After a long break for the Worlds and British championships, the Elite League returns tomorrow and it’s very likely we will see the champions crowned. Wednesfield welcome Poole to Ashmore Park and are expected to complete their ninth win on the bounce and claim the title. The Aces haven’t really looked like losing a match all year and will want […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team began their hectic end of season programme of matches by racing to a 102-78 home Midland League success over East Park Wolves at Hearsall Common last Sunday afternoon. In an entertaining encounter, on a superbly prepared track, the two sides were evenly matched in the early stages. Coventry, with several riders nursing injuries, struggled for supremacy […]
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The first couple’s championship staged at Leicester last Saturday proved to be a highly successful and enjoyable event, with all relationships still intact by the end! The late addition of the Leicester pairing of Lizzie Rigley and Luke Whitehead to the field led to a certain amount of head scratching in the Leicester clubhouse as the original format had to be […]
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Ireland have seen plenty of action as a team this year unlike last year where their only action was the Senior Home International and the Celtic Cup. They had teams in the latter 2 matches in 2015 as well as the Junior Home International, the Senior World Cup and the Senior World Pairs. The Junior World Cup & Junior World […]
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The Northern League One Yorkshire derby between Sheffield CRA Rockets and Heckmondwike carried extra importance, as the winners would move into a position of mid-table security. Both teams fielded weakened teams, Sheffield were without Hudson, Gamble, Morton and Brown. Heckmondwike had no Idziorek, Kent or Wood.
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After their success at the British team knockout cup, Wednesfield travelled to Birmingham in hope of repeating their success over the Monarchs in order to become midland league champions. Both sides were weakened by their lack of riders available on the day. The Birmingham side were without Matt Smith, Scott Millward, the Winwood brothers, and their captain, Chris Timms. While […]
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Astley & Tyldesley bounced back to winning ways in the Northern League Division 1, after beating Northumbria Vikings 88-80, in a very sporting encounter at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T took heat wins in three of the opening five races to move into a 29-20 lead, but the visitors hit back in heat 6 when Kirkup and Redshaw came through […]
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Ipswich took a depleted team to Norfolk and came out on top after a battling performance against an determined Norwich team, who were equally a couple of riders down, which made for an entertaining match. The Whirlwinds were always in control, but knew they couldn’t take the Norfolk outfit for granted with the Medler, Wenn and Colby carrying the fight […]
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Midland League Birmingham 81 – 98 Wednesfield (ML1) Wednesfield are Midland League Division One champions Birmingham (55-15) 40 – 44 (74-30) Wednesfield (ML2) Coventry 102 – 78 East Park (ML1) Coventry (50-5) 45 – 58 (78-20) East Park (ML2) Coventry 50 – 25 (29-4) East Park (MJL) South and South Wales Poole Comets 102 Poole Tigers 83 Newport 82 (Poole […]
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Thurrock are staging a reunion on Saturday 26th September 2015, at the Dog and Partridge pub in Orsett Essex (A128) from 3pm onwards. Anyone with any links to club as official, rider, spectator or visitor are welcome to attend. Thurrock promoted racing for 50 years, but like so many clubs, were unable to replace Bill Gill as their supremo and their top class facility […]
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Leicester Ladies maintained their domination of the team championship with an unprecedented tenth consecutive victory at Glover Park today. Nearest rivals Ipswich put up a strong fight and had opened up a two point lead after the fourth heat, taking 14 points from their inside grids. The Monarchs eventually overhauled their East Anglian rivals in the sixth heat, from that […]
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What a night! Wednesfield hosted the charity Cycle Speedway event in aid of Breast Cancer Now, it was an event strictly for non-Cycle Speedway riders, with each of the whopping 24 riders raising a minimum of £50 for the charity. The evening kicked off with the first 6 heats of racing, where all riders had their first races. Neil Maton, Wayne […]
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This afternoon sees the last of the season’s Club Championships with the Women’s event being held at Leicester, 12.00 start. The women’s event was first held in 2006, when at Norwich the winners were the Leicester team, which included a young Michelle and Lucy Whitehead. Since then Leicester have added a further eight titles and will be favourites on their own […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team, enjoying their best season since reforming in 2011, entertain East Park Wolves Sunday at Hearsall Common in the Midland League. Tapes up at 2pm. East Park Wolves, from Wolverhampton, will prove attractive visitors in what will be Coventry`s first senior team home Midland League match since the clubs` magnificent staging of the Great Britain V Australia Test match […]
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Carrying on from our series of interviews before the British Championship weekend, we hope to bring you more interviews throughout the close season, from not just our champions of Cycle Speedway but also volunteers and ex-riders too. This week, we speak to the new British Champion, Zac Payne, where we find out how it all started for the Horspath rider […]
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The Hull Cycle Speedway Club Go-Ride Racing League reached its finale on Tuesday evening with the final round of a six event series. Twenty eight junior riders took part over the year including eleven girls. The under 14 event was won by Jack Lister with Charlie Wade runner-up and Edward Lister just holding off Billy Thomas for third. Charlie Wade won […]
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Astley & Tyldesley have uploaded the video of yesterday’s final to YouTube. Wednesfield Aces made it three in a row against Birmingham, with an excellent team display at Gin Pit, finishing 94-78 to the Aces. Check out all of the action here:
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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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