Report and photos by Mike Hack Bury hosted the 6th and final round of the 2023 Manchester League series. There was a disappointingly low turn out, with no u-16s and just one u-19 rider, on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening. Bury had two riders in the Division 2 match who rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10) and […]
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Report and photos by Steve Copping Kesgrave was the venue for the 33/18 Designs sponsored Little league Championships with all the Individual Championships utilising the British Youth & Junior League formulas. The action began with the Under 8 Boys Individual Championship which was contested by 12 riders. Kesgrave’s Tom Parr raced unbeaten throughout the qualifying heats and he would be […]
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Report and photos by David Makepeace The host club Southampton, in the 60th Anniversary season took victory in the South & South Wales region Rose Bowl competition (Under 16s) last Sunday winning the four-rider team event and resulting in the clubs first trophy in a team competition since the late ‘noughties’, adding to the list of team honours achieved by […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, photos by Clair Dunphy Bury Comets won this North & Scotland League Division One fixture by 90-89 following a last heat decider, a victory that takes them to top of the league (with Fife not having a fixture). The Graves track had been damaged by the Saturday thunderstorms, with 2 hours of track maintenance required to […]
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Report by Alan Taylor The Euro Vets Derek Garnett Nations Cup and the Derek Garnett Memorial Trophy individual were held at Stockport on Saturday afternoon with both events witnessed by a good sized crowd including many of Derek’s old team mates and rivals alike.Fortunately the worst of the day’s storms held off until a couple of hours after the racing […]
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Report by Andy Schofield Hull welcomed Heckmondwike to the Hessle Raceway for a North & Scotland League match on a dry windy day. In division two Heckmondwike were unbeaten this season but were missing a couple of top riders while Hull were at full strength. The visitors started on the front foot with a Darren Kent / Jack Lebrasse 6-4 […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood The riders, parents and spectators arrived at a dry, dusty Sheffield’s Graves track for National Round One of the BYJL and Little League. With no watering facilities, damaged during the Sports Centre upgrade, the conditions got drier and dustier as the day progressed (not helped by a strengthening wind factor). Seventy-seven riders competed, with 109 races […]
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Sheffield Stars won round 3 of the Yorkshire League at a dry, dusty Cookson track to go top of the table at the halfway stage of the season.Sheffield were able to track Ed Morton and Dariusz Pilas to strengthen the line up. Unfortunately both Heckmondwike and Hull were missing their top riders. Sheffield scored 7-3 heat wins in each race […]
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Report by Andy Schofield Hull played hosts to the Sheffield Stars in The North & Scotland League on another sunny dry day. In Division One Hull opened up an early lead thanks partly to a bike failure to the visitors Jack Brownell but Sheffield hit back with a heat four maximum for Jack with Sam Stansfield. Will Banyard / Kielan […]
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Bury hosted Round 3 of the 2023 Manchester League series, with an improved turn out from the previous round, on a sunny but cold Wednesday evening. Once again, Bury had three riders in the Division 2 match who rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10), Jayden Hancock (u-13), Tom Dunphy (u-16). However, the Astley & Tyldesley riders again secured […]
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Report by Matt Davis, photos by Andy Whitehouse The South and South Wales region was this year’s region to stage the new look changes made to the Battle of Britian competition. Host’s East Newport CSC provided everyone with a warm welcome to the Polo and what a day of great racing it turned out to be on a well-prepared track […]
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The track alongside the Wales National Velodrome in Newport was the setting for the 2023 Home Internationals and Women’s Regional Pairs. It was the Women’s pairs which was the opening event and the saw the North & Scotland pairing of Emily Burgess and Laura Watson take victory for the 5th time in the last 6 years with 37 points. Burgess […]
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To the delight of the host clubs supporters, Leon Penketh won the inaugural Brian Makepeace Trophy at the Junior Southampton Grand Prix on Bank Holiday Monday – forming part of the 60th Anniversary celebration meeting, fittingly honouring the co-founder of the Southampton club, his great-grandfather Brian. In front of a bumper crowd, a host of the countries top junior riders, […]
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Report by David Makepeace Photos courtesy of Pitchside Paul see more at https://www.pitchsidephoto.co.uk/…/Southampton-CSC…/ Birmingham Monarchs Chris Timms won the inaugural Nathan Harris Memorial Trophy at the Southampton Grand Prix on Bank holiday Monday following very closely contested run-of with Ben Clarke of Ipswich – winning by the width of a tyre or so, having selected gate 2 after winning the […]
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Stockport hosted Round 2 of the 2023 Manchester League series on a glorious Wednesday evening. However, there was a disappointingly low turn out of just 12 riders on the night. Once again, Bury only fielded three riders in the Division 2 match, but all three rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10), Jayden Hancock (u-13), Tom Dunphy (u-16). However, […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photos from Fife’s Facebook page Fife announced their title contentions with a 94-83 victory away at Sheffield in Division One of the North and Scotland League. The Graves track was dry and dusty under a cloudless sky, as the Divisions two unbeaten teams met. Fife led after heat one, a tapes exclusion for Jack Brownell limited […]
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Bury arrived at a sunny and dry Hessle Raceway with a strong side that justified their favourites tag for the league title. Hull again fielded a very young side with Jack Lister and Lewis Foxley interrupting a strong first half display from the Comets which saw them leading by 48 points to 31 at the interval. Hull held on early […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photo taken by Tom Morrissey There was an improved turn out of 13 riders for the second round of the A&T Go-Ride League series, on a warm and bright Tuesday evening. A&T’s coaches again did a great job in picking three even teams, with all three separated by a single point! The ladder format was used, […]
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