Sunday saw the Birmingham Monarchs get their Midland League programme started with triple victory over the East Park Wolves. An under strength Wolves outfit proved no match for the Monarchs, who took victory in the 3 league matches. The Monarchs opened with 3 maximums to set the tone of the days action. The Wolves managing one advantage of their own […]
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Coventry Sabres suffered a heavy away defeat at the hands of Leicester Monarchs in their opening Midland League encounter at Slater Street. The home side rested Craig Marchant and ex-Coventry man Dave Frith, while Norman Venson was ill, yet they still over powered their opposition. Coventry captain, Myke Grimes was the only rider able to match Leicester’s fire power and took their […]
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Here are the results from today’s Cycle Speedway action across the UK. If you have a result, please email it to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk North & Scotland Division One Edinburgh 82 – 93 Astley & Tyldesley Northumbria 65 – 113 Bury Sheffield 104 – 76 Hull Division Two Edinburgh 63 – 87 Astley & Tyldesley Northumbria 65 – 83 Bury Sheffield 89 – […]
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For the fourth time running, the Monarchs finished runners up in the final round of the Spring Cup. The Wednesfield Aces A team took victory on the day and were overall winners of the tournament. The Aces brought a single point lead into the event and it turned into a two team battle for the title with the Monarchs. There […]
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Yesterday saw the final round of the Midland Spring Cup at Birmingham. The sun was shining and the teams from Birmingham, East Park and two teams from Wednesfield were all enjoying the sun and ready to race. There was some great racing from all the teams, with some highly competitive heats, a few spins and a couple of crashes, with fortunately […]
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Newly reformed Stoke Cycle Speedway produced a fighting performance against Coventry, with a full team of new riders, in a challenge match on a beautiful hot day at Etruria Park. The fresh looking home side were missing the experienced trio of Simon Munden, Errol Thaw and Leighton Bates, with the latter taking up referee duties. Coventry fielded a near full strength side, […]
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There was plenty of Cycle Speedway racing to catch on another glorious April afternoon today, with all four regions in action. If you result is included yet, please email us: newsroom@3318news.co.uk North and Scotland Division One Astley & Tyldesley 95 – 78 Sheffield Hull 82 – 93 Edinburgh Stockport 112 – 67 Bury Division Two Astley & Tyldesley 86 – 64 Sheffield Hull […]
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East Park started their Midland League campaign off against local rivals Wednesfield. The Division 3 match opened proceedings with both clubs fielding 10 riders. Two 5 man formulas were used with some great riding by all the youngsters. East Park, down on strength for the Division 1 match, were always going to struggle. Jamie Ball earned an exclusion from match […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club again finished second in Wednesfield on Thursday, in the 3rd round of the Spring Cup to give hope of stealing the trophy in its first year of the new competition. The Monarchs were strengthened by the inclusion of Great Barr based rider Nathan Groves, whilst the Wednesfield A team had key riders missing. The Birmingham […]
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Coventry Sabres lost to South West and Wales Division One champions, Newport, at Hearsall Common yesterday, by 99-80. A much stronger Newport outfit, differing from the first leg at the Olympic Sports Village two weeks ago, made the journey from South Wales, with Team GB members Mark Carmichael and Jack Harrold both in the line up. British champion, Ben Mould […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club finished runners up in the second round of the Spring Cup in East Park on Sunday, this follows up an opening round second place last week. Again, it was the Wednesfield club who took victory, however this time they completely dominated the meeting, taking 7 maximum heat advantages to total 75 of a possible 84. Birmingham […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club finished runners up in the opening round of the Spring Cup in Wednesfield last Sunday, with the home club taking the win on the day. Both clubs dominated the opening round with the lead changing hands several times before the Aces held on to a narrow victory. The Monarchs will point to an exclusion […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway had mixed fortunes in their first home encounter of the season, with the first team losing out in a challenge match to Manchester side Astley & Tyldesley, while the second team took victory against local neighbours Birmingham. Astley fielded a strong team led by the former European champion, Damian Zareba, with solid back up form Reece Pollitt […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway Club travelled to the Newport Sports Village on a very cold, wet and windy afternoon on Sunday, for their first pre-season friendly against Newport, and came away with a moral boosting win by 88-92. The home side rested first team regulars, Adam Bennett, Chris Davies and Dale Clark, while Mark Carmichael was unavailable, but Birmingham’s Mark Winwood took […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club are getting prepared for a busy 2017 season, which kicks off this weekend with the ‘Spring Cup’ competition. This is a 4 round series with the 1st round this Sunday at the Wednesfield track in Ashmore Park, culminating with the 4th and final round at the Birmingham track on Sunday 9th April. The competition […]
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The Midland League fixtures have now been added to our 2017 Calendar page. The season kicks off on 2nd April with an all Wednesfield affair at Ashmore Park and concludes on 3rd September 2017. EDIT: Wednesfield Dragons have pulled out of the league. 2017 Midland League fixtures Sat 01 Apr Sun 02 Apr Dragons Aces Sat 08 Apr BJY R1 […]
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The Midland League are running a Spring Team Cup event over Sundays in March and April, with Wednesfield Aces, Birmingham, East Park and Wednesfield Dragons facing off against each other. The event is run on a 24 heat pairs formula, with 4 riders and a reserve per team. The dates are: Round 1 – Wednesfield Aces (12th March 2017) Round […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club have successfully gained funding from the Active Citizens Fund through the Police and Crime Commission and West Midlands Police (WMPCC). This will enable the club to carry out much needed work. Committee members met with Sargeant Andy Holder of Perry Barr and Oscott Police last week to discuss the plans for the year. Club […]
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