Edinburgh wrapped up the league title with a hard fought victory at a warm and sunny Glasgow this afternoon. Now that’s a couple of words that don’t usually appear in the same sentence as Glasgow! But it was sunny – honest. The home side kept the champions elect under some pressure in the early stages and was still level at […]
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Northumbria won both their matches to secure the Three Rivers League title, Edinburgh having won the competition for the previous two years. The Falcons went on to defeat Glasgow to take 2nd place. Meanwhile we were again treated to some more vintage racing, Kingsway narrowly defeating Newcastle 21-19. Keith Dyer gated and held on while the rest battled among themselves […]
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The Eurovets series reached round 7 in Edinburgh on Saturday and the riders were greeted by kind weather with sun and blue skies. Birmingham riders dominated the qualifiers, with Mark Winwood racing to a maximum in the over 40s whilst Steve Hodgkinson matched that score in the over 50s. Winwood finished his day off with another A final win, whilst Hodgkinson had […]
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The Scottish definitely have the furthest to travel of the home nations for this years Worlds, and with the added expense of hotels in holiday season, the national team are looking for donations towards their cause. Mikey Hewiston and Craig Newsome will represent Scotland in the best pairs and the World Cup this week and will be travelling all the way […]
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Better late than never! This was sitting in our Facebook inbox and we missed it unfortunately. But you can check the classic Northern League encounter between Edinburgh and Astley and Tyldesley here. It finished in a stalemate at 89-89, with a last ditch 7-3 getting the Falcons a much welcomed point.
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A crowd of just under 100 witnessed the Edinburgh Falcons blow apart the long unbeaten run of Stockport 2006 with a win of some 17 points on Sunday afternoon. The visitors arrived minus Jake Read and the home side brought back Lee Lawrence in place of Douglas Morgan, who had ignored a club curfew the night before the big match. […]
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Here is the footage of the Northern League Division 1 clash between Edinburgh and Stockport at Redbraes Park on Sunday, courtesy of Alan Hewitson. The Falcons defeated the champions ending their impressive run of going over two years unbeaten in the league.
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It didn’t quite live up to the pre-meeting hype, but Edinburgh finally shook off their bogey team for these past number of years. Although Stockport arrived minus Jake Read, a much determined and focused Falcons Team duly went about their business, pleasing the larger than normal, noisy crowd. The first two races were a trade of 5-5s, Mat Lush losing […]
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Edinburgh once again proved just too strong for the Vikings, a strong start from the Falcons seeing them establish a 12 point lead at the halfway stage. Only Gavin Parr was able to win a heat for the home team in that first half, Parr who is surely one of the most in form riders in the country at the […]
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Edinburgh have made a decent start to the 2015 and got another win under their belts at Redbraes, this time against 5 rider Heckmondwike with a steady team performance. Check out the video of the match below. Edinburgh 85 D. Morgan 13 J Slight 12 +2 N McPherson 11 +3 N Swanson 10 +2 c Newsome 10 +1 M Czarkowski […]
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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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Edinburgh opened up their Northern League account registering a win against Hull at Redbraes Park. Picture by George Swanson. Division 1 Edinburgh 99 Kamil Grezsla 15+2, Jake Slight 17+1, Craig Newsome 15, Neil Swanson 10+1, Neil McPherson 10+3, Mikey Hewitson 17, Marcin Czarkowski 8+1, Dougie Morgan 7+1 Hull 80 Dominic Bent 15, Katie Greaves 1, Lewis Aylmer 15, Josh Bellis […]
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Northumbria’s Neil Magee has sent us a fantastic preview of the Northern League 2015 season. The season kicks off this weekend with Sheffield hosting the most pro-active club in the transfer window, Astley and Tyldesley. Hull make the long jaunt up to Edinburgh and Heckmondwike welcome Northumbria. Champions Stockport and Bury start their campaigns next weekend. Here is Neil’s break down of how […]
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Edinburgh Falcons took the Northern League Division 2 title in a play off against Sheffield at Northumbria’s Cramlington race track. Here’s an independent match report submitted by Northumbria Cycle Speedway, which poses an interesting question about play offs and regional racing, send us in your views!
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Former Team GB Olympic Rider, Craig MacLean, came through unscathed on his Cycle Speedway debut at Hull CSC yesterday. It was perhaps an unfamiliar Hull side, but the experience took the multi-medallist back to his early days riding the loose dirt BMX tracks.
Read moreUCI World Olympic Commonwealth Cyclist Craig MacLean debuts for Edinburgh Falcons at Hull today. More to follow.
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Watch every race of the Edinburgh v Sheffield Northern League Division One fixture, which finished 94-85 to the home side. Thanks to Alan Hewitson for sending them in.
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Sheffield arrived at Redbraes with a depleted team from the side that beat Heckmondwike two weeks ago, Damian Zareba, Mick Knowles & Daniel Rushton all being unavailable and replaced by Luke Morton, Ellie Sullivan & Sam Haines, the latter two for their first appearances of the season.
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