With the 2016 Elite league Cycle Speedway season just a month away, Coventry have signed three more riders to complete their squad for their return to top tier racing. Team manager Lee Marsh this week closed in on three new signings, adding Polish internationals Prezemek Binkowski and Pawel Idziorek, together with British veteran champion Gavin Parr from Newcastle. Now into […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club will be in action in the next few weeks, with warm up matches home and away against Leicester. The Newport team will be looking to make it four South and South Wales regional titles on the bounce, and are quietly confident of success with Jack Harrold and Jacob Soper having more availability this season, together with new team […]
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Six UK Cycle Speedway clubs have entered the 2016 European Club Championships in May. Astley and Tyldesley, Hethersett, Ipswich, Birmingham, Wednesfield and Swindon have all thrown their hats into the ring and head over to Ostrow, Poland to represent Great Britain. The event starts on 30th April 2016 and runs until Tuesday 3rd May 2016. Ipswich qualified for the final […]
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2015 British Team and Elite League Champions, Wednesfield Aces, kick off their season at the weekend, as they they do a pre-season, three match tour of the north. They travel to Edinburgh on Friday afternoon by mini bus and stay in the Travelodge Hotel in the centre of Edinburgh. They are up bright and early on Saturday to take on Stevie […]
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The 2016 season began on the track (Sunday) for the Ipswich Eagles. Over 30 junior and seniors turned out for their first outdoor training of the year. There was a warm welcome for Cody Chadwick for his first appearance at his new home track. It was a tough session taken by Les Fellgett, on a wet track which held up […]
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With training already underway in many parts of the UK and challenge matches beginning this weekend, here is a round up of all the news you may have missed in the outdoor off season. European Championships The 2016 European Championships will be taking place in Poole, with qualifying rounds in Southampton. The Dorset club put on a marvellous spectacle that […]
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Northern riders Jason Burke and Gavin Parr are getting set for their gruelling Coast to Coast Tandem Charity ride. The challenge from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth on Tyneside is a tough route across country that takes in the Lake District and also over the famous Hartside Pass. The pair have been putting in the hours and some long distances individually […]
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Ipswich’s Charlie Jane Herbert (pictured centre), originally from Exeter, has finished runner-up in in the Exeter Express and Echo Sports Awards. Herbert was up for the “Young Sports Personality of the Year Award” and was announced as runner-up on Friday evenings awards ceremony. She won her first Indoor title in Coventry in January, as well as being part of the Team […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club have this week announced their scoop signing of the close season so far – and the biggest ever signing in the clubs history. After months of growing speculation, Coventry finally landed the prized signature of three times British champion Andy Angell from Hull to lead their Elite league attack. Angell will continue to race for his […]
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Three times British champion Andy Angell will be live on BBC CWR radio on Tuesday 16th February at 6.45pm. Andy will be talking about the sport of Cycle Speedway, his hopes for the new season and his Elite League racing in 2016. BBC CWR broadcasts across Coventry & Warwickshire on 94.8fm. You can also “listen live” anywhere in the UK […]
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Several of the Kesgrave Panthers supplemented their pre-season training by entering the 5k Kesgrave Park Run on Saturday morning. The session was mainly about having fun with times varying from 29mins 39secs through to 35mins 15secs. Everyone enjoyed themselves with pictures of the event available on the Kesgrave Panthers Cycle Speedway Club Facebook page by following the link below https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1209233752438398.1073741837.608764912485288&type=3 […]
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I would like to share my sadness at the passing of Brian Maunder. Brian recognised from an early stage the potential of the British Youth & Junior League and brought a team up to Wednesfield for the first ever Junior League (as it was then). He gave the opportunity to so many youngsters to experience this great competition and was […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club would like to send condolences to Brian’s family and all at Exeter CSC. Brian was a huge influence on the sport’s junior league in our region. He will be missed by all that had the pleasure of meeting him. Colin Simmons – Newport CSC
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Exeter Cycle Speedway lost an irreplaceable member of their club earlier this week in Brian Maunder. Countless tributes have been paid to Brian across Cycle Speedway and beyond, after his passing was announced on social media. Brian, dubbed as “Mr Exeter Cycle Speedway” played a key role in keeping the club on it’s feet throughout the years and always focused his attention […]
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East Park had a sizeable spread in the Express and Star newspaper on Wednesday, featuring their up coming 10 year anniversary meeting, which takes place on Saturday 19th March. Secretary Jamie Ball has sent invites out to riders, who are asked to respond as soon as possible. Check out the article below (click to enlarge):
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Charlie Jane Herbert (pictured centre) has again made the final for Young Sports Person of the Year. The Exeter based award run by local paper The Express and Echo includes Charlie Jane in the shortlist for the third time. Mother, Georgina, said she was “very proud” of Charlie Jane, one of the top British women’s racers, who was crowned British […]
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Following on from the successful staging of Cycle Speedway in Slovakia last year, it is apparent that Cycle Speedway also exists in Sweden. The sport is treated as a stepping stone into motor speedway for children, rather than the cycling discipline we know it as today. Activity seems to be more based along the lines of copying motor speedway, complete […]
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Looking at our web stats it’s clear to see 33/18 News has a worldwide reach and one of our Danish readers, Jonas Karstens Brandt is hopeful of finding a set of forks for a young oval master. Can you help? I’m a Copenhagener seeking help from the British Cycle Speedway community, to source me a fork for a Young Oval […]
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