It’s another huge afternoon of Elite League racing this weekend, which will give us a clearer picture of who could win the title. Round 8 sees Horspath travel to Ipswich for a tricky trip against the Eagles. Ipswich came away with a shock win at the Village in round 4, the only side to lower the colours of the Hammers […]
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Findon Little League is for riders under the age of 13 and racing on 20 inch bikes. Round 5 was held last weekend and was won by the Outlaws with great leadership from Braylan MacDonald, who scored 14 +3 bonus points for his 4 rides. Tylar MacDoanld took the Bush Rangers into second place with 14+1 bonus point for his […]
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Graham Sutton has sent us in his reflections of a successful weekend of Cycle Speedway racing in the 2016 ICSF European Championships. With the dust now settled on the European Championships, the club can reflect on a job well done as another successful top flight promotion finds its way into the record books. Excellent racing, healthy attendances and perfect weather […]
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Birmingham Monarchs youngsters took a narrow win at the relaunched Brandon club near Rugby last Tuesday evening. Brandon had a team of newcomers, whilst the Monarchs gave debuts to two recent recruits, Jamie Breen and Zain Aslan, plus team places for peripheral junior riders. Already missing Emily Pitt due to an ankle injury, a heat one fall for Birmingham’s newest recruit, Zain […]
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Swindon’s Jake Neighbour (pictured leading) capped off a super weekend on the South Coast by finishing second in the Junior European Championships at Poole on Sunday. This was on on top of winning the Junior Nations Cup the day before, and being on the winning side in the GB test match against Poland later that evening. After starting the season strongly […]
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Brandon Whetton dropped just two points to deservedly take the win in the 2016 European Junior Final on Sunday. On 15 points going into the final heat, the Wednesfield youngster knew a second place in his final outing would guarantee him victory, and he duly obliged, sitting behind Jake Neighbour to claim his first international title. After agonisingly losing out […]
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Lauren Hookway put in a superb performance to claim a maiden international title in the 2016 European Ladies championship. After first beating her main rival Vicky Brown in heat ten, the Exeter rider stormed past the young Macie Schmidt in heat fifteen to take control of the meeting, and a second place in her final ride gave Hookway the victory to […]
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The draws are in for the British Individuals Weekend and there’s a disappointing amount of entries, especially in the Open draw, with just 30 riders entered, continuing the decline witnessed in recent years. Out of the rest of the categories, the U16s is the only one that won’t be a straight final, which sadly removes any sort of prestigiousness about appearing […]
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South Coast Journalism caught the finals day action at Poole yesterday and have uploaded highlights and full match footage of the Senior Open and Ladies competitions. Photographer Graham Robins has also sent us a selection of his photos from the Senior, Ladies and Junior categories. The rest of his many shots from the weekend can be found on his website […]
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Poland’s Lukas Nowacki was crowned 2016 ICSF European Champion at Poole on Sunday, being in the right place at the right time to take the title on the last lap of a dramatic final race, title decider. The first round of races produced an excellent spectacle for the large crowd, as all the riders came out the blocks trying to […]
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With the hectic racing schedule between the two tracks, updates haven’t been easy to manage. We’ve been sharing what we can via our Facebook page, so make sure you ‘like’ our page to find out what happens on finals day. So what has happened over the last couple of days? Team GB Friday night, and the Great Britain team lost […]
Read moreSteve Harris and Myke Grimes were the GB qualifiers qualifiers from the Quarter Finals at Southampton, while Zac Payne came through the repechage. See the scorecards below: In the junior qualifiers, Ben Tinsdale was the lone GB rider through from the first qualifier. In qualifier two, Adam Watson, Adam Bennett and Jay Briggs made their way through to the semi-finals. […]
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Stockport staged the 6th and final Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. The number of riders participating was well down on previous rounds, with many riders away on holiday. In the U-10s match, A&T’s Jack Murray rode to a 16 points maximum score to take 2nd place in the overall series behind his team mate […]
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South coast clubs, Poole and Southampton host the ICSF 2016 Cycle Speedway European Championships this weekend, where a full three day feast of explosive action awaits the large crowds expected. The championships largely feature individual events, but we will see Team GB back in action Friday evening in a test match against Poland in Southampton, which represents new manager, Lee […]
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Parking at Harbourside will be at a premium for this weekend’s European Championships as the Poole Harbour Festival is taking place on the Saturday and Sunday and many visitors are expected. Additionally, travellers are in the area who – as in previous years – will be intent on locating ‘free parking & caravan camping’ opportunities. This has resulted in a […]
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Northumbria have received a blow that their top rider and skipper, Gavin Parr has been ruled out for the next 4-6 weeks due to a knee injury sustained while racing Motor Speedway. Parr said: “I have sustained a tear of my medial collateral ligament and have been told that I wont be able to run or race for between 4 […]
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As we’re in a break from regional racing for a few weeks, here’s a look at the Midland League table. Wednesfield Aces currently sit top, but Birmingham are just two points adrift with a match in hand. Leicester’s experienced side have had a good season so far, boosted by the return of Dave Hemsley and occupy the third spot. Coventry […]
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Racing in their very first match, Cycle Speedway’s newest team, the Brandon Bees, came agonizingly close to a fairytale victory at Bretford Playing Fields last Tuesday evening. Comprising members of the hugely popular `Dirt Bike Club`, which only started three weeks ago, the Brandon juniors went down 92-88 to Birmingham juniors in a thrilling last heat decider at the newly […]
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