Birmingham’s unbeaten run to the season ended on Sunday, with a narrow defeat to reigning champions Wednesfield Aces in the Midland League, although the juniors maintained their impressive winning sequence. Both teams were evenly matched, however the visitors had the edge from the off. The Aces started with 2 heat advantages to move 4 points clear and it wasn’t until […]
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Sunday’s meeting brought together the two title favourites for the South and South Wales Division One title, a battle between the Horspath Hammers and the Newport Stars at the Village. The meeting started with Jack Harrold flying out of the traps and defending his lead from the two charging youngsters, Will Jeffery and Jake Neighbour. This was a sign of […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators faced a full-strength Great Blakenham side at the Memorial Playing Field and were overpowered by their fast gating and team strength. The Hawks battled hard on the first corner in many heats, leading to restarts, but in the end had no answer. Only Leigh Cossey offered a serious threat, which was rewarded with a fine win in heat 7, […]
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A good crowd on a chilly evening witnessed 23 local riders contest the second Norfolk Go Ride series and Senior practice Grand Prix at Eaton Park. A batch of mainly new youngsters from the Norwich Club contested the under 10s, but they were left in their wake by Hethersett’s George Larter. Tom Blackmore was unbeaten throughout the Under 13s and […]
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On a bright but breezy afternoon, Exeter Aces were the latest team to take on the significantly strengthened Horspath Hammers squad around the tight technical track. From the off the new look Hammers raced in to an early lead with race wins from Jake Neighbour, the returning from exile David Liebermann and ever improving youngster Jack Ellis. Aaron Herbert was […]
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On a bright sunny afternoon at Eaton Park, Norwich welcomed the visit of Hellingly for a South East and East division one and two match. It was a busy weekend for the Hellingly riders, travelling to Norfolk after staging the South East GP on Saturday at their own track. The vistors took an early lead in heat 1 from the […]
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It was the turn of Hellingly to host the fourth round of the BYJL/SEGP on a beautifully sunny day at the picturesque track. For most of the youngsters, this was their first encounter with the unique, tricky and technical track with many finding it difficult. U8 championship leader, Kesgrave’s Oliver Edmunds, looked extremely confident as he attacked from the off, […]
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Sunday saw the second round of the Supertrax Women’s League and it didn’t disappoint, spectators witnessed some fantastic team racing from all three teams. A depleted South West & Wales side with only six riders had to compete against a full strength North & Scotland/South East & East team and the Midlands, as always, strong throughout, even though they were missing Lucy Whitehead. […]
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Round two of Cycle Speedway commissions’ new initiative, the Supertrax Battle of Britain series arrived at Cookson Park, Sheffield, and did not disappoint. With Sheffield’s vice chair Rob Mawhood commenting afterwards: “If this is what the Battle of Britain series delivers, then every club should want to be part of it.” A week of rain had left the track in the […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators staged the East Anglian Championships at the Memorial Playing Field with the track in excellent condition for racing. Although entrants were lower than expected, some excellent racing transpired, no more so than in the Senior event, which also provided Hethersett with their only success. Dan Chambers and Olly Buxton were involved in a three-way tie for third place […]
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The Lions circuit was saturated after heavy rain by the time officials arrived at 10:30am. Only after hours of raking, rolling, tyre packing and watering by Hellingly’s volunteers was the track raceable, and in the end turned out to be a first class raceway in time to welcome Kesgrave Panthers. Dubbed “the battle of the wilcats”, it began with the […]
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There was a good turn out of sixty five riders at Norwich on Saturday. The weather was unsettled, being mainly dull with occasional bright intervals and showers. Twenty one U8s contested the heats, with four riders on maximum points. A highly competitive A final was therefore expected with championship leader, Oliver Edmunds (Kesgrave), drawn in gate two and Luca Woodhouse […]
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Exeter were the hosts on Saturday for 79 riders in round 3 of the South West and Wales British Youth and Junior League, and with the army of volunteers, it proved to be another great days racing for all involved. U8 category was first up at 12 noon. Charlie Martin from the home track was on the inside of fellow team […]
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With the Astley & Tyldesley club providing almost half of the 27 contestants in today’s poorly attended BYJL Regional Round 3 at Stockport, it was little surprise that they easily topped the team score sheet with 136 points, ahead of second placed Sheffield on 88 points with hosts Stockport third on 48 and Bury in fourth place on 26 points. […]
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Birmingham Monarchs took victory in Poole on Sunday in the opening meeting of the new Anglo-Welsh league, with a strong team showing, leading from the off. The Anglo-Welsh league is a cross over league between the Midlands and South West and Wales, which gives teams some extra fixtures to fill up their calendar. The Monarchs started with a 6-4, Ewan Hancox […]
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In their second home match of the season, Fife took on Sheffield in front of a healthy crowd of approximately 60 spectators. You couldn’t tell that Fife hadn’t ridden for 3 weeks, with 11 of the 15 races won by a Fife rider and taking 5 7-3s in the meeting, for what was a comfortable win in the end, 82-67. Heat […]
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Wednesfield went to Leicester yesterday in the Midlands League, and proved to strong for the Leicester squad. In Division 1, the match went the same as last weekend, with Paul Heard and Carl Parfitt back in the squad, with Lee Kemp on Division 2 duties. The Aces only dropped points in heat 13, when Chris Jukes was just pipped on the line. Wednesfield ran […]
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Astley & Tyldesley posted three league wins for the third week running of the North and Scotland League season, at a sunny Gin Pit on Sunday. Points were shared in the first heat of the Division 1 match, before A&T took first and second places in the next five races, to open up an unassailable 40-20 lead. A&T continued to […]
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