Birmingham Monarchs signed off for 2016 with their annual Second City Trophy last Sunday. Three meetings were included on the day with the line ups jam packed with talent from all across the country, some riders travelling from as far as Poole and Exeter to race for glory. The first meeting of the day was for the youngsters made up primarly of […]
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The newly revived Brandon Bees Cycle Speedway team, enjoying a terrific comeback year, went down 104-70 in their latest away match at Leicester last Tuesday evening. It was the Bees first defeat in three matches. It was the Bees first visit to the supremely well-appointed East Midlands venue, with its superb race track, terracing, grandstand and other facilities. The match […]
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Sheffield’s final fixture of the 2016 Northern League season took them to St Thomas Recreation Park to face deposed Division One Champions Stockport. The home team had seen the Edinburgh Falcons crowned Champions last week, ending Stockport’s impressive run of six successive titles. The home team were able to name only seven riders, with Mat Lush away at university. Sheffield were […]
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Astley & Tyldesley’s youngsters have won the Northern League Division 3 title for the fourth successive year. A&T lined up in the season finale at Bury on Sunday, with both teams having lost one match apiece, so whoever won the match won the league. A&T made a strong start, leading 37-31 after the first round of races had been completed. This extended […]
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On a wet and tricky track, both teams put up fine performances, but Northumbria held the upper hand throughout and compled the double in both divisions. Northumbria gained an good win against a seven man Hull side in Division One. After a shared first heat, Northumbria took a 7-3 through Kirkup and Keith. By heat 6 the Vikings had increased […]
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A solid Wednesfield Dragons outfit saw off the challenge of a spirited Leicester Monarchs side in an entertaining encounter at Ashmore Park on Sunday. At the interval the visitors were trailing by just two points but always appeared to be just hanging onto the coat tails of the home side, and so it turned out as the Dragons gradually increased […]
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Astley & Tyldesley raced to a hat trick of wins over Northumbria in the final home meeting of the season on Sunday. A&T opened with a 7-3 heat win to the Graham/Grantham pair over Oldham/Knowles in heat 1. Dan Thompson fell at the end of lap 3 in heat 3 and was excluded for bringing Matt Snell down. Race leader Gavin […]
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The 9 round season long Eurovets series accumulated in Birmingham on Saturday with winners on the day and overall both crowned. 22 riders were divided into their age categories with the top 4 from both moving forward to the A finals at the end of the day. In the 40s, home hopes lay with Mark Winwood, who was lying in […]
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Astley and Tyldesley welcomed near neighbours Bury for a Northern League derby fixture at a sunny Gin Pit on Saturday. In the Division 1 match, Bury opened up with two 6-4 heat wins and steadily pulled way to run out 86-60 winners. Best for A&T was Paul Graham, who won two races, with Reece Pollitt and Max Evans also winning races. […]
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Edinburgh Falcons are now just one match away from winning the Northern League One title after a comfortable 95-81 victory over the Sheffield Stars at Cookson Park last weekend. The Falcons named a full strength team, while Sheffield promoted Sam Haines into the team for Kyle Holland (who would referee the match). Jake Slight and Neil Swanson broke the run […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team rounded off their Midland League senior campaign at Leicester last Sunday afternoon – and they continued to build for the future by handing 2016 debuts to two senior riders. They went down 103 – 75 to their oldest rivals in an entertaining encounter but finished the season on a high with Steve Stewart (pictured centre, who made […]
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Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway team defeated Southampton by a significant 109 points to 68, in their final away regional league meeting, with all the team recording high scores. Ryan Lewis (pictured) made a terrific team debut, top scoring with a very impressive 19 points. Newport scores: Ryan Lewis 19, Oli Sidwick 19, Corey Burnell Jones 16+3, Colin Simmons 16+1, […]
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A strong team performance formed the basis for a convincing victory for the youthful South West team in the British Womans League final at Harbourside Park, where they regained the title from the Midlands. Five of the 8 South and South Wales rider line-up have been regular competitors in the BYJL this season, and their race fitness clearly played a big part […]
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The Wednesfield aces took victory on Sunday to seal the Midland League title dropping just one loss all season long. The Aces lead from the off with a 6-4 opening win however the Monarchs always kept in close distance throughout but with the visitors just holding the extra edge. A home maximum in heat 8 from Millward and Johnson levelled […]
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With 5 members of their championship winning BYJL squad in their side, Poole completed the double over the Hammers at the village after a closely fought encounter. The home side led by Zac Payne held a 46-43 half-time lead but with Mark Boaler and Wayne Hutt failing to show up as planned, Poole capitalised and staged a second half recovery […]
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It took six heats for Sheffield to break the 5-5 deadlock in this closely fought encounter thanks to a Watson/Haines 7-3, and as hard as Glasgow fought they never looked capable of taking the heat advantages required. The match started with a win for the impressive Ed Morton, passing andy MacDougal on the line, the first of several interesting races. […]
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Swindon secured their play off place on Sunday with a convincing home win over the Exeter Aces. Recruiting a few former riders in the form of Danny Harper and Shaun Rudman, the Swindon team were too strong for a stubborn Exeter side, who were missing a few key riders, which eventually led to them coming up short. By half time The […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators brought the curtain down on their celebratory Gold Jubilee season with a double home victory over East London. It was good to see the Londoners, who have struggled in recent seasons, make the long trip up to Norfolk with some new young recruits in their full squad of eight. Hethersett had leading riders missing but did welcome back […]
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