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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The deadline to enter the 2016 British Individual Championships, hosted in the South and South Wales region is this Wednesday 27th July 2016. The links to enter are below. Participants are reminded they must hold a minimum of a silver British Cycling membership at the time of entry to compete. Details for which can be obtain here: www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership Under 10s Under […]
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Over the past few months, members of the Cycle Speedway Coaching Workgroup have been working closely with British Cycling’s Coach and Education team in order to tackle the “no brakes” issue. Great progress has been made in identifying suitable “coaches” who have not qualified because of outstanding tasks or paperwork. British Cycling are in the process of contacting all coaches who […]
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There are still some vacant spots in the 2016 ICSF Junior and Open European Championships, which are being held at Poole and Southampton over the weekend of 29th-31st July 2016. Any rider interested needs to contact Paul West at British Cycling in the first instance with a debit/credit card number to cover the GB Rider entry fee (£10 Juniors, £15 Seniors). […]
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Due to the British Cycling 2017 Progress Plan making it’s way via email to clubs a little later than planned last week, the CS commission has decided to extend the consultation deadline to Friday 10th June 2016. All clubs have now received a PDF copy via email of the proposals, which was delayed due to the CS administrator at British […]
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A copy of the 2017 Progress Plan has now been forwarded to all club secretaries via email by British Cycling. All clubs are asked to respond official via the feedback page on: http://feedback.3318news.co.uk Closing date 31st May 2016.
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British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission chairman and board member, Colin Docker, was hoping to catch some CS action this weekend, but was left disappointed following a fixture change: Having a free weekend (I’ve been on the road all week with Tour Series), I thought “take a look at the website and see if there are any CS meetings within reasonable […]
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British Cycling’s Cycle Speedway Commission have been busy working on a new competitions restructure for the sport, which they hope will address some key issues and challenges that CS faces in the modern era. A website has been set up with a viewable PDF explaining the proposed changes to come in for next season. View the 2017 Progress Plan proposals […]
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The deadline for the 2016 Club Championships closes on 28th April 2016. This year sees each category moved to one bank holiday weekend in the Midlands from 28th-30th May 2016. Here are the links for entry: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144087/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-19-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144088/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Women-s-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144091/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Over-40-s-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144089/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-10-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144090/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-16-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144094/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-13-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144095/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Open-Club-Championship Team Manager’s simply need to go into each Championship and enter in their name. British Cycling CS facilitator, Paul West, […]
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British Cycling recently wrote to all Level 2 coaches who are yet to complete their course, hoping to encourage them back onto the scheme. British Cycling Cycle Speedway Coaching commissioner, Bob Prince, has set up a Coaching workgroup to assist would-be coaches in the four regions, all the details for those in the workgroup are in the letter below. The deadline is […]
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Astley and Tyldesley’s Gin Pit is set to undergo a substantial refurbishment, after the Manchester club were allocated new funding assisted through British Cycling. Gin Pit was built by three volunteers 25 years ago and the club believes the constant upkeep required to the current circuit distracts club members from more pressing matters like coaching and rider development. Read the press […]
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ICSF Secretary, Dave Murphy sheds light on his time as a high profile decision maker in Cycle Speedway. Here is what he had to say: I’ve just read the comments from Myke Grimes (and follow-up message from Graham Elliott) on 33/18 News, and I’m saddened to hear that someone such as Myke has been put through the emotional treadmill […]
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British Cycling have just announced that riders signed for Birmingham on a first licence, or on an Elite League licence, will be able to sign for one of the other five Elite League clubs for the 2016 series. The decision went up to boardroom level, with British Cycling President Bob Howden approving the move by chairman Colin Docker, who commented the […]
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We reopen 33/18 News today after taking a few days to collect our thoughts, do a little bit of soul searching and decide the best route to take, moving forward. It’s rare these days that we delve into political matters on 33/18 News, as largely we feel it can be counter productive. However, sometimes you have to stick up for […]
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Former CS chairman, Graham Elliott, has written in with his view on recent events. Very well said Myke. Personally speaking when I rolled up at Cycle Speedway Towers I came to it from a background of consistent and constant success in managing Cycling matters with a range that goes from Rider to Team management, Coaching, Commissairing, Starting Clubs, Running clubs, […]
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The number of officially registered British Cycle Speedway clubs has risen upwards with the revived Stoke Cycle Speedway club now registered with British Cycling. It means the Potteries club are now officially back in the sport, will have insurance and can stage accredited matches. It also opens up access to coaching, grants and help. Leading official Avon Allcock completed the […]
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