Report by Mike Hack The final round of the Men’s Battle of Britain series took place at East Park, Wolverhampton, on Saturday. Disappointingly, the South East & Eastern team withdrew the day before, followed by Kris Ramsden and Mike Baldock pulling out of the North & Scotland team on the morning of the match. With only four riders present, any […]
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Report by Colin Simmons Newport Cycle Speedway Club held Round 5 of the South and South Wales Junior League. 80 riders rocked up to the welsh track, with an amazing 26 riders in the Under 8’s alone. The 7 age group winners were as follows. Under 8s: Tom Comben (Southampton)Under 10s: Kalem Martin (Newport)Under 12s: Jamie Randall (Poole)Under 14s: George […]
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The 9th running of the Jim Peck Memorial Trophy took place at Great Blakenham on Saturday 24th September. The line-up was one of the strongest in the history of the event featuring 4 of the 6 previous winners, Adam Peck, Paul Heard, 3 time winner Josh Brooke and the defending champion Lewis Brinkhoff. The reigning World & European Champion Ben […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley are the 2022 North & Scotland League Champions! A&T beat Sheffield, 93-86, in the Division 1 decider, at The Graves Centre, Sheffield on Sunday afternoon. This win over last year’s champions, gives A&T their fourth title from the past five completed seasons. It was a terrific match, between two committed, well matched teams, […]
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Report by Mike Hack A&T hosted the 4th and final national round of the British Youth & Junior League series at Gin Pit on Saturday. There was a turn out of 64 riders for the BYJL and Little League matches, which saw six matches, 98 races and both the day’s and series’ presentations completed in seven hours. Kesgrave ran out […]
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Hull staged the sixth and final round of their Go-Ride Racing Grand Prix for junior riders on Tuesday evening. An impressive 18 riders competed in the final round with a total of 25 taking part in the series. The under 8’s overall winner was a delighted Alexis Woodcock with Fletcher Spencer runner-up and Silvie Harrison in third place. Harry Gibson […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted the concluding Round 6 of the A&T Go-Ride League at Gin Pit, on Tuesday evening. There was an impressive turn out of 23 riders racing, plus two youngsters on balance bikes, on a damp, grippy track. Before the racing, there was a minute’s silence, in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.The ladder format was used, with the […]
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES staged the Norfolk Individual Championships with 32 riders from the Hethersett and Norwich Clubs contesting eight age categories over almost six hours of racing. There were competitive debuts for Henry Everson, Isaac Emms, Micael Whitfield and Nick Davies. One minute’s silence was observed before each set of competitions in a mark of respect for […]
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Newport cycle speedway club did the double in their away match at Horspath, winning the Senior match 93 to 86 , followed by the Juniors winning 84 to 65. The division 1 match victory has maintained the welsh teams unbeaten record in the region, with the juniors development league team in joint 2nd . Fresh from his bronze medal in […]
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Bury made the very long trip to Fife to compete in the North & Scotland League on Sunday. They were without 5 of their senior riders and had to fill in with Tom Dunphy, Bobby Dunphy, and Mark Radford who himself was under the weather. Kris Ramsden and Tom Dunphy opened the scoring with a 7-3 and kept the lead […]
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Report by Mike Hack, photo by Len Priestley Astley & Tyldesley kept up their North & Scotland League Division 1 title challenge. with a hard fought win over Hull at Gin Pit on Sunday. It was a very tight, tactical match ridden on a dry, dusty track on a hot afternoon. It was nip and tuck in the early heats, […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Sheffield Stars stayed in the North and Scotland Division One title hunt with a 94-85 away victory against Fife Revolution at the ExxonMobil Fastbowl. The opening three heats ended all square at 5-5 following race wins for Kyle Holland, Kielan Burton and Kayden Davidson. Sheffield edged ahead with a 6-4 in heat 4, Kielan Burton with […]
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Report and Photo by Mike Hack The 2022 Manchester League programme concluded with the Senior Individual Final, at Stockport, on Wednesday 24th August. On a warm, cloudy evening, 12 riders contested the match, on a damp, grippy track. Reece Pollitt raced away to win heat 2, with defending champion Steve Harris passing Kaysar Mohammadi to take second place. Heat 4 […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley hosted the second of the three Manchester League Individual Championship evenings, at Gin Pit, on Wednesday 10th August Just three riders turned out for the u-13s Championship. Bury’s first year rider, Jayden Hancock, continued his unbeaten run at Manchester League u-13 events, by winning every race, to take the title, with a 16 […]
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Hull were crowned Yorkshire League champions for a third successive season after winning the final round on home shale, at the Hessle raceway. Hull entered the final round knowing that the title was there’s to loose.A strong quintet went out in style, winning Round 6 (their fourth win) after scoring 62 points. Sheffield (48) just held on to second place […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photos by Nicola Banyard The League’s top two met at a dry, sunny Firth Park track to serve up an enthralling match that saw the fortunes swing back and forth for both teams. Holidays left both teams with selection headaches. Heckmondwike naming three ex-Halifax / Sowerby Bridge stars (Mark Rushby, Ian Johnson and Steve Muff) while […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley hosted the first of the three Manchester League Individual Championship evenings, at Gin Pit, on Wednesday (3rd August). In the u-10s Championship, A&T’s Josh Pilkington raced to a 16 points maximum score. Team mate Levi Edwards dropped just one point, with Bury’s George Keeble a further point behind. Manchester League u-10 Individual FinalJosh […]
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Report by Mike Hack It was a most exciting day of racing at Gin Pit on Saturday, as Astley & Tyldesley staged Day 2 of the European Cycle Speedway Championships.The day’s finale saw England win the European Nations Cup, beating Poland by one point, in an extremely hard fought match, with no shortage of racing incidents throughout the match. Final […]
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