With the success of the Coaching programme at Bury, especially at U13s level, the Club individual this year had to be split over two days. This Sunday, it was the division 1 and division 2 riders given a chance to have a go for the trophies on offer. Unfortunately there was around 4 of the riders unavailable due to work and other reasons, […]
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On Saturday 22nd October 2016, Bury Cycle Speedway will hold the John Whiting Appreciation event, in memory and celebration of the former rider, team manager, secretary and referee, who sadly passed away in March 2015. Invitations are extended to anyone who knew John, who was one of the true characters of the sport, much missed and often remembered. The event […]
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East Park had another successful Go Ride day on Saturday, setting up a grass track on the other side of the East Park. The day started at 9am for members, setting up the grass track before the gates opened at 11am. East Park’s volunteers were kept busy all day, with over 200 children trying Cycle Speedway for the first time. The new […]
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Edinburgh Falcons are now just one match away from winning the Northern League One title after a comfortable 95-81 victory over the Sheffield Stars at Cookson Park last weekend. The Falcons named a full strength team, while Sheffield promoted Sam Haines into the team for Kyle Holland (who would referee the match). Jake Slight and Neil Swanson broke the run […]
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There was nothing between Wednesfield and Horspath at Ashmore Park this afternoon, with the match ending in a 98-98 draw. The result means Horspath are champions and pending the final score in Suffolk, Ipswich will be runners up with Wednesfield third. The Hammers were three up with the two nominated heats remaining, Wednesfield reduced the deficit but not enough and […]
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British Cycling have today released the competitions plan for 2017 season, after an initial consultation period earlier in the season. Fresh new changes see the introduction of regional Play-offs, a new top tier team league with accompanying individual Grand Prix series under the “Supertrax” branding and there’s good news for younger age categories following rules imposed on national championships by […]
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This Sunday welcomes the concluding Round 10 of the British Cycling CS Elite League series. Come 4pm, will the champions be crowned or will it be heading for a play off? League leaders Horspath travel to Wolverhampton, where they face closest rivals, Wednesfield Aces at Ashmore Park. If you have no plans on Sunday, this is where you want to be heading, as an […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team rounded off their Midland League senior campaign at Leicester last Sunday afternoon – and they continued to build for the future by handing 2016 debuts to two senior riders. They went down 103 – 75 to their oldest rivals in an entertaining encounter but finished the season on a high with Steve Stewart (pictured centre, who made […]
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Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway team defeated Southampton by a significant 109 points to 68, in their final away regional league meeting, with all the team recording high scores. Ryan Lewis (pictured) made a terrific team debut, top scoring with a very impressive 19 points. Newport scores: Ryan Lewis 19, Oli Sidwick 19, Corey Burnell Jones 16+3, Colin Simmons 16+1, […]
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Here’s the result from Hethersett’s U19 club championship, which took place on Tuesday evening. Owen Wells underlined his status as the Hawks’ best youngster with another victory. Daniel Longlands secured second with Katie Adams claiming the final podium position. Full scores: Owen Wells 16, Daniel Longlands 15, Katie Adams 14, George Larter-Dixon 13, Giles Awbery 12, Troy Hulcoop 10, Paul […]
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The fledgling new Brandon Bees Cycle Speedway junior team were back in action last Saturday – and again performed way above expectations by winning their first away match outside the local Coventry and Rugby area. The newly reformed team – made up of new talent from the popular Saturday morning `Dirt Bike Club` – triumphed by 101 to 78 at […]
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Hellingly Lions entertained Norwich Stars for their final fixture of the season, with the track having taken some serious rain on the Saturday, a good dry day helped to produce a decent surface. A shared first heat was followed by a couple of 6-4 advantages that saw the Lions 4 points up after 3 heats. Norwich bounced back in heat […]
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A strong team performance formed the basis for a convincing victory for the youthful South West team in the British Womans League final at Harbourside Park, where they regained the title from the Midlands. Five of the 8 South and South Wales rider line-up have been regular competitors in the BYJL this season, and their race fitness clearly played a big part […]
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The Wednesfield aces took victory on Sunday to seal the Midland League title dropping just one loss all season long. The Aces lead from the off with a 6-4 opening win however the Monarchs always kept in close distance throughout but with the visitors just holding the extra edge. A home maximum in heat 8 from Millward and Johnson levelled […]
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With 5 members of their championship winning BYJL squad in their side, Poole completed the double over the Hammers at the village after a closely fought encounter. The home side led by Zac Payne held a 46-43 half-time lead but with Mark Boaler and Wayne Hutt failing to show up as planned, Poole capitalised and staged a second half recovery […]
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It took six heats for Sheffield to break the 5-5 deadlock in this closely fought encounter thanks to a Watson/Haines 7-3, and as hard as Glasgow fought they never looked capable of taking the heat advantages required. The match started with a win for the impressive Ed Morton, passing andy MacDougal on the line, the first of several interesting races. […]
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Swindon secured their play off place on Sunday with a convincing home win over the Exeter Aces. Recruiting a few former riders in the form of Danny Harper and Shaun Rudman, the Swindon team were too strong for a stubborn Exeter side, who were missing a few key riders, which eventually led to them coming up short. By half time The […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators brought the curtain down on their celebratory Gold Jubilee season with a double home victory over East London. It was good to see the Londoners, who have struggled in recent seasons, make the long trip up to Norfolk with some new young recruits in their full squad of eight. Hethersett had leading riders missing but did welcome back […]
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