Fife Revolution maintained their unbeaten start in Northern League Two with a 104 – 71 victory over visiting Sheffield Stars (who were themselves unbeaten). Stars gave away 25 points due to use of Division one rider Niall Morton. The final outcome was never going to be in doubt, but the racing on the track was of the highest order. A […]
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Northumbria Cycle Speedway Club celebrated Terry Kirkup’s 50th season in Cycle Speedway on Sunday. Club members banded again to purchase a silver salver which was presented to the obviously moved veteran. Terry has led from the front since his first rides in 1967, and it is fair to say that without his dedication to the sport it would not have […]
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For the second week running it was Scottish opposition for the Sheffield Stars. This time it was Fife and Glasgow who descended on Cookson Park for North & Scotland League Two fixtures. A bright sunny day welcomed the visitors, but they would both return North empty handed, as Sheffield moved up to fourth in the table after two enthralling matches. […]
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Bury Comets Cycle Speedway headed north of the border for a Division Two and Three double header against the Dunfermline based Fife team and Glasgow. It was a select band that made the trip, led by second team captain Adam Turnbull and including a debut from Phil Neath, dad of Josh and uncle to Kaci, who together formed half of […]
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Bury Comets Cycle Speedway team took full advantage of a full strength Division Two squad for the first time this season, with a convincing victory over a weakened Glasgow side at Goshen. The Comets saw Adam Taylor return from his early season injury to bolster an already unbeaten side. The match began with a Bury 7-3 from Steve Mann and […]
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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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Astley and Tyldesley had several riders missing for various reasons and were locked in a tightly contested Division 2 match with Glasgow. A&T took the lead with a 6-4 in heat 1, but Glasgow levelled the scores in heat 6 and then took the lead, which they extended to 6 points after heat 11. The home team reduced the deficit […]
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Following analysis of the Referee Reports for 2017, the following clubs came top of the pile in respect of the 2016 British Cycling Cycle Speedway Club Fair Play Award. Coventry Edinburgh Glasgow Heckmondwike Swindon Southampton Each club will be presented with a framed certificate to mark this achievement at an opportune moment in the near future.
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The Three Rivers League was devised to give Division 2 and 3 riders extra meetings to aid progress. Rules are flexible with occasional Division 1 riders and guests. 2016 saw the welcome addition of the Fife team. The latest meeting was held at Northumbria on 9th October. Edinburgh 76 Gavin Kennedy 14, Lewis Foxley 15+2, Lee Lawrence 9+1, James Foxley 6, […]
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It took six heats for Sheffield to break the 5-5 deadlock in this closely fought encounter thanks to a Watson/Haines 7-3, and as hard as Glasgow fought they never looked capable of taking the heat advantages required. The match started with a win for the impressive Ed Morton, passing andy MacDougal on the line, the first of several interesting races. […]
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Division 1 Astley & Tyldesley 89 v 41 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 90 v 85 Stockport Hull 88 v 88 Bury Division 2 Edinburgh 93 v 94 Stockport Glasgow 88 v 98 Stockport Hull 51 v 97 Bury Division 3 Astley & Tyldesley 79 v 0 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 4 v 0 Stockport Glasgow 0 v 0 Stockport Hull 36 v 116 Bury
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The Sheffield ‘Wosskow Brown’ Stars travelled with a severely weakened squad, only seven riders managing to make the trip to Scotland, to race against both Glasgow and Edinburgh. An unprecedented set of circumstances (Basketball, Boxing, Car trouble, Exams, Football and Work) all colluded to rob the team of 12 members. First port of call was Cathkin Park for a Northern […]
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Astley and Tyldesley rode to an easy double of wins in Sunday’s Northern League fixture against Glasgow. A&T raced this home fixture at Stockport, whilst the Gin Pit circuit is being re-built. In the Division 2 match, Glasgow opened up with a 7-3 heat win, as Carl Jarvis team rode Brandon Kay through against Ciaran Collins and Matt Snell. A&T hit […]
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Lee Redshaw came ‘off the bench’ once again to prove a match winner for Northumbria, the youngster missing his normal Div 3 racing Sunday and riding reserve in Div 2, he proving he has what it takes to race at a higher level. Fourteen points from four rides were scored by Lee, the youngster having help for a very aggressive riding […]
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Recently relocated Carl Jarvis stormed his way to the Glasgow Club Championship. Jarvis, an export of Leicester Monarchs joined forces with Glasgow a few weeks ago and has been a welcome addition of fire power for the Glaswegians, as they continue to build their club from the bottom up. Andy Macdougall finished second on 14 points, with Joe Beuckmann taking the final […]
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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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Glasgow hosted a vintage day of Cycle Speedway with a social event featuring some of our older particpants, only this time recreating bikes from the renaissance days of Cycle Speedway. Northumbria’s Terry Kirkup’s bike was the closest to the old style and the idea is to pave the way for legends of the past to get back on a bike […]
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