Hull played hosts to an understrength Astley & Tyldesley side on a sunny day in the North & Scotland League. In Division One Hull started well with a Nathan Everett / Jacob Francis 6-4 and increased their lead with a Jacob Francis / Matt Eglen maximum in heat 4, before Steve Harris / Reece Pollitt narrowed the lead with a […]
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Report by Andy Schofield Hull played host to Bury on a warm spring day in The North & Scotland League. The visitors were unable to field a first division side so the spotlight fell on the division two and three matches. Both second division sides were made up of a mixture of experience, new riders and juniors. The visitors began […]
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Heckmondwike and Astley & Tyldesley served up an entertaining day of North & Scotland League racing, at a sunny Firth Park on Sunday. The West Yorkshire side made their return to league racing, after a five seasons’ absence, and celebrated the occasion by winning the Division 2 match. Two inexperienced teams lined up for the Division 2 match, with A&T […]
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Report by Mike Hack After a two years’ absence, due to the Covid pandemic, there was a welcome return to the Northern Fours and Junior League series. Heckmondwike hosted Round 1 of the 2022 series, on a sunny but cool first day of Spring. Stockport have pulled out of Division 1 racing, and had to secure the services of Astley […]
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Report by Robert Mawhood, Photos by Nicola & Wil Banyard Ben Mould dominated the the 4th annual Frank Knight memorial meeting, winning with an exquisite 20 point maximum. The Cookson Park track was bathed in unseasonal spring sunshine, all the riders looking surprisingly fast for this early in the season. The meeting started with a timed flying one lap, which […]
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Sheffield Stars made a victorious return to league racing at the Graves Centre with three wins over visitors Hull in the North and Scotland League, as they had done the last time the teams met in 2013.Sheffield were at full strength for the Division One match, whereas Hull were missing four riders (including England international Nathan Everett). Dariusz Pilas won […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley began their 2022 cycle speedway season in fine style, by winning all three matches at Goshen Sports centre on Sunday. On a cold, blustery afternoon, the home Bury side got off to a flying start in the Division 1 match, winning three of the opening six races with maximum scores, to open up […]
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES staged five hours of entertaining racing that the 25 riders and their supporters enjoyed as they staged their Club Championships. The afternoon was dominated by the Martin and Musa families as they went away with seven titles, the only exceptions being the Under-8s and Under-13s. In the Under-8s Oscar Copeland was untroubled in his […]
Read moreReport & Photos by Andrew Parr Once again Kesgrave’s SPARK League has been a resounding success and often quoted by riders as the most anticipated event on Kesgrave’s cycle speedway calendar. This year, the standings after five of the six rounds were: Tigers 17pts, Leopards 15, Pumas 15, Lions 14, Jaguars 14 and, with 5pts for a win, all five […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood The sixth and final round of the 2021 Yorkshire League season produced an enthralling contest at a breezy Cookson Park. Sheffield had the difficult task of not only winning the round, but having to overhaul Hull’s 16 point race points lead. Sheffield named a full strength team, with all the big hitters available for the first […]
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The 8th staging of the Jim Peck Memorial Trophy in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance saw a fantastic filed of riders take to the Mill Lane circuit at Great Blakenham. 2 previous winners were in the field of 16, Adam Peck who was the inaugural winner in 2014 and the 2017, 2019 & 2020 winner Josh Brooke. After […]
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20 riders turned out for the annual Astley & Tyldesley Club Individual Championships at Gin Pit on Tuesday evening. 15 youth riders entered, and they raced in two separate groups, based on a mix of age, ability and experience. Thomas Smith raced unbeaten in the Youths B group match, finishing one point ahead of Ted Woods, with debutant Chloe Bassett […]
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The final round of the Norfolk HSBC GO-RIDE and Senior Grand Prix Series ended eight consecutive Wednesday evenings of exciting racing and, on a perfect September evening under lights, a record attendance of 36 riders took to the track at Hethersett. So competitive was the racing that there a number of crashes, including a couple injury scares for older riders, […]
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Report by Ross Mee, Photos taken by Andrew Parr unless stated otherwise When the 2019 BYJL season ended with the exciting Girls final no one could have imagined that it would be almost two years before there would be another National Round. That day finally arrived on Saturday when we gathered together again on a lovely sunny day at East […]
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The seventh and penultimate round of the Norfolk HSBC GO-RIDE and Senior Grand Prix was held at a Harford Park track that had been made grippy by the previous day’s rain although there was one spot that caught a few riders out. With schools back a few of the younger riders were absent but this was made up for by […]
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Hull won round five of the Yorkshire League at their home circuit, to more or less confirm back to back titles. Should Sheffield win the final round at the Cookson track they would finish on level match points, Hull though have a commanding 17 point lead on race points.Hull scored four maximum seven point heat scores, including an important heat […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood The 2021 season was restructured due to Covid, splitting the league into three regions, Scotland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. The winners and runners up taking part in the play off finals at Bury’s Goshen track. DIVISION ONE This was the closest contested final of the afternoon, each team missing influential rlders. Sheffield were the least affected, going […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos courtesy of the Polish Federation President Marcin Niedzielski MS Slask Swietochlowice, of Poland, are the new European Cycle Speedway Club Champions! They took their victory after beating Torun, Horspath and Gniezno in the Grand Final at the TSZ Torun track in Poland.The match was closely contested, particularly early on. After three rounds of races, Swietochlowice, […]
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