The recently appointed Chair of the BC Cycle Speedway Commission, Marian Lauder, will be attending Poole’s match this afternoon. Poole chairman, Graham Sutton said: “Marian, who is an ex-army colonel, is a member of the British Cycling Board and is paying her first visit to a Cycle Speedway match, so hopefully she will go away with a favourable impression of the sport. “If […]
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On Sunday 14 May, East Park Wolves provided their facilities for British Cycling to run a Cycle Speedway specific coaching course for three club coaches from Wednesfield, East Park and Birmingham. Rob Mace from British Cycling put the three coaches through an intense coaching course, using East Park Riders and two Birmingham riders of all ages. Five hours of training with the […]
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The final 2017 British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission Competitions Plan has been circulated by British Cycling. The new competitions plan, brought in this season, provides a new platform for Cycle Speedway racing. With brand new flagship events like the Supertrax competitions; Battle of Britain and HSBC UK Elite GP, joining the already established successes of the British Youth and Junior […]
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Poole chairman, Graham Sutton, was invited to attend the British Cycling National Gala Dinner on 11th February at the NEC in Birmingham to be presented with the Brian Cossavella Memorial Trophy for services to cycle event promotion. The recipient of this award is voted for by the British Cycling Board from nominations received from within cycle sport. He is the first […]
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The major events calendar has been issue by British Cycling this afternoon. It includes details of all the main events this season, including YJL, Supertrax, CS Cup, Club Championships and British Individual Weekend. This can also be found on the 2017 Calendar page. Sat 8th April BYJL Regional 1 – SE/E Kesgrave BYJL Regional 1 – Midland Leicester […]
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The full list of approved transfers has been issued by British Cycling after the transfer window closed on Tuesday evening. Positive news includes the transfer of riders back to Stoke after a brief period with Astley and Tyldesley. The potteries club are hoping to maintain momentum during 2017, with some successful new rider sessions taking place at Etruria Park already […]
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Stockport’s Jake Read and Leicester’s Lucy Whitehead were the big winners in this weekend’s 2016 season British Indoor Cycling Speedway Championships, while Wednesfield did the double in the team event, taking both senior and junior titles. Indoor specialist, Jake Read was in scintillating form throughout the open event, making light work of his semi final and securing two second places off […]
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British Cycling have released the draw for the 2016 British Indoor Championships, which takes place at Coventry Connexion on 7th and 8th January 2017. 2016 British Cycling Cycle Speedway Indoor Championships Sports Connexion, Coventry, CV8 3FL Draws and Time Table Saturday 7th January 09:00:00 Under 16’s Prequalifying down to 16 1 Max Wells Leicester CSC 2 Macie Schmidt Poole CSC […]
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Exeter’s European and British Women’s champion, Lauren Hookway is flying the flag for Cycle Speedway in British Cycling’s “Ride of the Year”, where she is up against the likes of Olympian Jason Kenny. Hookway faces tough competition against some huge names in cycling, but her success of being crowned European champion at Poole this year was noticed by the top brass at British […]
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Coventry have issued a reminder that entries for the British Indoor Finals close next week – on Sunday 18th December, after British Cycling extended the deadline. The finals will be staged at the Sports Connexion, Ryton, near Coventry on 7th/8th January 2017. Riders and teams can now enter for the traditional eight events which forms the finals weekend by going […]
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British Cycling have released an updated competitions plan, this time including the list of graded riders based on the 2016 season. It also features the fixtures for the Supertrax Battle of Britain series, with the Midlands hosting South East, while the North and Scotland race South West and Wales at Astley & Tyldesley in round one. The Supertrax Battle of Britain […]
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A vacancy has appeared in respect of a place on the British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission for 2017. The key role of the Commission is to adopt and generate ideas and policies to enhance the development of the sport of Cycle Speedway. This is therefore an ideal platform for those with the drive to move the sport forward. The Commission […]
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The entries for the 2016 British Indoor Cycle Speedway championships have today been re-opened by British Cycling. The event will take place at Coventry’s Sport Connexion under British Cycling over the weekend of 7th-8th January 2017. The British Indoor Championships were removed from the British Cycling calendar last week, following a dispute between host club Coventry and the sport’s governing body, after […]
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In 2011, British Cycling issued a directive regarding the issue of “coaching riders with less than two brakes attached to their bikes”. In a nut shell what this meant was that if a coach did not hold a discipline specific level 2 qualification (in our case Cycle Speedway), they would not be covered by BC insurance, when coaching Cycle Speedway. […]
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British Cycling have released the details of where the post codes will be drawn up for the Supertrax Battle of Britain series, which begins at the end of April next year. Eligibility to ride for a region in the Battle of Britain is based on the rider’s address of residence as per their British Cycling Membership record. The boundaries for each BC […]
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British Cycling have today released the competitions plan for 2017 season, after an initial consultation period earlier in the season. Fresh new changes see the introduction of regional Play-offs, a new top tier team league with accompanying individual Grand Prix series under the “Supertrax” branding and there’s good news for younger age categories following rules imposed on national championships by […]
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British Cycling and CS Referees have issued a reminder regarding illegal chain tensioners. The statement reads: “All chain tensioners, if protruding, must not exceed 6mm and they must have flat ends. “A few instances of late have arisen where bikes inspected by referees have had Chain Tensioners which exceed this requirement.” So, make sure your bike is up to scratch or […]
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The draws are in for the British Individuals Weekend and there’s a disappointing amount of entries, especially in the Open draw, with just 30 riders entered, continuing the decline witnessed in recent years. Out of the rest of the categories, the U16s is the only one that won’t be a straight final, which sadly removes any sort of prestigiousness about appearing […]
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