England Senior team manager Wayne Aris has gone with home track specialists and experience as he reveals his England team for the home International at Great Blakenham on the 7th July. Josh Brooke (c), Chris Jewkes, Lewis Osborne, Ash Hill, Adam Peck make up his team of 5, featuring three Great Blakenham riders. Wayne commented: “I have gone with three home track riders in Josh, […]
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Saturday 21 April sees the Eurovets bandwagon roll into Horspath. This is a non-Grand Prix event and takes the shape of two matches, the first starting at 1pm will be “The Revenge Of The Eurovets” ORCHID International which sees the Euro Stars taking on the 2017 British Lions that toured Australia, a repeat of the pre-tour international that took place […]
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Former Great Britain international rider, Allan Busby, has been named Great Britain manager. The post was previously held by Lee Aris, who had already indicated he would not be reapplying for the position following his relocation to Australia. It’s the status quo for the other international managerial positions, except for Wales, where Nicky Evans and Dale Clark take up the […]
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Horspath Cycle Speedway Club will mourn the passing of founder member Wally Grant at his funeral tomorrow. Wally having helped start the club with his brother Michael in 1954. Racing up to the end of the 1969 season from which he spent the majority of his time as club chairman until stepping down at the end of 2015 season remaining […]
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Orders are open for 2017 Great Britain Tour Merchandise provided by Dash Sportswear. Women’s team manager, Geoff Gamage, will be handing out flyers and order forms at the British Individual Weekend. With time ticking on, orders are encouraged to come in over the coming weeks to avoid disappointment. See what’s available at the link below:
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After torrential overnight rain and more forecast for the morning of the match, the track staff at Horspath had their work cut out to get the circuit cleared of water and in a raceable state. After three hours of solid repair work, the track was ready for the 2pm start time. On to the track came the visiting Poole Comets […]
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Ipswich’s Chloe Pearce has become the tenth and final addition to Women’s Team GB test squad for the Australian tour this coming November. Pearce becomes the third U16 rider in the squad, joining Poole’s Macie Schmidt and Sheffield’s Niamh Morton. Team boss Geoff Gamage commented: “Chloe’s progression in the past six weeks has earned her the last spot, where she […]
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On a bright but breezy afternoon, Exeter Aces were the latest team to take on the significantly strengthened Horspath Hammers squad around the tight technical track. From the off the new look Hammers raced in to an early lead with race wins from Jake Neighbour, the returning from exile David Liebermann and ever improving youngster Jack Ellis. Aaron Herbert was […]
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Sunday saw the second round of the Supertrax Women’s League and it didn’t disappoint, spectators witnessed some fantastic team racing from all three teams. A depleted South West & Wales side with only six riders had to compete against a full strength North & Scotland/South East & East team and the Midlands, as always, strong throughout, even though they were missing Lucy Whitehead. […]
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With Natalie Timms not going to Australia Womens Team GB announce that Emily Morton, Cycle Speedway’s only current qualified level 2 female CS coach, has been added as assistant coach/manager to Stuart Raven and Geoff Gamage. Emily will also be responsible for specific womens welfare issues and first aid. Geoff Gamage commented: “I would like to publicly thank Natalie for […]
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Horspath Hammers have signed Swindon’s sibling duo, Jake and Alice Neighbour for the 2017 season, while Lewis and Chris Osborne head back to their hometown club, Great Blakenham. Welcoming the Neighbours to Horspath, team Manager, Zac Payne said: “Jake has been in exceptional form the last season, coming 2nd in Europe in the junior category and riding every week for […]
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The thriving Veterans scene received a boost this month, after British Cycling’s request to the ICSF to include a Veterans Australia v Great Britain test match series was approved. Following members of the Veterans community indicated a willingness to race on both sides of the world, a formal approach to the BC CS commission was made and then ratified, before going […]
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The Team GB tour management team have released their first newsletter for the 2017 World Championships Tour in Australia in November. This month’s newsletter features flight details, which are now available to book online. Flights A group flight has been obtained with approx. cost is £920pp. We have identified flights that can be booked individually and offer substantial savings. Obviously […]
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After a high interest from riders to be part of the Great Britain squad to tour Australia in November 2017, the perspective managers have selected their initial preliminary squad. Managers will work close with the preliminary squads along with Stuart Raven as GB’s Head Coach throughout the coming months and 2017 season. The selection for the final GB team is to be […]
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The Team GB managers eagerly await the series in November 2017 in Australia, and give an update to all the hopefuls who wish to be part of the final squads who will be tasked to retain the test-series in Australia. Speaking to 33/18 News, Great Britain Team Manager, Lee Aris commented: “The agenda has now been fixed, the current Cycle Speedway […]
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The British Finals weekend got off to an entertaining start at Horspath where the U10 and U13 finals were held. The U10 Boys was settled with a run-off between Kesgrave’s Noah Woodhouse and Poole’s Joe Hurren who tied on 19 points. Noah won the toss and took advantage of his inside grid to win despite all of Joe’s efforts. Third […]
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Any delayed or non-attending riders can then contact the following primary contacts and update them on their progress. The following people have been nominated as ‘Primary Contacts’ at each of the staging clubs (apologies that this is slightly late for today’s action): Horspath: Zac Payne – Tel 07495 349630 (or Geoff Gamage: 07885 537 573) Newport: Colin Simmons – Tel 07462 232 […]
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The “Ade Gale” Laurels Individuals are scheduled for Harbourside Park, Poole on Whitsun Sunday 29th May 2016. This year the event will be staged at Senior and Womens level and supported by Precision Engraving Weymouth and GG Express Couriers. Club Secretaries are reminded that invitations need to be returned by 1st May and for further details contact Pete Barnes on 01202 245087 […]
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