Coventry Cycle Speedway club bring down the Midland League curtain on a hugely successful season at Hearsall Common by entertaining Birmingham at the Earlsdon venue tomorrow (Sunday 18th October), commencing at 2pm. A win will ensure Coventry will finish in third place in the final Midland League standings. The club have enjoyed success on all fronts this year, with high […]
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If the first team match between Sheffield and Bury wasn’t decided until the final heats, the League Two match was a complete contrast. Bury dominated from the first race, and ended up providing 14 of the 15 race winners in a convincing 88-62 victory. Danny Taylor, James Elston and Adam Turnbull all finished unbeaten, with the Comets taking a heat advantage […]
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Sheffield CRA Rockets crashed and burned in their final home Northern League fixtures of the 2015 season. Glorious autumn sunshine welcomed the visiting Bury Comets to Cookson Park. Bury had the perfect start to the league one match, Chris Parish/Will Owens with a 7-3 over Kyle Holland/Joe Twigg. After the teams traded 6-4’s, Sheffield levelled the match as Holland produced […]
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Wednesfield Aces staged their junior club championship on Tuesday night, thirty two riders joined in from under 8s up to Under 17s. It was the under 8s who started the night with 12 riders competing, Corey Burt showed his pace out of the gates by winning his first two races and taking an early lead on the score board. Finley […]
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The Gold Cup lived up to its reputation for close racing as a three way battle for the trophy between the 3 SW Elite clubs saw Horspath lift the trophy on their own circuit, finishing a single point ahead of league champions Newport and defending cup holders Poole a further 3 points away. Had it not been for a tapes […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club were victorious in the South-West Rose bowl Fours Competition in Sunny Oxfordshire on Sunday. Swindon defeated both Exeter and Hellingly (Eastbourne) to win the event for the first time in their history. The match was closely fought throughout but with the other teams making mistakes. Swindon’s team lead by former World Champion Steve Harris capitalised on […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co failed in their bid to capture the South-East League title for the first time as they lost two matches in Ipswich. It was a big hurdle to jump but they put up a strong fight. Their first match was against holders Ipswich Whirlwinds and started well with Dan Butler and Leigh Cossey scoring a 7-3 win. For […]
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Here are the results from Saturday’s Junior East Park Extravaganza. Sheffield duo of Adam Watson and Niall Morton took the spoils in the Junior Pairs, with Leicester’s Elizabeth Rigley and Chloe Whitehead on top in the Women’s pairs in a strong looking under 16 field. In the U11 team event, it was Sheffield’s four of Jack Brownell, Kielan Burton, Logan Perkins […]
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Paul Devine caught the Midland League action between Wednesfield Aces and Coventry yesterday, which saw the Aces win their final match of the season against Coventry. Check out the photos here (scores below): Midland League Division 1 WEDNESFIELD ACES 98 PAUL HEARD 17, CHRIS JEWKES 17, ADAM TIPTON 5, MARK GRIFFITHS 15, CARL PARFITT 19, ALEX ARIS 8, LEE KEMP […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged their final home match of the season when they took on Stockport in a Northern League fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took an early lead after Chris Eaton was excluded at the gate in heat 1 and were 11-8 up after two races. Race exclusions followed to Reece Pollitt […]
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The season drew to a close for many today but not all. Here’s the results we’ve had in so far… Midland League Wednesfield 98 – 80 Coventry (ML1) Wednesfield 38 – 26 Coventry (ML2) Northern League Sheffield 83 – 92 Bury (NL1) Sheffield 62 – 88 Bury (NL2) Sheffield 76 (seven riders) – 233 (21 riders) Bury (NL3) South East League […]
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All roads in the South-West will lead to Oxford on Sunday afternoon for the Gold Cup final, which will be fought out by the region’s three Elite League clubs Newport, hosts Horspath and defending champions Poole, plus the winners of the preceding Rose Bowl Trophy which features a three way contest between Hellingly, Exeter and Swindon. (Tapes up 1pm). Now operating as […]
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This Sunday brings the curtain down on one of the most exciting South East League title races for years, with no more than three teams still in with a chance. Ipswich Whirlwinds and Ipswich Eagles both have eighteen points, while just two points behind are Hethersett with a match in hand, but with the top three all set to meet one another this […]
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Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club enjoyed a terrific night of success at the Believe Wigan Sports Awards Evening at the D.W. Stadium, Wigan on Friday evening. More than 300 people were present at the evening, with 85 nominations received for the nine categories of awards. 15 A&T club members turned out to enjoy a very successful evening. A&T’s junior cycle […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway riders Bobby McMillan and Dan Drewett scored a superb double success in two major events last weekend in Birmingham, capping a tremendous season for the popular duo. McMillan, in the form of his career, stormed to the gold medal in the Second City Trophy at the Birmingham track last Saturday. In typically swashbuckling style, the Australian topped […]
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Wednesfield will host another Go-Ride event for any junior rider on Sunday, before the Aces take on Coventry in Midland League Divisions one and two. All riders must register to race by 11:30am, with the event starting at 12 noon.
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As the season draws to a close there has been considerable interest shown from across the country regarding the operation of the Midland League under the TLI banner. Has it been a success or has it meant a major upheaval? Leicester’s administrator Tim Jarvis explains his experience when he spoke to us this week. Tim said, “It was probably a misconception […]
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The first match at East Park Wolves under the new floodlights took place yesterday evening. Brandon Bees arrived at East Park after torrential rain had flooded the circuit. The East Park lads worked very hard to get the track water free and in the end it was a very fast surface with both teams making some very good passes on […]
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