Northumbria won both their matches to secure the Three Rivers League title, Edinburgh having won the competition for the previous two years. The Falcons went on to defeat Glasgow to take 2nd place. Meanwhile we were again treated to some more vintage racing, Kingsway narrowly defeating Newcastle 21-19. Keith Dyer gated and held on while the rest battled among themselves […]
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The Northern League One Yorkshire derby between Sheffield CRA Rockets and Heckmondwike carried extra importance, as the winners would move into a position of mid-table security. Both teams fielded weakened teams, Sheffield were without Hudson, Gamble, Morton and Brown. Heckmondwike had no Idziorek, Kent or Wood.
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Astley & Tyldesley bounced back to winning ways in the Northern League Division 1, after beating Northumbria Vikings 88-80, in a very sporting encounter at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T took heat wins in three of the opening five races to move into a 29-20 lead, but the visitors hit back in heat 6 when Kirkup and Redshaw came through […]
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Midland League Birmingham 81 – 98 Wednesfield (ML1) Wednesfield are Midland League Division One champions Birmingham (55-15) 40 – 44 (74-30) Wednesfield (ML2) Coventry 102 – 78 East Park (ML1) Coventry (50-5) 45 – 58 (78-20) East Park (ML2) Coventry 50 – 25 (29-4) East Park (MJL) South and South Wales Poole Comets 102 Poole Tigers 83 Newport 82 (Poole […]
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The Hull Cycle Speedway Club Go-Ride Racing League reached its finale on Tuesday evening with the final round of a six event series. Twenty eight junior riders took part over the year including eleven girls. The under 14 event was won by Jack Lister with Charlie Wade runner-up and Edward Lister just holding off Billy Thomas for third. Charlie Wade won […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged the Manchester League u-13 and u-19 Individual Finals on Wednesday evening, to wrap up the midweek racing season. The track was in good condition, with plenty of keen racing under the Gin Pit floodlights. Stockport’s Michael Preston and A&T’s Max Evans both started off with three wins apiece and came head to head in heat 13. […]
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Stockport hosted the Manchester League Senior Individual Final on Wednesday evening. The track was in good condition at the start of the match, but became greasy and slippery by the end, with rain falling for most of the match. Seven times champion Terry Norman and Ben Scranage were the early pace setters, both winning their opening two rides. However, by […]
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Bury staged the first of the Manchester League individual Finals evenings on Wednesday. Riders enjoyed racing on a well prepared track on a warm and pleasant summer’s evening. Astley & Tyldesley’s youngsters dominated the u-10 Individual Finals, taking the top five places, as they did in the Grand Prix series. Defending champion Joe Quarmby and John White both won their […]
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Better late than never! This was sitting in our Facebook inbox and we missed it unfortunately. But you can check the classic Northern League encounter between Edinburgh and Astley and Tyldesley here. It finished in a stalemate at 89-89, with a last ditch 7-3 getting the Falcons a much welcomed point.
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This Northern League Yorkshire derby resulted in a surprising, but deserved, 92-87 victory for Hull over their hosts Sheffield Rockets. Sheffield had won on Humberside back in March and were looking for a league double, whereas Hull were looking for their first win of the season. The first two heats were drawn, Lewis Aylmer and Jason Burke taking the wins. […]
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Despite the fact that Bury were missing several regular first team riders, they were still too strong for a pretty much full strength Northumbria. The visitors tried hard throughout to keep the scores close, Michael Parr riding through the pain barrier of a leg injury sustained at Hull to win his final race in some style, while Gavin Parr was […]
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Check back later for all the results from this afternoons racing. Midland League Coventry 92 – 87 Leicester (ML1) Coventry 60 – 50 (65-15) Leicester (ML2) Coventry 66 – 62 Leicester (MJL) Wednesfield Dragons 102 – 71 Birmingham (ML1) Northern League Sheffield 87 – 92 Hull (NL1) Sheffield 83 – 67 Hull (NL2) Sheffield 61 – 45 Hull (NL3) Edinburgh v […]
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Stockport hosted Round 6 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on Wednesday. A reduced turnout of riders, this time 30, resulted in 41 races being completed in 2 hours, comfortably within daylight hours. Defending Manchester League Division 2 champions Astley & Tyldesley made it six wins out of six this year. A&T’s top 5 scorers dropped just 1 point […]
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Here’s the results for round 7 of the Elite League. Elite League Ipswich 75 – Wednesfield 103 Horspath 111 – 69 Newport Poole 84 – 93 Sheffield Match race trophy: Myke Grimes beat Greg Gluchowski Elite League Combination Ipswich 67 – 66 (59+7) Wednesfield Horspath 51 – 78 Newport Poole 67 (56+11) – 72 Sheffield Northern League Bury 90 – […]
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Elite League action is back again this weekend in one of the more crucial weekends in the title race. We also see the return of the Women’s League, but first, Ipswich host the Home International and Celtic Cup tomorrow. Home International and Celtic Cup In the senior event England have won the Home International every year since Wales last won […]
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It was back to regional racing this week, as well as the Northern Riders Championship at Hull. Here’s what has come in so far (and what we’ve spotted on social media!): Midland League Birmingham 96 – 83 Coventry (ML1) Birmingham (69-5) 64 – 46 (61-15) Coventry (ML2) Birmingham 45 – 35 Coventry (MLJ) Northern League Riders Championship Senior 1st Andy […]
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Bury staged Round 5 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series at Goshen on Wednesday. There was another good turnout of riders, this time 42, which resulted in 52 races being completed, in 2 hours 30 minutes. Defending Manchester League Division 2 champions Astley & Tyldesley made it five wins out of five in this series, but Bury pushed them […]
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Stockport maintained their lead in the Northern Fours League table, by winning the Round 4 match at Astley & Tyldesley on Sunday. They were given a fright as A&T were fast out of the traps, holding a three points lead at the interval, after a really good first half performance. The second half saw A&T fall away, as Stockport took […]
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