Bury Comets arrived at Sheffield looking to begin their title challenge with a win, while the young Stars were aiming to cause a shock and show their own potential. The away side managed to get in front as early as heat two with a 7-2 when Kyle Holland suffered a bike malfunction. Four drawn heats followed as tactical riding came […]
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Ed Morton has sent in the footage from Bury’s away win at Sheffield at Cookson Park on Sunday. The entertaining fixture resulted in a strong 82-97 victory for the Comets and was captured by sidelined-but-on-the-mend, Niall Morton, with Ed on editing duties. Thanks for sending it in guys! See the footage below:
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Six months after John Whiting`s untimely passing, Cycle Speedway riders from throughout Great Britain stood in sombre silence last Saturday week to remember one of the sport’s greatest ever servants. The Eurovets riders were in Bury – John`s last club – for this season’s final round. Many of the Eurovets riders were firm friends of John`s. Some, like Wednesfield`s legend […]
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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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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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Stockport’s Matt Lush was sent flying over his bars after tangling with Bury’s Danny Taylor at Goshen yesterday. Lush, clearly in a lot of pain after the accident, was diagnosed with a dislocated collar bone at North Manchester General Hospital. It could spell an early end to Lush’s season. Dave Sillett posted the racing incident on Facebook yesterday, and trusty […]
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Birmingham are through to the semi finals of the British Team Cup after taking a comprehensive victory over Bury yesterday at Perry Hall Park. The finals day, which includes two semi finals and the grand final, take place in two weeks time in Manchester, at Astley and Tydsley in what will be a superb day of racing. Birmingham’s visitors arrived with two relatively known names […]
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It’s the turn of the North to hold the third National Round tomorrow, with the action taking place at Bury, starting at 10am. An A final win in the wet at Hethersett for Exeter’s JJ Wildman means he and Poole’s Oliver Saunders are tied with 45 points in the Under 8’s, with Kesgrave’s Tommy Rope in third on 36 points. […]
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Bury staged the first of the Manchester League individual Finals evenings on Wednesday. Riders enjoyed racing on a well prepared track on a warm and pleasant summer’s evening. Astley & Tyldesley’s youngsters dominated the u-10 Individual Finals, taking the top five places, as they did in the Grand Prix series. Defending champion Joe Quarmby and John White both won their […]
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Despite the fact that Bury were missing several regular first team riders, they were still too strong for a pretty much full strength Northumbria. The visitors tried hard throughout to keep the scores close, Michael Parr riding through the pain barrier of a leg injury sustained at Hull to win his final race in some style, while Gavin Parr was […]
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Stockport maintained their lead in the Northern Fours League table, by winning the Round 4 match at Astley & Tyldesley on Sunday. They were given a fright as A&T were fast out of the traps, holding a three points lead at the interval, after a really good first half performance. The second half saw A&T fall away, as Stockport took […]
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Bury hosted a memorable and one of the closest British Open Finals in history last August and the video is finally here. It’s a fantastic advert for the sport, produced by Ian Brown and his Wosskow-Brown team. It features multiple camera angles, interviews and slow motion replays of all of the heats, which saw Andy Angell crowned champion for the […]
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Bury’s Kristian Ramsden (pictured second in from the right) and his partner, Poppy, have become the proud parents of a 7lb 7oz daughter, Molly, born yesterday in St Mary’s Hospital Manchester,all are doing ok. Bury CSC, send them warmest congratulations, from everybody at the club. John Burston
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Astley & Tyldesley and Bury went head to head in the first Northern League local derby of the season, at a wet and windy Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, Bury took an early lead after Leighton Bates, making his A&T debut, was excluded at the gate in heat 2. However, the Errol Thaw/Danny Hughes pairing took […]
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Bury Cycle Speedway held their annual sponsored bike ride on Good Friday, a tradition now going back over twenty years. Despite rather adverse weather conditions, a good sized group set out on this year’s ride, a predominantly off-road route starting and ending as usual, at Goshen. The event raises money for the club and a nominated charity and has raised […]
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Bury followed on from their narrow loss last week to Stockport, with a convincing win in the end at Northumbria in Northern League Division 1. Two good wins from Northumbria’s Dan Redshaw including one over Ben Scranage no less, along with a couple of machinery issues for Bury’s James Elston, meant that the scores remained tight at the halfway stage, […]
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Northumbria’s Neil Magee has sent us a fantastic preview of the Northern League 2015 season. The season kicks off this weekend with Sheffield hosting the most pro-active club in the transfer window, Astley and Tyldesley. Hull make the long jaunt up to Edinburgh and Heckmondwike welcome Northumbria. Champions Stockport and Bury start their campaigns next weekend. Here is Neil’s break down of how […]
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