Report by Rob Mawhood Sheffield Stars confirmed their place in the North and Scotland league first place play offs after a double victory over visitors Hull. Hull were without new Northern senior champion Andy Angell and Dan Teal. Sheffield had a late withdrawal when Ed Morton was forced into covid isolation. Hull got the Div One match of to a […]
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This Saturday (14th August) sees the long awaited return of the Women’s League at Birmingham (12pm start time) and the league manager Peter Clarke is looking forward to seeing everyone again and wanted to put a quick note out that it is still pay on the day as before but the best thing is the age restriction is now open […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photos by Nicola & Wil Banyard Hulls Andy Angell raced to a 20 point maximum score, to claim his fourth Northern individual title, at Sheffield’s Cookson track. Andy started by winning heat three from grid 4 in the fastest time of the day (38.51), defeating rivals Reece Pollitt and Kris Ramsden. He was headed only once […]
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES finally got to stage a team match at the Memorial Playing Field for the first time since late 2019 when Ipswich paid a visit in the South East Leagues. However, the weather did try to intervene with heavy showers delaying the start of both matches but the track stood up well and some excellent […]
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Report by Mel PerkinsPhotos by Jenny Melvin The Norfolk HSBC GO-RIDE and Grand Prix Series finally got under way after a week 1 postponement when 25 riders took to the track at Spixworth – 18 from Hethersett, four from Norwich Stars and three Spixworth-based riders. Heats took place in three sections (Under-8 / Under-10, Under-13 and Under-16 / Senior) before […]
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The weekend’s cycle speedway action kicks off on Saturday with the final South & South Wales Regional round that will count towards qualification for the National Final of the British Youth & Junior League at Horspath which starts at midday. At Glasgow’s Cathkin Sports Centre it is Round 3 of the Eurovets which starts at 1pm Sunday sees the Northern […]
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Report by Alan Taylor The first of three Wednesday evening Manchester League Individual Championship events took place at Stockport with the Under 10, Under 16 and Veterans titles being raced for. The predicted afternoon showers never materialised so the track was well watered before racing began at 7.00pm with the Under 10s event. UNDER-10 FINAL Five riders from Bury and […]
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Horspath CSC are offering camping at the Horspath track on Sunday 29th August ahead of the open, women’s and u16’s boys finals on the Monday (30th). There will be a cost of £10 per pitch. Toilets etc will be available in the village hall. Normal rules – no open fires, no disposable bbq’s, put your rubbish in bins and respect […]
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Due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in the Northumbria area Round 4 of the Eurovets, which was due to be staged at Cramlington on Saturday September 4th,, will now be staged at Heckmondwike on the same date
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Graham Sutton has sent in this translation of an extract of an article which has been published in the Polish Media regarding former Women’s World Champion Anita Wlodarczyk: Thanks to her third gold Olympic gold, the athlete Anita Włodarczyk is today in the languages of all Poland. The XXXII Summer Olympics in Tokyo are the fourth in which the Rawicz […]
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Tarn Fynn has been in touch with a few updates and these are listed below: National Individual Event Entries The closing date for the Elite GP’s and British Individual Championships are fast approaching. Links to all upcoming entry pages can be found on the British Cycling calendar here: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events?keywords=&view=off&distance=&postcode=&fromdate=03%2F08%2F2021&todate=03%2F08%2F2022&gender=&day_of_week%5B%5D=1&day_of_week%5B%5D=2&day_of_week%5B%5D=3&day_of_week%5B%5D=4&day_of_week%5B%5D=5&day_of_week%5B%5D=6&day_of_week%5B%5D=7&race_duration_min=&race_duration_max=&resultsperpage=30&series_only=0&online_entry_only=0&zuv_bc_race_category_id%5B%5D=21&zuv_bc_race_category_id%5B%5D=48&save-filter-name= The Elite GP deadline is Sunday 8th August and the National […]
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Alan Taylor has been in touch with a message for any riders from the Astley & Tyldesley, Bury and Stockport clubs that are planning to ride in the Manchester League Individual Under 10s, Under 16s and Veterans events that these are being staged at Stockport on Wednesday 4th August (7.00pm start) and not as shown on the BC events calendar. […]
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Pete Barnes has been in touch to say that contact has been made with the Short Track Cycle Speedway Club in Minneapolis USA regarding a proposed visit in July 2022. It would take the form of a development program with racing events and early plans are as detailed: Tuesday 5th July. Direct flight from London Heathrow to Minneapolis with Delta […]
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4 Norwich riders were called up for International duty for the re-scheduled 2021 Home Internationals at Astley & Tyldesley on Saturday 31st July. Steve Copping & Dave Blackmore represented Ireland in the Veterans event with Steve scoring 6 of Ireland’s 23 points whilst Dave scored 5The Junior event saw Shaun Kell represent an Ireland Select where he scored 9 points […]
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Newport CSC are looking to put on their annual Welsh Open Womens Championships on Sunday 22nd August at 2pm. Colin Simmons is asking that regions email him what they have on that day, so all the women are ok to race. Colin’s email address is simmonscolin@aol.com.
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HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had members preparing to set up the track and equipment for the first of eight Norfolk GO-RIDE Grand Prix on Wednesday when the most horrendous thunderstorm arrived stranding them there for over an hour and flooding the track. It is hoped that the Hethersett round will be staged later in September with the series […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos by Len Priestley There was a great day of cycle speedway racing at Astley & Tyldesley on Saturday, for the re-arranged 2021 Home Internationals Day. The Gin Pit circuit was in pristine condition, as club members overcame the heavy thunderstorms during the week to prepare a venue befitting of the event. First up was the […]
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Astley & Tyldesley is the venue tomorrow (Saturday July 31st) for the Home Internationals and the Women’s Regional Pairs. The events were originally scheduled to be staged at Fife on Saturday May 22nd but were cancelled and subsequently reinstated following the cancellation of the European Championships due to challenges of international travel. The Women’s Regional Pairs open the proceedings at […]
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