A busy weekend of cycle speedway action kicks off at Wednesfield on Saturday with the Dash Trophies Midland Grand Prix for Under 23’s, Over 40’s and Open. The under 23’s are first up at 1pm with the Over 40’s scheduled for a 3pm start and the Open event scheduled for 5pm. Wednesfield will also have racing on Sunday with the […]
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33/18 News has received some sad news as Simon Baltkauls has died. Simon was heavily involved with the Stoke club over the years including recent efforts to revive the club which were unsuccessful Condolences to all Simon’s family & friends Funeral details will be published on this site as soon as they are available
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Tarn Fynn has been in touch with a few updates. Firstly the Rider Gradings have been issued and are listed below in full: 2020 CYCLE SPEEDWAY RIDER GRADINGS1. PurposeTo create competition of a more balanced nature in terms of team strengthTo discourage the frequent movement of riders from club to clubTo reward those clubs which have nurtured and invested in […]
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Bury Comets were successful in a pre season challenge match at Cookson Park against the Sheffield Stars and Rockets teams. The three team challenge used the formula which has proved a success in the South and South Wales League. The Comets success owed much to the unbeaten partnership of Harry Radford and Kris Ramsden, who scored 7-3 maximum wins in […]
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The 3rd Scottish Open proved to be the most competitive so far enjoyed in front of Fife’s largest ever crowd of approximately 100 spectators. There was going to be a new champion this year due to the absence of Mikey Hewitson. The format saw 2 qualifying groups. The winners of each going straight to the final with positions 2 and 3 […]
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Al Bentley from East Park has been in touch to say that the East Park v Leicester Midland League fixture scheduled for this coming Sunday (March 8th) has been reversed and will now become Leicester v East Park The return match will take place at East Park on Sunday July 5th
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Report by Pete Barnes. Pics by Shane Below. The North Haven based club staged its annual birthday event last Friday evening with latest signing, former World Individual Champion Joel Chadwick, taking the major honour. Jack Norman would have been pleased with his runners up award on his return to racing after the long summer holiday break whilst Farren Wills and […]
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES finally got some racing for their keen youngsters after three weeks of storm postponements. Four young Hawks braved the cold windy conditions for the GO-RIDE event with Norwich riders at Harford Park. McKenzie Loombe dropped just one point in the heats before winning the Under-15 Final while in the Under-11s Will Clarke was second […]
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Words by Steve Hodgkinson Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club are preparing for a new season of racing in 2020. The senior side have been strengthened by the signing of Ipswich rider Charlie Rumbold who is now based in the Midlands. One of Ireland’s best riders and a solid asset to the GB squad he is a welcome addition to the […]
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Report by Pete Barnes. Photos by Shane Below. Despite the meeting “clashing” with the Superloop 500 motor racing event in Adelaide well over 80 competitors nominated for the Findon Mitre 10 Annual Memorial Open Championship on Sunday. Staged over all the divisions it was the fiercely contested junior category over a series of heats and a “one off” final that […]
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The funeral of former Cheam Cherokees, Raynes Park Tigers and Tolworth Tudors rider Len Kitching, who passed away on Friday 21st February, will take place on Thursday 19th March at 14.00 at North East Surrey Crematorium in Lower Morden Lane , Morden, SM4 4NU Donations, if desired, to the St Raphael’s Hospice
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES staged a pre-season Darts & Social evening with friends from Norwich Stars CSC at Hethersett Social Club. Organised like a 4-a-side cycle speedway match the competition was held over two legs. The winners came from Norwich – Paddy, Luke, Gary and Shaun – with Paddy also taking the top score prize with 121. Hethersett’s […]
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The 2019 season was an historic one for Ireland which culminated in the crowning of their 1st World Individual Champion in Poland in August. The International year for Ireland started at Ipswich with the 2019 Home Internationals where Ireland had teams in all 3 categories. The Over 40’s were first up where the same 4 riders who rode in the […]
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Report by Pete Barnes. Pictures by Kyra Ricketts. The Le Fevre club staged over five hours of brilliant racing on Saturday with well over 100 competitors that fully justified the annual competition and in turn indicated the high esteem that former Club President Bill Rufus had within the sport in South Australia. All the categories completed a series of qualifying […]
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33/18 News has learned of the sad news that former Cheam Cherokees, Raynes Park Tigers and Tolworth Tudors rider Len Kitching, who rode in the first 2 British Veterans Individual Championship Finals in 1987 & 1988, died on Friday 21st February. Chris Rosam has sent in this tribute to Len: “He was a dedicated club man, the type that all […]
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Ireland joint team managers Steve Copping and Gary Colby are looking to increase the pool of riders available for selection for Ireland at Junior, especially so at Junior (Under 18) level. Such riders would need to have been born in Ireland, or have Irish parents or grandparents Any riders who feel that they meet this criteria should contact either Steve […]
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33/18 News was saddened to learn of the passing of former Chiswick Comets rider Ron Byford who died after a long battle with Myelofibrosis on Friday February 7th, 10 days before his 85th birthday. Not only did he ride for Chiswick but he was also associated with the Swindon club, an association that ran from when he relocated to Swindon […]
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Salisbury Jets have got their 2020 season underway. After the first race meet of the year saw 80 riders only managing one race each before being rained out, the following week has seen a comfortable 75 riders out to hit the track for an entertaining 4 hours of racing in the warmer weather. Stand out riders on the day included […]
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