WEEKEND PREVIEW: Elite League gathers pace

As the saying goes, no rest for the wicked, Cycle Speedway’s Elite League stars are back in action for the fourth time in seven weeks. It’s an intriguing week of fixtures, perhaps one that could have some bearing in the outcome of the league, come October. We also have the U16 Club Championships at Great Blakenham and another round of […]

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NEWS: Stoke revival gets instant boost

New Stoke officials have moved instantly to organise on-track activity within days of the successful Public Meeting in Stoke. The new Stoke club organised a track clean-up and practice session yesterday evening (Wednesday 27th May) – and drew an instant response. Despite having less than a week to promote last night, the evening drew a very encouraging 15 people, including officials, […]

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MATCH REPORT: Parish in fine form but Stockport take the points

Stockport staged the second part of the 3rd Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a damp and chilly Wednesday evening. The u-16s and u-19s matches were combined, with scores subsequently adjusted. Sheffield’s Adam Watson raced unbeaten in the u-16 category, whilst Stockport’s Jake Read top scored in the u-19 match. Astley & Tyldesley made it three wins […]

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NEWS: Coventry riders take triple silver

Coventry Cycle Speedway riders were in fine form last weekend in a succession of major individual events around the country – with no fewer than three riders racing to excellent podium finishes. Racing at Wolverhampton last Saturday in the East Park Junior Championship, Coventry`s home grown starlet Dan Drewett posted his best individual performance to date by taking the silver […]

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NEWS: Veteran Monarchs reign supreme

The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club hosted the 2nd round of the Eurovets Grand Prix series at their Perry Hall Playing Fields headquarters last Saturday afternoon. Over 20 of the top veteran riders in the sport from all over the UK descended upon the Monarchs raceway, which was surprisingly dry and dusty after heavy rainfall in the days leading up […]

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MATCH REPORT: Stockport’s unbeaten run comes to an end at Redbraes

It didn’t quite live up to the pre-meeting hype, but Edinburgh finally shook off their bogey team for these past number of years. Although Stockport arrived minus Jake Read, a much determined and focused Falcons Team duly went about their business, pleasing the larger than normal, noisy crowd. The first two races were a trade of 5-5s, Mat Lush losing […]

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MATCH REPORT: Greg on top again in Laurels

Poole Comets captain Greg Gluchowski (pictured leading by Peter Payne) topped the rostrum in a hotly contested Senior Laurels, sponsored by Daytec Communications, and just to emphasise the international flavour of the event, top Aussie Bobby McMillan joined him on the podium as runner-up along with British Champion Andy Angell who took third place. Angell started with 3 wins then […]

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MATCH REPORT: Whetton rules East Park juniors

East Park Junior Invitation, sponsored by Olympic Transport Logistics, which took place on Saturday, was again a great success. The racing started unfortunately minus two riders, leaving 18 riders in the field. This did not affect the superb racing from the juniors. As expected, Wednesfield’s Brandon Whetton went through with a perfect score and then on to win the A final. Second place went […]

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RESULTS: Northern League thrown wide open

Stockport have lost their first match on over 2 years at Redbraes Park, throwing the Northern League wide open. Edinburgh 97 – 79 Stockport (NL1) Edinburgh (74+57) 131 – 71 Stockport (NL2) Edinburgh 24 – 16 Stockport (NL3) Astley & Tyldesley – Heckmondwike (NL1) Sheffield 100 – 80 Northumbria (NL1) Sheffield 88 – 62 Northumbria (NL2) Hull 63 – 115 […]

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WEEKEND PREVIEW: It’s the Laurels weekend

It’s a bumper weekend of individual action, with Astley and Tyldesley hosting their 25th Anniversary Meeting at Gin Pit tomorrow, which sees many categories catered for and finishing off with a social gathering in the adjacent Miners’ Welfare Club after the racing has ended. Likewise, East Park host their Junior Invitational, which we previewed earlier this week. We start off this […]

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