Wednesfield have now forwarded Dave Meanley’s transfer papers to British Cycling. East Park welcome Dave back after his short spell with Wednesfield, adding some more depth to the Wolves’ Midland League Division One side. More transfer news as we get it!
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Luke Draisey is returning to help bolster East Park’s side after a few years out the sport. Draisey, who is no stranger around the Wolves track, said “It’s time to jump on the saddle again, I’ve missed the sport but a break was needed.” The news will be a boost for the Wolverhampton club, after a difficult season in 2015, losing top riders Brandon Whetton […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club, gearing up for their return to top tier Elite League racing in 2016, have signed World junior number two Michal Sassek from Poland. The 18 year old, from Popowo Wonieskie near the major city of Leszno, in west-central Poland, joins the ambitious Hearsall Common club to bolster their firepower for the new Elite League campaign starting […]
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East Park Wolves have announced the signing of former Birmingham administrator/rider, Bob Prince on a first licence. Bob who received the Wilkinson Sword Award at the indoors for all his years service to Cycle Speedway, is going to be a terrific asset to East Park, bringing much knowledge and experience with him. Bob has already been a huge help assisting East Park with their Go-ride […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club have moved to begin building their Elite League squad for 2016 by signing talented Adam Watson from Sheffield. Watson is expected to be the first of a flurry of new riders announced by Coventry ahead of the new season which starts in March. Based in Manchester, Watson joins Coventry on an Elite league `licence`, which allows […]
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As you may have already seen in our round up of day one of the 2015 British Indoor Championships, top referee, Bob Prince (pictured right) was presented with the Wilkinson Sword Award by new CS British Cycling Commission chairman, Colin Docker. Bob received the award for his dedication to Cycle Speedway, in which he has been involved in since he […]
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Birmingham Monarchs’, Chris Timms has recently been in talks with Ostrow’s Szymon Kowalczyk to bring him to the second City. The Polish rider recently captured everyone’s attention with his impressive performance in the World Individual Final in August 2015. Kowalczyk finished on a solid 12 points, beating some of the Worlds best throughout the tour. Chris first met Simon in 2008 […]
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Sandwell stalwart, Brian Buck (pictured centre with Bob Prince, left and Steve Mullinder, right), is stepping down from his role as league secretary/recorder for the Midland League and in doing so is taking a step back from Cycle Speedway after over 60 years involved in the sport. Bob Prince takes us through Brian’s time in the sport. Most of the people […]
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Two of the sports top veteran stars are among the latest veteran entries for the British Indoor championships, to be staged at Coventry on 2nd and 3rd January 2016, at the Sports Connexion venue. Top Norfolk racer Paddy Wenn, one of the most popular riders on the veteran scene, has entered the championships. The Norwich rider clearly means business this […]
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British champion, Zac Payne has admitted he’s surprised to be up for the Oxfordshire Sports Award, after a successful season, which concluded with representing Great Britain and winning the British Indiviudal title in Ipswich. Payne is up against professional athletes in Yorkshire and England Lions cricketer Jack Brooks and MotoGP star Bradley Smith. Check out the interview with Zac in […]
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Wednesfield Aces Cycle Speedway club’s popular youngster Adam Tipton (pictured left) has received the prestigious DR Josh Johnston Young Volunteers ward from the Wolverhampton city sports advisory committee. Adam received his award from the Mayor of Wolverhampton and Peter Holmes M.B.E at a civic reception on Tuesday evening along with other member of the Aces committee who were also receiving […]
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Ricki Johnson (pictured centre), the defending British Indoor champion, is looking for a quick-fire double success by declaring his aim to retain his championship title at the upcoming British Indoor Finals in Coventry. The Birmingham hotshot, who has also tasted British Final gold medal (under 19s) success outdoors, was the first visiting rider to arrive at the Sports Connexion venue […]
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With Wednesfield legend, Mick Aris announcing his retirement from Cycle Speedway after a staggering 50 years in the saddle, we approached sons Lee and Wayne so we could honour this remarkable achievement. Wayne Aris takes us down memory lane to tell Mick’s story… Not many people in any sport can say they have competed at the top level in that same sport […]
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Arguably the greatest ever Poole rider, Martin Gale called in at the Baiter Park track on the club’s end of season Clubnight to bid farewell as he heads off to Australia to take up a new job in Perth. After many youth and junior triumphs in the preceding years and becoming the youngest rider to be selected for the Poole […]
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Northumbria’s Gavin Parr has seen his season cut short by a few weeks, after finally getting a long awaited appointment for a back operation. The Vikings captain has ridden in pain for the most part this season, but it hasn’t stopped him having his most successful season to date. Parr finished top of the Northern League averages with an impressive […]
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On Saturday 12th March 2016, Gavin Parr and Jason Burke will set out on the 150 mile Coast to Coast bike ride from Whitehaven to Tynemouth, but it will have an added twist… They will be attempting to do it in one day, non stop and on a tandem. Until 6am on that Morning of March 12th, neither Gavin or Jason […]
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Horspath’s Rob Jeffery has set up a crowdfunding page in the hope of raising money for Hammers riders, British Champion Zac Payne and Lee Clarke, who both lost their bikes in a car fire, which we reported last week. Rob said, “Following on from this recent incident, I’ve set up a crowdfunding page to try and help Lee Clarke and Zac […]
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Carrying on from our series of interviews before the British Championship weekend, we hope to bring you more interviews throughout the close season, from not just our champions of Cycle Speedway but also volunteers and ex-riders too. This week, we speak to the new British Champion, Zac Payne, where we find out how it all started for the Horspath rider […]
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