The Midlands rounds of the 2017 BYJL got underway in the sunshine at Leicester, where there was a good turnout despite a number of our regular competitors being away on holiday (we missed you Burtie!). It was good to see riders wearing the colours of Brandon once again and also there were a also a number of new riders from […]
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The newly revived Brandon Bees Cycle Speedway team, enjoying a terrific comeback year, went down 104-70 in their latest away match at Leicester last Tuesday evening. It was the Bees first defeat in three matches. It was the Bees first visit to the supremely well-appointed East Midlands venue, with its superb race track, terracing, grandstand and other facilities. The match […]
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A solid Wednesfield Dragons outfit saw off the challenge of a spirited Leicester Monarchs side in an entertaining encounter at Ashmore Park on Sunday. At the interval the visitors were trailing by just two points but always appeared to be just hanging onto the coat tails of the home side, and so it turned out as the Dragons gradually increased […]
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The fourth annual GG Express Couriers Womens Grand Prix takes place on Sunday October 30th at Leicester 2pm. Prior to that (1pm) there is an open GP that will be run similar to the BJYL/Womens League “rock up and ride”. With hopefully two semi finals if enough enter, the GG has £10 a race win for the 20 qualifying heats, plus […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team rounded off their Midland League senior campaign at Leicester last Sunday afternoon – and they continued to build for the future by handing 2016 debuts to two senior riders. They went down 103 – 75 to their oldest rivals in an entertaining encounter but finished the season on a high with Steve Stewart (pictured centre, who made […]
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The Leicester Monarchs took a well deserved, yet surprising victory, at their home track in Slater Street on Sunday – the battle of the Monarchs very much going the home sides way. Both teams were missing key riders, Leicester had two of their main riders unavailable, whilst Birmingham were missing heat leader Ricki Johnson. After a drawn opening heat, it […]
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The two clubs involved at Glover Park yesterday should be congratulated, as they managed to fit in four matches in total, catering for virtually every age and ability. The division one match was hard fought with plenty of interesting races, the home side were never behind but could never fully shake off a determined Birmingham outfit. Chris Timms showed his class with […]
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Paul Devine has sent in some brilliant photos from Leicester v Ipswich. Ipswich cruised to the Semi Finals, beating a spirited Leicester side who pushed them all the way. Check out Paul’s photos below!
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Without any weak links in their youthful line up Ipswich proved too strong for a spirited Leicester side. The Monarchs kept the scores close until a heat seven exclusion to the otherwise unbeaten Hemsley opened up the visitors advantage to nine points, a similar fate befell Frith in the pre-interval race, albeit in more controversial circumstances. With the match appearing […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted National Round 3 of the British Youth & Junior League series at Gin Pit on Sunday. A superb day’s racing took place, with 86 riders in action. Poole took their third successive win in this series. Wednesfield’s Brandon Whetton twice lowered the track record in the u-17 match, after A&T’s Ciaran Collins did in his first […]
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Division 1 East Park 82 v 96 Leicester Leicester cruised to victory with Kev Burns and Craig Marchant leading the charge. Both riders made it through the match unbeaten by the home team. Luke Draisey and Jake White scored well for the home team however were unable to beat Leicester’s experienced side. Division 2 East Park 76 v 74 Leicester […]
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As we’re in a break from regional racing for a few weeks, here’s a look at the Midland League table. Wednesfield Aces currently sit top, but Birmingham are just two points adrift with a match in hand. Leicester’s experienced side have had a good season so far, boosted by the return of Dave Hemsley and occupy the third spot. Coventry […]
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Neil Vincent has sent us a link to photos on the Kesgrave Panthers website from the first national round of the British Youth and Junior League last Saturday. Click the link below to see them all. PHOTOS: BYJL round one from Leicester Once we have the results from round one we’ll publish them on 33/18 News.
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Birmingham Monarchs remain unbeaten in the Midland League after taking a hard fought win over an impressive Leicester side on Sunday. Leicester arrived with a solid team of riders with no weak links and they proved their solidity on track, by battling for every point and helping each other to vital drawn heats with some great team riding. Former world […]
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Although Dave Hemsley was the star of the show, it was the strength in depth of the home team that decided this encounter. The dragons were well led by Chris Jewkes and Brandon Whetton, both losing out only to Hemsley, but apart from Carl Parfitt lacked any consistent back up. The win should keep the Monarchs at the top of […]
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Wednesfield Aces took their second open club final in as many years at East Park in an action-packed final that rounded off a full weekend of racing in the Midlands – but Ipswich proved the victors overall to ensure the Club title went to back to the Suffolk town. The opening day of the championships saw Leicester Monarchs take a […]
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Ipswich and Leicester retained their U19 and Ladies Club Championship titles at Leicester this afternoon. On the first day of the consolidated Club Championships, Ipswich went into their U19 category hoping to make it 4 titles on the bounce. They knew they would have a tough challenge to face in the form of Wednesfield, but the Eagles held firm with […]
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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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