Northumbria’s Terry Kirkup takes us through a summary of the 2017 Eurovets season, which was another great success with around £1000 raised for the Orchid charity, as well as great racing. The 2016/17 winter break seemed to drag on forever, the new season eagerly awaited by many of the regular competitors. It was mid-March when E-V Supremo Fred Rothwell finally […]
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Mark Winwood went agonisingly close but just missed out on a podium finish in the Eurovets finale at Leicester on Saturday. A 3rd place finish on the day saw him finish level on points with Northumbrian Jason Keith in the 40s, however Keith took 3rd place on countback which saw Winwood miss out. Home star Craig Marchant was crowned 40s […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators’ much travelled veteran Glyn Morgan was in Sussex for the penultimate Eurovets round at Hellingly. He put recent track experiences there to good use to amass a very good 18 points and get to his second Over 50s A Final of the season. Starting well off grid 3 he got into second place but could not hold […]
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Birmingham Monarchs took victory in league action at East Park on Sunday, with all 3 teams winning their division matches, 24 hrs previous having hosted the Eurovets Orchid Masters in awful conditions. Track conditions on Saturday proved troublesome, with two huge downpours of rain leaving the track unridable, however massive efforts were made by both volunteers and riders to rid […]
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The Eurovets series travelled to Newport on Saturday for round 5 in what turned out to be in treacherous conditions with heavy rain falling throughout. Racing on the pacey Welsh circuit proved hard work for the riders. Paul Timms took his second victory of the series by outgating home hero Colin Simmons to seal victory in the 60s A final. […]
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Mark Winwood (pictured left in cover photo) moved into third place in the Eurovets 40s series finishing third in the A final at East London on Saturday. Mark took 3 victories on his way to fourteen points in the heats. Reigning veterans world champion, Craig Marchant, took his second victory this series to move atop the leader board on 92 […]
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Suffolk duo, Josh Brooke and Pierce Bacon took home the top prize at Swindon this afternoon in another successful round of HSBC | UK Elite GP action. In the elite men’s class it need two run offs to decide the final placings. Brooke and Lukasz Nowacki both finished on 18 points and the Great Blakenham rider made no mistake from […]
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Birmingham Monarchs had no team action over the weekend, however, plenty of riders were in action at various events. Round 2 of the Eurovets series saw veteran Monarchs travel to Stoke with varying degrees of success. Paul Timms recovered from a heavy fall and a no score heat to qualify for the 60s A final and finished on the rostrum […]
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Northumbria staged the opening round of the 2017 Eurovets Championship on Saturday. Eleven riders contested the over 40s and fourteen in the over 50/60s. After days of sunshine, Cramlington was overcast and there was a keen wind. However, nothing of course could deter the riders, and there was forty exciting qualifying races. In the young man’s event, midland riders dominated, joined […]
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The 9 round season long Eurovets series accumulated in Birmingham on Saturday with winners on the day and overall both crowned. 22 riders were divided into their age categories with the top 4 from both moving forward to the A finals at the end of the day. In the 40s, home hopes lay with Mark Winwood, who was lying in […]
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The Wednesfield aces took victory on Sunday to seal the Midland League title dropping just one loss all season long. The Aces lead from the off with a 6-4 opening win however the Monarchs always kept in close distance throughout but with the visitors just holding the extra edge. A home maximum in heat 8 from Millward and Johnson levelled […]
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Coventry`s top girl racer Sammi Marsh returned to her best form in Suffolk last Saturday in winning the overall bronze medal in the season long British Junior League in the final round at Great Blakenham, Ipswich. The 15-year-old, who attends the Ash Green school, eventually mounted the podium after a grueling eight round competition, which featured tough rounds at several […]
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Hull Cycle Speedway are pleased to announce that the Eurovets Individual Championships will be sponsored by Bonus Electrical. The Bonus group of companies is a family owned electrical business, operating for over 40 years and employing over 140 people at 7 locations throughout the UK. With manufacturing, wholesale and cable divisions, Bonus can supply any electrical product or service to any […]
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Tomorrow sees the sixth leg of the successful Eurovets series taking place on the world’s smallest circuit, Underwood in Newport. Tapes up at 11am to give ample time for the 3.30pm Cycle Speedway friends gathering in the Yard public house, near Cardiff train station, then onto the British Speedway GP at the Principality Stadium.
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Birmingham’s reigning Eurovets champions, Mark Winwood and Steve Hodgkinson, failed to make the A finals in Poole on Saturday, leaving their title hopes hanging on a thread for 2016. Round three saw the series move to the picturesque Poole Harbour in Dorset, with a strong turn out of riders. Rain affected the meeting from start to finish but they didn’t […]
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Cycle Speedway racing – a sport that was a national craze in the post-war years – will make triumphant return to the Potteries this Saturday (23rd April), commencing at 1pm. Stoke Cycle Speedway club have risen from the ashes after years of no racing and will stage the opening round of this year’s Eurovets Grand Prix series at their newly […]
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Birmingham Monarchs senior rider, Mark Winwood, took victory in the opening round of the M6 trophy competition at East Park, Wolverhampton on Saturday. Sutton Coldfield based, Winwood, qualified for the final where he beat fellow Monarch rider Nathan Groves, who after impressing in the heats, fell in the final. Although the U14s was won by a local youngster, Marc Phipps came 2nd whilst […]
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Stoke’s Avon Allcock is currently in the process of compiling the programme for the opening round of the Eurovets competition at Stoke. Riders participating are asked to forward Avon some brief information about themselves, so it can included in the programme. Information required will be along the lines of years racing, clubs past and present and honours. Please email avonallcock@hotmail.com by Friday […]
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