The Elite League season partly concludes on Sunday, with in fairness, not an awful lot riding on it. Wednesfield secured the title against Poole two weeks ago, while Horspath took a narrow victory at Cookson Park against Sheffield, leaving them odds on to take the runners up spot. Wednesfield head to the Village to make it 10 wins out of […]
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The correct start times for the Second City Cup in Birmingham are as follows: 2pm – Ladies & Juniors 4pm – Men Fireworks follow the Mens event.
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In this eagerly awaited clash between two of the big guns in the South East league, it didn’t quite live up to the billing. It turned out to be a one sided affair, with the Whirlwinds totally dominating from start to finish and were in no mood to give any early Christmas presents to their younger counterparts. In a display of fierce team […]
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In one of the most enjoyable and exciting matches of the season, Coventry`s Midland Junior League team (U14s) kept up their challenge for league championship glory by winning at Leicester by 65-63 on Tuesday evening (29th September). The opening heats were shared and by heat 5, the scores were still level at 25 points all. The Ben Wells/Jack Reynolds partnership […]
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Brian Barnett has published some photos on Photobucket of the South East Division One clash between East London and Great Blakenham. Sadly, we have no idea what the score was, so if anyone knows, please email us. http://s891.photobucket.com/user/cyclespeedwayphotos/library/1%202015%20East%20London%20v%20Gt%20Blakenham%2027%20Sept?sort=3&page=1 EDIT: We have the results! Thanks to Gavin Whitehouse for these: East London 116 – 49 Great Blakenham (SE1) East London 78 […]
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The news that the Elite League Combination has been discontinued was met with a mixed reaction, some in favour, some strongly against it. The reasons for the axing of the ELC are easy to see. Most matches feature heavy penalty points, giving opposing teams an unassailable advantage before the tapes have gone up in heat one. Some matches feature riders from other […]
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Stockport took another giant stride to defending the Northern League One title with a convincing 103-73 victory over the visiting Sheffield/CRA Rockets. Michael Preston got the better of Richard Hudson in heat 1, the 6-4 gave Stockport the perfect start. Vicky Brown was quickly out of the gate in heat 2, only to be passed by both Jack Lush and […]
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This Saturday 3rd October sees the Birmingham Monarchs finish off their home league programme with the Second City Trophy, a meeting for home riders and invited guests. A full day of racing is planned, starting at 12 noon with the juniors racing, followed by 2pm for the ladies and finally 4pm for the Senior riders with a stellar line up of talent […]
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Coventry made it three home wins on the bounce at Hearsall Common against a more than competitive Wednesfield Dragons side yesterday afternoon. The hosts got off to the best possible start with new look pairing of Bobby McMillan and Dan Drewett manufacturing a 7-3 against Haydn Rowley and tactical reserve, Tom Haddock. Coventry extended their lead in heat two, with a […]
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Edinburgh wrapped up the league title with a hard fought victory at a warm and sunny Glasgow this afternoon. Now that’s a couple of words that don’t usually appear in the same sentence as Glasgow! But it was sunny – honest. The home side kept the champions elect under some pressure in the early stages and was still level at […]
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Andy Angell smashed the Northumbria track record in the final heat, lowering Pawel Idziorek’s previous best from 42.1 seconds to just 40.8, completing a classy performance from the former British Champion. However, with only Nathan Everett able to fire up in support and several juniors drafted in, Hull were soon up against it, as Northumbria reached 100 points for the […]
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Ipswich entertained the Panthers of Kesgrave yesterday afternoon in the warm sunshine, looking to maintain the pressure on the top two, who were in action against one another at Hethersett. With one ear on how events were unravelling over in Norfolk, it was important that the Whirlwinds made sure of securing two points in their pursuit of this years title. They got off […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co concluded their home League programme with a top-of-the-table clash with Ipswich Eagles and the Hawks were confident of taking their title chase to the rearranged fixtures at Ipswich on October 11th, especially as Ipswich arrived with four restricted riders, the fourth one costing them a 12-point penalty. The match started evenly with tactical shared heats but Charlie […]
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East park was home to round 8 of the Eurovets series. Once again it was the Birmingham riders that took glory in all categories. Mark Winwood rode unbeaten all day to secure another A final win, whilst Bob Prince was in majestic form racing to 19 points in the qualifiers which gave him grid 1 in both 50’s and 60’s […]
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There was plenty of regional racing this afternoon, check out the results here: Midland League Coventry 96 – 82 Wednesfield Dragons (ML1) Brandon Bees – Wednesfield Aces (ML2) Northern League Bury – Astley & Tyldesley (NL1) Stockport 103 – 73 Sheffield (NL1) Stockport 97 – 108 Sheffield (NL2) Stockport 28 -22 Sheffield (NL3) Northumbria 100 – 77 Hull (NL1) Glasgow […]
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Australian internationals, Cody Chadwick and Ryan Edson have been busy creating some videos from various footage to promote the sport. Check them out here: Please note the second video contains a music track with explicit lyrics.
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club continue their hectic end of season schedule Sunday at Hearsall Common (Sunday 27th September) by hosting Wednesfield Dragons in the Midland League starting at 2pm. Matches between the two teams have been closely fought in the past three years, with all three matches at Wednesfield ending in thrilling last heat deciders. With the Dragons enjoying their best […]
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Cycle Speedway has a stand at the NEC this weekend at the cycle show and is proving a huge hit among the press and professional visitors today. The stand, spear headed by Wosskow-Brown’s Ian Brown, had World Vets champion Craig Marchant interviewed by several leading cycle journalists as well as racing visitors on the watt bike challenge. It also features […]
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