As if the Stockport v Edinburgh encounter hadn’t already got the makings of an exciting fixture, you can now throw in the presence of a multi-Olympic and Commonwealth Champion to the mix! Craig Maclean MBE makes his seasonal debut for the Falcons at St Thomas recreation ground against the already crowned Northern League Champions Stockport. The exiled Scot, a long […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club bring down the Midland League curtain on a hugely successful season at Hearsall Common by entertaining Birmingham at the Earlsdon venue tomorrow (Sunday 18th October), commencing at 2pm. A win will ensure Coventry will finish in third place in the final Midland League standings. The club have enjoyed success on all fronts this year, with high […]
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The first TV programme of four Cycle Speedway broadcasts – the World Team Cup Final from Poole – has now been completed and is with Sky Sports. The footage and content has been accepted by the broadcaster. It is expected that UK viewing times will be released shortly. The second transmission, the Yale sponsored World Woman`s Final, is now in […]
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If the first team match between Sheffield and Bury wasn’t decided until the final heats, the League Two match was a complete contrast. Bury dominated from the first race, and ended up providing 14 of the 15 race winners in a convincing 88-62 victory. Danny Taylor, James Elston and Adam Turnbull all finished unbeaten, with the Comets taking a heat advantage […]
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Sheffield CRA Rockets crashed and burned in their final home Northern League fixtures of the 2015 season. Glorious autumn sunshine welcomed the visiting Bury Comets to Cookson Park. Bury had the perfect start to the league one match, Chris Parish/Will Owens with a 7-3 over Kyle Holland/Joe Twigg. After the teams traded 6-4’s, Sheffield levelled the match as Holland produced […]
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Wednesfield Aces staged their junior club championship on Tuesday night, thirty two riders joined in from under 8s up to Under 17s. It was the under 8s who started the night with 12 riders competing, Corey Burt showed his pace out of the gates by winning his first two races and taking an early lead on the score board. Finley […]
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The Coventry Cycle Speedway club wish to publicly state the latest position on the potential staging of the British Indoor Championships finals for this winter. In the normal way, expressions of interest have been circulated by British Cycling (on two separate occasions) as to the staging of this years competition. None have been received. The sport should note the promotion […]
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The Coventry Cycle Speedway club will issue a club statement at 6pm, Tuesday 13th October 2015, in relation to this years potential British Indoor Championship finals. The club statement shall appear on 33/18 News.
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The Gold Cup lived up to its reputation for close racing as a three way battle for the trophy between the 3 SW Elite clubs saw Horspath lift the trophy on their own circuit, finishing a single point ahead of league champions Newport and defending cup holders Poole a further 3 points away. Had it not been for a tapes […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club were victorious in the South-West Rose bowl Fours Competition in Sunny Oxfordshire on Sunday. Swindon defeated both Exeter and Hellingly (Eastbourne) to win the event for the first time in their history. The match was closely fought throughout but with the other teams making mistakes. Swindon’s team lead by former World Champion Steve Harris capitalised on […]
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The U14 team match from Saturday’s East Park Autumn Junior Extravaganza was absent from our previous results, so here is a write up, courtesy of BYJL co-ordinator and all round top bloke, Ross Mee. The U14 team event provided plenty of excellent racing as Stockport and Poole battled it out for the win, with victory going to the the Stockport […]
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British Cycling have reviewed their new cross-discipline youth policy and have concluded that there will be no changes to national competitions for under 13s for 2016. The power has largely been left with the Cycle Speedway Commission as to whether changes would be made from 2017 on review, but with the updated policy, it is unlikely there will be significant […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co failed in their bid to capture the South-East League title for the first time as they lost two matches in Ipswich. It was a big hurdle to jump but they put up a strong fight. Their first match was against holders Ipswich Whirlwinds and started well with Dan Butler and Leigh Cossey scoring a 7-3 win. For […]
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Here are the results from Saturday’s Junior East Park Extravaganza. Sheffield duo of Adam Watson and Niall Morton took the spoils in the Junior Pairs, with Leicester’s Elizabeth Rigley and Chloe Whitehead on top in the Women’s pairs in a strong looking under 16 field. In the U11 team event, it was Sheffield’s four of Jack Brownell, Kielan Burton, Logan Perkins […]
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Paul Devine caught the Midland League action between Wednesfield Aces and Coventry yesterday, which saw the Aces win their final match of the season against Coventry. Check out the photos here (scores below): Midland League Division 1 WEDNESFIELD ACES 98 PAUL HEARD 17, CHRIS JEWKES 17, ADAM TIPTON 5, MARK GRIFFITHS 15, CARL PARFITT 19, ALEX ARIS 8, LEE KEMP […]
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Slovakia are the latest country to try out Cycle Speedway, following on from Japan, which we reported last year. Twice this year in Speedway rider Martin Vaculik’s city of Zarnovica in Slovakia, an organised competition “Plocha draha deti”, which translates to “Kids dirt track”, took place at Žarnovica Speedway Club, on the dolomite surfaced motor Speedway track. The competitions took […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged their final home match of the season when they took on Stockport in a Northern League fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took an early lead after Chris Eaton was excluded at the gate in heat 1 and were 11-8 up after two races. Race exclusions followed to Reece Pollitt […]
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The Eurovets series reached its climax on Saturday in Bury in the 9th and final round. Mark Winwood of the Birmingham Monarchs sealed the overall title in the 40’s with an unbeaten score including winning the A final. Bob Prince, a long time stalwart of the Birmingham club, as expected sealed the 60’s title with victory also in the A final. The only […]
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