Here are the results we’ve had in from yesterday’s racing. South East and East League Division One Great Blakenham 92 – 86 Ipswich Norwich 80 – 99 Kesgrave Division Two East London 84 – 75 Hellingly Great Blakenham 70 – 90 Ipswich Norwich 60 – 120 Kesgrave Youth Great Blakenham 39 – 74 Ipswich Norwich 51 – 109 Kesgrave Ross […]
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The sun finally shone and the season got underway in the Midlands with Leicester holding the Spring Championships. Nearly 70 riders contested the 6 categories. In the U9s, Liam Wells took the win ahead of a very determined Jude Wilcockson and Dominic Price. Newcomer Yoanna Gilpin was very impressive in taking fourth place. In the U12s Kyle Wells, Connor Steel […]
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After last week’s cancellation of the Cycle Speedway calendar due to the snow, it was all systems go for the Lions this weekend, with a short trip to East London for their first league encounter of the season. The match was to be only at Div 2 level, as the Londoner’s had elected not to contest Div 1 this season. […]
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Entries for the first round of the 2018 HSBC UK Elite GP Series at Sheffield on Saturday 14 April 2018 are now open. Some tweaks have been made to the elite junior format, with a lower entry fee (£3 in advance, £5 on the day) and prize money scrapped, while the elite men competition remains the same as 2017, except […]
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Entries for the first day of British Club Championships at Kesgrave on 12 May 2018, close on 12 April. The Club Championships have featured on Whitsun weekend for the past two seasons, but this year it has been scrapped in favour of three Saturday’s spread out over the year. Before the weekend merger, the championships were ran individually on Saturdays throughout […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club are still waiting to kick off their 2018 season, after the two opening fixtures were postponed due to the adverse weather conditions, which left all tracks virtually unrideable. Last Sunday’s clash at Coventry going the same way as the previous trip to Leicester. Whilst on track training has been limited this season so far, members […]
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Ireland’s riders saw plenty of action Internationally in 2017, both at team and individual levels. The action started with the Home Internationals at Bury where Ireland fielded teams in all 3 events. The Veterans opened the proceedings and was notable for the return to the track after an 18 month absence of Ireland co-manager Steve Copping due to Phil Widdas […]
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The Exeter Floodlight switch-on event, scheduled for this Saturday evening, has been cancelled. This is due to the track being deemed unlikely to recover from recent weather conditions.
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The draw has been made for the Frank Knight memorial meeting for Saturday 24th March at Cookson Park track, the meeting starts at 1pm (and will be preceded by the 1st round of the Go Ride racing, which starts at 11). The field includes seven British individual champions, one current and six former. FULL DRAW is 1. Sam Haines (Sheffield) 2. […]
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Exeter Aces Cycle Speedway are holding a Floodlight Switch On Evening on Saturday 24th March 2018 commencing at 7pm. This is to celebrate the completion of new LED floodlights at the club. The Aces are located on Marsh Barton Industrial Estate, in Cofton Road, Cofton Road Wheels Complex, Exeter, EX2 8QW. All are welcome to attend and the canteen will be […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators hope to open their 2018 season on Sunday with a local derby against Norwich Stars, but track preparation and pre-season training has been hit by the recent bad weather. If the matches go ahead they start at 2pm at the Memorial Playing Field in both Division 1 and 2 of the South East and Eastern League. Most […]
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Former Ipswich Eagles and Ireland international, Lewis Roberts, is heading to Nepal to volunteer with Raleigh International to help with aiding those affected by the 2015 earthquake. Lewis needs to raise £800, so if you can help, visit his Just Giving page at the bottom of the article.
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Former Great Britain international rider, Allan Busby, has been named Great Britain manager. The post was previously held by Lee Aris, who had already indicated he would not be reapplying for the position following his relocation to Australia. It’s the status quo for the other international managerial positions, except for Wales, where Nicky Evans and Dale Clark take up the […]
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Today on the 6th March, Cycle Speedway has lost yet another great name to grace it’s grids. Daniel Thompson, 28, from the Murraylands club in South Australia, has grown up on two wheels with many of the riders of today. He was tragically killed whilst riding his bike with his daughter in Murray Bridge, his daughter escaped the accident with […]
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Frank Knight, Life President of the Sheffield Stars Club sadly passed away last weekend. Frank had been involved with cycle speedway since 1978, when his son (Jeb) joined the Stradbroke Arrows. He was soon the team’s manager, and took on most roles (including the most difficult of all, a referee). When the Sheffield teams merged in 1985, to form one […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway rider, Jacob Soper and fellow firefighter Owen Cousins, will be running the Newport 10K in full fire kit and breathing apparatus (combined weight of over 30KG) to raise funds for the firefighters charity. They have a target of £1000 which will go towards helping serving and retired firefighters along with their family’s in their times of need. […]
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Wednesfield Aces are regretfully announcing that the Wednesfield Dash, which was scheduled to be run on Saturday 10th March, has had to be postponed due to the uncontrollable forces of mother nature. At present the track is covered in snow with no chance of getting it prepared and rideable in time for this event. A spokesperson for the club commented: […]
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A near capacity attendance combined with five hours of racing spread over seven divisions plus the spectacular fire jump saw Findon celebrate its 60th birthday in style on a perfect 28c summer day. The racing format gave each competitor four qualifying heats with the top six progressing to a “sudden death” final and the top three taking the podium positions. Divisions 4 […]
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