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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Tim Jarvis has written in with some concerns regarding riders studying at university not being permitted to compete in regional racing. Am I correct to assume that cycle speedway has thousands and thousands of riders chasing too few opportunities to race? Do we need to restrict numbers to stop overcrowding at tracks? What I witnessed today would appear to give […]
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A weakened Wednesfield Aces battled away at Glover Park, but always looked likely to run out of steam in the latter stages. Brandon Whetton led the way, his only defeat coming in heat one at the hands of Dave Hemsley, both Matt Smith and Mark Griffiths gave good support. The home riders all chipped in and rode well as a […]
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The deadline to enter this year’s Whitsun weekend Club Championships closes tomorrow. The events are spread out over three Midlands tracks, Leicester, Wednesfield and East Park. Here is what’s happening and when, with links to entry. Saturday at Leicester Under 19 and Women https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144087/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-19-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144088/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Women-s-Club-Championship Sunday at Wednesfield Over 40s, Under 10 and Under 16 https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144091/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Over-40-s-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144089/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-10-Club-Championship https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/144090/British-Cycling-Cycle-Speedway-British-Under-16-Club-Championship Bank Holiday […]
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The Brandon Bees opened the 2016 season at their refurbished Brandon Road Playing Fields, Bretford, track last Tuesday evening, losing out 75-55 to a more experienced Leicester team in an entertaining Midland League challenge. Brandon point scorers: Matt Lawrence 14, Ben Wells 13, Matt Hambidge 10, Jack Reynolds 8, Wyatt Jacobs 6 and Joe Andrews 4. The next home […]
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Leicester’s second division team were victorious in a Midland League Division Two challenge match last night against Brandon Bees. Luke Whitehead top scored for the Monarchs, whilst Brandon tracked some younger riders and debutant Joe Andrews had his first experience of league racing after attending Coventry’s club night for the last two weeks. Here are the scores: BRANDON BEES 55 Matt […]
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Defending Midland League Champions, Wednesfield Aces, had a comfortable win against the Leicester Monarchs, around the sunny but cold Ashmore Park track. The score does not reflect the effort that Leicester put into this very competitive match, the East Midlanders pushed the Aces all the way with a team that was a mixture of youth and experience, which included former British […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway got their season off to a winning start by recording a 96 to 84 win at Leicester. It was a very good work out for both teams who tracked strong line ups. Nearly appointed Welsh national team managers Mark Carmichael and Jack Harrold both recorded maximums on the sticky home track, with good support from all of the Welsh team. Leicester also […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway Club will be in action in the next few weeks, with warm up matches home and away against Leicester. The Newport team will be looking to make it four South and South Wales regional titles on the bounce, and are quietly confident of success with Jack Harrold and Jacob Soper having more availability this season, together with new team […]
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Leicester Cycle Speedway club have received funding boost of £1,200 to operate a series of events in co-operation with Leicesteshire police and St Matthews Big Local. The funding has been organised by Nick Whitehead and he will be managing the events in his capacity as a serving police officer. Congrats to the Monarchs!
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In one of the most enjoyable and exciting matches of the season, Coventry`s Midland Junior League team (U14s) kept up their challenge for league championship glory by winning at Leicester by 65-63 on Tuesday evening (29th September). The opening heats were shared and by heat 5, the scores were still level at 25 points all. The Ben Wells/Jack Reynolds partnership […]
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The first couple’s championship staged at Leicester last Saturday proved to be a highly successful and enjoyable event, with all relationships still intact by the end! The late addition of the Leicester pairing of Lizzie Rigley and Luke Whitehead to the field led to a certain amount of head scratching in the Leicester clubhouse as the original format had to be […]
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Leicester Ladies maintained their domination of the team championship with an unprecedented tenth consecutive victory at Glover Park today. Nearest rivals Ipswich put up a strong fight and had opened up a two point lead after the fourth heat, taking 14 points from their inside grids. The Monarchs eventually overhauled their East Anglian rivals in the sixth heat, from that […]
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This afternoon sees the last of the season’s Club Championships with the Women’s event being held at Leicester, 12.00 start. The women’s event was first held in 2006, when at Norwich the winners were the Leicester team, which included a young Michelle and Lucy Whitehead. Since then Leicester have added a further eight titles and will be favourites on their own […]
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Here’s the draw for the upcoming British Womens Club Championship, which takes place at Leicester. DRAW- Women’s Club Championship – 12th September 14:00 1 Sheffield Stars CSC 2 Leicester CSC 3 Exeter Aces CSC 4 Ipswich CSC 5 Birmingham Monarchs CSC
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team go to fierce rivals Leicester this Sunday in the Midland League – chasing a quick-fire double after their narrow 92-85 home success against Leicester last month. The Hearsall Common based outfit, still bubbling after their successful staging of the Great Britain V Australia Test match two weeks ago, will track a strong side as they look […]
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Birmingham took a rather comprehensive victory over Leicester at Perry Hall Playing Fields yesterday. The Monarchs of Leicester used Coventry rider Bobby McMillan as a guest with his points not counting in the final total. Birmingham hit hard from the off with Smith a comfortable winner of Heat 1, whilst Millward had a tough encounter with Marchant for third and finally made […]
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With a team made up of the four riders who competed in the Worlds Veterans Championship last weekend supplemented by the addition of Jason Ashford, Leicester Monarchs were always likely to have too much strength in depth for the other teams in the British Veterans Club Championship at Hull on Saturday. Indeed they could afford the luxury of having former […]
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