The Hull club have just heard of the sad passing of Derek Hilton on August 30th. Derek originally raced in the Derby area and was central in the re-emergence of cycle speedway in Hull in 1971. A meeting was held in the Hull Boulevard speedway car park from which the Humberside League was formed and thrived in the 1970’s. Derek […]
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The Ade Gale Laurels will be staged at Harbourside Park, Poole on Sunday 13th September with start times as follows: Noon. Junior / U19. 13.30pm. Womens. 15.00pm. Senior. For further information please contact Pete Barnes: E mail. pete@poolecsc.com Landline. 01202 245087 Mobile. 07954422923
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos courtesy of Alan taylor Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 3 of the Manchester Individual Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Sunday. It was a cool, dry afternoon, with 20 riders turning out. Astley & Tyldesley’s Duncan Whalley and Bury’s Tom Dunphy dropped a point apiece to each other in the u-13s match, with Duncan […]
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES have been successfully staging limited training sessions within strict guidelines since early July and the twice-weekly sessions have attracted many new members, the majority of whom are Under-12 and a high-percentage of new female members. They have been able to learn all the skills and, more recently, been introduced into actual racing against each […]
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This weekend should have seen the British Finals Weekend take place in the South & South Wales region but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced those, along with most other major Cycle Speedway events, to be postponed and re-scheduled for 2021 with the clubs who were allocated the relevant events for 2020 having first refusal as to whether they stage them […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos courtesy of Alan Taylor. Bury hosted Round 2 of the Manchester Individual Grand Prix series at Goshen on Sunday. Heavy rain early on made for wet and heavy track conditions, with 21 riders turning out. Astley & Tyldesley’s Tom Morrissey raced to another maximum in the u-13s match, whilst Sheffield’s Oliver Banyard lost twice to […]
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The Robert Atkinson Memorial Hull GP, which is scheduled to be staged at Hull on Sunday September 13th at 1pm, is open to individual riders in all age groups. Under 35Under 50Over 50Over 60 Robert ‘Bob’ Atkinson raced for Saltersgill Saints (Teesside) in the late 60’s. Almost fifty years later he decided to make a comeback and riding his ancient […]
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Subject to BC approval Great Blakenham Cycle Speedway Club intend to run the annual Jim Peck Memorial meeting on Saturday 26th September. As usual this will be an invitation meeting but they are looking at running other categories before the main event if there is enough interest. The club are looking at Vets, Under 19, Under 16, Under 12, Under […]
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As a tribute to the late Rod Witham Bill Gill is seeking suggestions on how best to pay tribute to him. One suggestion was to promote the 2020 Finals weekend in Norwich in May 2021 but British Cycling have said that clubs that were awarded national events in 2020 would get first refusal for 2021 . Meanwhile he is hoping […]
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Pete Barnes has been in touch to remind club secretaries that the closing date for invitations for the Ade Gale Laurels, which is scheduled for Sunday 13th September, is Wednesday 26th August For more information please contact Pete as follows 01202 245087 07954 422923 pete@poolecsc.com
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos by Alan Taylor Bury hosted Round 1 of the Manchester Individual Grand Prix series at Goshen on Sunday. Conditions were ideal for racing on a cool, cloudy afternoon, with 21 riders turning out. Astley & Tyldesley’s Tom Morrissey raced to an untroubled maximum in the u-13s match. A&T’s Duncan Whalley inflicted the only defeat on […]
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Poole CSC are proposing to re-stage the Ade Gale “Laurels” Individual event at Harbourside Park on Sunday 13th September embracing Junior, Women and Senior competitions with start times to be advised in due course. Specific modifications will be made to the racing arrangement given the current restrictions. Fresh invitations will be forwarded via Club Secretaries in the next few days […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted a test event at Gin Pit on Sunday, to explore the viability of staging a Manchester Individual Grand Prix series this summer. 14 riders turned out, with the organisers putting them into three groups, with some doubling up to ensure viability. A most enjoyable event took place, run at a leisurely pace to allow riders adequate […]
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(Report by Myke Grimes) Coventry XL Motors Cycle Speedway enjoyed a return to racing on Sunday, with 30 riders taking to the track across two matches after British Cycling moved up to Level 4 in their pandemic response plan, which enabled racing for the first time from 1 August. It was the first racing to take place at Hearsall Common […]
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Graham Sutton has been in touch to say that there will be a webcast for Rod Witham’s funeral on Wednesday August 5th. Details are below: Website: https://www.obitus.com/ Username: Rore8829Password: 155111 The funeral itself will be a private service at St Faiths Crematorium at 11.45 with the webcast available approximately 5 minutes beforehand. Family Flowers only, but if anyone would like […]
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Les Gustafson has been in touch to say that Colin Booth may still has some availability of 50 years of Cycle Speedway on DVD or download, and if there is sufficient interest Colin could organise a further supply of the publication. Anyone interested can contact Colin on colinfrankbooth@yahoo.co.uk
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Tarn Fynn has been in touch to share the latest guidance enabling competitive events to go ahead from the 1st August. This information may already have been sent out via another mailing list, however he wanted to clarify the headline points which apply to Cycle Speedway specifically. This is detailed in the guidance document, and anyone considering running a competitive […]
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Les Gustafson has sent in this tribute to Rod Witham, who passed away 2 weeks ago Of his many achievements for the sport, the publication of ’50 Years of CS’ has to be ranked as one of the best. As Mel Perkins mentioned, it is out of print – but some years ago the Veteran CS Riders Association made a […]
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