It took six heats for Sheffield to break the 5-5 deadlock in this closely fought encounter thanks to a Watson/Haines 7-3, and as hard as Glasgow fought they never looked capable of taking the heat advantages required. The match started with a win for the impressive Ed Morton, passing andy MacDougal on the line, the first of several interesting races. […]
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Astley & Tyldesley made it a clean sweep of three wins in Sunday’s Northern League fixture against Hull, at Gin Pit. A cagey opening four races saw A&T hold a 20-18 lead in the Division 1 match. Two maximum race wins followed, as A&T took control of the match and they rounded off with six successive heat wins to record an emphatic […]
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Here are the results from today’s October Cycle Speedway action: Midland League Division One Birmingham – Wednesfield Aces Leicester 103 – 75 Coventry Division Two Birmingham – Wednesfield Aces Leicester 69 – 81 Coventry Midland Junior League Birmingham – Wednesfield Aces Leicester 38 – 42 Coventry Northern League Division One Astley & Tyldesley 89 – 57 Hull Stockport 117 – […]
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Glorious weather welcomed the two teams to Cookson Park for this Northern League One Yorkshire Derby. Sheffield were looking for a fourth straight win to cement a fourth place finish in the table. Hull, who have improved of late, were also harbouring claims on fourth spot but knew that a loss would end those chances. Neither team was at full […]
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Here are the scores we had in from yesterday’s racing. If yours isn’t here, please send it to newsroom@3318news.co.uk Midland League Division One Wednesfield Aces – Coventry Division Two Wednesfield Aces – Coventry Division Three Wednesfield Aces – Coventry Northern League Division One Bury 117 – 56 Northumbria Heckmondwike – Stockport Sheffield 93 – 87 Hull Division Two Bury 94 – 55 Northumbria 94 – 55 […]
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Astley & Tyldesley entertained Sheffield in a Northern League fixture, at Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took the lead with a 6-3 heat win in heat 1 and held this until heat 5. However, a fall by the returning Luke Jamson in heat 5 and a shed chain by Reece Pollitt whilst leading heat 6, […]
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Heckmondwike travelled north with just three riders, the home side supplying four guests. Northumbria had their own problems, with number one Gavin Parr missing, he is still recovering from a speedway related injury. He still played his part by refereeing the meeting. Despite not racing since 3 July, the result was never in doubt, as Northumbria powered to a a […]
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Horspath travelled to Poole in the rearranged Elite League round one fixture and kept their title hopes well on track with a win against their hosts. There was plenty of regional racing taking place today also. Check out the results we’ve had in from round country below. Elite League Round One (Re-arranged) Poole 93 – 101 Horspath Midland League Division […]
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Time to catch up on a couple of stories that got missed due to the British Individual Championships weekend, first up, Manchester League… The midweek Manchester League season concluded with the Senior Individual Final at Astley & Tyldesley last Wednesday evening. On a very fast track, Stockport’s Jake Read came close to the track record, recording 40.70 seconds in heat 1. […]
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Astley & Tyldesley took on Northern League Division 1 leaders, Edinburgh, at Gin Pit on Sunday. The first three races were all drawn heats. Heat 4 saw A&T suffer a major blow, when Lee Phillips sustained a broken wrist after a first bend clash with Jake Slight. With no reserve to replace him, A&T were forced to ride the rest […]
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A&T rode to a convincing win over bottom of the table Heckmondwike in Sunday’s Northern League Division 1 match at Gin Pit. Reece Pollitt raced unbeaten and he narrowly missed out on re-claiming the track record when winning heat 6 in a time of 40.43 secs. Paul Graham was unbeaten, save for a gate exclusion in heat 8. All the […]
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Division 1 Astley & Tyldesley 89 v 41 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 90 v 85 Stockport Hull 88 v 88 Bury Division 2 Edinburgh 93 v 94 Stockport Glasgow 88 v 98 Stockport Hull 51 v 97 Bury Division 3 Astley & Tyldesley 79 v 0 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 4 v 0 Stockport Glasgow 0 v 0 Stockport Hull 36 v 116 Bury
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Stockport hosted the first of this year’s Manchester League Finals nights, on Wednesday. Rain fell throughout the evening, with nine riders contesting each of the two finals, held over 12 heats. Astley & Tyldesley’s John White became the first rider to retain the u-10s title, by winning all four races, to record a 16 points maximum. His A&T team mate […]
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For the fourth year, Bury Cycle Speedway Club welcomed down to their Goshen track the locally based National Cycling Centre youngsters and staff, for a days fun filled activities under the banner of the British Cycling Go-Ride August Initiative. At 10am on Tuesday 2nd August, the first youngsters arrived and by 10:30am twenty personnel were assembled and were having their names […]
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Sheffield ‘Wosskow Brown’ Stars entertained Heckmondwike on Tuesday, in a Northern League One match on what was the hottest day of the year, temperatures were still over 30c at the 7.30pm start time. A very dry, dusty track surprisingly provided plenty of close racing. Sheffield made numerous changes, with Laura Watson, Sophie Middleton, Niamh Morton and Sam Haines all promoted […]
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Bury hosted Round 5 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a pleasant Wednesday evening at Goshen. In the u-10s match, A&T’s John White and Jack Murray both rode to 16 points maximum scores. The u-13s category saw A&T’s Matt Snell and Sheffield’s Tom Whitwam beating each other once, to jointly top score on 15 points. As usual, the […]
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As expected Edinburgh continued on their title challenge with a resounding win. The margin could have been more but for Kamil Greszla having a nightmare at the starts, twice being excluded after big jumps at the tapes, while Craig Newsome also had to sit out a ride after falling and being excluded following a strong inside pass from home maximum […]
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Astley & Tyldesley took on league champions, Stockport, in a Northern League fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. A depleted A&T fielded just 5 riders and were heavily beaten in the Division 1 match, 57-105. Paul Graham, Lee Phillips and Reece Pollitt all won races for A&T, but the team line-up of veterans and juniors were no match for the […]
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