Day 1 of the British Individual Finals weekend produced a fabulous day of cycle speedway at Astley & Tyldesley’s Gin Pit circuit. Despite heavy overnight rain, the circuit was in pristine condition for the whole day and thankfully the rain moved away for the racing on a warm, sunny day. There was a large turn out of riders and spectators for […]
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Members of the East Newport Cycle Speedway Club are attempting to set a new Guinness World Record by continuously riding round their track for 24 hours. A relay team set off at 10am today and will finish at 10am tomorrow They are trying to raise money towards a much needed new track fence which has recently been vandalised A justgiving […]
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This is the first time the North have staged the championships in its new format, where all the finals are held over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Blue Riband finals were last in the North in 2014, when staged at Bury’s Goshen Raceway. Brandon Whetton (Under 16), Charlie Jane Herbert (Women) and Andy Angell (Open) were the winners then. We […]
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Former long standing servant of the Cycle Speedway scene in Coventry, Les Grimes (pictured wearing number 3), sadly passed away last Sunday evening. Father of current British champion Myke, Les had suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease for many years. He was 69 years of age. He came from a golden era of the sport in the Godiva city in the sixties […]
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The Hull Cycle Speedway Club are getting ready for the Bank Holiday Monday finals day as part of the Northern regions staging of the finals weekend. The days racing will be staged in conjunction with The East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The three meetings are the under 16 boy’s final (sponsored by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council) at 11am, […]
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The mid-week Manchester League season drew to a close with the staging of the Manchester Senior Individual at Stockport on Wednesday, when a disappointing field of just nine riders defied the wet conditions to compete in the league’s blue riband finale. Astley flyer Reece Pollitt took full advantage of the draw that gave him inside gate positions to both defending champion […]
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Steve Copping’s video camera was in action at Leicester for the British Open and Under 16’s Club Championships where the Under 16’s event and the Open Final were filmed. If anyone would like to order a copy of either match, or both, then please email Steve at sjccopping@aol.com, or contact him via Facebook if applicable Cost is £5 per disc […]
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The South West and Wales team achieved a sensational 6-point victory over the reigning Supertrax Battle of Britain champions, South East and East, at Exeter in a hard fought and controversial Elite Men’s Test Match at Exeter. The biggest talking point was a controversial heat 19 which saw both Ben Mould and Dan Knights excluded when they were lapped by Josh Brooke, […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators gave an excellent account of themselves in the British Open Club Championship at Leicester. They battled hard in a Semi-Final with Olly Buxton getting vital points in heats 18 and 19 leaving experienced Leigh Cossey to secure a race-off for the Hawks with a third place in the final heat. Top scorer Liam Webster lined up for […]
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Leicester Cycle Speedway Club hosted an excellent day of racing for the final British Club Championships of the 2018 season. Great Blakenham took the title in a hard fought final in the open category, with Ipswich taking the spoils in the U16. Poole did enough on the day to take the overall British Club Championship title, competing in all but […]
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The latest round of Battle of Britain matches took place today, along with the Women’s League and 2 Scottish Derbies in Divisions 2 & 3 of the North & Scotland League. Results below Battle of Britain Elite Junior South & South Wales 90-88 South East & Eastern Midlands 83-97 North & Scotland Elite Men South & South Wales 100-94 South […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators took an under-strength team to face champions Ipswich and in the circumstances put up a reasonable opposition. There were heat wins for Leigh Cossey. Owen Wells and Liam Webster but Hethersett only won one race – a 6-4 by Cossey and Charlie Lyth in heat 5. IPSWICH 107 R.Fellgett 19 (5) M.Hill 18+2 (5) A.Hill 16+3 (5) L.Dunningham […]
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Sam Blake has a Junior 24’’ wheeled hardly used bike. Comes with pedals (not shown in photo). Pick up in Poole. £120 o.n.o. Contact sam888blake@gmail.com
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Konrad Cinkowski from the Czestochowa club has released the following statement: During the European Championship finals in Częstochowa and Poczesna in the audience and pits were lots of well known faces from cycle speedway world. Mike Hack, working as secretary in International Cycle Speedway Federation was of them. In Poland, Hack was working double duty. Not only he was one of […]
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Hellingly Lions heat leader, Steven Archer’s season has come to an abrupt end as a crash in a South Eastern Division 2 Match resulted in a broken bone in his Foot. In the very first heat of the Division 2 match Archer tangled with a Kesgrave rider which resulted in an exclusion and facial cuts. Cleaned up by Kesgrave’s first […]
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Sheffield’s trips to Edinburgh are usually met with wet conditions and a defeat, except for 2017 when the Stars pulled off a shock win. This year was no different. A heavy downpour before and during the matches made conditions very difficult and led to a lot of mopping up in between races. Both teams were missing riders, both the two sets present put […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club took first team victory with a below strength team against Coventry on Sunday. Leading from heat 1, the Birmingham riders managed to extend that lead with a strong second half finish. Despite missing half of the first team the victory turned out comprehensive, however the visitors also had riders missing including their top 2 heat leaders. Coventry […]
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North & Scotland League champions Astley & Tyldesley raced to a convincing 111-63 win over Hull in Sunday’s Division 1 match at Gin Pit. The visitors turned up with just five riders, but three times British Champion Andy Angell won four of his six races, with good support from Nathan Everett, who was also a race winner. These two ensured that there […]
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