PREVIEW: Battle of Britain Round 2

The main Cycle Speedway action takes place in Wales this weekend which will see Newport CSC host the 2nd round of the Senior Battle of Britain series on Saturday 14th May and East Newport hosting the women’s 2nd round of the Battle of Britain series the following day. Both matches will start at 12noon. Following on after the meeting on both days there will be a individual GP match.

Last time out at Astley & Tyldesley the Men’s team event was won by South & South Wales with Ben Clarke (Ipswich) taking the win in the Elite GP match that followed. North & Scotland were the winners of the team event in the Women’s event at Hull where Lauren Hookway (Exeter) took the win in the Elite GP event which followed and Ella Case (Kesgrave) winning the Intermediate event.


If you are planning on stopping overnight the best hotel is located just off Junction 24 M4 (Coldra) which is the Premier Inn NP18 2NX. This hotel is situated right in the middle of both tracks and is only a few minutes drive to each track. It’s location is right next to a beefeater Pub where breakfast is served and also a McDonald’s