The 2017 British Indoor Championships look under threat after a host has not been found for the championships, so far, this winter. The deadline for expressions of interest was 1 September, but it has been re-opened by British Cycling in the hope that volunteers may come forward at the 11th hour to put on the popular event. The indoor championships […]
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Poole hosted the annual GG Express Couriers Women’s GP yesterday, and home rider and British Champion, Macie Schmidt, raced to victory. Meanwhile, Ipswich’s Gemma Hill took the Cancer Research UK Final. During the day, the Great Britain Women’s team were presented with their new British Cycling race tops (pictured). Here’s the results:
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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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Great Blakenham held the fourth staging of the Jim Peck Memorial Trophy last weekend. The pre-match down pour stopped just in time for the racing to start and provided near perfect racing conditions on the flood lit Mill Lane circuit. With a national level field assembled to entertain a large crowd, racing got underway. First up Richard Fellgett held off […]
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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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The 5th Annual GG Express Couriers Womens GP takes place on Sunday October 15th at Poole Cycle Speedway. This will be a festival of womens’ Cycle Speedway, starting at 12.00 noon with a Team GB select v Womens League select test match as part of the preperation for the Australian tour. Teams have been evened out. GB line up as; […]
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Waterproofs were once again needed at East Park’s Junior Invitational event on Saturday, although unlike last year, we did at least get part way before the rain came. However, the rain did not spoil the enjoyment for the 50 plus riders who took part, as they made light of the conditions to produce plenty of exciting racing and everyone went […]
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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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Astley & Tyldesley hosted the third and final round of this year’s truncated Northern Fours & Junior League series. All three teams started the Fours League on the same number of match points and the match proved to be another close encounter, which ebbed and flowed throughout. After two drawn heats, A&T took first blood with a 6-4 to the […]
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The honours were shared when Sheffield raced an Inter-City Challenge Match against the Coventry Sabres at Cookson Park. The Stars winning the first team match, with the Sabres cutting down a youthful Stars in the second team match. Both teams featured guest riders from Stockport in the first team match. Ben Higham and Devon Campbell lining up in the Stars […]
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Last Sunday was the final round of the Supertrax Women’s League,where the formula offered up something a bit different from the usual team event. The formula consisted of a pairs match, made up of two categories, elite and intermediate, with all the names picked out of a hat. It turned out to deliver some fantastic racing. There was a run […]
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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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With Ireland entering the Senior World Cup, an Elimination round has been added to the 2017 ICSF World Championships schedule. This has been allocated to Salisbury on Monday 13 November at 7pm. The top 3 teams will join Poland in the Grand Final. Poland are seeded because they are the current holder after winning the 2015 World Cup Final in […]
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There’s still plenty of racing taking place over the next two weekends, starting with the Ross Mee Invitational match at East Park tomorrow at 12 noon. The event costs £3 and is open to all juniors. Here’s the poster: Next weekend, the Jim Peck Memorial takes place at Great Blakenham under floodlights in aid of East Anglican Air Ambulance, in […]
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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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