As expected, there was plenty of action in the Division 1 League held at Findon last weekend, with the LeFevre Dolphins trying to knock the Salisbury Jets off the top of the table, but it was not to be. After race 12 of the 18 heat formula, the Jets were only 3 points in front of the Dolphins, but unfortunately […]
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Glorious weather welcomed the two teams to Cookson Park for this Northern League One Yorkshire Derby. Sheffield were looking for a fourth straight win to cement a fourth place finish in the table. Hull, who have improved of late, were also harbouring claims on fourth spot but knew that a loss would end those chances. Neither team was at full […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators entertained reigning South East champions Ipswich Whirlwinds and came out on top in a match between two under-strength teams. Indeed the Whirlwinds had to race with a rider short and that proved their undoing as the Hawks rode sensibly to capitalise on any weaknesses. Heat 3 gave Hethersett the lead when Harley Hamill and Leigh Cossey engineered […]
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Hellingly Lions traveled to Hethersett on Sunday for a South East League fixture. Neil Hollebon took the chequered flag in heat 1 but with the Norfolk duo taking the all important 2nd and 3rd places the heat was shared 5-5. Heat 2 saw Jesse Moore slip on the first bend with Steven Archer just unable to get the better of […]
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A&T rode to a convincing win over bottom of the table Heckmondwike in Sunday’s Northern League Division 1 match at Gin Pit. Reece Pollitt raced unbeaten and he narrowly missed out on re-claiming the track record when winning heat 6 in a time of 40.43 secs. Paul Graham was unbeaten, save for a gate exclusion in heat 8. All the […]
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Division 1 East Park 82 v 96 Leicester Leicester cruised to victory with Kev Burns and Craig Marchant leading the charge. Both riders made it through the match unbeaten by the home team. Luke Draisey and Jake White scored well for the home team however were unable to beat Leicester’s experienced side. Division 2 East Park 76 v 74 Leicester […]
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Division 1 Astley & Tyldesley 89 v 41 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 90 v 85 Stockport Hull 88 v 88 Bury Division 2 Edinburgh 93 v 94 Stockport Glasgow 88 v 98 Stockport Hull 51 v 97 Bury Division 3 Astley & Tyldesley 79 v 0 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 4 v 0 Stockport Glasgow 0 v 0 Stockport Hull 36 v 116 Bury
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Ipswich entertained the Panthers of Kesgrave yesterday afternoon in the warm sunshine, looking to maintain the pressure on the top two, who were in action against one another at Hethersett. With one ear on how events were unravelling over in Norfolk, it was important that the Whirlwinds made sure of securing two points in their pursuit of this years title. They got off […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co concluded their home League programme with a top-of-the-table clash with Ipswich Eagles and the Hawks were confident of taking their title chase to the rearranged fixtures at Ipswich on October 11th, especially as Ipswich arrived with four restricted riders, the fourth one costing them a 12-point penalty. The match started evenly with tactical shared heats but Charlie […]
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Wednesfield arrived at the Hearsall Common Bowl with a close to full strength Elite League side on Sunday, showing their strength in-depth for the 2015 season. Coventry on the other hand had to make do without a string of riders including Dominik Rycharski, Konrad Pietek, Robert Bedra and Kyle Roberts. It was always likely to be a one sided contest. Heat […]
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Stockport came to Cookson in a match with a strong team compared to Sheffield’s redeveloping one. They were buoyed by the return of Ben Higham in place of Michael Preston, the league leaders and defending champions wanting to continue their stunning run of form. Sheffield knew it would be difficult to stop them, and so put out the strongest side […]
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Full list of scorers from the Midland League Division One clash between Wednesfield Dragons and Wednesfield Aces. WEDNESFIELD DRAGONS 67: HAYDN ROWLEY 10, ALEX ARIS 4, TOM HADDOCK 9+2, CARL PARFITT 11, HARRY EVERISS 7, TROY ALLEN 12, MICK ARIS 8+1, PHIL HEMMING 6+2. WEDNESFIELD ACES 111: BRANDON WHETTON 15+2, LEE KEMP 19+1, CHRIS JEWKES 16+3, MARK GRIFFITHS 16+1, SCOTT […]
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Astley & Tyldesley welcomed Hull for a Northern League meeting at a very wet Gin Pit on Sunday. Heavy rain overnight made for a heavy track, with the rain coming down heavily during the Division 1 match, but clearing for the two later matches. Hull arrived with only six riders, but the presence of British Champion Andy Angell would ensure […]
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Northumbria were expecting little from this Northern League Division One match, but it soon became evident they were in with a chance against a Stockport side that was forced to track three U-13 riders in their team. The Vikings lead at half-time, but the league champions’ superior heat leader strength told in the end, though rather than their younger contingent […]
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Bury followed on from their narrow loss last week to Stockport, with a convincing win in the end at Northumbria in Northern League Division 1. Two good wins from Northumbria’s Dan Redshaw including one over Ben Scranage no less, along with a couple of machinery issues for Bury’s James Elston, meant that the scores remained tight at the halfway stage, […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged a full day of racing on a glorious spring afternoon at Gin Pit. In the opening home Northern Cycle Speedway League of the season, the Gin Pit circuit was in top condition, for five matches in front of a large crowd.
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Yesterday saw Stockport play host to visitors from Heckmondwike for Division One and Three matches and Glasgow for division 2 and 3 matches (after travelling first to Astley).
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Birmingham had a rude awakening in the defence of their Midland League title. This was the Monarchs’ first team meeting of the season and the Aces fifth, as such the visitors were very much caught on the hop. The Aces opened with two maximums and a 6-4 to dominate proceedings from the off (20-9). A lack of heat advantages saw the Monarchs […]
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