Top women’s racer, Charlie Jane Herbert, has accepted British Cycling’s invitation to serve on the Cycle Speedway commission following last month’s departure of Myke Grimes. Herbert, the 2014 British Champion and Great Britain squad member, is an influential figure in women’s racing and provides a welcomed balance to the commission, which is currently headed by British Cycling board member and […]
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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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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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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’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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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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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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Departing Cycle Speedway Commission chairman, Graham Elliott, has written to us to share his thoughts on his two years leading the commission. Its end of term for me, so it might be an appropriate moment to pen an end of term report sharing some thoughts that I’ve developed last two years as Chairman on the Cycle Speedway commission. Firstly we […]
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The Cycle Speedway Commission have issued plans to “level the playing field” by introducing a new rule from 2016, that all riders must be on the same gearing, 33/18. Many riders ride different gearings, the most popular being 34/18, however the commission feel that it gives an unfair advantage on some tracks. A spokesman for the commission said, “We want […]
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British Cycling today informed clubs of the new look Cycle Speedway commission, under chairman Graham Elliott. The letter from Paul West reads: Hi all Over recent months the role of the British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission within CS Sport has been under scrutiny both from within the Commission and externally. It is apparent that the Commission as it is […]
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British Cycling wrote to all clubs a few days ago on behalf of the Cycle Speedway commission, outlining protocol for referees to follow, should any verbal or physical abuse occur at a meeting in future.
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Graham Elliott has been invited to continue his role as Cycle Speedway Commission chairman by British Cycling, despite not being re-elected to the board. This is a first since the Cycle Speedway joined up with British Cycling and will hopefully offer consistency at the top of the sport.
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Cycle Speedway`s leadership has been thrown into further uncertainty and confusion after British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission chairman Graham Elliott was replaced on the main British Cycling Board of Directors last Sunday.
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The chair of the Cycle Speedway commission has written to clubs yesterday ahead of the club conference, which takes place in Willenhall, this Sunday (NB: not Saturday, as has been indicated in the letter).
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