Report and photos by Richie Smith The sun shone on the cyclists and spectators at Northumbria Vikings’ Cramlington track as Heckmondwike faced Fife in a battle for the overall North & Scotland League Division 2 title. This was the first time the teams had met so there were no old scores to be settled, but Fife hoped to make it […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photo by Diane Bellis Hull sailed to victory in Round Six of the 2023 Yorkshire League season at the Hessle Raceway, lifting the title for the fourth successive season. Hull and Sheffield entered the fixture in the knowledge that if either won they would be champions. In the unlikely event of a tied score, Sheffield held […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Sheffield Stars gained their first ever treble winning day over Astley and Tyldesley in the North and Scotland League at a very wet Graves track. Heavy rain on Saturday left a saturated track, then when the showers returned (an hour before the scheduled start time) the surface soon became a mud bath. First up was the […]
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Report by Pat Beacock Heckmondwike are the 2023 North & Scotland League Division 2 (North) Champions after a last heat decider against fellow title contenders Hull. A Hull win would have given them the title (unless Sheffield could have run up a big winning margin against Astley & Tyldesley in a fixture being run concurrently). The mature (old) and vastly […]
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Report by Matt Wilcockson Coventry Sabres hosted Birmingham Monarchs in the Midland Club League Fixture an Sunday 17th September Birmingham, fresh from the previous weeks KO cup victory, rested several key riders but were still too strong for Coventry, who, in spite of a strong youth section, have struggled to maintain senior riders this year. The Midland Club league format […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, Photo taken by Caroline Burton. Sheffield Stars put a dent in Fife Revolutions title hopes as they won by 95-84 at the DBD trade Fastbowl. Sheffield have blown hot and cold in 2023, all dependent on what strength of six riders they could put on track. In cold, wet conditions it was a strong six the […]
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Report and photos by Andy Schofield The Derek Hilton Memorial Meeting was staged for the third time at The Hessle Raceway, this year as a club Individual. Derek’s widow Anne was the clubs guest and presented the trophies on a pleasant day following a wet week that gave a grippy track. The junior under 8, 10 , 13’s took to […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos courtesy of Catherine White Astley & Tyldesley came out on top of both North & Scotland League matches against Heckmondwike, at Gin Pit, on a warm Sunday afternoon. The Division 2 match was the main match of the day, with a very experienced Heckmondwike team of veteran riders looking for a win to maintain their […]
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Report by Andy Collett After a great days racing at Exeter Birmingham took on Kesgrave in the final. The crowd were entertained with some fantastic racing fast and sometimes furious. Birmingham took the lead in heat 1 and by the interval were 7 points ahead but by no means commanding the meeting. Kesgrave put in a strong challenge during the […]
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Report and photo by Andy Schofield Hull played hosts to Fife in a North & Scotland Division one match on a warm sunny day at the Hessle Raceway. Fife showed no signs of the long journey with maximum heat wins for Harry Langdale / Jason Keith and Jason Keith / Jake Slight in heats two and four to open up […]
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Heckmondwike Saints are on the verge of their first Northern League title twenty years after defeating rivals Sheffield Stars by 105-69 in Division Two of the North and Scotland League. The midweek match came about after Sheffield were unable to track a full six riders last Sunday. Stars were still struggling, having to field an ineligible rider (Kielan Burton) and […]
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Report by Colin Simmons Just a couple of weeks after the first league meeting between the clubs for some years Newport CSC made the short journey up to Underwood to take on East Newport CSC in the return fixture, South Wales and Southwest league division 1. Newport took the spoils in the recent match on a very wet day at […]
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The midweek 2023 Manchester League season concluded at Bury on Wednesday evening, with the last set of Individual Finals. Due to low numbers participating in this year’s age category events, it was decided to merge them and run as a single Ladder match. The various age category awards were then determined by riders’ placings in the final round of races. […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Hull have one hand on the Yorkshire League title, for a fourth successive season, following a dominant win in Round 4 at Heckmondwike. Hull riders took the chequered flag first in ten of the 16 races, also recording three maximum 7-point heat scores. Rich Gibson, Jason Keith and Jack Lister all had three wins each. Lewis […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood, photo by Nicola Banyard A rare midweek match for Sheffield and Hull saw the South Yorkshire team move clear at the top of Northern League Division Two following an 88-61 victory at the Graves track. The re-fixture was due to the torrential rain that the Sheffield area had over the Tramlines festival weekend, that left both […]
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Report by Mike Hack Stockport hosted Round 4 of the Northern Fours & Junior League series on Sunday. The forecast rain held off throughout the meeting, and plenty of good racing took place. Despite many absentees due to holidays, there was still a decent turn out of riders. Bury fielded a strong team in the Fours League and convincingly took […]
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Report and photos by Mike Hack Bury hosted the 6th and final round of the 2023 Manchester League series. There was a disappointingly low turn out, with no u-16s and just one u-19 rider, on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening. Bury had two riders in the Division 2 match who rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10) and […]
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Report and photos by Steve Copping Kesgrave was the venue for the 33/18 Designs sponsored Little league Championships with all the Individual Championships utilising the British Youth & Junior League formulas. The action began with the Under 8 Boys Individual Championship which was contested by 12 riders. Kesgrave’s Tom Parr raced unbeaten throughout the qualifying heats and he would be […]
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