British Cycling today announced the line up for the 2016 Elite League series, which sees two new teams enter the fold. Sheffield and Newport indicated earlier in the month that they would not be re-entering for 2016, which has paved the way for Midland clubs Birmingham and Coventry to come forward. However, all clubs must fulfil strict criteria by 1st […]
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Following the news that the British Indoor Finals of 2015 are to be staged at the Sports Connexion venue, near Coventry, the Coventry Cycle Speedway club have moved speedily to confirm a winter programme of practice and training sessions. The popular sessions, which were launched two years ago, will return for a third successive winter on Sunday 1st November. The […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club, one of the sport’s most vibrant clubs, have today been confirmed as the official promotors of the British Indoor Finals of 2015, which will race into the Godiva city on the first weekend of the New Year. In a widely circulated email today (Wednesday 28th October 2015) from British Cycling, the sport’s governing body, confirmed the […]
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Arguably the greatest ever Poole rider, Martin Gale called in at the Baiter Park track on the club’s end of season Clubnight to bid farewell as he heads off to Australia to take up a new job in Perth. After many youth and junior triumphs in the preceding years and becoming the youngest rider to be selected for the Poole […]
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All British Club Championships will take place over one Bank Holiday weekend in the Midland region on 28th-30th May 2016. The events are likely to take place over three tracks and it is hoped the central location will encourage a good take up from clubs, after the competition suffering this season. Only the Over 40s Club Championship featured semi finals, with […]
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Our main site sponsors, Yale, have some interesting statistics regarding break ins at this time of year, make sure you take the correct steps to ensure your bike is secure! As always, we’d like to thank Yale for their continued support of 33/18 News | Cycle Speedway. Unfortunately, at this time of the year there are more than just ghost […]
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The Polish Federation have confirmed the 2016 European Club Championship will take place in Ostrow, where the reigning champions will defend their title on their home track. They have extended the event to run from Saturday 30th April 2016 until Tuesday 3rd May 2016, as 2nd May and 3rd May are Bank Holidays in Poland. Entry is open to all British clubs […]
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The first match of four major international Cycle Speedway televised events is to hit the Sky Sports TV screens in November – winning the sport its biggest UK and worldwide TV coverage for many years. The 2015 World Cup Final from Poole, sponsored by the Dolphin Shopping Centre in Poole, will beam into homes across the nation on Wednesday 18th […]
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Senior Birmingham Monarchs riders had one last chance to gain glory at the weekend as they travelled to Cookson Park in Sheffield for the TLI Veterans Championships. Eurovets champions Bob Prince and Steve Hodgkinson, along with Paul Timms, made the trip in the hope of adding more silverware this season. The meeting concept was a slightly different formula to ones usually […]
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Sheffield’s Cookson Park was honoured to be the venue for the first ever TLI British Individual Championships, an event that is now likely to remain on the Eurovets calendar. Complementing the Grand Prix series and a talked about regional team event. Thirty-one riders had entered the competition for Over 40’s/50’s and 60’s. The riders split evenly into to two qualifying […]
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Newport signed off their two year Elite League tenure with a slender win over Poole, in the rearranged fixture following the wash out in round 8 in July. It did have sour moment with Dan Bock receiving a match ban for the Welsh side. The result was not enough to lift Newport off the bottom of the table, but saw […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co brought down the curtain on the 2015 season at the Memorial Playing Field when they staged the East Anglian Championships. There were some excellent performances from Hethersett riders but all the titles were captured by riders from over the Suffolk border. Dan Chambers came the closest to a title as he contested a race-off for second […]
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Northumbria’s Gavin Parr has seen his season cut short by a few weeks, after finally getting a long awaited appointment for a back operation. The Vikings captain has ridden in pain for the most part this season, but it hasn’t stopped him having his most successful season to date. Parr finished top of the Northern League averages with an impressive […]
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Certificates of Commendation were presented to six members of Poole Cycle Speedway by the Mayor of Poole, Cllr Ann Stribley at the recent Sports Council Awards evening. In recognition of the club’s continuing success in the British Youth and Junior League, one award was made to a member of each racing category:- Girls – Bethany Briggs Under 8s – Oli Saunders […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway race their final Elite League fixture on Sunday, when they take on Poole at Newport’s Sports Village. The meeting will mark the end of the club’s two year Elite League adventure. Newport have not applied for the Elite League in 2016. Reasons include referee and travel costs, together with a lack of strength in depth at the Welsh […]
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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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Nine year old Jack Reynolds recorded an immaculate 20 point maximum in the Galaxy Seating Coventry Junior Prix, under floodlights on Wednesday evening. It was a very mild October evening, which saw a commercial floodlight tower erected in the middle of the centre green to accommodate the 15 young riders from Coventry’s ever growing youth system. The 20 heat formula […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club look set to join the sports top league in 2016 – setting the seal on a remarkable recovery in fortunes by the Hearsall Common based club. Coventry`s application for Elite League status, which included financial matters, club management structure, development and facilities, was officially lodged with the sport’s governing body, British Cycling, this week. British Cycling’s […]
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