Words from David Makepeace As the Southampton club celebrates its 60th anniversary, which without the sterling endeavours of Colin Wheeler (ably, supported by his wife Sandra) this would not have been possible – Colin’s pedigree as ‘one of the all-time great riders’ of the sport is widely known throughout the Cycle Speedway community, with two British Senior Riders titles, winning […]
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Article and photos sent in by Emily Morton Rob Mawhood, Sheffield Stars Cycle Speedway Club’s chair and head coach, has been awarded the Wilkinson Sword for his outstanding contribution to developing grass roots cycle speedway over the last 50 years. Rob, who started his cycle speedway career riding for Parkwood Aces in Sheffield, was instrumental in bringing the Cookson Park […]
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British Cycling has announced that Terry Ashford (pictured below) has been awarded the Wilkinson Sword for his exceptional contribution to cycle speedway stretching over four decades. Amongst his many roles within the sport, Terry is the current Chair of the South and South East Region, and has also been a club manager, coach, sponsor, international referee, Cycle Speedway Commission member […]
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It was announced at the end of April that long serving Poole club chairman Graham Sutton has been awarded the Wilkinson Sword, for his outstanding contribution to the sport, at all levels, for the past half century.The coronavirus lockdown had deferred the official presentation to Graham which took place during the interval of the Ade Gale Senior Laurels on Sunday, […]
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Long serving Poole club chairman, Graham Sutton, has been awarded the Wilkinson Sword, for his outstanding contribution to the sport, at all levels, for the past half century. Graham is pictures below receiving the Brian Cossavela award for Event Organiser in 2017 The current lockdown has deferred the official presentation to Graham, which will be made as soon as any […]
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Coventry rider Myke Grimes has won the Wilkinson Sword award for services to cycle speedway. Myke launched this website in 2014 and the highlight of his racing career came in 2017 when he became only the 2nd rider after Lee Aris to win the British Final with a 20 point maximum as well as in recent years being heavily involved […]
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One of the most popular and forward thinking members of the Cycle Speedway community, Sheffield’s Ian Brown, has been presented with the Wilkinson Sword award.
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