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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Tune in this evening to find out who did what and where, as a healthy Sunday of regional racing takes place in all four regions. Midland League Division One Wednesfield Dragons 98 – 80 Coventry East Park 81 – 96 Birmingham Division Two East Park 69 – 55 Birmingham Northern League Division One Bury 89 – 85 Stockport Edinburgh 114 […]
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Here are the A-final results from the Northern Regions opening round of the British Youth and Junior League, hosted at Stockport. U8s A final 1st Duncan Whalley Bury 2nd Lewis Bemrose Sheffield 3rd Frank White Astley & Tyldesley 4th George Martin Sheffield U10s A final 1st John White Astley & Tyldesley 2nd Logan Perkins Sheffield 3rd Joe Brownell Sheffield 4th […]
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Lee Redshaw came ‘off the bench’ once again to prove a match winner for Northumbria, the youngster missing his normal Div 3 racing Sunday and riding reserve in Div 2, he proving he has what it takes to race at a higher level. Fourteen points from four rides were scored by Lee, the youngster having help for a very aggressive riding […]
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Sheffield were forced into two changes from the match against Bury, with Luke Morton & Rich Hudson unavailable, meaning Niall Morton made his return from injury & Laura Watson came in, having just had her loan to Sheffield approved. Northumbria, meanwhile, made just the one change from their match against Edinburgh, with Keith Oldham replacing Dan Thompson in the side. […]
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Astley & Tyldesley came away from West Yorkshire with two convincing Northern League wins on Sunday. A&T took a maximum 7-3 heat win in the first race of the Division 1 match and controlled the match throughout, to run out convincing 89-59 winners. Reece Pollitt and Damian Zareba were both unbeaten by an opponent, with solid scores from the rest […]
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Bury Comets arrived at Sheffield looking to begin their title challenge with a win, while the young Stars were aiming to cause a shock and show their own potential. The away side managed to get in front as early as heat two with a 7-2 when Kyle Holland suffered a bike malfunction. Four drawn heats followed as tactical riding came […]
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Hull opened their 2016 Northern League campaign with an eight point victory over Yorkshire rivals Heckmondwike, in what was a closely fought affair throughout, with only two points seperating the two sides with two heats remaining. Both sides were down on strength with Hull missing three riders and Heckmondwike also missing a few due to work or other commitments. Heckmondwike […]
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Ed Morton has sent in the footage from Bury’s away win at Sheffield at Cookson Park on Sunday. The entertaining fixture resulted in a strong 82-97 victory for the Comets and was captured by sidelined-but-on-the-mend, Niall Morton, with Ed on editing duties. Thanks for sending it in guys! See the footage below:
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With Northumbria’s top man Gavin Parr (pictured left in cover photo) having rather burned himself doing a massive coast to coast ride for charity the previous day (on a tandem no less) and Dan Wharrier having also joined in the ride, there was little strength left in the legs to compete with home top men. Even with a fully fit […]
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The official season started for many today. Here’s the results we’ve had in so far. Can’t see your result? Send it to newsroom@3318news.co.uk. Northern League Sheffield 82 – 97 Bury (NL1) Sheffield 70 – 79 Bury (NL2) Sheffield 66 – 120 Bury (NL3) A phone was found at Cookson Park this afternoon, if you think it may be yours, please […]
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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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Newport won their third South and South Wales title in a row in the play off final, against Poole Comets and Swindon. Check out all the other results we’ve received below. South and South Wales Play Off Final Newport 96 Poole Comets 87 Swindon 82 Midland League Coventry 73 – 105 Birmingham (ML1) Coventry 44 – 36 Birmingham (ML2) Coventry […]
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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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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 season drew to a close for many today but not all. Here’s the results we’ve had in so far… Midland League Wednesfield 98 – 80 Coventry (ML1) Wednesfield 38 – 26 Coventry (ML2) Northern League Sheffield 83 – 92 Bury (NL1) Sheffield 62 – 88 Bury (NL2) Sheffield 76 (seven riders) – 233 (21 riders) Bury (NL3) South East League […]
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