concludes on 3rd September 2017. EDIT: Wednesfield Dragons have pulled out of the league. 2017 Midland League fixtures Sat 01 Apr Sun 02 Apr Dragons Aces Sat 08 Apr BJY R1 […]
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Over the weekend in Adelaide, Australian international competitor Bobby McMillan (#4) revealed he has received an offer to compete in Poland this coming season. It is understood that during his brief stay at Coventry, and subsequent association with the club’s Polish assets, the offer was generated by Leszno. McMillan commented: “Michal Sassek and I got on really well riding together with Coventry […]
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Holly Greenhalgh celebrated her 16th birthday at Findon on Sunday by taking out the Women’s individual grade. With a powerful performance, she must surely have confirmed selection for the national test squad in November. Jackie Kinross and Kayleigh Clarke filled the minor positions with a series of eye catching heats. In the U15 category, Jackson Dobie just clinched overall victory from […]
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Due to the continuing extreme heatwave, the Le Fevre club opted to stage their second race meeting of the season on Friday evening and hope for cooler weather. However, the temperature at start time was still 37°C! The high temperature did not prevent an evening of excellent racing with former Australian Champion, Ty Geertsen, taking the main event from Paul […]
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The dates for the 2017 CS Little League events have been confirmed, following the release of the national championships calendar this week. The first event will take place at the same time and region as the British Club Championships, with the U10 CS Little League Club Final at a venue and date to be confirmed. Other CS Little League GP events […]
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The major events calendar has been issue by British Cycling this afternoon. It includes details of all the main events this season, including YJL, Supertrax, CS Cup, Club Championships and British Individual Weekend. This can also be found on the 2017 Calendar page. Sat 8th April BYJL Regional 1 – SE/E Kesgrave BYJL Regional 1 – Midland Leicester […]
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33/18 News has had a brief make over today. Hopefully you’ll like the new design, as we look forward to what will no doubt be an exciting season of new and old competitions, culminating with the 2017 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia at the end of the year. The results archive is still to be updated, as I’m sure our […]
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Close on fifty competitors attended the 2017 opening meeting at Findon on Sunday despite an afternoon of frequent heavy rain showers. The open category featured between seven and eight riders on the gate, which led to interesting first bends! However Bobby McMillan emerged as overall winner closely followed by Braden Makepeace, Todd Clarke and Shane Bentley. The Womens event was a family […]
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Although Ty Geertsen had a previous family commitment and Jack Norman was sidelined due to his involvement in a motor speedway event, the club still provided an action packed meeting covering all age categories to start the 2017 season. In the combined older age group event, Paul White took the major award with a well deserved 30 point maximum and in turn […]
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A&T have signed four riders during the winter transfer window. First in were the father and son duo of Charles and Duncan Whalley, from Bury. Following them was Scottish international, Kyle Holland (pictured left with A&T’s Radek Handke), from Sheffield, quickly followed by veteran racer, Mick Knowles, who has signed from Heckmondwike. The signings will bolster A&T’s squad to race in […]
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Here are the 2017 South West and Wales region fixtures for 2017. If other regions could also send on their fixtures to 33/18 News, we will publish them in our main fixtures page in due course. Please email: newsroom@3318news.co.uk South West & Wales Region – Fixtures 2017 (Provisional) 26 March Newport v Horspath v Poole Spring Cup Rd.1 Swindon v […]
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The Midland League are running a Spring Team Cup event over Sundays in March and April, with Wednesfield Aces, Birmingham, East Park and Wednesfield Dragons facing off against each other. The event is run on a 24 heat pairs formula, with 4 riders and a reserve per team. The dates are: Round 1 – Wednesfield Aces (12th March 2017) Round […]
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The full list of approved transfers has been issued by British Cycling after the transfer window closed on Tuesday evening. Positive news includes the transfer of riders back to Stoke after a brief period with Astley and Tyldesley. The potteries club are hoping to maintain momentum during 2017, with some successful new rider sessions taking place at Etruria Park already […]
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The Supertrax Battle of Britain and Women’s League competitions will have a fresh new look for 2017, with specially designed race jerseys for the competitions. Each region is currently in the process of finding a sponsor for their teams, which includes team naming rights, with the money raised going towards printing the jerseys, flags and signage, with 33/18 designs subsidising […]
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After completing his transfer on transfer deadline day, Ben Mould returns to his home town club, Newport, and back to where it all started for the reigning British champion. Team manager, Nicky Evans commented: “Ben will be a great character to our club. He is already a good friend to many of us and will be no stranger here. “Ben has […]
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As the transfer deadline shuts this evening, arguably the biggest winter move sees Wednesfield’s British Champion, Ben Mould moving back to his home town club Newport – making him the fourth rider to return to their first club after Lewis and Chris Osborne’s move to Great Blakenham and Gavin Wheeler reportedly back at Southampton. Wednesfield manager Wayne Aris said: “With all the changes […]
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