Cycle Speedway was rocked by the sudden passing of Fife rider Craig Hardie yesterday, as wife Lynn and daughter Lois broke the tragic news on social media, that Craig had sadly passed away after a short battle with cancer. Craig was a highly accomplished cyclist; a multiple Scottish grass track champion along with Scottish titles in Cyclocross and two in […]
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Scotland manager Niall Morton is seeking Senior and Veteran Scottish riders. With the Home Internationals in Scotland & the return of the Celtic Cup, there will be several opportinities to race for Scotland. Anyone with Scottish parents or grandparents is eligible. Contact Niall on niall.morton17@gmail.com if interested or for further information.
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Niall Morton (pictured left in Edinburgh with Scotland legend, John Murphy) has been appointed as the Scotland team manager until 2020, and is appealing for any riders eligible to ride for Scotland before the Home Internationals. Morton, now based in Scotland for university, has taken up the role of team manager until the end of 2020. Any rider with parents or […]
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England Veterans’ manager, Steve Mullinder, has selected a strong side to contest the Veterans Home International at Bury this Saturday. Leicester’s Craig Marchant and Norman Venson, join Swindon’s Steve Harris, Wednesfield’s Mark Griffiths and Bury’s own Neil Howarth, to make up the England team. The Home International features senior, junior and veteran teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and are […]
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With the hectic racing schedule between the two tracks, updates haven’t been easy to manage. We’ve been sharing what we can via our Facebook page, so make sure you ‘like’ our page to find out what happens on finals day. So what has happened over the last couple of days? Team GB Friday night, and the Great Britain team lost […]
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South coast clubs, Poole and Southampton host the ICSF 2016 Cycle Speedway European Championships this weekend, where a full three day feast of explosive action awaits the large crowds expected. The championships largely feature individual events, but we will see Team GB back in action Friday evening in a test match against Poland in Southampton, which represents new manager, Lee […]
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Scotland manager, Jamie Ball, has put out an appeal for riders eligible to race for Scotland, ahead of this weekend’s European Team Championships in Poole. Any rider with parents or grandparents who are Scottish are eligible to represent the country. Scotland’s vets team did especially well at last weekend’s Home International, finishing on the top spot. Anybody wishing to be considered […]
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Better late than never, we’ve had a report in from the senior Home International from Hull last weekend. England retained the home international trophy, winning from Wales by 8 points, although the meeting was a lot closer than the score line suggests. Chris Timms and Josh Brooke took good wins for England, before Andy Angell was excluded in heat 4 […]
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England were victorious in the Senior home international, taking the gold medal by 8 points over Wales with Ireland in third. Josh Brooke top scored for the English but was well supported by his team mates, with Mark Carmichael and Charlie Rumbold leading the Welsh and Irish respectively. ENGLAND 56 Josh Brooke 15; Andy Angell 12; Matt Smith 12; Chris […]
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Results from Hull: VETS 1. SCOTLAND 55 2. ENGLAND 54 3. WALES 36 4. IRELAND 32 JUNIOR 1. ENGLAND 53 2. WALES 51 3. SCOTLAND 38 4. IRELAND 32 SENIOR 1. ENGLAND 56 2. WALES 48 3. IRELAND 39 4. SCOTLAND 33
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The draws are in for the 2016 ICSF European Team Cup. The format is 4 teams and 25 heats. Check out who rides in what number below: SENIOR: 1/ England 2/ Scotland 3/ Poland 4/ Wales 5/ Ireland JUNIOR: 1/ Scotland 2/ Wales 3/ Ireland 4/ England 5/ Poland
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There will be a Home International Veterans category for the first time at Hull this year, with the Vets taking to the track before the Juniors on Saturday 16th July 2016. Steve Mullinder commented: “I have managed to put together a Vets Home International to be staged on the same day at Hull. “It has been hard work pulling all […]
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Cycle Speedway’s third track in Scotland is well on it’s way to completion, after significant progress has been made at Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline. It is the first track to be built in Scotland since 1980. The track is the result of 3 years hard work by PE teacher Craig Masson, who secured funding for the new track with […]
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After a number of delays, work on the new cycle speedway track at Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline is finally underway. Contractors commenced work early last week and, as these photos show, they have already made considerable process. The teacher leading the project, Craig Masson, is hopeful that construction works will be completed early next month with the first […]
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It was drama from the get go on Saturday evening, as Exeter hosted a thrilling encounter in the World Pairs final, between England, Poland, Wales, Australia, Scotland and Ireland. In what will go down as one of the most entertaining fixtures in recent times, the precedent for rider commitment was set in the first heat. Ireland’s Ben Donohue picked up […]
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Amazing scenes in Exeter, as Poland clinched the World Best Pairs title in a run off with England. Marcin Szymanski and Bartek Grabowski took on Lee Aris and Mark Boaler in the run off for first. After two unsuccessful restarts, Szymanski rode away to take the victory, leaving Grabowski to hold Boaler behind whilst watching out for Aris just ahead. […]
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Alan Hewitson was back with his trusty camera and caught the action in the World Team Cup qualifying round on Thursday night. Australia and Wales made it through to tomorrows final at Poole.
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Pro photographer Denis Murphy took some great shots of yesterdays World Team Cup Qualifier. Denis is a regular down in Poole, be sure to follow him on twitter with the handle @ruggerbloke. Here’s the shots:
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