Newport Cycle Speedway have re-signed Great Britain international, Rebecca Davies from Sheffield. Davies spent the last few seasons with Northern side, but has moved back to her home town club for the 2016 campaign. Newport manager Colin Simmons said, “We would like to welcome back Great Britain womens international rider Rebecca Davies to the club after her stint up north.”
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Edinburgh Falcons have strengthened their side ahead of the 2016 Northern League campaign by signing the hugely experienced Scotland International Jason Burke from Sheffield Rockets. Burke, who finished second in last season’s TLI British Veterans Individual Championship and fourth in last year’s World Veterans Individual Final, faces a 500 mile round trip to the Redbraes Raceway for home matches but […]
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The Sheffield club individual, the City of Sheffield Championship, was probably a meeting too far. Less than half of the riders who have competed for Sheffield in 2015 made the start line, the 8th November date and the cold and damp weather taking a toll on the line up. Three days of rain failed to disrupt the track conditions, which […]
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Cycle Speedway will have a new roster of British champions to celebrate this weekend, when top promotor Fred Rothwell stages the inaugural TLI Cycling British Vets Championships at Sheffield this Saturday. Championship finals for over 40s, over 50s and over 60s will take place at Cookson Park in Sheffield. Rothwell, who also promotes other cycling sports, reports an excellent entry […]
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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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Alan Hewitson has uploaded Sheffield’s final Elite League encounter (for the time being at least) against Newport. The match featured some good racing, with the Stars ending up too strong up top for the Welsh side, who gave it their all nonetheless. Check out the video below:
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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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Stockport took another giant stride to defending the Northern League One title with a convincing 103-73 victory over the visiting Sheffield/CRA Rockets. Michael Preston got the better of Richard Hudson in heat 1, the 6-4 gave Stockport the perfect start. Vicky Brown was quickly out of the gate in heat 2, only to be passed by both Jack Lush and […]
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Alan Hewitson has uploaded Sheffield’s encounter with Horspath in the Elite League yesterday. In a tight match that went down to the wire, it was Horspath who came out on top, with both teams fielding a weaker side. Check out the footage here:
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Whenever Sheffield and Horspath get together you know you’re in for a close match. With both teams having to make changes to their line ups it made for two very different looking sides that had met at The Village earlier in the season. Sheffield youngsters Adam Watson, Mason Phillips and Niall Morton all got promoted to the first team as did seasoned […]
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The Northern League One Yorkshire derby between Sheffield CRA Rockets and Heckmondwike carried extra importance, as the winners would move into a position of mid-table security. Both teams fielded weakened teams, Sheffield were without Hudson, Gamble, Morton and Brown. Heckmondwike had no Idziorek, Kent or Wood.
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Leicester Ladies maintained their domination of the team championship with an unprecedented tenth consecutive victory at Glover Park today. Nearest rivals Ipswich put up a strong fight and had opened up a two point lead after the fourth heat, taking 14 points from their inside grids. The Monarchs eventually overhauled their East Anglian rivals in the sixth heat, from that […]
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The BBC were at Sheffield’s Cookson Park recently to talk to new British world champions Vicky Brown and Craig Marchant, along with Cycle Speedway legend Jim Varnish. It’s a great short feature and the way the sport is portrayed through the modern cinematography is surely the direction Cycle Speedway needs to be heading. Check it out here, well done to al […]
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Young Sheffield rider Kielan Burton has sadly had his Cycle Speedway bike stolen from his Mum’s shed in Sheffield. Locals are asked to keep an eye out for the distinctive Cycle Speedway bike and should anyone come across it on Ebay or Gumtree, please get in touch with the Sheffield club. Members of the Cycle Speedway community are already rallying […]
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Here are some photos that Ray Andrews took of the Elite League clash between Wednesfield and Sheffield, which turned out to be a very messy affair for all concerned! Many thanks to Ray for standing out in the rain to capture these shots.
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The top of the table clash between the Aces and Stars went ahead despite the terrible weather conditions, full credit to all the riders involved they gave it their all to provide a great display of cycle speedway racing of top quality. The meeting referee was top official Bob Prince, he kept the races flowing in the relentless rain, Heat […]
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