Below is an update from British Cycling regarding the recently advertised Access Sport Training meeting. Please note the meeting has been switched to Thursday May 20th to avoid clashing with a pre-arranged Cycle Speedway Commission meeting “British Cycling have teamed up with Access Sport to offer Inclusion training to cohorts of clubs across the UK. Access Sport believe subtle adaptations […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley opened up the delayed start to the 2021 season with a convincing 97-66 win over Stockport in a North West Group Division 1 match at Gin Pit on Sunday. Reece Pollitt raced unbeaten for A&T and recorded the fastest time of the day, 42.66 seconds, in heat 8. He had plenty of support […]
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Matthew Wilcockson has a 14 inch cycle speedway bike for sale which was used by his son Jude but he has outgrown it. The bike has a few scratches consistent with competitive riding otherwise it is in very good condition Price is £165 and Matthew can be contacted at mattwilcockson@hotmail.com
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There have been a few changes to some recently confirmed fixtures and these are listed below: Norfolk League: The Junior matches at Eaton Park (May 23rd) and Hethersett (June 20th) will start at 3pm. The Junior match at Spixworth (June 6th) will start at 11am. All 3 tracks will stage Senior matches on the dates mentioned and these will start […]
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The Poole / Dolphin Centre Club are pleased to announce that the Ade Gale Laurels event at Senior, Junior and Women categories will be staged at Harbourside Park on Sunday 25th July. The provisional date for the Veterans event is Saturday 21st August. Invitations will be forwarded via club secretaries in due course. For further information contact Pete Barnes as […]
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Tarn Fynn has been in touch with some updates to the National Calendar for 2021. The key changes are listed below: Home Internationals in Fife are postponed to 2022. British Club Championships move to the 3rd & 4th July. British Youth & Junior League changes format to four regional rounds and one national round (18th September, Midlands), and is pushed […]
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The Home Internationals, which were due to be staged at Fife on Saturday 22nd May, have been postponed until 2022. The Fife club broke the news in a statement on their Facebook page: “The much anticipated Home International tournament will be postponed until 2022. The decision was taken due to Covid19 pandemic and recent vandalism at the track.“Fife are determined […]
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Providing the current restrictions on Covid are relaxed the North & Scotland League will be split into 3 regions for 2021 The Scotland region will see Edinburgh Falcons, Fife Revolution and Glasgow Cyclones take part with Fife’s provisional fixtures as follows: 23rd May Fife Vs Glasgow 1pmDivision 2 & 3 6th June Fife Vs Edinburgh 1pmDivision 1, 2 & 3 […]
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Gemma Boyle from British Cycling has been in touch to say that they are now recruiting for new members to join their Technical Commission, which works to ensure that the sport’s Technical Regulations are clear, practicable and uphold safety and fairness. Applications close on Sunday 16 May and information can be found at the link below: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20190318-about-bc-static-British-Cycling-commissions-application-information-0
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The Astley & Tyldesley club have launched the official logo of the 2021 European Championships, kindly supplied by Myke Grimes of 33/18 Designs: The clubare also delighted to announce that the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, at Leigh Sports Village, will be the official hotel for the Championships. They are reserving 40 rooms, for four nights (check in from Thursday 29th […]
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Tarn Fynn has been in touch with the following updates from British Cycling regarding Cycle Speedway: The Way Forward guidance The Way Forward guidance document is due to be published in the next few days, which will detail the necessary mitigations to enable activity resume. Many of these will be generic, applicable to every discipline, such as risk assessment requirements, […]
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British Cycling has announced its return to activity plans which are listed below. Due to the roadmap set out below and uncertainty facing event organisers, a number of national events which were set to take place in April, May and June have now been either postponed or cancelled and unfortunately one of the cancelled events is the first round of […]
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Ben Higham has posted the following information on Facebook’s “I was (or still am) a Cycle Speedway Rider” regarding the funeral of his grandad Derek Garnett: “Just to let people know some information regarding Derek Garnett’s funeral. It will be on Wednesday 24th March at 10:30am and it will be live streamed if people want to watch and pay there […]
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Following on from Alan Taylor’s tribute to Derek Garnett, here are a few more tributes to one of cycle speedway’s greatest riders: From John Murphy:“R.I.P. Derek My Cycle Speedway Idol From Way Back. This Is A Photo Of Derek And I In Happier Times. A True Gentleman On And Off The Track, Will Always Miss You Derek, But We Made […]
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Alan Taylor has sent in this tribute to Derek Garnett: “Derek’s amazing cycle speedway career started in 1950 as one of the founder members of the Offerton Devils club. His ability soon started to show itself as he helped his fledgling team of young riders finish runners-up in the Manchester & Stockport League Division Two in 1952 and by 1954 were […]
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33/18 News has just received the very sad news that one of Cycle Speedway’s greatest riders, Derek Garnett, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday 16th March after a long illness. Derek was runner-up in the 1962 World Final at Edinburgh, British Champion in 1963, 1965, 1968 and 1972 plus he was the inaugural British Over 40’s champion in […]
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Sheffield’s Kyle Holland has been appointed as the team manager for the North & Scotland Junior team for this year’s Battle of Britain series and is looking for riders who meet the age category (18 or under in 2021) and are available for the following dates (all Sundays): 27 June-Wednesfield11 July-Poole25 July- Hull12 September-Norwich If the European Club Championships in […]
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Steve Copping has been working to update the Results Archive section on the site and would like to thank all those who have sent information to fill some gaps. However there are still some gaps which need to be filled and these are listed below. Where Full Results and referees are requested this applies to the final of the relevant […]
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