The Birmingham Monarchs were crowned indoor team champions at Coventry on Sunday in the British Cycling Indoor Championships, with the awards presented by Coventry and Grand Prix series motor speedway rider Chris Harris. Having safely negotiated through the semi final they faced an impressive Wednesfield side, a solid Ipswich outfit and surprise packets Leicester in the Final. It was a perfect […]
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Birmingham Monarchs’, Chris Timms has recently been in talks with Ostrow’s Szymon Kowalczyk to bring him to the second City. The Polish rider recently captured everyone’s attention with his impressive performance in the World Individual Final in August 2015. Kowalczyk finished on a solid 12 points, beating some of the Worlds best throughout the tour. Chris first met Simon in 2008 […]
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Birmingham Monarchs hold their presentation night on Friday 15th January 2016. The evening will be held at the Hamstead Social club in Great Barr, Birmingham at 7:30pm. Entry is pay on the door, priced at £4 adults, £2 kids, £10 family ticket (includes all family children). All are welcome. On Tuesday 19th January the Monarchs stage their AGM, also at Hamstead Social (provisional) from […]
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“I can’t wait to see what 2016 brings” says Monarchs number one Chris Timms on the news that the Birmingham club are returning to the Elite League next season. Timms himself can look back on a successful year as he saw club and personal development, that included finishing runner up in the World Final. Timms said, “Losing the run off […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway Club are set to return to the Elite League in 2016 club secretary Natalie Timms confirmed late last week. The Elite League series is ran under the British Cycling umbrella, meaning the Monarchs, along with fellow confirmed newcomers Coventry, are expected to adhere to strict criteria for their inclusion in the series. Birmingham’s Steve Hodgkinson commented, “Facilities are […]
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Senior Birmingham Monarchs riders had one last chance to gain glory at the weekend as they travelled to Cookson Park in Sheffield for the TLI Veterans Championships. Eurovets champions Bob Prince and Steve Hodgkinson, along with Paul Timms, made the trip in the hope of adding more silverware this season. The meeting concept was a slightly different formula to ones usually […]
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The Junior Monarchs were confirmed as Midland League Junior Champions, despite losing the final match on the day. Both teams were locked on points, however Birmingham’s huge points difference of 47 overall was the only thing that could split the two sides. Birmingham badly missed Billy Winwood and were giving a debut to a new young rider. It was close for the first […]
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Coventry went down 73-105 to their West Midlands rivals, Birmingham, in a feisty encounter that boiled over at times. Coventry sportingly delayed the fixture by 30 minutes to allow Ricki Johnson to arrive at the track after an accident on the A45 and the visitors were merciless in the opening half, with the hosts only able to secure one shared […]
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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 Birmingham Monarchs hosted their eagerly awaited second city trophy event on Saturday afternoon, and with three sets of racing and a firework display to look forward to, the day was set to be exciting and full of action. In the junior event there was a spread of abilities with the younger of the Birmingham juniors facing strong opposition from […]
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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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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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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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The Women’s League has gone from strength to strength this season and is a fine example of what the future of Cycle Speedway should look like. On Sunday Birmingham hosted the final round of the Women’s League, with two competitions at stake. The Midlands raced against the South in the final. The Midlands triumphed with some excellent team racing to […]
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After their success at the British team knockout cup, Wednesfield travelled to Birmingham in hope of repeating their success over the Monarchs in order to become midland league champions. Both sides were weakened by their lack of riders available on the day. The Birmingham side were without Matt Smith, Scott Millward, the Winwood brothers, and their captain, Chris Timms. While […]
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Leicester Ladies maintained their domination of the team championship with an unprecedented tenth consecutive victory at Glover Park today. Nearest rivals Ipswich put up a strong fight and had opened up a two point lead after the fourth heat, taking 14 points from their inside grids. The Monarchs eventually overhauled their East Anglian rivals in the sixth heat, from that […]
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Astley & Tyldesley have uploaded the video of yesterday’s final to YouTube. Wednesfield Aces made it three in a row against Birmingham, with an excellent team display at Gin Pit, finishing 94-78 to the Aces. Check out all of the action here:
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Astley & Tyldesley’s Gin Pit Raceway was the venue for the 2015 British Team Knock-out Cup Finals on Sunday. Hard work by club members in the weeks leading up to the meeting saw the circuit and surrounds in top condition, aided by some Brighter Borough Funding from the Tyldesley Ward Councillors. The result was a terrific day’s racing on a […]
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