Northumbria ended their 2016 campaign with the Northumbrian Riders’ Championship on Sunday. Prior to the meeting, gallons of water had to be pumped off the track. The weather was also not kind, a freezing north wind and showers persisted all day. Despite this, 19 riders took part to decide the various categories. The main event was expected to be dominated […]
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Northumbria have received a blow that their top rider and skipper, Gavin Parr has been ruled out for the next 4-6 weeks due to a knee injury sustained while racing Motor Speedway. Parr said: “I have sustained a tear of my medial collateral ligament and have been told that I wont be able to run or race for between 4 […]
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Gavin Parr and Jason Burke successfully completed their Coast to Coast Tandem Charity ride earlier today, covering 130 miles in under 10 hours. Gavin and Jason were well supported across the route, with some riders joining in the ride along the way as well as a Wosskow-Brown service van following them for the whole journey. It is a remarkable achievement for […]
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Northumbria’s Gavin Parr and Edinburgh’s Jason Burke set off on their gruelling Tandem challenge tomorrow, and overnight the total raised smashed the £2,000 barrier. The pair, raising money for Cancer Research UK and Sheffield Hospitals Charity begin their 150 mile coast to coast trip from Whitehaven, Cumbria finishing up 12 hours later in Tynemouth on Tyneside. The challenge is celebrating Jason’s 5 […]
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Northern riders Jason Burke and Gavin Parr are getting set for their gruelling Coast to Coast Tandem Charity ride. The challenge from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth on Tyneside is a tough route across country that takes in the Lake District and also over the famous Hartside Pass. The pair have been putting in the hours and some long distances individually […]
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Northumbria’s Gavin Parr has seen his season cut short by a few weeks, after finally getting a long awaited appointment for a back operation. The Vikings captain has ridden in pain for the most part this season, but it hasn’t stopped him having his most successful season to date. Parr finished top of the Northern League averages with an impressive […]
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On Saturday 12th March 2016, Gavin Parr and Jason Burke will set out on the 150 mile Coast to Coast bike ride from Whitehaven to Tynemouth, but it will have an added twist… They will be attempting to do it in one day, non stop and on a tandem. Until 6am on that Morning of March 12th, neither Gavin or Jason […]
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Northumbria and Sheffield Stars Captain Gavin Parr has been blown away by the level of support he has been given by local businesses in the North East region after putting out a plea on Facebook. Parr faces travelling nearly 2000 miles just this month alone in his quest for honours with the Stars, the Vikings and on an individual level. […]
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Poole Comets’ Ben Donohue was discharged from Poole A & E after being kept in for observation overnight following a heavy fall yesterday at Sheffield. Ben clashed with Stars’ Gavin Parr in heat 17 of the Elite League encounter and landed heavily sustaining a hand injury and a blow to the head which briefly knocked him out. Further attention to […]
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Northumbria and Sheffield skipper, Gavin Parr, is currently in the middle of producing some trial runs of new racing bottoms, with Kevlar over the regular impact points for Cycle Speedway crashes.
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On Saturday Northumbria and Sheffield rider Gavin Parr (pictured left) will take part in the Scottish Half Marathon in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign.
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Northumbria hosted the second round of the Three Rivers League on Sunday. A strong Edinburgh again dominated proceedings, all the riders today doing a great job in what was at times very wet conditions.
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Sheffield Stars Elite League riders, Andy Angell, Bobby McMillan, Gavin Parr and Pawel Idziorek putting themselves through the pain barrier at Hull CSC. Piggy-back racing, it’s the future!
Read moreNorthumbria’s Gavin Parr has definitely been in the thick of the action this season. We already had the memorable crash sequence involving Gavin from the Stockport v Northumbria match earlier in the season. This time it’s in the Northern League riders individual, taken by Northumbria’s ace with a camera, Linda, of “Cechu Speedway” fame. Spare a thought for Jake Read […]
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Northumbria and Sheffield’s Gavin Parr has received a late call up from England manager, Mark Boaler, to the England squad for this weekend’s Home International meeting.
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It’s an all George Swanson affair this week as he’s nominated with 3 cracking pictures from the Edinburgh v Northumbria clash.
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