Report by Rob Mawhood, Photo by Diane Bellis Hull sailed to victory in Round Six of the 2023 Yorkshire League season at the Hessle Raceway, lifting the title for the fourth successive season. Hull and Sheffield entered the fixture in the knowledge that if either won they would be champions. In the unlikely event of a tied score, Sheffield held […]
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Here are the results from matches ridden on Sunday 8th October 2023: North & Scotland League Division 1 Astley & Tyldesley 73 Fife 107 Bury 104 Fife 75 Bury win North & Scotland League Division 1 championship Yorkshire League Round 6 at Hull Hull 64, Sheffield 58, Heckmondwike 39 Hull win Yorkshire League South & South Wales League East Newport […]
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The weekend action on Saturday & Sunday 7th & 8th October kicks of on Saturday with the final rounds of 3 competitions. At Norwich it is the final round of 8 in the South-East Grand Prix starting at 12 noon and riders attending this event are reminded that it is being staged at Harford Park. The EuroVets also reaches its […]
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Another busy weekend of cycle speedway action gets underway on Saturday with Kesgrave hosting what has now become the 6th round of the South-East Grand Prix starting at midday. What should have been Round 6 at East London (which was rained off on August 5th) will now become Round 7 on Saturday 30th September. Also on Saturday is the 10th […]
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Hull and Sheffield are in a one off shoot out to see who will lift the Yorkshire League trophy for 2023. Round Five saw Sheffield win to level the match points with Hull, going into the final fixture at Hull on 8th October (Sheffield hold a slight advantage of 8 race points should the teams tie scores). Sheffield were almost […]
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Here are the results from matches ridden on Sunday 10th September: South-East League Division 2 Hethersett 88 Norwich 70 Scottish League at Edinburgh Senior match Northumbria 47Fife B 45Fife A 38Edinburgh 34Glasgow 30 Women & Juniors league Borders 56Fife 43Edinburgh 35Glasgow 6 Series standings Seniors Fife 19.5Northumbria 18Edinburgh 12Glasgow 9.5 Women & Juniors Borders 16Edinburgh 13Fife 11Glasgow 4 Yorkshire League […]
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The Cycle Speedway Cup takes place this weekend (Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September) at Exeter. There will be 4 matches on Saturday, all of which will use the 4 team 24 heat formula. The first match at 12 noon on Saturday sees Birmingham take on Exeter, Ipswich and Newport in Match A whilst Match B at 1.30pm will see […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Hull have one hand on the Yorkshire League title, for a fourth successive season, following a dominant win in Round 4 at Heckmondwike. Hull riders took the chequered flag first in ten of the 16 races, also recording three maximum 7-point heat scores. Rich Gibson, Jason Keith and Jack Lister all had three wins each. Lewis […]
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Sheffield Stars won round 3 of the Yorkshire League at a dry, dusty Cookson track to go top of the table at the halfway stage of the season.Sheffield were able to track Ed Morton and Dariusz Pilas to strengthen the line up. Unfortunately both Heckmondwike and Hull were missing their top riders. Sheffield scored 7-3 heat wins in each race […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Sheffield Stars and Hull battled to a draw in the first round of the Yorkshire League at Heckmondwike. The series returned to the format used during Covid, with Junior and Senior individual Grand Prix Ladder also contested within the days racing. Hull took control of the pairs racing in mid-meeting. A Lewis Foxley/Liam Bennett 7-3 maximum […]
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Hull were crowned Yorkshire League champions for a third successive season after winning the final round on home shale, at the Hessle raceway. Hull entered the final round knowing that the title was there’s to loose.A strong quintet went out in style, winning Round 6 (their fourth win) after scoring 62 points. Sheffield (48) just held on to second place […]
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Hull smashed the points scoring record in round three of the Yorkshire League, and are now firm favourites to win the league title for a third successive season.Hull were at full strength for this round at the Hessle raceway and made their intent clear in heat one as Nathan Everett and David Cooper both sped past Sheffield’s Kielan Burton. Hull […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Hull got off to the perfect start to defend their Yorkshire League title at a dry and dusty Graves track in Sheffield on Wednesday night. The forecast rain did not arrive, but the dry track still provided some entertaining racing. Hull were at full strength, with Sheffield using the five riders who were involved with the […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood The sixth and final round of the 2021 Yorkshire League season produced an enthralling contest at a breezy Cookson Park. Sheffield had the difficult task of not only winning the round, but having to overhaul Hull’s 16 point race points lead. Sheffield named a full strength team, with all the big hitters available for the first […]
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Hull won round five of the Yorkshire League at their home circuit, to more or less confirm back to back titles. Should Sheffield win the final round at the Cookson track they would finish on level match points, Hull though have a commanding 17 point lead on race points.Hull scored four maximum seven point heat scores, including an important heat […]
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This weekend’s cycle speedway action kicks off with the Somersham Open on Saturday which features 2 Open Semi-Finals (where the top 8 scorers will qualify for the Final), and a Veterans Individual as well as a Consolation Final for the Open event.The action starts at 11am with the first of the Open Semi-Finals which includes 5 riders who will be […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Sheffield Stars came out on top of a closely run round two of the Yorkshire League. This was the first league racing at Heckmondwikes Firth Park track for 20 months.Heckmondwike took an early lead with a 6-4 from Lewis Foxley and Pat Beacock in the opening heat. Hull came into contention when impressive guest rider Liz […]
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Report by Robert Mawhood Hull’s Hessle raceway was the venue for the first fixture of 2021 for the three Yorkshire Clubs, Heckmondwike, Hull and Sheffield. The format so successful in 2019 was kept for this year. That’s 12 heats of pairs racing, finished off with four individual races (climaxed with the top scorers race).Lewis Foxley had the honour of being […]
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