The draw for the 2017 Welsh Open Championships is in. The U19 competition has a full field and the women have just one space left. If any riders are interested in taking the space, please contact Newport or Colin Simmons. Womens 1 Alice Neighbour – Horspath 2 Niamh Morton – Sheffield 3 Macie Scmidt – Poole 4 Kristina Mines – […]
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Meet Ethan Mitchell, the first person (soon) with a formal academic qualification in CS! Ethan applied through the GCSE “Meeting Local Needs” process to study Cycle Speedway as one of his four PE practicals, providing a suggested syllabus suggested by coaches at Ipswich Eagles. The examining body accepted the syllabus and Ipswich offered free coaching to all GCSE PE students […]
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The Midlands rounds of the 2017 BYJL got underway in the sunshine at Leicester, where there was a good turnout despite a number of our regular competitors being away on holiday (we missed you Burtie!). It was good to see riders wearing the colours of Brandon once again and also there were a also a number of new riders from […]
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Northumbria took on Glasgow and Fife in two North and Scotland League Division 2 clashes. First up were Glasgow, who unfortunately raced with just five riders. The result was never in doubt as the home side took a 7-3 lead in heat 1, and increased their lead gradually and ended the meeting leading by 30 points 87-57. Glasgow had the […]
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Paul Devine fancied a change from his usual Midlands tracks and headed up North for the Greater Manchester derby between Stockport and Bury in the North and Scotland League. Stockport went top of the league after a convincing win, as they look to regain their title from Edinburgh Falcons. Check out Paul’s images in the slideshow below:
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Saturday was sun drenched in South Wales for the 69 riders who made the trip to the tight Underwood track. Jack Tidball from Exeter was the victor in the U8s A final after dropping just one point through the heats. Impressive newbies, Rylee Dunford and Eli Lamb, both Poole Comets, were second and third, with fourth place going to Exeter’s […]
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Graham Robins was on hand once again in Poole to deliver some more fantastic photos of the South West and Wales Spring Cup. Poole won on the day ahead of Newport and Horspath, but Newport did enough to take the crown on aggregate, with Poole second and Horspath third. Round Three Result Poole 100, Newport 89, Horspath 78 Spring Cup […]
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Yesterday saw the final round of the Midland Spring Cup at Birmingham. The sun was shining and the teams from Birmingham, East Park and two teams from Wednesfield were all enjoying the sun and ready to race. There was some great racing from all the teams, with some highly competitive heats, a few spins and a couple of crashes, with fortunately […]
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It always looked like a tough fixture for Bury Comets away at Stockport, with a number of regular first team riders absent, and so it proved. The home side’s impressive win against Edinburgh last weekend saw them enter this one full of confidence, taking three 7-3s maximum heat wins in the first four heats. Some strong gating gave Stockport control […]
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Stockport moved to the top of the North and Scotland League first division with an emphatic show of strength against Bury at St. Thomas recreation ground this afternoon. Eleven 7-3 heat wins helped the home team to a 112-67 victory, with Ben Higham dropping just one point to Bury’s Kris Ramsden in heat eight. Jake Read was unbeaten in five races, but […]
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Astley & Tyldesley welcomed Sheffield for a Northern League encounter at a hot and sunny Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took the lead with a well worked 7-3 to the Mark Grantham/Damian Zareba pairing in heat 2. The next race saw first Paul Graham, then Kyle Holland receive gate exclusions, to gift Sheffield a 7-0. […]
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Newly reformed Stoke Cycle Speedway produced a fighting performance against Coventry, with a full team of new riders, in a challenge match on a beautiful hot day at Etruria Park. The fresh looking home side were missing the experienced trio of Simon Munden, Errol Thaw and Leighton Bates, with the latter taking up referee duties. Coventry fielded a near full strength side, […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators rested three experienced riders for the visit of East London to give the fringe riders a chance to impress ahead of some tougher assignments, and they stood up to the task to record a comfortable victory. Steady progress saw them foster a 13 point lead at the interval and no heat defeats in the second half preserved the […]
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Salisbury Jets cruised to a comfortable win in round 1 of the Club Leagues. On paper it looked like the Jets and Findon Comets had the strongest line up, but the Comets crashed in their first 2 races and sadly did not look the part for the rest of the meeting. The Dolphins, anchored by Ty Geertsen and Jack Norman, […]
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There was plenty of Cycle Speedway racing to catch on another glorious April afternoon today, with all four regions in action. If you result is included yet, please email us: newsroom@3318news.co.uk North and Scotland Division One Astley & Tyldesley 95 – 78 Sheffield Hull 82 – 93 Edinburgh Stockport 112 – 67 Bury Division Two Astley & Tyldesley 86 – 64 Sheffield Hull […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged the 1st North Regional Round of the Youth & Junior League series at a warm and sunny Gin Pit. First up were the U8s and U10s, run concurrently. A&T’s Aiden Green raced unbeaten in the U8s event, with Sheffield’s Joe Brownell doing likewise in the U10s category. Bury’s Harry Radford topped the qualifying scores in the […]
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The first round of the South East and East British Youth & Junior League (BYJL) took place at Kesgrave on Saturday 8th April. The weather was ideal for racing being still, warm and dry. It was good to see riders from Great Blakenham, Hethersett, Norwich, Ipswich and Kesgrave on the entry list but special mention must go to our new […]
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The British Youth and Junior League is back this weekend, with a slightly new look to the age categories. Leicester, Astley & Tyldesley, Kesgrave and Newport (Underwood) host the first of four regional rounds. As the sport is brought in line with British Cycling’s other disciplines, the age categories are U8, U10, U12, U14 boys, Junior (U18) and Girls. It […]
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