33/18 News has learnt that Rob Hurley, former president of the Salisbury club in Australia, passed away from Motor Neurone Disease on Thursday 21st March at the age of 69 As well as being the president of the Salisbury club Rob was also announcer at Salisbury for many years with his wife Glynis (who was canteen manager for 3 years) […]
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Steve Mullinder has been in touch to say that the following are available for purchase for all the people who are going to Australia: Hoody XS – 34”, S. – 36”, M. – 40”, L. – 44”, XL. -48”, 2XL. – 52” Price =£27.00 ZIP Hoody Same but no XS and only goes up to 2XL Price =£29.50 T shirts […]
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Sunday 7th May saw Murray Bridge Cycle Speedway host the annual South Australian Open Championship (State Titles). With over 100 nominations from all four tracks made out for a fantastic day. A big day ahead for all 14 contenders competing in the open men’s grade all fighting for that number one position. Daniel Robb, was untouchable all day taking out […]
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A revised provisional schedule for the 2023 World Championships in Australia has been issued and can be seen below: Racing will now start on Saturday 18th November and finish on Sunday 3rd December Entries for all official ICSF World Championship competitions will close on Monday 18th September, and the final schedule will be issued shortly afterwards. An information pack and […]
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Words by Pete Barnes. Pics by Kayleigh Clarke With over 90 nominations from the four South Australian clubs over five hours of racing took place before the victors in each division could be confirmed. In the Grand Final of the Open grade Salisbury based Cody Chadwick held off thestrong challenge from fellow club mate Bobby McMillan with Blake Frencken and […]
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Words by Pete Barnes. Pics by Shane Below. With two clubs staging birthday meetings over the weekend it was Le Fevre who opened the racing on Saturday to celebrate 30 years since the formation of the club by the late Bill Rufus. After a series of qualifying heats a two rider run off was required to determine the overall winner […]
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Words by Pete Barnes. Pic by Kayleigh Clarke. After a sluggish start to his 2023 season Bobby McMillan took eighteen points from his five outings at Findon on Sunday afternoon although he would be the first to admit the majority of his heats saw him fortunate to draw the inside gate positions from Shane Bentley and Matt Gentle. Ryan Knights […]
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Words by Pete Barnes After a very lengthy time away from the sport former World U16 Individual Champion Jack Norman made a welcome return at a recent Le Fevre training evening and from reports he has lost little of his “lightning” starting ability. With the home nation striving to capture the 2023 World Senior Team Cup event later this year […]
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Words by Pete Barnes. Pic by Kayleigh Clarke. Representatives from both the Poole / Dolphin Centre and South Australian Findon / FSK clubs have agreed the arrangement for multi capped Australian International Shane Bentley and highly talented teenage competitors, Ryan Knights and Blake Freckcen, to make a two week visit to the South Coast and compete in the prestigious Ade […]
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Words by Pete Barnes After the welcome summer holiday break over 50 competitors nominated for the long awaited opening meeting on Sunday and as expected it was Australian International Shane Bentley who captured the Senior Open event from Matt Gentle and fellow International Bobby McMillian. Although still in their teenage years both Ryan Knights and Blake Frencken indicated their undoubted […]
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Words by Pete Barnes, picture by Lelona Clifford During the end of season Christmas meeting at Findon manager Tammy Clarke made a presentation to long standing club member Margaret Staunton in recognition of over 30 years involvement in various roles. Recent visitors to Findon during World events will recall her pleasant nature as bar manager and she will be sorelymissed, […]
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The Le Fevre club recently held its annual end of season presentation day and among the winners were Paul White in Division 1 with Robert Fleming a well deserved victor in the Veterans grade. In Division 6 Zack Pudney, son of former World Champion Daniel, was a popular recipient. Among the 2022 Life Membership inductees were former Australian International competitor […]
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Words by Pete barnes, photo by Tammy Clarke The penultimate meeting of the 2022 season saw a reasonable attendance of competitors with Australian International Shane Bentley taking the Open event from highly rated teenagers Blake Frencken and Ryan Knights. In the lower division it was a near faultless performance from Tian Love to head the scorechart from Hannah Powell and […]
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Words by Pete Barnes, Photos by Tammy Clarke As a result of a grant application the long awaited upgrade to the Findon clubroom and adjacent building has recently commenced with a projected cost in the region of $132,000. It will feature home and away changing rooms, toilet block and shower facilities. Another incentive is the redevelopment of the main clubroom bar […]
Read moreThe International Cycle Speedway Federation (ICSF) and Australian Cycle Speedway Council are delighted to announce that the 2023 World Cycle Speedway Championships will go ahead in Australia. The Championships have been delayed, due to the Covid pandemic, but the organisers are now able to proceed with planning for the Championships. Below is an Official Announcement and Championships Schedule. Please note […]
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Cody Chadwick has sent in this report of the 20″ Trevor Dutton and 26″ Brian Herd Invitationals: THE FUTURE STARS SHINE…….. The 2021 20″ Trevor Dutton Invitional was a thrilling show of racing with 16 brave riders taking to the track.In the earlier heats it saw two very promising podium place getters in likes of Kimberley Williams and Dylan Miller. […]
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Mark Reynolds from Pedal Power is about to ship another 30 sets of pedals and 20 bars to Cody Chadwick in Australia. This means the supply in UK is getting very short. Mark understands there is no racing here but if anyone wants pedals or bars they need to get them while they have some left. The best way is […]
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Australian Cycle Speedway is once again in mourning with news of the death of 11 year old Findon rider Connor Lawson, who died on Tuesday October 6th following an accident at home the previous evening. Here is how the sad news was reported on the Findon Skid Kids Facebook page It is with great sadness the Findon Skid Kids let […]
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