Ipswich riders Charlie-Jane Herbert & Chloe Pearce as well as Louisa Pearce(Chloe’s mother) will be starting a 300 mile cycle around a cycle speedway track in aid of Cancer Research in September, any donations would be greatly appreciated and can be made at the link below: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/charlie-janes-team
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Former long standing servant of the Cycle Speedway scene in Coventry, Les Grimes (pictured wearing number 3), sadly passed away last Sunday evening. Father of current British champion Myke, Les had suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease for many years. He was 69 years of age. He came from a golden era of the sport in the Godiva city in the sixties […]
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Hellingly Lions heat leader, Steven Archer’s season has come to an abrupt end as a crash in a South Eastern Division 2 Match resulted in a broken bone in his Foot. In the very first heat of the Division 2 match Archer tangled with a Kesgrave rider which resulted in an exclusion and facial cuts. Cleaned up by Kesgrave’s first […]
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Two former cycle speedway riders are really making a name for themselves on the Veldrome circuit. James Bunting (Sheffield Stars) and Will Tidball (Exeter Aces) have been named in the GB team to race in the UCI Junior Track Cycling world championships in Aigle, Switzerland from 15-19 August. James will compete in the Sprints with Will racing in the Endurance […]
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Astley and Tyldesley’s Max Evans was recognised by his former primary school last month, for his achievement in racing for the Great Britain junior team in Australia last winter. Former pupils Max Evans and Ella Toone were invited to officially open the new extension at St. George’s Central Primary School, Tyldesley, appropriately enough on St. George’s Day. The two international […]
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Dan Chambers is undertaking some endurance events this year in order to fundraise money for charities. If you would like to donate to any of the charities mentioned in the article below then visit the mydonate page at the bottom of the article: Throughout 2018 I will be competing in several endurance sporting events whilst also raising £2700 for Macmillan […]
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Former Ipswich Eagles and Ireland international, Lewis Roberts, is heading to Nepal to volunteer with Raleigh International to help with aiding those affected by the 2015 earthquake. Lewis needs to raise £800, so if you can help, visit his Just Giving page at the bottom of the article.
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Newport Cycle Speedway rider, Jacob Soper and fellow firefighter Owen Cousins, will be running the Newport 10K in full fire kit and breathing apparatus (combined weight of over 30KG) to raise funds for the firefighters charity. They have a target of £1000 which will go towards helping serving and retired firefighters along with their family’s in their times of need. […]
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Before the sport jumps to the wrong conclusion, this is not the former double World Individual Champion, who will be making a return to racing, but his 3 year old son Zach, who already has his mind set on emulating his father’s achievements. On Saturday, he took the opportunity to wear a Poole racing shirt, whilst competing at the North […]
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After a successful visit to Adelaide for the 2017 World Championships, Poole’s talented teenager, Fraser Garnett, recently suffered a fractured hip whilst playing football. Early indications suggest that he could be out of action for at least two months. However, Fraser is aiming to be fit for the early season fixtures and in turn the opportunity to compete in the […]
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After continued treatment, former triple world champion, David Hemsley (pictured bottom right), has been forced to withdraw from the World Veteran Individual event. A recent x ray at the Royal Adelaide Hospital indicated that the double ankle fracture had failed to heal to the extent that would allow Hemsley to compete at his very high standard. The world veterans final takes place […]
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Ipswich’s Chloe Pearce has become the tenth and final addition to Women’s Team GB test squad for the Australian tour this coming November. Pearce becomes the third U16 rider in the squad, joining Poole’s Macie Schmidt and Sheffield’s Niamh Morton. Team boss Geoff Gamage commented: “Chloe’s progression in the past six weeks has earned her the last spot, where she […]
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Wednesfield Aces legend, Lee Aris, is bound for a new life in Australia and leaves behind an incredible Cycle Speedway career. Lee started cycle speedway back in 1987 at the age of 8 with Wednesfield and has never looked back since. Back then, there wasn’t much racing for youngsters, so there was not much individual success in his early years. […]
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Exeter’s Aaron Herbert took home the top amateur award at the Exeter Express & Echo Sports Personality awards last month. Aaron, who’s legal name is Sellick but has been known as Herbert since he was 3, qualified for his first senior open British final at his home track in 2016 and had his best season in the sport to date. Proud […]
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Meet Ethan Mitchell, the first person (soon) with a formal academic qualification in CS! Ethan applied through the GCSE “Meeting Local Needs” process to study Cycle Speedway as one of his four PE practicals, providing a suggested syllabus suggested by coaches at Ipswich Eagles. The examining body accepted the syllabus and Ipswich offered free coaching to all GCSE PE students […]
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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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Wolston village came together to Raise funds for Lee Kemp to go to Australia last weekend, by holding a charity quiz night with a raffle and two great prizes to auction. There were 13 teams and everybody dug deep, with the total raised a staggering £600. It is a great achievement from such a small village in Warwickshire. Thanks must go out to […]
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One name already pencilled in for the 2017 Laurels on September 3rd is World Junior Champion, Shane Bentley, who aims to spend a few weeks in Poole to sharpen up in preparation for the World Championships. Shane’s association with the Dorset club goes back several seasons, and the chance to compete against top British and Polish stars at Harbourside will give him a […]
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