Horspath CSC are offering camping at the Horspath track on Sunday 29th August ahead of the open, women’s and u16’s boys finals on the Monday (30th). There will be a cost of £10 per pitch. Toilets etc will be available in the village hall. Normal rules – no open fires, no disposable bbq’s, put your rubbish in bins and respect […]
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Last Sunday Horspath Hammers welcomed the Exeter Aces to the Village Recreation Ground for the final South West and Wales regional league match. Both teams were missing their top rider, with Lukas Nowacki awaiting the arrival of his newborn baby (congrats Lukas and Magda!) and Aaron Herbert not available. On a hot and humid day, the track was prepared with […]
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The top of the table clash between the Poole Comets and the Horspath Hammers lived up to expectations as a close and tense battle unfolded at the Village bowl. After two shared heats, the hosts sped away to a 7-3 from David Liebermann and Zac Payne in heat 3 only for Maciej Ganczarek to team up with Ben Tinsdale in the […]
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A sunny afternoon at Harbourside and the prospect of the top two South West and Wales teams going head to head attracted a healthy crowd for the Comets v Hammers encounter, and they were not disappointed. Ben Mould lined up for the home side for his first match since returning from Australia, having last ridden for the Dorset club back in 2012 […]
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Last Sunday (April 29) the Horspath Hammers welcomed the Newport Stars to the Recreation Ground, for their opening South West and Wales regional league fixture. With Newport having won the previous five league competitions, they showed their intent in retaining the league title, by sending a very strong team of 8, including flying in two top Polish riders Adam Bozewicz […]
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Horspath Cycle Speedway Club will mourn the passing of founder member Wally Grant at his funeral tomorrow. Wally having helped start the club with his brother Michael in 1954. Racing up to the end of the 1969 season from which he spent the majority of his time as club chairman until stepping down at the end of 2015 season remaining […]
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The Cross-over League fixture was changed to a challenge fixture on the day last Wednesday, due to both clubs not having enough riders and needing to use guests, but at least a good natured fixture still took place under floodlights. The results were tight throughout with the lead swapping in the early stages until the Monarchs took a couple of […]
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Newport head to Coventry to contest the National CS Cup Playoff Grand Final after an easy 22 point win over second place Horspath, 27 ahead of Poole and 43 ahead of Exeter. All competitors are to be commended on producing a fine meeting on such a wet day. The home team dropped just 14 points after the mammoth 32 race formula, […]
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Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway team secured top spot in the South West and Wales Division 1 League, after a comfortable 97-79 home win against nearest rivals Horspath Hammers. Jack Harrold failed a late fitness test on an injured hamstring, so Newport brought in Callum Goward. Newport dominated the early heats through fine wins from Jacob Soper, Ben Mould and […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators travelled to Oxford for a return inter-league challenge match with Horspath who visited Hethersett pre-season. Injuries and unavailability meant only five members could travel to race and the Hawks drafted in a guest rider to fulfil the fixture. It was a close affair, with Dan Chambers outstanding and a returning Lee Smith pairing up well with Owen […]
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After torrential overnight rain and more forecast for the morning of the match, the track staff at Horspath had their work cut out to get the circuit cleared of water and in a raceable state. After three hours of solid repair work, the track was ready for the 2pm start time. On to the track came the visiting Poole Comets […]
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For the second consecutive weekend, the Exeter Aces were narrowly defeated in a thrilling SSW league encounter at Cofton Road. Despite an inspired challenge, against strong opponents, the Aces lost by a single point and it was a penultimate race exclusion for Exeter’s Aaron Herbert which brought the event to a controversial climax. Despite an untimely Zac Payne fall in […]
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Last Sunday, Horspath welcomed local rivals Swindon Robins to the Village Recreation Ground. Unfortunately for Swindon, top rider Steve Harris was racing in Poland, and with Shaun Rudman unavailable and Jim Bailey currently sidelined, the Robins could only track five riders against the Hammers, who were only missing Dave Liebermann with the back injury picked up at Poole last weekend. […]
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The new chair of the Cycle Speedway Commission, Marian Lauder MBE, certainly picked an excellent fixture for her first taste of our sport. In front of a large crowd, and with warm sunshine, Poole and Horspath provided plenty of good, close racing that was ridden in great spirit. A cagy first half produced 7 heat winners for the visitors, but […]
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The official results have been sent to us from British Cycling for the 2017 British Club Championships, which were held in the South West and Wales region last month. All clubs have been asked to submit feedback to British Cycling for their views on the overall competition, including whether or not it should continue to run on one weekend. 2017 […]
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Sunday’s meeting brought together the two title favourites for the South and South Wales Division One title, a battle between the Horspath Hammers and the Newport Stars at the Village. The meeting started with Jack Harrold flying out of the traps and defending his lead from the two charging youngsters, Will Jeffery and Jake Neighbour. This was a sign of […]
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On a bright but breezy afternoon, Exeter Aces were the latest team to take on the significantly strengthened Horspath Hammers squad around the tight technical track. From the off the new look Hammers raced in to an early lead with race wins from Jake Neighbour, the returning from exile David Liebermann and ever improving youngster Jack Ellis. Aaron Herbert was […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators had a tough time in the semi-final of the British Open Club Championship at Horspath (Oxfordshire). In their opening rides the four Hawks amassed only five points, but after that they rallied and in the end gave a good account of themselves, despite having the worst of an unbalanced race formula. Star of the team was Harley […]
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