Sheffield’s Vicky Brown is the new 2015 Ladies World Champion after racing to a supreme 20 point maximum this afternoon. Lauren Hookway beat Australia’s Letitia Collins in a run off for second. 1st Vicky Brown 2nd Lauren Hookway 3rd Letitia Collins Scorecard:
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Australia’s Shane Bentley won the 2015 Junior Individual championship at Wednesfield this afternoon. Brandon Whetton was on course to potentially claim the title or a run off, but a gate exclusion in his last ride ruled him out. Poland’s Michel Sassek was second, with Ipswich’s Matt Hill in third. 1st Shane Bentley 2nd Michel Sassek 3rd Matt Hill
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Former champion Martyn Hepworth has uploaded the full match between Great Britain and Poland to YouTube. Check out all of the heats here:
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Birmingham proudly hosted the semi finals of the World Championships yesterday. The Juniors were dominated by Michal Sassek, who raced to a flawless maximum, whilst Australian Shane Bentley was second on 18. Mateusz Radomski and Brandon Whetton both scored 16 whilst Brits Richard Felgett and Reece Pollitt both took 14 points also Hayden Rowley amassed 13. A run off was required for […]
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The original schedule should have seen two pre-qualifiers to produce the semi-finalists, but due to a series of withdrawals the pre-qualifiers were not needed. The first semi saw Craig Marchant, Brad Hoppo, Paul White, Lee Lawrence, Mark Winwood, Paddy Wenn, Steve Hodgkinson and Martyn Hollebon all book their places in the final, the latter after a run-off with Mick Knowles […]
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The World individual finals are just moments away, so lets catch up on some of the preparations the Wednesfield club went through for the biggest day on the Cycle Speedway Calendar. Check out the article on the Express and Star website: http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2015/08/07/aces-ready-to-welcome-the-worlds-best/
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club staged their biggest ever meeting on Thursday evening at Hearsall Common as Great Britain came from behind in thrilling style to clinch the three match series by 97-80. Huge volunteer commitment from Coventry club members at the Hearsall Common track all week, a hige profile publicity campaign and sizable sponsorship all paid-off in spectacular fashion – […]
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The nine time British Ladies Club Champions Leicester took on the Australian ladies in a challenge match at Glover Park, Leicester on Tuesday night. The match opened with a shared heat before former World Ladies Champion, Laura Watson and twice former British Champion, Lucy Whitehead combined for a maximum over Ebony Clarke & Latisha Bevear. Australia hit back with a […]
Read moreThe World Championship moved up to the Midlands from the South West on Monday, as Wednesfield staged an International Pairs Championship and the second Australia v GB Regional Junior Test. After a delayed start due to the Australian riders being held up in traffic, the Pairs match opened proceedings featuring two pairs from the host club, two from Polish club Torun, […]
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Two 150 seat stands have been positioned at the track along with catering marquees, temporary toilets. Yale Assa Abloy and Tyre city will be at track side giving discount vouchers to the cycle speedway crowd to buy products on line. Wednesfield club spokesman Wayne Tipton added “Let’s hope we can follow the superb job all the hosting clubs have done […]
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Great Britain stormed to victory from a point down at the interval to win by 17 points, taking the Harley-Witham trophy and the Ashes series by 2 matches to 1. It was a memorable night at Hearsall Common, as the usual track with two containers was turned into a high quality sporting arena, with grandstand, video scoreboard and floodlights. Great […]
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Birmingham won a last heat decider, which went all the way down to the line in tonight’s challenge match between Birmingham and Czestochowa, winning by a slender two points, 91 to 89
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As the ICSF World Championships edge nearer to its conclusion, the publicity surrounding the final events has not let up. East Park had a decent spread in the Express and Star yesterday, covering their World Individual Semi Finals events, as well as the Federation Cup. Wednesfield were featured on BBC Midlands Today on Monday night during the International Best Pairs […]
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A grey Vans hoodie was left at the Junior test match last night. If it’s yours, please contact Ross Mee on: Ross.Mee@nixonmee.co.uk
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Baroness Rachel Heyhoe Flint will be presenting the awards at the Women’s World Finals sponsored By Yale. This is a real coup for the Wednesfield Aces Club as Rachel is an icon of female sport in this country as former captain of the England Women s cricket team. The Baroness was a trailblazer for women’s sport, she is also a Honorary […]
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Hull Cycle Speedway club are pleased to announce that this year’s British Veterans Club Championship will be sponsored by the Co-operative Funeralcare. They have sponsored the last four British club competitions at Hessle and are a valued backer of the Hull Club. The meeting takes place on Saturday August 15th and features ten of the country’s top over 40’s teams in […]
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Here’s an updated draw for the British Weekend at Ipswich, Kesgrave and Great Blakenham. It’s a return to two day qualifying for the open, with the top scoring 16 riders making it through to the final. It’s unconfirmed but rumoured that the qualifiers with just 12 entrants will still be ran with a 16 man, 20 heat formula. There will be […]
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Australian born UK-based classically trained soloist Stephanie Gibson has been confirmed to appear at the 3rd and final Great Britain V Australia Test match at Hearsall Common this Thursday evening – 6th August at both 5pm and 7.15pm. Stephanie will sing `live`, without a backing track, both the British and Australian national anthems on the parade shortly before the racing […]
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