Hellingly Lions were on the road again yesterday, travelling the near 120 miles to Suffolk, to face the Kesgrave Panthers. With the Lions registering heat victories in all of the 16 heats courtesy of Jesse Moore (6), Martyn Hollebon (5), Neil Hollebon (4) and Jim Cox, the visitors powered their way to a 12 point victory by 86-74. The scoreline was kept […]
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Sheffield ‘Wosskow Brown’ Stars entertained Heckmondwike on Tuesday, in a Northern League One match on what was the hottest day of the year, temperatures were still over 30c at the 7.30pm start time. A very dry, dusty track surprisingly provided plenty of close racing. Sheffield made numerous changes, with Laura Watson, Sophie Middleton, Niamh Morton and Sam Haines all promoted […]
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Hellingly Lions welcomed the Ipswich Cycle Speedway club to the Lower Dicker recreation ground in a double header league one fixture, and almost pulled off a big double win, but for last heat decider going against them in the second match. The near 100 strong crowd were treated to some great racing as the Lions took on the Whirlwinds, followed […]
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Poole avenged their narrow 3 point defeat at Exeter earlier in the season with a comprehensive victory, despite gifting the visitors two consecutive 7 – 0 heat victories in the closing stages of the match, surely a bizarre first for the club in 41 years of racing. It certainly gave the sizeable crowd something to talk about! With the European championships at […]
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Birmingham lost their unbeaten run at Ashmore Park on Sunday to a very resilient Wednesfield Dragons side. The home side took the first advantage in the third after two drawn heats, Millward beaten up by both Dragons during the race to lose the lead. A further Dragons advantage in the fourth saw them go 6 up, however a 6-3 was replied in […]
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Swindon Robins welcomed Southampton Saints to the Oasis Track on Sunday. Both teams were missing key riders, however the meeting still delivered some memorable highlights. The second heat saw home-grown rider Jake Neighbour, coming off the back of an international win for England, up against one of Southampton’s strongest riders, Nathan Harris, to secure a heat advantage of 6-4. The first […]
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Hethersett Hawks kept up their run of recent good form by defeating Kesgrave in the South East League in hot and dusty conditions. Even with a couple of riders feeling unwell they soon created a lead with a 7-3 win in heat 1 from Lee Smith and Olly Buxton. Two good passes by Josh Herring and Scott Grimes kept the lead […]
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Ipswich welcomed Coventry to Whitton raceway, with the Midlands team missing a few of their stand out riders but still packing a strong unit including some of the North’s best riders. The first heat went the home teams way, with Baldock being excluded for moving at the starts, Myke Grimes doing well to split the home pairing. The next three heats […]
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Poole arrived at the Village without their top rider and captain, Greg Gluchowski, who was missing due to work commitments, while Aussie champ, Ty Geertsen, returned home last week. Steve Harris was back for the Comets having missed the Ipswich win, and there were first outings of the season for Gavin Wheeler and Aaron Smith. Hammers continued their squad rotation system, which saw Lukasz […]
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Coventry based rider Dave Frith was a deserved winner of the highly successful staging of the inaugural Clubmans Trophy at the revived Brandon Bees track on Tuesday evening. In a hugely enjoyable meeting, held at Bretford Playing Fields set in the rolling Warwickshire countryside, Frith beat a largely equal field representing stalwart club men and veteran riders of the sport. […]
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Bury hosted Round 5 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a pleasant Wednesday evening at Goshen. In the u-10s match, A&T’s John White and Jack Murray both rode to 16 points maximum scores. The u-13s category saw A&T’s Matt Snell and Sheffield’s Tom Whitwam beating each other once, to jointly top score on 15 points. As usual, the […]
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Birmingham’s 100% Midland League record is intact after victory over an understrength East Park side on Sunday. A couple of early maximums in heats 3 and 4, Johnson and Paul Timms the race winners, gave the Monarchs a ten point cushion. 10 points was still the difference at the interval, a couple of swapped 7-3s in heats 7 and 8, […]
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Swindon now sit at the top, all be it temporarily, of the South and South Wales Cycle Speedway League. On a sunny afternoon at the Oasis Leisure Centre, a tight contest was always in order, with both teams trading blows to see Swindon take the victory in the last to win by 5 points. Pick of the visitors was Mark Carmichael, […]
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As expected Edinburgh continued on their title challenge with a resounding win. The margin could have been more but for Kamil Greszla having a nightmare at the starts, twice being excluded after big jumps at the tapes, while Craig Newsome also had to sit out a ride after falling and being excluded following a strong inside pass from home maximum […]
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Astley & Tyldesley took on league champions, Stockport, in a Northern League fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. A depleted A&T fielded just 5 riders and were heavily beaten in the Division 1 match, 57-105. Paul Graham, Lee Phillips and Reece Pollitt all won races for A&T, but the team line-up of veterans and juniors were no match for the […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators tracked a full-strength team for the first time this season and duly saw off the challenge of local rivals Norwich Stars in the South-East League at Eaton Park. A solid and tactically perfect first eight heats put the Hawks 12 points ahead until an exclusion gave Norwich their first race win. Dan Chambers and Leigh Cossey completed […]
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There have been many epic Elite League matches at Harbourside over the years and this one was right up there with the best of them. A topsy turvy match which swung back and forth with many races which turned on their heads on the very last bend – truely dramatic stuff! A cagey start saw 6-4s traded before the first […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a warm Wednesday evening at Gin Pit. First up were the u-10s and A&T’s John White rode to his fourth successive maximum score in this series. A&T’s Jack Murray lost only to John White, whilst John’s 5 year old brother Frank put him a storming display […]
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