Peter Payne caught all the round 10 Elite League action between Horspath and Wednesfield on Sunday, and caught this sequence great crash sequence, with Lewis Osbourne, Paul Heard, Chris Timms and Brandon Whetton all having a nice cuddle on the first bend after a tumble! Check out the (almost) final Elite League table after round 10 here: https://3318news.co.uk/elite-league-2015-series/
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Alan Hewitson has uploaded Sheffield’s final Elite League encounter (for the time being at least) against Newport. The match featured some good racing, with the Stars ending up too strong up top for the Welsh side, who gave it their all nonetheless. Check out the video below:
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Horspath’s Rob Jeffery has set up a crowdfunding page in the hope of raising money for Hammers riders, British Champion Zac Payne and Lee Clarke, who both lost their bikes in a car fire, which we reported last week. Rob said, “Following on from this recent incident, I’ve set up a crowdfunding page to try and help Lee Clarke and Zac […]
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There were plenty of lively exchanges at Harbourside between the clubs in fourth and fifth place in the table despite the absence of several Ipswich big guns, but Poole always had the upper hand with Greg Gluchowski and Gavin Wheeler dropping their only points to Josh Brooke who achieved the rare feat of a full 20 max at the Dorset circuit. […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway went down by 81 to 95 against Sheffield Stars in an entertaining encounter at Newport’s Sports Village, with plenty of good home grown talent on show from both teams. The Stars, racing their last Elite League fixture for the foreseeable future, started well, winning 4 of the first 5 heats, looking at home on the big Welsh […]
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The Birmingham Monarchs hosted their eagerly awaited second city trophy event on Saturday afternoon, and with three sets of racing and a firework display to look forward to, the day was set to be exciting and full of action. In the junior event there was a spread of abilities with the younger of the Birmingham juniors facing strong opposition from […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co hosted 30 riders from across East Anglia for the penultimate round of the South-East Grand Prix. Four Hethersett riders took part and Katie Adams was the unchallenged winner of the Girls competition. Daniel Longlands finished fourth in the Under-14s, Nigel Longlands fifth in the Veterans and Giles Awbery seventh in the Under-12s. Other category winners were Charlie […]
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Wednesfield Aces maintained their immaculate run of wins, taking their tenth win out of ten at the Village this afternoon. Horspath did enough to hold on to second despite the loss, with Sheffield winning convincingly in Newport, but couldn’t come away with a big enough advantage to steal the runners up spot from the Hammers. Elite League Horspath 87 – 92 […]
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The Elite League season partly concludes on Sunday, with in fairness, not an awful lot riding on it. Wednesfield secured the title against Poole two weeks ago, while Horspath took a narrow victory at Cookson Park against Sheffield, leaving them odds on to take the runners up spot. Wednesfield head to the Village to make it 10 wins out of […]
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The correct start times for the Second City Cup in Birmingham are as follows: 2pm – Ladies & Juniors 4pm – Men Fireworks follow the Mens event.
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In this eagerly awaited clash between two of the big guns in the South East league, it didn’t quite live up to the billing. It turned out to be a one sided affair, with the Whirlwinds totally dominating from start to finish and were in no mood to give any early Christmas presents to their younger counterparts. In a display of fierce team […]
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In one of the most enjoyable and exciting matches of the season, Coventry`s Midland Junior League team (U14s) kept up their challenge for league championship glory by winning at Leicester by 65-63 on Tuesday evening (29th September). The opening heats were shared and by heat 5, the scores were still level at 25 points all. The Ben Wells/Jack Reynolds partnership […]
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Brian Barnett has published some photos on Photobucket of the South East Division One clash between East London and Great Blakenham. Sadly, we have no idea what the score was, so if anyone knows, please email us. http://s891.photobucket.com/user/cyclespeedwayphotos/library/1%202015%20East%20London%20v%20Gt%20Blakenham%2027%20Sept?sort=3&page=1 EDIT: We have the results! Thanks to Gavin Whitehouse for these: East London 116 – 49 Great Blakenham (SE1) East London 78 […]
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The news that the Elite League Combination has been discontinued was met with a mixed reaction, some in favour, some strongly against it. The reasons for the axing of the ELC are easy to see. Most matches feature heavy penalty points, giving opposing teams an unassailable advantage before the tapes have gone up in heat one. Some matches feature riders from other […]
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Stockport took another giant stride to defending the Northern League One title with a convincing 103-73 victory over the visiting Sheffield/CRA Rockets. Michael Preston got the better of Richard Hudson in heat 1, the 6-4 gave Stockport the perfect start. Vicky Brown was quickly out of the gate in heat 2, only to be passed by both Jack Lush and […]
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This Saturday 3rd October sees the Birmingham Monarchs finish off their home league programme with the Second City Trophy, a meeting for home riders and invited guests. A full day of racing is planned, starting at 12 noon with the juniors racing, followed by 2pm for the ladies and finally 4pm for the Senior riders with a stellar line up of talent […]
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Coventry made it three home wins on the bounce at Hearsall Common against a more than competitive Wednesfield Dragons side yesterday afternoon. The hosts got off to the best possible start with new look pairing of Bobby McMillan and Dan Drewett manufacturing a 7-3 against Haydn Rowley and tactical reserve, Tom Haddock. Coventry extended their lead in heat two, with a […]
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Edinburgh wrapped up the league title with a hard fought victory at a warm and sunny Glasgow this afternoon. Now that’s a couple of words that don’t usually appear in the same sentence as Glasgow! But it was sunny – honest. The home side kept the champions elect under some pressure in the early stages and was still level at […]
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