Better late than never, just catching up on a few stories we didn’t get chance to publish before the weekend. Starting with the Manchester League, where Bury staged Round 2 of of the Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. A&T’s John White raced to his second 16 points maximum score of the series in the u-10s match, with team mate Charlie Burgess […]
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Former European Champion Matiej Ganczarek lifted the Ade Gale Laurels proudly on a day of top class racing and a dramatic finale in front of an appreciative Harbourside crowd. This was a victory which few would have predicted after 8 heats, which saw the Polish star collect just 3 points from his first two outings. However he got his act together […]
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Hellingly Lions Cycle Speedway raced to a comfortable victory on Sunday, when they beat Kesgrave Panthers 90 – 68 in front of a good crowd. Hellingly took an early lead and capitalised on Kesgrave rider’s first appearance at the track. Neil Hollebon and Jim Cox started the ball rolling with a 6-4 advantage in heat 1. In heat 2, Kesgrave’s Richie Foote […]
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A rather depleted Astley team had little chance of matching the hosts, going down to a heavy defeat. Gavin Parr rode unbeaten for Northumbria, taking the time also to help a strong riding Dan Redshaw and an equally impressive Shane Gray where possible also, with some handy team riding skills. Paul Graham was the top scorer for the visitors, Ciaran […]
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Round 2 of the Division 4 League (Under 13) provided some very exciting racing at the LeFevre track, with the Salisbury Jets finishing on top at the end of the day with 67 points from the Findon Comets on 64 and the LeFevre Dolphins on 49. The racing was very close with the scores swinging between the Comets and the […]
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Swindon continued to show their early season form to comfortably beat the Horspath Hammers on a Sunny Sunday afternoon. After extensive track work early in the morning following heavy rain all day Saturday and overnight, the track held up well and produced some exciting races throughout the day. The return of Danny Harper to the team paid dividends only dropping a […]
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Reigning league champions, Newport, dropped points for the first time in 2016 as they found Poole in an uncompromising mood at Harbourside. The home side were solid from 1 to 8 while the visitors sorely missed the services of injured Nicky Evans and Jack Harrold. With 9 heat wins between them, Greg Gluchowski and Maciej Ganczarek cruised to maximum tallies […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators got back to winning ways with a near-perfect victory over previously unbeaten South East League leaders Great Blakenham at the Memorial Playing Field. A strong first race win 7-3 from Scott Grimes and Dan Chambers set the scene. Blakenham were without their talisman Australian Cody Chadwick, off racing in Poland, and lost former Hawk Richie Williamson with a […]
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Ipswich Eagles travelled to The Village, having never claimed a victory against the former league champions. Horspath lined up without the experienced Mark Boaler, but still had a formidable looking line up assembled as they started their first match of the 2016 season. The Eagles had the same line up that beat Wednesfield last time out. The Eagles started well, […]
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There was another good day of racing at Coventry as the Midlands held the third of their regional rounds, with a number of new faces. U8 In the U8s Corey Burt made it two wins on the trot on his new bike, winning all of his races. Coventry’s impressive newcomer Jude Wilcockson was second, with Autumn Smith and young Sophie […]
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The reigning British Cycle Speedway Elite League Champions, Wednesfield Aces, rode a superb opening home fixture with a resounding win against the 2016 season’s early pace setters, Coventry,. The whole Aces squad were solid throughout. The home side struck with a massive 7-3 heat win as early as race two from the partnership of Aris and Smith over Coventry’s Grimes and Parish. The […]
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Coventry couldn’t make it three Elite League wins on the spin at Ashmore Park on Sunday afternoon as they lost 104-88 to reigning champions Wednesfield. Following back to back victories against Ipswich and Poole, Coventry travelled to Wolverhampton in strong spirits – though were without star Aussie racer Bobby McMillan who has returned to his homeland. Despite McMillan’s absence, Coventry team […]
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This match had all the hallmarks of a close encounter when the two teams were declared and so it turned out as the lead swung backwards and forwards with never more than 3 points between the sides up to heat 15. Then Poole clinched two 6-4’s to give themselves breathing space and although the visitors hit back with a 6-4 […]
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The Ipswich Eagles beat the Ipswich Whirlwinds 78-76, to record their first win over the league champions in five attempts. Both teams were at full strength, a cracker of a match looked to be on the cards and that’s exactly what the two teams offered up to the ‘home’ crowd. Things started of perfectly for the Whirlwinds, when Harvey/Chittock produced a well […]
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On a warm sunny afternoon, East London were the visitors to Eaton Park for South East League Division 1 and 2 Cycle Speedway action. Once again, Lee Grange led the Norwich attack with a 22 point haul, being beaten only by London’s Nicky Gunkel. On a fast track that Lee has taken under his wing again as track manager, Ireland […]
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Birmingham Monarchs went top of the table in Division One on Sunday, with a resounding win over a depleted Coventry side. The Monarchs also remain without their number one and World number 2, Chris Timms, through injury but for the third meeting in a row the Monarchs riders stepped up to the plate with solid racing and scoring. Heat 1 saw […]
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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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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club took victory away to resilient Southampton team, using their knowledge of the rule book well to utilise their six riders to keep the defeat to a mere 5 points. Swindon were short themselves but we’re able to field a full team, of which Jamie Brown and Martin Glover stepped up to the plate to contribute valuable points […]
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