Hull Cycle Speedway Club are looking forward to what will probably be its busiest year ever, following the decision to allocate the hosting of the 2018 British Individuals Finals, held on Monday 27th August, to the Humberside club. Preparations are already underway, with a number of meetings already held to plan for the event. In addition the club will also […]
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Mike Bushell’s feature on Cycle Speedway will be aired on BBC One Breakfast tomorrow morning (3 June), it has been confirmed. Filmed in April at Coventry Cycle Speedway, the feature includes the popular sports presenter trying his hand at the sport for the first time against Team GB captain, Paul Heard, after receiving some coaching tips from Myke Grimes. The footage […]
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Hull’s Andy Schofield looking for volunteers to take part in a study that he is conducting into the physiological and performance characteristics of cycle speedway riders, as part of his post graduate MSc in strength & conditioning at York St John University. Participants must be at least 18 years old, of general good health, and be competing regularly at regional level […]
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The eagerly anticipated British Cycling Cycle Speedway Supertrax series got underway at the weekend and it certainly did not disappoint, with the sport’s Elite Men, Elite Junior and Elite Women all delivering top drawer racing. In the Elite Men and Elite Junior categories, four regional teams, Midlands, North and Scotland, South West and Wales and South East and East go […]
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Meet Ethan Mitchell, the first person (soon) with a formal academic qualification in CS! Ethan applied through the GCSE “Meeting Local Needs” process to study Cycle Speedway as one of his four PE practicals, providing a suggested syllabus suggested by coaches at Ipswich Eagles. The examining body accepted the syllabus and Ipswich offered free coaching to all GCSE PE students […]
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33/18 News has had a brief make over today. Hopefully you’ll like the new design, as we look forward to what will no doubt be an exciting season of new and old competitions, culminating with the 2017 World Championships in Adelaide, Australia at the end of the year. The results archive is still to be updated, as I’m sure our […]
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Cycle Speedway will make a long awaited return to national television screens tonight on Sky Sports, when edited highlights of the third and deciding Test match featuring Great Britain V Australia are shown from Hearsall Common, Coventry. The action will be beamed across the nation as the two teams, level pegging going into the match, decide one of the most fiercely […]
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Sheffield’s hotshot junior Cycle Speedway rider, James Bunting, has been chosen as one of the Olympic apprentices for both road and track. The 15 year old, who was born and bred on the shale in Sheffield, spoke to 33/18 News about his monumental achievement, what it took to get it, and his plans for the future: James began racing Cycle Speedway […]
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Earlier in May this year, Prague, in the Czech Republic hosted an organised competition “Velka cena na jizdnich kolech”, which is translated to “Grand Prix on bicycles”. It took a place on 125ccm youth speedway track belongs to Auto Klub Marketa Praha. The competition was part of project Praha – European Capital of Sport 2016, was taken on 26th May […]
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On Saturday 29th October 2016, a Cycle Speedway discipline specific coaching course will take place at Ashmore Park, Wednesfield. British Cycling will be contacting all relevant Level 2 coaches to make them aware of the course and to provide further details. To ensure all interested parties are aware of this event, and to reduce the chances of someone not being […]
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Brandon Whetton dropped just two points to deservedly take the win in the 2016 European Junior Final on Sunday. On 15 points going into the final heat, the Wednesfield youngster knew a second place in his final outing would guarantee him victory, and he duly obliged, sitting behind Jake Neighbour to claim his first international title. After agonisingly losing out […]
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This is an April Fools joke article – none of the below is factual. It has been announced this morning that “at least one brake” must be added to a Cycle Speedway bike for the 2017 season. British Cycling announced the news after an 11th hour deal with the governing body’s insurance underwriters, “Thistle Insurance Services Limited”, broke down last night. […]
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After a number of delays, work on the new cycle speedway track at Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline is finally underway. Contractors commenced work early last week and, as these photos show, they have already made considerable process. The teacher leading the project, Craig Masson, is hopeful that construction works will be completed early next month with the first […]
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Here are all the results we have so far form today’s Cycle Speedway racing. Your result not here? Send it in to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk Midland League Division One Wednesfield Aces 104 – 73 Leicester Division Two Wednesfield Aces 69 – 69 Leicester Northern League Division One Bury 107 – 72 Hull Heckmondwike 59 – 89 Astley and Tyldesley Sheffield 87 – 91 Northumbria Stockport 92 […]
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We reopen 33/18 News today after taking a few days to collect our thoughts, do a little bit of soul searching and decide the best route to take, moving forward. It’s rare these days that we delve into political matters on 33/18 News, as largely we feel it can be counter productive. However, sometimes you have to stick up for […]
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With training already underway in many parts of the UK and challenge matches beginning this weekend, here is a round up of all the news you may have missed in the outdoor off season. European Championships The 2016 European Championships will be taking place in Poole, with qualifying rounds in Southampton. The Dorset club put on a marvellous spectacle that […]
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Following on from the successful staging of Cycle Speedway in Slovakia last year, it is apparent that Cycle Speedway also exists in Sweden. The sport is treated as a stepping stone into motor speedway for children, rather than the cycling discipline we know it as today. Activity seems to be more based along the lines of copying motor speedway, complete […]
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Questions have been asked in the past few months about whether or not non-specific level 2 coaches are actually insured through British Cycling to coach Cycle Speedway on bikes with no brakes. British Cycling have worked together with CS commissioner Bob Prince and other key Cycle Speedway personnel to offer level two coaches a grace period, with a view to […]
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