Pro-photographer, Denis Murphy has kindly sent in his shots from the 2016 Ade Gale Laurels, held at Poole yesterday. Poole’s very own Matiej Ganczarek took victory in a star studded Open line up, while Exeter’s Lauren Hookway took the spoils in the Ladies event. You can check out all of Denis’ photos at his website: www.dmsportingimages.com
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Former European Champion Matiej Ganczarek lifted the Ade Gale Laurels proudly on a day of top class racing and a dramatic finale in front of an appreciative Harbourside crowd. This was a victory which few would have predicted after 8 heats, which saw the Polish star collect just 3 points from his first two outings. However he got his act together […]
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Leicester’s veteran team once again retained their British Veterans Club Championship at Wednesfield this afternoon, while Kesgrave also made it back to back titles in the under 10s. The Monarchs took on Kesgrave, Wednesfield and Northumbria in the Over 40s final and were convincing winners by 12 points. Northumbria, led by Gavin Parr, who dropped just a single point, secured […]
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Maciej Ganczarek showed his class on the way to an A-final victory in the Ade Gale Laurels this afternoon. The top two point scorers, Gluchowski and Chadwick, qualified for the final, leaving Ganczarek, Heard, Grimes and Mould battling it out for the final two spots in a single semi-final. After an initial restart in the final, Chadwick was judged to have moved […]
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Ipswich and Leicester retained their U19 and Ladies Club Championship titles at Leicester this afternoon. On the first day of the consolidated Club Championships, Ipswich went into their U19 category hoping to make it 4 titles on the bounce. They knew they would have a tough challenge to face in the form of Wednesfield, but the Eagles held firm with […]
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Poole Cycle Speedway Club aims to replicate the exciting flavour of the 2015 World Team final at Harbourside on Sunday by lining up the cream of Welsh, Australian, Polish and English cycle speedway for the annual Ade Gale “Laurels”. Amongst the star studded line-up will be the Aussie pair of Cody Chadwick who has made such a big impact in […]
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The 2016 British Club Championships take place this weekend and for the first time appear all on the same weekend in the Midlands. Teams of four featuring British nationals from UK clubs take on each other in semi-finals and finals at Leicester, Wednesfield and East Park over the three days of the Bank Holiday weekend. Saturday – Leicester Leicester host […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team led for most of a thrilling encounter before narrowly going down 94-86 to old rivals Leicester in the Midland League last Sunday afternoon. In one of the most entertaining matches seen at the banked Herasall Common track since racing was revived in 2012, a youthful Coventry side held on under relentless Leicester pressure until the final […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted the Official Opening meeting of the re-built Cycle Speedway track on Wednesday evening. Despite rain falling throughout the meeting, a good sized crowd witnessed an excellent night’s racing on the superb new Gin Pit circuit. British Cycling’s North West Development Manager, Alex Scoular, cut the green ribbon to declare the track officially open. Also present were […]
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Hellingly Lions Cycle Speedway raced to a comfortable victory on Sunday, when they beat Kesgrave Panthers 90 – 68 in front of a good crowd. Hellingly took an early lead and capitalised on Kesgrave rider’s first appearance at the track. Neil Hollebon and Jim Cox started the ball rolling with a 6-4 advantage in heat 1. In heat 2, Kesgrave’s Richie Foote […]
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A copy of the 2017 Progress Plan has now been forwarded to all club secretaries via email by British Cycling. All clubs are asked to respond official via the feedback page on: http://feedback.3318news.co.uk Closing date 31st May 2016.
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Birmingham’s reigning Eurovets champions, Mark Winwood and Steve Hodgkinson, failed to make the A finals in Poole on Saturday, leaving their title hopes hanging on a thread for 2016. Round three saw the series move to the picturesque Poole Harbour in Dorset, with a strong turn out of riders. Rain affected the meeting from start to finish but they didn’t […]
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The Allan Staunton (under 13) 20 inch Invitational was held at Findon last Sunday, with the 26 inch Mick Harley Invitational straight after. Here’s how events unfolded. ALLAN STAUNTON 20″ INVITATIONAL The 16man/20 heat formula was used for the Allan Staunton 20″ invitational, and it was a cracker of a meeting. After 2 races each it was Cooper Davies and […]
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A rather depleted Astley team had little chance of matching the hosts, going down to a heavy defeat. Gavin Parr rode unbeaten for Northumbria, taking the time also to help a strong riding Dan Redshaw and an equally impressive Shane Gray where possible also, with some handy team riding skills. Paul Graham was the top scorer for the visitors, Ciaran […]
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On Wednesday 25th May 2016, Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club are staging the Official Opening meeting of the new cycle speedway track. A&T will be hosting the 1st Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series. Racing takes place at u-10, u-13, u-16, u-19 and Senior categories, with the A&T, Bury, Stockport and Sheffield teams competing. The first race will […]
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The deadline to enter the 2016 Individual European Championships is fast approaching. Riders have until Sunday 29th May to enter the competition and can do so via the British Cycling website at the following link: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144335/ICSF-European-Individual-Championships The championships take place in Poole and Southampton from 29th – 31st July 2016.
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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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Round 2 of the Division 4 League (Under 13) provided some very exciting racing at the LeFevre track, with the Salisbury Jets finishing on top at the end of the day with 67 points from the Findon Comets on 64 and the LeFevre Dolphins on 49. The racing was very close with the scores swinging between the Comets and the […]
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