As you may have already seen in our round up of day one of the 2015 British Indoor Championships, top referee, Bob Prince (pictured right) was presented with the Wilkinson Sword Award by new CS British Cycling Commission chairman, Colin Docker. Bob received the award for his dedication to Cycle Speedway, in which he has been involved in since he […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs were crowned indoor team champions at Coventry on Sunday in the British Cycling Indoor Championships, with the awards presented by Coventry and Grand Prix series motor speedway rider Chris Harris. Having safely negotiated through the semi final they faced an impressive Wednesfield side, a solid Ipswich outfit and surprise packets Leicester in the Final. It was a perfect […]
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Outgoing Team GB manager, Dave Murphy, welcomed Lee Aris into the role for 2016 by coining the seasonal phrase, “It’s a case of out with the old and in with the new” as Aris has taken on the job of building the British Lions towards their defence of the Ashes in November 2017. Murphy has stood down after 8 years […]
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The 2015 British Indoor Championships concluded after a busy weekend yesterday. It ended with Birmingham claiming their first ever Indoor team championship. Here are all the winners pictures from Sunday’s racing. All photos by Ray Andrews. Open Team Final Womens Individual U19 Team U13 Indvidual Well done to all competitors that raced over the weekend. Finally, a big well done […]
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Birmingham Monarchs have won the British Indoor Open Team final at Coventry, for the first time in their history, finishing a healthy 6 points clear of nearest rivals Wednesfield. Ipswich claimed third spot ahead of Leicester, the latter who qualified from their semi final with a mixed team including veterans, ladies and u16 category riders. It was to be Birmingham’s […]
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Ipswich have secured the Indoor Under 19 title to go with their outdoor title. The Eagles saw off competition from Wednesfield, who finished second, East Park third and Sheffield taking the final place, after qualifying earlier in the day. 1st Ipswich 2nd Wednesfield 3rd East Park 4th Sheffield
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Ipswich’s Charlie-Jane Herbert has won her first British Indoor Championships title. The former indoor silver medalist makes it a double to go with her 2014 outdoor title. 2014 Indoor champion, Lauren Hookway beat Lucy Whitehead in a run off for second place. 1st Charlie-Jane Herbert 2nd Lauren Hookway 3rd Lucy Whitehead
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Exeter’s Owen Tidball followed in brother, Will’s footsteps by claiming the British Under 13 Indoor title. Will impressively took the under 16 title yesterday and younger brother Owen completed the Tidball indoor domination. Stockport’s Louis Wright was runner up with East Park’s Josh Whetton claiming third place and adding another Whetton name to the podium, following Brandon’s successes yesterday. 1st […]
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There was plenty of action and thrills and spills at Ryton-on-Dunsmore today, where we saw four individual champions crowned, and sadly a nasty injury to one of Sheffield’s bright prospects. All photos by Ray Andrews. Here are today’s winners: Niall Morton update Niall’s father Luke, has announced on social media that Niall’s ankle has been put back into place and x-rays […]
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Horspath’s Mark Boaler made it a hattrick of British Indoor Championship titles this evening in Coventry. The win adds to his 2008 and 2013 indoor crowns, as well as winning the 2010 outdoor title. It remains to be seen whether this will be the last we see of the highly decorated Oxford man on a Cycle Speedway bike, if so, […]
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Stockport’s Jake Read is the new U19 Indoor champion, going through the card unbeaten in a final that was marred by a horrific injury to Sheffield’s Niall Morton. Read was in fine form throughout taking a deserved win, ahead of Brandon Whetton in second and U16 champion Will Tidball finishing third. The best part of an hour’s delay came in […]
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Exeter’s Will Tidball had taken the top spot in the British Under 16 Final. Coventry’s Kyle Roberts saw off competition from Wednesfield’s Brandon Whetton and Sheffield’s Niall Morton in a run off for second. 1st Will Tidball 2nd Kyle Roberts 3rd Brandon Whetton 4th Niall Morton
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Leicester’s Mark Whitehead has once again showed his Indoor class, taking the title at Coventry earlier. Sheffield’s Luke Morton beat Birmingham’s Paul Timms in a run off for second. 1st Mark Whitehead (Leicester) 2nd Luke Morton (Sheffield) 3rd Paul Timms (Birmingham)
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club round off a hugely successful year by staging the British Indoor Finals at the Sports Connexion, Ryton on Dunsmore, this weekend (Saturday 2nd January and Sunday 3rd January). Hundreds of riders, officials and fans of Cycle Speedway will head to the Sports Connexion venue for a third successive year of the British Indoor Finals. However, this […]
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With the 2015 British Indoor Championships just hours away, here’s a run down of a few of the local promotion efforts that this weekend’s events have received by Coventry Cycle Speedway. COVENTRY TELEGRAPH There is a full preview in today’s Coventry Telegraph – Coventry`s main paid-for daily newspaper. It’s the page lead on page 34 and features an action shot of […]
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This weekend three Norwich riders will be competing in the British Indoor Championships at Coventry. Ciaran Wenn will be competing in the Junior event hoping to reach his first ever British Final. His dad Paddy Wenn will be competing in the Veterans event, along with Steve Copping (pictured), who after 27 years in the sport has decided to retire from racing after […]
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Andrew Cobley has some Mielec bits for sale, all of which is brand new. Here is the ad: I am selling a Mielec frame and handlebars. They are all brand new and the frame has never been built. I would like £140 for the frame and £10 for the bars. The frame is medium sized. Contact: andrew.cobley@btinternet.com
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This weekends sees the curtain officially come down on the 2015 season, with the British Indoor Championships being staged, once again, at the Coventry Connexion in Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Here is the “need to know” information for the finals this weekend for competitors and spectators alike, who are visiting Coventry for the championships. NEAREST HOSPITAL University Hospital Coventry Walsgrave West Midlands CV2 […]
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