Words by Pete Barnes.Photos by Arthur Lawrence. .With no further interest on the final league honours team manager Colin Rowles opted to include former club riders Kevin Marshallsay and Bob Hayward whilst Josh Nottle and Ted Curtis gave performances that did little harm for their National League inclusion.With Oliver Saunders delivering a true captains role the home side took an […]
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Report and photos by Andy Schofield Hull staged the fourth Derek Hilton Memorial meeting on a chilly day with Derek’s widow Anne presenting trophies to the competitors. The junior meeting began proceedings with Spencer Glenton racing unbeaten to take the under 13 title by one point from Harry Gibson. In the under 11’s category Ellwood Harrison continued his improved form […]
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Report by Alan Taylor, photos by Ian White This season’s Manchester League’s Individual Finals were staged at Bury on Saturday afternoon (28th September) with a combined Junior rider event followed by a combined Open and Veterans event. Following one withdrawal and one no-show, seven A&T riders took to the track using a mini ladder format to contest the junior event. […]
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Report and photo by Andy Schofield Hull staged their sixth and final Go-Ride Summer of Cycling Grand Prix of the year on a cool September evening. The meeting was keenly contested by the season’s biggest field of fifteen bolstered by new riders from the clubs ‘Summer Fun’ sessions. The overall winners in each age category received trophies on the night […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley took on Bury in a local derby fixture for the final North & Scotland League matches of the season at Gin Pit on Sunday. On a wet, miserable afternoon, A&T had only two first choice riders available for the Division 1 match. Bury took the inevitable win, 110-69, to secure 2nd place in […]
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Report by Pete Barnes.Photos by Kayleigh Clarke As the Poole / Trent Comets squad were minus their heat leading duo of Aaron Smith and Kenzie Bennett it gave them a further opportunity to introduce younger riders into this level of racing. Although the opening pairing of Will Bristowe and Oliver Saunders took maximum points the visitors were able to contain […]
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Report by Mike Hack, photo by Len Priestley On Sunday, Astley & Tyldesley took on Sheffield in a full programme of North & Scotland League fixtures at Gin Pit. Sheffield had already clinched the Division 1 title, and they extended their unbeaten run, by beating A&T 100-80. Both sides had riders missing. Best for A&T was Northern Individual Champion, John […]
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Report by Alan Taylor Almost four and a half hours of racing saw seven titles decided on Sunday afternoon as the Northern League Individual Championships were staged at Stockport.The first event saw Sheffield’s Lincoln Ackroyd race to four wins for a 16 point maximum score to take the Under 10 title. Astley’s Elijah Rechembei finished in second place with his […]
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Report by Mick Aris Slater Street, Leicester was the location for the Midland Individual Championships on Sunday 18th August and on a superbly prepared surface the meeting kicked off with the u12s & u14s combined to produce 10 heats of brilliant raw cycle speedway. The eventual winner of both events was Carson East who went through the meeting unbeaten, Nyla […]
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On a swelteringly hot, sunny day, Astley & Tyldesley welcomed cycle speedway riders from all over the country, for Round 3 of the Women’s Battle of Britain and Grand Prix series.In the Battle of Britain (team) match, the Midlands quickly asserted their authority, winning four of their first five heats. They were content to sit on this lead for the […]
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Report by Pete Barnes, Photos by Arthur Lawrence With the hosts again minus Aaron Amith and Greg Gluchowski due to injuries in addition to the visitors rumoured to be without several of their squad due to a pre arranged social engagement both teams had the option to use younger club members in the fixture. However at the scheduled start time […]
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Report by Pete Barnes, Photos by Arthur Lawrence The long awaited clash between the Poole / Trent Comets and rivals from across the New Forest,the Southampton Saints, saw the hosts minus the sidelined Kenzie Bennett who had aggravated an injury the previous weekend in Poland. Then Aaron Smith, after winning the opening heat from newly crowned European Junior Individual Champion […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photo by Caroline Burton Sheffield Stars lifted their third piece of silverware for the 2024 season, which is proving to be the most successful in the Clubs history. A comfortable victory at a Hot, dry and dusty Heckmondwike in Round 5 of the Yorkshire League means Sheffield are now uncatchble by second placed Hull. Sheffield had […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley and Hull both had several riders missing, at the start of the holiday season, as the two clubs met in a North & Scotland fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. On a warm, cloudy day, A&T came out on top in all three matches, with Hull pushing hard in each match. The Division 1 […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Victory in Round Four of the Yorkshire League at Cookson Park has put Sheffield Stars on the verge of their first Yorkshire League title since 1988. Sheffield’s opponents Hull and Heckmondwike have multiple Yorkshire titles. Heckmondwike dominated the 1980’s and 1990’s while Hull have won the four titles since the league was resurrected during Covid. Lewis […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos supplied by Svitlana Rechembei, Sarah Lawless, Alan Taylor. The midweek Manchester League Grand Prix series concluded at Astley & Tyldesley, on a warm and dry Wednesday evening. Eleven riders competed in the Division 1 match. Bury’s Harry Radford, fresh from representing Gt. Britain in the European u-23 Track Championships at Cottbus, Germany, made his first […]
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Report by Pete Barnes, photos by Arthur Lawrence For the second week in succession the Harbourside Park spectators were treated to eighteen heats of top class National League racing with Birmingham Monarchs the visitors. With two evenly matched teams neither were able to gain a clear advantage in the opening heats until prior to the interval the WIll Bristowe and […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Sheffield Stars brushed aside a gallant effort from Fife Revolution by 116-63 to record their sixth successive win in Division One of the North and Scotland League. Sheffield’s 2024 squad is the strongest assembled, today they had Ed Morton (illness), Niall Morton (injury) and Dariusz Pilas on the sidelines. The pattern of the match was set […]
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