Swindon Robins hosted local rivals Horspath Hammers in their second home meeting of the season. Both teams looked fairly even on paper but a late withdrawal for the Robins tilted the tie probably in the visiting teams favour, which ended 85-91. The meeting started with multiple drawn heats, until Swindon did find the edge to lead by a point at […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators had a weakened team against a full-strength champions, Ipswich, but competed very well in the first half, with Dan Chambers and Dan Butler notably impressive. The Hawks were pleased with this effort to trail by just four points at the break. After the interval, a first-bend mistake let in Ipswich for a 7-3 win and they just played the […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 1 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a warm, sunny Wednesday evening. First up were the U10s and Bury’s Kaci Neath top scored, losing only to A&T’s Duncan Whalley in heat 5. A&T’s Emily Burgess and Bury’s Harry Radford continued their rivalry in the U13s match, each suffering an exclusion in their two […]
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It was a great day of racing in the South Australian Championships with 130 riders competing in the 10 Divisions. There were very few accidents except for Division 1 where you expect sparks to fly. It was no easy task making the Grand Final with 19 riders. There were 4 minor rounds with 5 heats in each round so it […]
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Bury Comets Cycle Speedway team took full advantage of a full strength Division Two squad for the first time this season, with a convincing victory over a weakened Glasgow side at Goshen. The Comets saw Adam Taylor return from his early season injury to bolster an already unbeaten side. The match began with a Bury 7-3 from Steve Mann and […]
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The Edinburgh Falcons were desperate to avoid a slip up when they visited Sheffield’s Cookson Park for an important North and Scotland League fixture. The Falcons have stuttered in their defence of the League One title with two home defeats to fierce rivals Stockport and A & T. However, they brought an unbeaten away record to Sheffield. The Stars were […]
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Astley & Tyldesley came away with another clean sweep of wins in their Northern and Scotland League meeting at Hull on Sunday. With A&T having riders missing, they were made to fight all the way in the Division 1 match by the Hull side, before emerging narrow 88-85 winners. The lead changed hands four times early on, before A&T recorded […]
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Northumbria staged the opening round of the 2017 Eurovets Championship on Saturday. Eleven riders contested the over 40s and fourteen in the over 50/60s. After days of sunshine, Cramlington was overcast and there was a keen wind. However, nothing of course could deter the riders, and there was forty exciting qualifying races. In the young man’s event, midland riders dominated, joined […]
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Coventry Sabres came close to registering an unlikely victory against Birmingham Monarchs on Sunday, losing out by six points after leading the meeting for the majority of the second half. After impressing in training, Cameron Gill was called up to the first team and Coventry welcomed back Dominik Rycharski and Kyle Roberts. Coventry’s Jimmy Wassall is still sidelined with a […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators kept up their good early season form with near-perfect performance against Kesgrave in the South East and Eastern League. Both teams were a top rider missing, for the Hawks, captain Leigh Cossey, got married the previous day (congratulations Leigh!) and was absent. From the start it was clear a close match was on the cards. The deadlock was broken […]
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After finishing third in 2015 and second in 2016, Jake Read went one better this year to add his name to the impressive list of past winners of the “Blinner” individual held at Stockport last Saturday, 29 April. Seven Stockport riders lined up in the 15 rider field with a couple of late additions having to be drafted in to […]
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Cycle Speedway’s newest competition Supertrax Battle of Britain got underway in fine style at Leicester’s Slater Street track this afternoon, with two closely contested matches between the Midlands and the South & South East, which ended in one win a piece. The Junior match began with a run of five 5-5 heats, before the deadlock was broken in heat 6 […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 1 of the eagerly awaited Battle of Britain series at Gin Pit on Sunday. The matches were ridden on a fast, dry track on a warm, but very windy day. In the Elite Junior match, the North & Scotland got off to the best possible start with a 7-3 by the Watson/Preston pairing over Goward/Garnett. […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged round 1 of this year’s A&T Go-Ride Grand Prix series. On a cold evening, 20 enthusiastic youngsters ranging from 3 to 13 years old, competed in a 20 heats event run on a handicap basis. Six year old Frank White won all his races to take first place one point ahead of another six year old, […]
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The second round of the Midlands regional competition at Wednesfield on Saturday proved to be a most successful day with 62 riders taking part, which was the biggest number for several seasons – with some riders still missing through holidays the hope is that the 70 rider number can be reached in the next two rounds. On the track it […]
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This Northern League basement battle between Sheffield Stars and Hull took place on a dry and dusty Cookson bowl. Sheffield maintained their unbeaten home start in League One with a 104-76 victory, leaving Hull still looking for their first victory and putting some daylight between the Stars and the points-less duo of Hull and Northumbria Vikings. Sheffield started strongly, Niall […]
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Norwich welcomed Kesgrave to Eaton Park for a SE/E League fixture on a warm sunny Sunday afternoon. After losing their first match against local rivals Hethersett, Norwich were keen to make amends against Kesgrave. The Kesgrave pairing of J Chittock/B Harvey inflicted the worst possible start with a 7-3 over Norwich pairing L Grange/A Dyball in heat 1. Norwich second […]
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A Northumbria side trying to cope with the retirement and semi-retirement of Gavin Parr were unfortunate to meet a strong Bury team on Sunday. Things started brightly when Will Owens’ bike gave up the ghost at the start of heat 1, Jason Keith allowed Terry Kirkup through on the first bend and a 7-3 resulted. Bury turned the screw and […]
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