Breaking news in the South West and Wales region is East Newport Cycle Speedway club are making a 2018 comeback. The management at Underwood Flyers are now in a position to put a development plan in place, which will hopefully see a return of senior action back at the polo. Flyers Secretary, Chris Wright said: “Our plans will see us […]
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Following on from winning the Unsung Hero award at the Wigan Sports Awards Evening, Mike Hack went on to represent Wigan at the Gt. Manchester Sports Awards Evening. Further success followed, as Mike was delighted to win the Unsung Hero award at this event, comprising nominees from the ten boroughs in Gt. Manchester. Unfortunately, illness prevented him from attending either […]
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The curtain came down on a fantastic 2017 season at Hearsall Common this afternoon, with Coventry’s Kyle Barlow and Bury’s Adam Turnbull taking the senior and U16s Chris Allen Memorial titles respectively. Barlow jetted to an impressive 20 point maximum with a fine display of gating and passing in the annual individual competition, held in the memorial of the late […]
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Poole chairman, Graham Sutton, has certainly been decorated in recent times. Following on from his prestigious Brian Cossavella award for services to event promotion at the British Cycling awards in February amid stiff high profile competition, Sutton has now been honoured at the Poole Sports Awards for outstanding services to Cycle Speedway. The Bournemouth Echo writes: “Graham Sutton was awarded […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators are holding a series of Go-Ride Racing over the winter months. The sessions are aimed at all under 16s. Sign on by 10:40 on the day for racing at 11:00. The sessions take place on the following dates: Sunday 12th November Sunday 17th December Sunday 14th January Sunday 28th January Sunday 11th February Sunday 18th March Prizes and […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club are bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores – being awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco region […]
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The Cross-over League fixture was changed to a challenge fixture on the day last Wednesday, due to both clubs not having enough riders and needing to use guests, but at least a good natured fixture still took place under floodlights. The results were tight throughout with the lead swapping in the early stages until the Monarchs took a couple of […]
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On Sunday 22nd October, Newport Cycle Speedway Club hosted a new cycling discipline in the form of ‘driftway’ racing. A brand new sport created by Dave Pashley, the bikes are a bmx frame design with a drift wheel on the back. The day was a great success with 16 riders competing over a 2 lap race, which provided great racing […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators concluded their racing season with their Club Maiden Plate which is for riders who have never won any of the Club’s eight championships. Level 2 coach, Kevin Wells, decided to go on track to teach his skills and performed well but he had no answer to fast 2017 recruit, Danny Machin, who took the title with a […]
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Kesgrave Panthers Cycle Speedway Club’s SPARK League came to a conclusion on Sunday with the all girls team taking the title. The SPARK League provides additional racing for Kesgrave riders and also introduces newer riders to competitive racing without having to travel to other venues. Last year, the girls narrowly missed out on top spot but made no mistake this […]
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Mark Winwood went agonisingly close but just missed out on a podium finish in the Eurovets finale at Leicester on Saturday. A 3rd place finish on the day saw him finish level on points with Northumbrian Jason Keith in the 40s, however Keith took 3rd place on countback which saw Winwood miss out. Home star Craig Marchant was crowned 40s […]
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With the season at a close, and Autumn well and truly with us, it was time for the Bury club to finalise their racing events for the season, in the shape of the club junior and senior indie, and the Ken MacCreesh junior and juvenile event. First off was the two club individuals, with the additional event of a short […]
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The Stars’ Cookson Park track was the venue for the Annual Sheffield Club Individual Championship, which combined with the final round, of eight, of the Hallamshire Go Ride Grand Prix last weekend. A total of 24 riders took to the track, the best attendance since 2014 and the days of the Elite League, boosted by the Saturday morning bike club […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators brought the curtain down on their season in glorious sunshine with the staging of the Hethersett Charity Cup on Sunday. With increased sponsorship from Breckland Autos, five trophies were on offer and competition from a good field was intense. The very first heat looked to be decisive with four main contenders and so it proved, as three […]
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Monarchs teenager Jake Steel took victory in the rain on Saturday at East Park in the Ross Mee invitational in the Open category. A day of racing with all age categories catered for riders 18 and under. Birmingham had riders entered into all age groups. Steel top scored in the meeting on 15 points with one race defeat to Horspath […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators’ much travelled veteran Glyn Morgan was in Sussex for the penultimate Eurovets round at Hellingly. He put recent track experiences there to good use to amass a very good 18 points and get to his second Over 50s A Final of the season. Starting well off grid 3 he got into second place but could not hold […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club have had a two week period of inactivity with the league programme now completed. However October will see more cross over league action to complete that competition programme whilst Birmingham host the Midlands riders championship to end the season. Individually various Monarchs riders have competed in other competitions with some reaching a climax last […]
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Northumbria Cycle Speedway Club celebrated Terry Kirkup’s 50th season in Cycle Speedway on Sunday. Club members banded again to purchase a silver salver which was presented to the obviously moved veteran. Terry has led from the front since his first rides in 1967, and it is fair to say that without his dedication to the sport it would not have […]
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