Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co brought down the curtain on the 2015 season at the Memorial Playing Field when they staged the East Anglian Championships. There were some excellent performances from Hethersett riders but all the titles were captured by riders from over the Suffolk border. Dan Chambers came the closest to a title as he contested a race-off for second […]
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Newport made it a hat-trick of South and South Wales Division One titles after winning the league play off at Exeter, scoring 96 points ahead of Poole Comets on 87 and Swindon 81. Poole and Swindon suffered tape exclusions early on and Newport capitalised, taking an early 9 point lead with wins from fast improving Sean Bennett, Nick Evans and Oli Sidwick. The […]
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The Junior Monarchs were confirmed as Midland League Junior Champions, despite losing the final match on the day. Both teams were locked on points, however Birmingham’s huge points difference of 47 overall was the only thing that could split the two sides. Birmingham badly missed Billy Winwood and were giving a debut to a new young rider. It was close for the first […]
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Coventry went down 73-105 to their West Midlands rivals, Birmingham, in a feisty encounter that boiled over at times. Coventry sportingly delayed the fixture by 30 minutes to allow Ricki Johnson to arrive at the track after an accident on the A45 and the visitors were merciless in the opening half, with the hosts only able to secure one shared […]
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Astley & Tyldesley ran out easy winners in both matches in the final Northern League fixture of the season at Heckmondwike on Sunday. A&T took the lead with a 6-3 heat win to Paul Graham/Lee Phillips over Adam Watson in the first race of the Division 1 match. This was after Heckmondwike’s Mick Knowles took a heavy fall on the […]
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Northumbria must surely feel somewhat disappointed to have lost their final league meeting of 2015, an exclusion at the tapes for Jason Keith and a later fall for Daniel Wharrier costing them dearly. With Michael Parr missing from the line up due to injury, the Vikings needed everyone to be on their game and putting in maximum effort to compensate, […]
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If the first team match between Sheffield and Bury wasn’t decided until the final heats, the League Two match was a complete contrast. Bury dominated from the first race, and ended up providing 14 of the 15 race winners in a convincing 88-62 victory. Danny Taylor, James Elston and Adam Turnbull all finished unbeaten, with the Comets taking a heat advantage […]
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Sheffield CRA Rockets crashed and burned in their final home Northern League fixtures of the 2015 season. Glorious autumn sunshine welcomed the visiting Bury Comets to Cookson Park. Bury had the perfect start to the league one match, Chris Parish/Will Owens with a 7-3 over Kyle Holland/Joe Twigg. After the teams traded 6-4’s, Sheffield levelled the match as Holland produced […]
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Wednesfield Aces staged their junior club championship on Tuesday night, thirty two riders joined in from under 8s up to Under 17s. It was the under 8s who started the night with 12 riders competing, Corey Burt showed his pace out of the gates by winning his first two races and taking an early lead on the score board. Finley […]
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The Gold Cup lived up to its reputation for close racing as a three way battle for the trophy between the 3 SW Elite clubs saw Horspath lift the trophy on their own circuit, finishing a single point ahead of league champions Newport and defending cup holders Poole a further 3 points away. Had it not been for a tapes […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club were victorious in the South-West Rose bowl Fours Competition in Sunny Oxfordshire on Sunday. Swindon defeated both Exeter and Hellingly (Eastbourne) to win the event for the first time in their history. The match was closely fought throughout but with the other teams making mistakes. Swindon’s team lead by former World Champion Steve Harris capitalised on […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co failed in their bid to capture the South-East League title for the first time as they lost two matches in Ipswich. It was a big hurdle to jump but they put up a strong fight. Their first match was against holders Ipswich Whirlwinds and started well with Dan Butler and Leigh Cossey scoring a 7-3 win. For […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged their final home match of the season when they took on Stockport in a Northern League fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took an early lead after Chris Eaton was excluded at the gate in heat 1 and were 11-8 up after two races. Race exclusions followed to Reece Pollitt […]
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The first match at East Park Wolves under the new floodlights took place yesterday evening. Brandon Bees arrived at East Park after torrential rain had flooded the circuit. The East Park lads worked very hard to get the track water free and in the end it was a very fast surface with both teams making some very good passes on […]
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There were plenty of lively exchanges at Harbourside between the clubs in fourth and fifth place in the table despite the absence of several Ipswich big guns, but Poole always had the upper hand with Greg Gluchowski and Gavin Wheeler dropping their only points to Josh Brooke who achieved the rare feat of a full 20 max at the Dorset circuit. […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway went down by 81 to 95 against Sheffield Stars in an entertaining encounter at Newport’s Sports Village, with plenty of good home grown talent on show from both teams. The Stars, racing their last Elite League fixture for the foreseeable future, started well, winning 4 of the first 5 heats, looking at home on the big Welsh […]
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In this eagerly awaited clash between two of the big guns in the South East league, it didn’t quite live up to the billing. It turned out to be a one sided affair, with the Whirlwinds totally dominating from start to finish and were in no mood to give any early Christmas presents to their younger counterparts. In a display of fierce team […]
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In one of the most enjoyable and exciting matches of the season, Coventry`s Midland Junior League team (U14s) kept up their challenge for league championship glory by winning at Leicester by 65-63 on Tuesday evening (29th September). The opening heats were shared and by heat 5, the scores were still level at 25 points all. The Ben Wells/Jack Reynolds partnership […]
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