Cycle Speedway’s newest competition Supertrax Battle of Britain got underway in fine style at Leicester’s Slater Street track this afternoon, with two closely contested matches between the Midlands and the South & South East, which ended in one win a piece. The Junior match began with a run of five 5-5 heats, before the deadlock was broken in heat 6 […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 1 of the eagerly awaited Battle of Britain series at Gin Pit on Sunday. The matches were ridden on a fast, dry track on a warm, but very windy day. In the Elite Junior match, the North & Scotland got off to the best possible start with a 7-3 by the Watson/Preston pairing over Goward/Garnett. […]
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The North and Scotland sit at the top of the league with two wins over South West and Wales. Meanwhile in the Midlands it was one apiece, with the Midland juniors making a superb comeback to win by 2 points against South East and East, but the seniors coildnt couldn’t quite match it, losing out by three in the nominated […]
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BBC Sport presenter, Mike Bushell, has been in touch with Coventry Cycle Speedway today to inform the club he’s decided to put the Cycle Speedway feature on BBC One Breakfast back to next weekend (6 May). The popular presenter said: “What a sport. Thanks so much for a brilliant filming evening. Really enjoyed it and thanks to everyone. “I’ve decided to save […]
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Cycle Speedway’s newest flagship team competition begins this weekend, with the Supertrax Battle of Britain round one ready to explode into action on Sunday, along with the Women’s League in the South West and Wales region. Replacing the old Elite League team format, the Battle of Britain sees the four Cycle Speedway regions going head to head over 6 rounds […]
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Reigning British champion, Ben Mould and Team GB captain, Paul Heard, are confirmed entrants for next months HSBC UK Elite GP. Mould and Heard join a whole host of top riders, including 2017 GB Worlds squad members, Josh Brooke, Myke Grimes, Lewis Osborne, Charlie Rumbold and Matt Smith. Round One takes place at East Park on Saturday 6 May, entries are […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway had a fantastic night at Club Night on Wednesday 26 April, when BBC Sport’s Mike Bushell visited for a taste of Cycle Speedway racing. Led by head coach and Team GB rider, Myke Grimes, Bushell received some introductory tips before taking to the track to race alongside Team GB captain, Paul Heard. Bushell and his helpful crew interviewed […]
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Ahead of their trip to Sussex for their South East and East regional fixture, most of the Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators team traveled down to Hellingly Saturday afternoon for a stop over at the seaside. After a freshen up, they headed in to Eastbourne for food and one or two drinks. On Sunday morning, they visited a local cafe for a full […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged round 1 of this year’s A&T Go-Ride Grand Prix series. On a cold evening, 20 enthusiastic youngsters ranging from 3 to 13 years old, competed in a 20 heats event run on a handicap basis. Six year old Frank White won all his races to take first place one point ahead of another six year old, […]
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The final 2017 British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission Competitions Plan has been circulated by British Cycling. The new competitions plan, brought in this season, provides a new platform for Cycle Speedway racing. With brand new flagship events like the Supertrax competitions; Battle of Britain and HSBC UK Elite GP, joining the already established successes of the British Youth and Junior […]
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This Northern League basement battle between Sheffield Stars and Hull took place on a dry and dusty Cookson bowl. Sheffield maintained their unbeaten home start in League One with a 104-76 victory, leaving Hull still looking for their first victory and putting some daylight between the Stars and the points-less duo of Hull and Northumbria Vikings. Sheffield started strongly, Niall […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway are set to welcome BBC Sport presenter, Mike Bushell, to Hearsall Common on Wednesday for a taste of Cycle Speedway. The feature will appear this Saturday (29 April) on BBC One Breakfast, which will be a huge boost for Cycle Speedway in the UK. Bushell’s team will be filming the Coventry junior session at their club night […]
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Norwich welcomed Kesgrave to Eaton Park for a SE/E League fixture on a warm sunny Sunday afternoon. After losing their first match against local rivals Hethersett, Norwich were keen to make amends against Kesgrave. The Kesgrave pairing of J Chittock/B Harvey inflicted the worst possible start with a 7-3 over Norwich pairing L Grange/A Dyball in heat 1. Norwich second […]
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A Northumbria side trying to cope with the retirement and semi-retirement of Gavin Parr were unfortunate to meet a strong Bury team on Sunday. Things started brightly when Will Owens’ bike gave up the ghost at the start of heat 1, Jason Keith allowed Terry Kirkup through on the first bend and a 7-3 resulted. Bury turned the screw and […]
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Birmingham Monarchs club officials and volunteers arrived at the Perry Bar track on Sunday to find one of the Portakabins broken in to, which stores bikes with 7 riders bikes stolen and vandalism to a new decking area. Neighbours of the surrounding area reported banging and hammering late Friday night, with police attending reporting that the Portakabin was locked and […]
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Sunday saw the Birmingham Monarchs get their Midland League programme started with triple victory over the East Park Wolves. An under strength Wolves outfit proved no match for the Monarchs, who took victory in the 3 league matches. The Monarchs opened with 3 maximums to set the tone of the days action. The Wolves managing one advantage of their own […]
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Graham Robins was at the South West and Wales British Youth and Junior League Round Two on Saturday and caught some more great snaps. If you’d like to purchase any shots, please head over to his website: http://grahamrobins.net
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Astley & Tyldesley visited the defending Northern League Division 1 champions, Edinburgh, on Sunday. After two shared heats, A&T took the lead with a 6-3 win in heat 3. A 7-3 win to the strong Tomasz Wlodarczyk/ Damian Zareba pairing over Jason Burke/ Marcin Czarkowski in heat 9 gave A&T a commanding 50-39 interval lead. A 7-2 to the Burke/ […]
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