On a bright sunny afternoon at Eaton Park, Norwich welcomed the visit of Hellingly for a South East and East division one and two match. It was a busy weekend for the Hellingly riders, travelling to Norfolk after staging the South East GP on Saturday at their own track. The vistors took an early lead in heat 1 from the […]
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It was the turn of Hellingly to host the fourth round of the BYJL/SEGP on a beautifully sunny day at the picturesque track. For most of the youngsters, this was their first encounter with the unique, tricky and technical track with many finding it difficult. U8 championship leader, Kesgrave’s Oliver Edmunds, looked extremely confident as he attacked from the off, […]
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Sunday saw the second round of the Supertrax Women’s League and it didn’t disappoint, spectators witnessed some fantastic team racing from all three teams. A depleted South West & Wales side with only six riders had to compete against a full strength North & Scotland/South East & East team and the Midlands, as always, strong throughout, even though they were missing Lucy Whitehead. […]
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Round two of Cycle Speedway commissions’ new initiative, the Supertrax Battle of Britain series arrived at Cookson Park, Sheffield, and did not disappoint. With Sheffield’s vice chair Rob Mawhood commenting afterwards: “If this is what the Battle of Britain series delivers, then every club should want to be part of it.” A week of rain had left the track in the […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators staged the East Anglian Championships at the Memorial Playing Field with the track in excellent condition for racing. Although entrants were lower than expected, some excellent racing transpired, no more so than in the Senior event, which also provided Hethersett with their only success. Dan Chambers and Olly Buxton were involved in a three-way tie for third place […]
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The Lions circuit was saturated after heavy rain by the time officials arrived at 10:30am. Only after hours of raking, rolling, tyre packing and watering by Hellingly’s volunteers was the track raceable, and in the end turned out to be a first class raceway in time to welcome Kesgrave Panthers. Dubbed “the battle of the wilcats”, it began with the […]
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There was a good turn out of sixty five riders at Norwich on Saturday. The weather was unsettled, being mainly dull with occasional bright intervals and showers. Twenty one U8s contested the heats, with four riders on maximum points. A highly competitive A final was therefore expected with championship leader, Oliver Edmunds (Kesgrave), drawn in gate two and Luca Woodhouse […]
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Exeter were the hosts on Saturday for 79 riders in round 3 of the South West and Wales British Youth and Junior League, and with the army of volunteers, it proved to be another great days racing for all involved. U8 category was first up at 12 noon. Charlie Martin from the home track was on the inside of fellow team […]
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With the Astley & Tyldesley club providing almost half of the 27 contestants in today’s poorly attended BYJL Regional Round 3 at Stockport, it was little surprise that they easily topped the team score sheet with 136 points, ahead of second placed Sheffield on 88 points with hosts Stockport third on 48 and Bury in fourth place on 26 points. […]
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Birmingham Monarchs took victory in Poole on Sunday in the opening meeting of the new Anglo-Welsh league, with a strong team showing, leading from the off. The Anglo-Welsh league is a cross over league between the Midlands and South West and Wales, which gives teams some extra fixtures to fill up their calendar. The Monarchs started with a 6-4, Ewan Hancox […]
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In their second home match of the season, Fife took on Sheffield in front of a healthy crowd of approximately 60 spectators. You couldn’t tell that Fife hadn’t ridden for 3 weeks, with 11 of the 15 races won by a Fife rider and taking 5 7-3s in the meeting, for what was a comfortable win in the end, 82-67. Heat […]
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Wednesfield went to Leicester yesterday in the Midlands League, and proved to strong for the Leicester squad. In Division 1, the match went the same as last weekend, with Paul Heard and Carl Parfitt back in the squad, with Lee Kemp on Division 2 duties. The Aces only dropped points in heat 13, when Chris Jukes was just pipped on the line. Wednesfield ran […]
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Astley & Tyldesley posted three league wins for the third week running of the North and Scotland League season, at a sunny Gin Pit on Sunday. Points were shared in the first heat of the Division 1 match, before A&T took first and second places in the next five races, to open up an unassailable 40-20 lead. A&T continued to […]
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Swindon Robins hosted local rivals Horspath Hammers in their second home meeting of the season. Both teams looked fairly even on paper but a late withdrawal for the Robins tilted the tie probably in the visiting teams favour, which ended 85-91. The meeting started with multiple drawn heats, until Swindon did find the edge to lead by a point at […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators had a weakened team against a full-strength champions, Ipswich, but competed very well in the first half, with Dan Chambers and Dan Butler notably impressive. The Hawks were pleased with this effort to trail by just four points at the break. After the interval, a first-bend mistake let in Ipswich for a 7-3 win and they just played the […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 1 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a warm, sunny Wednesday evening. First up were the U10s and Bury’s Kaci Neath top scored, losing only to A&T’s Duncan Whalley in heat 5. A&T’s Emily Burgess and Bury’s Harry Radford continued their rivalry in the U13s match, each suffering an exclusion in their two […]
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It was a great day of racing in the South Australian Championships with 130 riders competing in the 10 Divisions. There were very few accidents except for Division 1 where you expect sparks to fly. It was no easy task making the Grand Final with 19 riders. There were 4 minor rounds with 5 heats in each round so it […]
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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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