Birmingham Monarchs fell to a second Midland League Gold Cup defeat on Sunday as Coventry XL Motors Sabres took an away win at Perry Hall Playing Fields. Whilst the senior team held its own it was yet again the lacking depth in the junior team that cost the team deeply. Two youngsters were thrown into the junior team due to […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club get back to action on Sunday after nearly a month of no team racing. Coventry are the visitors in Midland league action with a start time of 1pm for juniors, 2pm seniors. Coventry will be without skipper Myke Grimes who is attending a family wedding but the visitors will have plenty of riders capable of making it […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club hosted the Midland Riders Championships on Sunday, with all categories in a day full of racing. The senior event was won by Monarchs’ own Nathan Groves, who took the title on 15 points. Chris Timms missed out on a rostrum place after moving at the start in a run off for podium places. Chris Jewkes […]
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The Midland individuals Riders Championship will be going ahead at Birmingham on Sunday, starting at 12 noon. The categories will be u12s, u15s, u18s, open, women and vets. Entry costs £2.
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway team went down to an agonising 2 point defeat to reigning champions Wednesfield in a topsy turvy meeting with the lead changing hands on several occasions. The Monarchs couldn’t have got off to a worse start with a tapes exclusion for Groves in Heat 1 followed by another Aces advantage in heat 2 (6-13). The […]
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You could be forgiven for thinking a match ran at the same time as England’s World Cup football campaign would offer up a lack lustre and poorly attended affair at the Supertrax Battle of Britain in Birmingham, but the Midlands and South West and Wales served up two excellent, hard fought encounters of elite Cycle Speedway for the healthy crowd. […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Veterans riders raced to second spot on Saturday in Manchester, in the British Cycling British Club Over 40s team Championships, having to play 2nd best to a magnificent Leicester team, with the home club taking third. The recently resurfaced circuit of the Astley and Tyldesley club gave a super quick race track and a fantastic product for the sport. All […]
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Attention turns back to elite racing this weekend after a long stretch of regional Sundays. Elite Men league leaders, South East and East, journey up to Cookson Park to face the North and Scotland. With rumours of in-form Andy Angell making his series debut for the home side, if they can get their best riders assembled, they could make life […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club juniors were in East Park on Saturday for the 4th and final Regional round of the Youth Junior League (BYJL). Monarch youngsters grabbed victory on the day and podium placings overall. First up were the U8’s with Samuel Price untouchable on the day. He cruised to 5 wins including an A final victory and 2nd place overall, only […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club juniors were in Leicester on Saturday for the re-arranged 2nd round of the Youth Junior League (BYJL). With one round remaining after Leicester championship places were still up for grabs. Several Monarch youngsters are still very much in contention for a podium place. First up were the U8’s with Samuel Price currently in 2nd place. He saved […]
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East Park’s track is looking good, dry and super smooth ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend’s Euro Club Championships – before that, the Wolves hosted the powerful Birmingham on Sunday. Four matches took place, great value for all the riders, as three matches were stretched to four on a chilly late-April day. In Midland League Division 3, the East Park juniors […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club took an all too easy victory against a severely depleted home team in East Park on Sunday. Birmingham were also missing heat leaders Scott Millward and Ricki Johnson, whilst home number one Jake White was a huge loss for the Wolves. Wolves mostly youthful side were unable to manage a heat advantage with the Monarchs outfit proving […]
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Coventry XL Motors Sabres Cycle Speedway fought all the way against their local rivals Birmingham Monarchs in their first Midland League home match of the season on Sunday, but ultimately succumbed to the strength of their neighbours. Despite the weather bringing many challenges over the winter, the track was in supreme condition and provided some excellent racing by both sides, […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club are still waiting to kick off their 2018 season, after the two opening fixtures were postponed due to the adverse weather conditions, which left all tracks virtually unrideable. Last Sunday’s clash at Coventry going the same way as the previous trip to Leicester. Whilst on track training has been limited this season so far, members […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club held their Awards night last week to reward those who helped the club to success whether at racing level or behind the scenes in 2017. 7 awards were up for grabs and each one had a different winner on the night. Best newcomer was promising 7 year old Samuel Price who took up the sport […]
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The Cross-over League fixture was changed to a challenge fixture on the day last Wednesday, due to both clubs not having enough riders and needing to use guests, but at least a good natured fixture still took place under floodlights. The results were tight throughout with the lead swapping in the early stages until the Monarchs took a couple of […]
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A reminder to all Midland League riders that the Midland League Riders Championships take place at Birmingham’s Perry Barr track this Saturday starting at 12.00. This year an U12s category has been added to the day, which has been very popular with 20 riders currently signed up to ride. The other categories are U15, Junior, Ladies, Vets and Open, and […]
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Mark Winwood went agonisingly close but just missed out on a podium finish in the Eurovets finale at Leicester on Saturday. A 3rd place finish on the day saw him finish level on points with Northumbrian Jason Keith in the 40s, however Keith took 3rd place on countback which saw Winwood miss out. Home star Craig Marchant was crowned 40s […]
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