Steve Copping has added to the tributes to Mick Harley, who died last week: The heavenly cycle speedway track gained one of the pioneers of International Cycle Speedway racing on May 4th 2020 with the passing of a man who I had heard of but not met personally until the 2003 World Championships which was the first time I got […]
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Pete Barnes has written in with his own tribute to Mick Harley, who died last week: Photos below taken by Mick Priest and supplied by Tammy Clarke During the recent years I have been fortunate in being able to locate to South Australia on a regular basis and during these times I have witnessed first hand the continual drive and […]
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Shaun Hudson has shared his views on the sad news that Sheffield are unlikely to compete in North and Scotland League Division One next season, adding to a long list of clubs that are finding first team racing untenable. They join Northumbria and Heckmondwike in the North, who would now be down to 5 teams, Swindon and Southampton in the […]
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Calvin Jones of Park Tool Company is keen to connect with coaches or officials attending the Ice Bike trade show in Milton Keynes. Here’s his letter: I was hoping to connect with coaches or officials that are going to the Ice Bike trade show in Milton Keynes this next week, Feb. 22-23. My name is Calvin Jones, and I work for […]
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Former CS Commission chairman, Graham Elliott has written in with an important viewpoint on the recent allegations currently surrounding a football coach, and how important it is for all clubs to make sure best practice is stringently followed. It is certainly something for everybody to pay extra attention to. In case anyone was wondering why it is so important that […]
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Ex-Blackley Flyers rider, Steve Bates, has sent in a letter in response to our Blast From The Past article, featuring the Whoberley Witches. Good morning. I have just read the “Blast from the past” article from September 16th on Whoberley Witches. My name is Steve Bates and I rode for Blackley flyers in that junior final at Carrs wood, Manchester, […]
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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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Rob Dyer has written in to name some of the riders he recognised in Bill Reynolds’ Welsh Cine video from earlier this week: Great to see the 70’s action from my old mate Billy Reynolds. You have asked for some rider names. From the Exmouth match you can definitely see Ken Vine, Phil Courtney and Rod Hawkins for the Arrows. […]
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British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission chairman and board member, Colin Docker, was hoping to catch some CS action this weekend, but was left disappointed following a fixture change: Having a free weekend (I’ve been on the road all week with Tour Series), I thought “take a look at the website and see if there are any CS meetings within reasonable […]
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Tim Jarvis has written in with some concerns regarding riders studying at university not being permitted to compete in regional racing. Am I correct to assume that cycle speedway has thousands and thousands of riders chasing too few opportunities to race? Do we need to restrict numbers to stop overcrowding at tracks? What I witnessed today would appear to give […]
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Les Gustafson has written in to inform us of another 50th anniversary taking place tomorrow: Reading the item about Heathersett’s 50th, reminded me that tomorrow (Saturday 23rd), is 50 years to the day since the first recorded Tyneside Test Match took place by the seafront in South Shields. The second leg took place two weeks later at the Newcastle track […]
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British Cycling recently wrote to all Level 2 coaches who are yet to complete their course, hoping to encourage them back onto the scheme. British Cycling Cycle Speedway Coaching commissioner, Bob Prince, has set up a Coaching workgroup to assist would-be coaches in the four regions, all the details for those in the workgroup are in the letter below. The deadline is […]
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ICSF Secretary, Dave Murphy sheds light on his time as a high profile decision maker in Cycle Speedway. Here is what he had to say: I’ve just read the comments from Myke Grimes (and follow-up message from Graham Elliott) on 33/18 News, and I’m saddened to hear that someone such as Myke has been put through the emotional treadmill […]
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Former CS chairman, Graham Elliott, has written in with his view on recent events. Very well said Myke. Personally speaking when I rolled up at Cycle Speedway Towers I came to it from a background of consistent and constant success in managing Cycling matters with a range that goes from Rider to Team management, Coaching, Commissairing, Starting Clubs, Running clubs, […]
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I would like to share my sadness at the passing of Brian Maunder. Brian recognised from an early stage the potential of the British Youth & Junior League and brought a team up to Wednesfield for the first ever Junior League (as it was then). He gave the opportunity to so many youngsters to experience this great competition and was […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club would like to send condolences to Brian’s family and all at Exeter CSC. Brian was a huge influence on the sport’s junior league in our region. He will be missed by all that had the pleasure of meeting him. Colin Simmons – Newport CSC
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Bob Prince has written to us with his own tribute to Mick Aris, who retired from Cycle Speedway after 50 years last week. The word Legend is banded about quite freely these days. Anyone who has broken a finger nail on some talentless talent show is hailed a Legend. Overpaid football “superstars”, after a couple of seasons of under achieving, […]
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British Cycling’s Cycle Speedway Commission chairman, Graham Elliott has written to us regarding the abuse of officials, pertaining to the exclusion of Chris Timms in the world title run off a few weeks ago. Here is Graham’s letter: As you might be aware there has been a considerable amount of correspondence flying around, particularly within Social Media, with regard to […]
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