Tag: obituary

The Hull club have just heard of the sad passing of Derek Hilton on August 30th. Derek originally raced in the Derby area and was central in the re-emergence of cycle speedway in Hull in 1971. A meeting was held in the Hull Boulevard speedway car park from which the Humberside League was formed and thrived in the 1970’s. Derek […]

33/18 News has received the sad news that Gerald Sedgeley, Birmingham Lions stalwart of the 1950’s, died last weekend. Gerald was the last survivor of the great Birmingham Lions team of the 1950’s and was Birmingham Senior Champion in 1959 Condolences go out to his friends and family from everyone in Cycle Speedway as well as all at 33/18 News

Following the sad news of the death of Mick Harley on 4th May, 33/18 News has learned that Brian Herd, father of 1993 World Champion Tony Herd, has passed away following a battle with cancer. Here is how the Salisbury club reported the news on their Facebook page: It is with heavy hearts that a long term Salisbury member has […]

33/18 News has received some sad news as Simon Baltkauls has died. Simon was heavily involved with the Stoke club over the years including recent efforts to revive the club which were unsuccessful Condolences to all Simon’s family & friends Funeral details will be published on this site as soon as they are available

33/18 News was saddened to learn of the passing of former Chiswick Comets rider Ron Byford who died after a long battle with Myelofibrosis on Friday February 7th, 10 days before his 85th birthday. Not only did he ride for Chiswick but he was also associated with the Swindon club, an association that ran from when he relocated to Swindon […]

Following on from the passing of former World No.3 Pete Blackwell 33/18 News has just learnt that former Birmingham Lions rider Ray Goode died on Monday 28th October. Ray was in 1948, the first captain of the club which in more recent times became Sandwell, and was the only son of the founder of the club Mr F.L. Goode. He […]

The Wednesfield Club are sad to announce the death of former Birmingham and Wednesfield rider Pete Blackwell, affectionately known as Inky. Pete finished 3rd in the 1958 World Final at Hilversum in Holland Funeral details will be announced as soon as they are available Condolences to Pete’s friends and family from 33/18 News & everyone in cycle speedway

GB Head Coach Stuart Raven has been in touch with the sad news that Ray Isidoro had lost his fight against pancreatic cancer on Wednesday afternoon(12th June). He was a very influential force in Welsh Cycle Speedway from post war up until the early 70’s. He was a founder member of Cardiff Hunters and Cardiff Dragons. Ray was a former […]

Newport Cycle Speedway Club were saddened to hear of the passing of Nigel Walsh, a former club rider of the 70’s, on 21st February at a Newport care home. Nigel was well known and liked in both the cycle speedway and motor speedway world with his great sense of humour, and sometimes strange antics around the circuits.(he was a star at Newport’s […]

The funeral of Brian Makepeace, who passed away in the Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester on Christmas Day at the age of 80 following a series of illnesses, will take place on Friday 18 January at 12.15 at Weymouth Crematorium, Quibo Lane, Weymouth, DT4 0RR

33/18 News was saddened to learn that Brian Makepeace passed away in the Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester on Christmas Day at the age of 80 following a series of illnesses. Brian was a top quality team manager and administrator during his time in cycle speedway and was the subject of a large feature in the “50 Years of Cycle Speedway” […]