Hethersett Hawks visited Hellingly on Sunday, and due to rider unavailability were hugely understrength. However, with a bit of juggling around of riders some good racing ensued. Hellingly Lions started the division one fixture strongly with all the top 6 racing to 7-3 victories. After 3 heats the score was 21-9 and that allowed the Lions to use all 9 riders in the squad. Neil […]
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A weakened Wednesfield Aces battled away at Glover Park, but always looked likely to run out of steam in the latter stages. Brandon Whetton led the way, his only defeat coming in heat one at the hands of Dave Hemsley, both Matt Smith and Mark Griffiths gave good support. The home riders all chipped in and rode well as a […]
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Sheffield’s visit to Northumbria’s Cramlington Astrodome came just five weeks after the Wosskow Brown Stars fell to a four point home loss to the Vikings. The Vikings entered the match without Dan Wharrier, now departed to the USA for a 12-month adventure of a lifetime. The Stars were at full strength, having the luxury of the same eight riders for […]
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The Hessle raceway was the venue for this Northern League One ‘derby’ match between Hull and Sheffield. Hull’s task was hindered by the unavailability of heat leaders Nathan Everett, Dominic Bent and David Cooper, while Sheffield were able to name an unchanged side from the one successful against A & T last time out. The first four races were all […]
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Both sides were missing top men, current top of Northumbria averages and third in the league Jason Keith for the home side, while Ben Scranage was still recovering from a motorcycle spill for the visitors. It was no surprise that Bury were in the better position to cope, they having plenty of strength in depth throughout their young squad. Gavin […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club ran out of steam in the final stages on Sunday to eventually lose to a solid looking Poole CSC. Throughout the 18 heats, the scores were never more than four points apart, until a couple of costly errors in the final few heats finally swung the meeting in the visiting teams favour. Jim Bailey was one of Swindon’s […]
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The Monarchs, even without injured number one Chris Timms, proved too strong for the Wednesfield Dragons on Sunday at Perry Hall Park, with the Dragons also having heat leader, Brandon Whetton, missing. Honours were shared in the opening heat before Groves/Paul Timms took a maximum in heat 2. That was quickly followed by another maximum in heat 4 for Hancox […]
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On a cold Sunday afternoon, the Ipswich whirlwinds welcomed the Norwich Stars to Whitton Raceway, and with both teams missing some of their big hitters, a very tight match looked on the cards. Ipswich had the perfect start, recording a 6-4 in heat 1, before 4 consecutive 5-5’s, Ipswich providing all the heat winners, but Norwich doing well to fill […]
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Hethersett Hawks suffered their first South East League Division 1 defeat of the season when Ipswich Eagles visited the Memorial Playing Field. The Hawks were without four of their first team squad for a variety of reasons and the strong Ipswich side soon took command and led by 15 points at the interval. After the break the Hawks rallied with […]
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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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Wednesfield Aces last lost an Elite League match to Horspath in August 2014, and on paper the Ipswich squad hoped to break that record. Wednesfield were doing a fantastic job of filling the middle places from the first bend, looking a lot more organised and powerful, and picking passes where needed round the track for those all important 6-4s. A […]
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The opening match at Harbourside Park was expected to provide good racing and a close result. Sure enough the racing was of a high calibre throughout and with the scores level at the interval, the close result was also a strong likelihood until disastrous heats 15 and 16 for the hosts. Tapes exclusions for Dawid Bas and Maciej Ganczarek gifted […]
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The Brandon Bees opened the 2016 season at their refurbished Brandon Road Playing Fields, Bretford, track last Tuesday evening, losing out 75-55 to a more experienced Leicester team in an entertaining Midland League challenge. Brandon point scorers: Matt Lawrence 14, Ben Wells 13, Matt Hambidge 10, Jack Reynolds 8, Wyatt Jacobs 6 and Joe Andrews 4. The next home […]
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Ipswich whirlwinds welcomed league newcomers Hellingly to Whitton Raceway in the first of the day’s meetings last Sunday. The Whirlwinds welcomed Pierce Bacon back into the squad, taking the place of younger brother Harrison, who was unavailable for the first match of the day, while Hellingly were lead by club stalwarts Jesse Moore and Neil Hollebon. The first half was […]
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Sheffield Wosskow Brown Stars and Astley and Tyldesley had evenly matched sides for this Northern League One encounter at the super-fast Cookson circuit. Sheffield welcomed back Rich Hudson and Luke Morton while A&T added Ciaran Collins and Lee Phillips to the team that won at Heckmondwike. The visitors made the perfect start with a 7-3 from Damian Zareba and Collins. When […]
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Norwich hosted Suffolk opponents Great Blakenham in front of a healthy crowd at a sunny Eaton Park on Sunday. With the quiet but clinical Lewis Osbourne and Aussie favourite Cody Chadwick for Blakenham and a solid top six for Norwich, it was always going to be a tight affair, but Blakenham’s trump card was Richard Williamson, winning all five heats and […]
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A sunny Sunday afternoon saw East Park Wolves Cycle Speedway Club take on their near neigbours Birmingham Monarchs in a Midland League local fixture. East Park were showing off their new racing tops for this season. These were purchased with help from a big donation from West Midland Police, whose logo will be arresting other riders attention on all Midland tracks […]
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With the small Heckmondwike squad missing two heat leaders and left down to the bare bones, Northumbria were able to smash their way to a massive win. All the visiting top four were unbeaten, such was their dominance, but there was still some good racing as the home team kept battling hard. Darren Kent team riding his son, Thomas, to […]
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