The 2016 British Club Championships take place this weekend and for the first time appear all on the same weekend in the Midlands. Teams of four featuring British nationals from UK clubs take on each other in semi-finals and finals at Leicester, Wednesfield and East Park over the three days of the Bank Holiday weekend. Saturday – Leicester Leicester host […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team led for most of a thrilling encounter before narrowly going down 94-86 to old rivals Leicester in the Midland League last Sunday afternoon. In one of the most entertaining matches seen at the banked Herasall Common track since racing was revived in 2012, a youthful Coventry side held on under relentless Leicester pressure until the final […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted the Official Opening meeting of the re-built Cycle Speedway track on Wednesday evening. Despite rain falling throughout the meeting, a good sized crowd witnessed an excellent night’s racing on the superb new Gin Pit circuit. British Cycling’s North West Development Manager, Alex Scoular, cut the green ribbon to declare the track officially open. Also present were […]
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Hellingly Lions Cycle Speedway raced to a comfortable victory on Sunday, when they beat Kesgrave Panthers 90 – 68 in front of a good crowd. Hellingly took an early lead and capitalised on Kesgrave rider’s first appearance at the track. Neil Hollebon and Jim Cox started the ball rolling with a 6-4 advantage in heat 1. In heat 2, Kesgrave’s Richie Foote […]
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A copy of the 2017 Progress Plan has now been forwarded to all club secretaries via email by British Cycling. All clubs are asked to respond official via the feedback page on: http://feedback.3318news.co.uk Closing date 31st May 2016.
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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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The Allan Staunton (under 13) 20 inch Invitational was held at Findon last Sunday, with the 26 inch Mick Harley Invitational straight after. Here’s how events unfolded. ALLAN STAUNTON 20″ INVITATIONAL The 16man/20 heat formula was used for the Allan Staunton 20″ invitational, and it was a cracker of a meeting. After 2 races each it was Cooper Davies and […]
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A rather depleted Astley team had little chance of matching the hosts, going down to a heavy defeat. Gavin Parr rode unbeaten for Northumbria, taking the time also to help a strong riding Dan Redshaw and an equally impressive Shane Gray where possible also, with some handy team riding skills. Paul Graham was the top scorer for the visitors, Ciaran […]
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On Wednesday 25th May 2016, Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club are staging the Official Opening meeting of the new cycle speedway track. A&T will be hosting the 1st Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series. Racing takes place at u-10, u-13, u-16, u-19 and Senior categories, with the A&T, Bury, Stockport and Sheffield teams competing. The first race will […]
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The deadline to enter the 2016 Individual European Championships is fast approaching. Riders have until Sunday 29th May to enter the competition and can do so via the British Cycling website at the following link: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144335/ICSF-European-Individual-Championships The championships take place in Poole and Southampton from 29th – 31st July 2016.
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British Cycling Cycle Speedway Commission chairman and board member, Colin Docker, was hoping to catch some CS action this weekend, but was left disappointed following a fixture change: Having a free weekend (I’ve been on the road all week with Tour Series), I thought “take a look at the website and see if there are any CS meetings within reasonable […]
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Round 2 of the Division 4 League (Under 13) provided some very exciting racing at the LeFevre track, with the Salisbury Jets finishing on top at the end of the day with 67 points from the Findon Comets on 64 and the LeFevre Dolphins on 49. The racing was very close with the scores swinging between the Comets and the […]
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Swindon continued to show their early season form to comfortably beat the Horspath Hammers on a Sunny Sunday afternoon. After extensive track work early in the morning following heavy rain all day Saturday and overnight, the track held up well and produced some exciting races throughout the day. The return of Danny Harper to the team paid dividends only dropping a […]
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Reigning league champions, Newport, dropped points for the first time in 2016 as they found Poole in an uncompromising mood at Harbourside. The home side were solid from 1 to 8 while the visitors sorely missed the services of injured Nicky Evans and Jack Harrold. With 9 heat wins between them, Greg Gluchowski and Maciej Ganczarek cruised to maximum tallies […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators got back to winning ways with a near-perfect victory over previously unbeaten South East League leaders Great Blakenham at the Memorial Playing Field. A strong first race win 7-3 from Scott Grimes and Dan Chambers set the scene. Blakenham were without their talisman Australian Cody Chadwick, off racing in Poland, and lost former Hawk Richie Williamson with a […]
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Here are the results we’ve had so far from today’s regional racing. If your score isn’t here, please email it to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk. Midland League Division 1 Coventry 86 – 94 Leicester East Park 64 – 114 Wednesfield Aces Division 2 Coventry – Leicester East Park – Wednesfield Aces Northern League Division 1 Bury 82 – 98 Edinburgh Heckmondwike 68 – […]
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Coventry host one of their biggest match of the season tomorrow (Sunday 22nd May) at Hearsall Common when they entertain local rivals Leicester in the Midland League, starting at 2pm. Rivalry between the clubs dates back almost 40 years and the matches have been always been hotly contested with Leicester having the upper hand. Since Coventry were reformed in 2012, […]
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In a superb afternoon of junior racing at Hearsall Common last Saturday afternoon in the British Junior league, Coventry Cycle Speedway junior wizz-kids posted a club record score of 175 match points in the competition. In another illustration of their relentless junior policy, the Coventry club also fielded a record number of riders for the popular British Junior League event, […]
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