Hellingly Lions emerged victorious on Sunday after a tight tactical battle with Great Blakenham round the tricky Sussex track. The visitors were short on numbers due to a number of issues but the top 3 of Cody Chadwick, Richard Williamson (both visiting for the first time) and Lewis Osbourne started strongly taking the chequered flag in the first five heats. […]
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George Hollebon, a lifetime member of Hellingly Lions Cycle Speedway Club, was on Saturday awarded a lifetime achievement award for his services to Cycle Speedway, by Secretary of the Veterans Cycle Speedway Association at Hellingly’s staging of the Eurovets grand prix series. George, known to most in the sport as simply “Mr Hellingly”, was lost for words as he was […]
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Hellingly Lions were on the road again yesterday, travelling the near 120 miles to Suffolk, to face the Kesgrave Panthers. With the Lions registering heat victories in all of the 16 heats courtesy of Jesse Moore (6), Martyn Hollebon (5), Neil Hollebon (4) and Jim Cox, the visitors powered their way to a 12 point victory by 86-74. The scoreline was kept […]
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Hellingly Lions welcomed the Ipswich Cycle Speedway club to the Lower Dicker recreation ground in a double header league one fixture, and almost pulled off a big double win, but for last heat decider going against them in the second match. The near 100 strong crowd were treated to some great racing as the Lions took on the Whirlwinds, followed […]
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Hellingly Lions made the 350 mile round trip for their longest South East League journey of the season to Norwich and returned home roaring after taking the points with an 82-76 victory. Hellingly’s top 3 of captain Jesse Moore and the Hollebon brothers are always a strong trio to lead the troops and this was the case yet again, with […]
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Hellingly Lions took to the track again on Sunday in a South Coast League match against Poole Comets, gaining a hard fought victory in the last couple of heats by 91-85. A good crowd had assembled and with the Lions suffering a heavy defeat on the road at Poole early last month, they were looking to start brightly, as the […]
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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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Hellingly Lions have recently been awarded a £4,000 grant from Wealden District Council community grants scheme. This coincides with a number of off-track changes including the formation of a committee that has seen “Mr Hellingly” himself, George Hollebon, step down from the main roles at the club after 65 years involvement in the world’s oldest surviving cycle speedway club. The […]
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Hethersett Hawks visited Hellingly on Sunday, and due to rider unavailability were hugely understrength. However, with a bit of juggling around of riders some good racing ensued. Hellingly Lions started the division one fixture strongly with all the top 6 racing to 7-3 victories. After 3 heats the score was 21-9 and that allowed the Lions to use all 9 riders in the squad. Neil […]
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Ipswich whirlwinds welcomed league newcomers Hellingly to Whitton Raceway in the first of the day’s meetings last Sunday. The Whirlwinds welcomed Pierce Bacon back into the squad, taking the place of younger brother Harrison, who was unavailable for the first match of the day, while Hellingly were lead by club stalwarts Jesse Moore and Neil Hollebon. The first half was […]
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Hellingly took part in their first meeting yesterday at their closest opponents East London, who were unfortunately depleted due to rider unavailability and injury, which resulted in a double victory for the Hellingly Lions. New Team Manager, Martyn Hollebon masterminded the riders and announced England junior international, Jesse Moore as new club captain before the fixture. In the first team match, all […]
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Hellingly Lions will be back to league racing in 2016, but moving over to South East region instead of South and South Wales. A statement on their Facebook page said: “After some busy winter months off track we can now confirm our home fixtures for the 2016 season, the committee which was formed during the close season have been and […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club were victorious in the South-West Rose bowl Fours Competition in Sunny Oxfordshire on Sunday. Swindon defeated both Exeter and Hellingly (Eastbourne) to win the event for the first time in their history. The match was closely fought throughout but with the other teams making mistakes. Swindon’s team lead by former World Champion Steve Harris capitalised on […]
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All roads in the South-West will lead to Oxford on Sunday afternoon for the Gold Cup final, which will be fought out by the region’s three Elite League clubs Newport, hosts Horspath and defending champions Poole, plus the winners of the preceding Rose Bowl Trophy which features a three way contest between Hellingly, Exeter and Swindon. (Tapes up 1pm). Now operating as […]
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Brian Barnett was on hand to catch some Eurovets action at Hellingly in round 6. Check them out on his website: http://s891.photobucket.com/user/cyclespeedwayphotos/library/1%202015%20Orchid%20Euro%20Vets%20Hellingly?sort=3&page=1
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Here’s the results from yesterdays Eurovets round 6 action from Hellingly. Over 40s A – Craig Marchant (25), Pete Chant (23), Martyn Hollebon (22), Steve Harris (21) B – Jason Keith (20), Paddy Wenn (18), Norman Venson (17), Eddie Rigley (16) Over 50s A – Steve Hodgkinson (25), Paul Timms (23), Bob Prince (22), Ray Pike (21) B – Joe […]
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Eurovets Grand Prix promotor Fred Rothwell has issued a mid season invitation to the sports many veteran racers by saying “come and join us” as the 2015 series heads to its sixth round this Saturday at Hellingly, near Eastbourne. The Eurovets Grand Prix series is still going strong after nearly fifteen years of track action. It offers competitive age related […]
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Poole rounded off their South West season on a victorious note with this Gold Cup victory which went down to a last heat decider.
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