Report by Mike Hack, Photos courtesy of Alan Taylor. Bury hosted Round 2 of the Manchester Individual Grand Prix series at Goshen on Sunday. Heavy rain early on made for wet and heavy track conditions, with 21 riders turning out. Astley & Tyldesley’s Tom Morrissey raced to another maximum in the u-13s match, whilst Sheffield’s Oliver Banyard lost twice to […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted a test event at Gin Pit on Sunday, to explore the viability of staging a Manchester Individual Grand Prix series this summer. 14 riders turned out, with the organisers putting them into three groups, with some doubling up to ensure viability. A most enjoyable event took place, run at a leisurely pace to allow riders adequate […]
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(Report by Myke Grimes) Coventry XL Motors Cycle Speedway enjoyed a return to racing on Sunday, with 30 riders taking to the track across two matches after British Cycling moved up to Level 4 in their pandemic response plan, which enabled racing for the first time from 1 August. It was the first racing to take place at Hearsall Common […]
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A solid start was the verdict following yesterday’s wins again Bury in all three divisions of the cycle speedway’s North & Scotland League. In division one Hull were just too powerful for a solid looking Bury team. In command from the very first heat, team yellow built up a comfortable lead and by the halfway stage were leading 51 points […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley opened the North & Scotland League season with a marathon bill of racing at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T won all three divisions last year, but fielded much changed line ups, as part of the club’s policy this year to blood their young talent in all three teams, so as not to stifle […]
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Bury Comets were successful in a pre season challenge match at Cookson Park against the Sheffield Stars and Rockets teams. The three team challenge used the formula which has proved a success in the South and South Wales League. The Comets success owed much to the unbeaten partnership of Harry Radford and Kris Ramsden, who scored 7-3 maximum wins in […]
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The 3rd Scottish Open proved to be the most competitive so far enjoyed in front of Fife’s largest ever crowd of approximately 100 spectators. There was going to be a new champion this year due to the absence of Mikey Hewitson. The format saw 2 qualifying groups. The winners of each going straight to the final with positions 2 and 3 […]
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The 2019 British Indoor Championships kicked off on Saturday with 4 Open Team Semi-Finals where only the winning team would qualify for the final. Defending champions Birmingham booked their place in the final by winning the 1st Semi-Final ahead of 2002 champions Great Blakenham, 6 time winners Wednesfield and Edinburgh Birmingham 45:Â Chris Timms 16, Ricki Johnson 14, Ewan hancox 8, […]
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Report by Andrew Cox Astley and Tyldesley edged out Fife Revolutions in a hard-fought Division 2 playoff. Fife Revolution, the defending champions, faced Astley and Tyldesley who were looking to complete the treble of league championships. Both matches between the two clubs this season had been close affairs, each decided by nail-biting final heats. Everything had been done to make […]
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Report by Colin Simmons 33 riders contested the annual Welsh Riders’ Championships at Newport’s Sports Village on a lovely autumnal day. The track was in superb condition after 2 previous days downpours which meant lots of good fast racing in all of the 5 age groups on show. Top 3’s were as follows. Under 10’s. 1st Lilly Parr (Kesgrave) 2nd […]
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With the scheduled fixture against Wednesfield cancelled, Poole closed their season with a 12-a-side event between teams labelled Comets and Tigers with a 26 heat formula designed to cater for senior riders and juniors from the BYJL squad. This was no end of season ‘jolly’ as riders fought for every point before the Comets edged ahead in the closing stages to […]
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Astley & Tyldesley sealed two more team titles at Bury on Sunday. In a very tense and close finish, A&T won the Northern Fours League for the first time ever, pipping Stockport by just six race points, after the two teams had tied on match points. A&T beat their closest rivals Sheffield, to win the Northern Junior League title for […]
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Northumbria won the final leg of the Scottish Fours, and in so doing were crowned overall winners. The weather was cold and drizzly, but they missed out on the worse weather elsewhere. All 23 riders gave everything as the Cramllington circuit stood up well, and provided some excellent racing. The 20 heat format meant not all riders met, and Mikey […]
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Report by Rob Jeffrey The Horspath Hammers welcomed the South and South West League Champions, Poole Comets, to the track in an English Charity Shield league match. This was a must win for the home side following defeats at Poole and Coventry recently. With the track under water early morning, following the recent downpours, the track staff and riders got […]
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The South East & Eastern teams completed a clean sweep of the 2019 Battle of Britain series with emphatic wins over the North & Scotland teams at Gin Pit. Heavy rain made for extremely unpleasant conditions, but the Gin Pit circuit drained superbly, with no standing surface water at any part of the day. The visitors won the opening two […]
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The final British Club Championship events for 2019 were staged at Wednesfield’s Ashmore Park raceway on Saturday where the Under 16 and Open Club Championships were up for grabs. The day started with 2 semi-finals for the Open event where the top 2 from each advanced to the Final. Semi-Final 1 saw Poole and Ipswich book their places in the […]
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Report by Mike Hack Ipswich Eagles are the 2019 Cycle Speedway Cup winners! The Suffolk side led for most of the 32 heats match, running out winners by 15 points, in Sunday’s final at Astley & Tyldesley. Despite heavy overnight rain, the Gin Pit circuit was in fine condition and an exciting day’s racing followed. Fortunately, the forecast rain held […]
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Report by Mike Hack Tyldesley Typhoons took the win in the 6th and final round of the A&T Go-Ride League series, to win the overall 2019 series. Typhoon’s top scorer Frank White lost only to Gin Pit Storm’s Charlie Burgess, who raced to a maximum score. Chloe Warn and Aiden Green also scored heavily for the Typhoons. Storm took 2nd […]
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