Astley & Tyldesley made it a clean sweep of three wins in Sunday’s Northern League fixture against Hull, at Gin Pit. A cagey opening four races saw A&T hold a 20-18 lead in the Division 1 match. Two maximum race wins followed, as A&T took control of the match and they rounded off with six successive heat wins to record an emphatic […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators staged the Norfolk Championships at the memorial Playing Field and two Hethersett riders were crowned Norfolk Champions – George Larter-Dixon in the Under-10s and Owen Wells (Under-16s and Under-19s). There were also podium places for Giles Awbery and George Larter-Dixon in the Under-13s and Glyn Morgan in the Seniors and Veterans. Paddy Wenn from Norwich successfully defended his […]
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Horspath Hammers completed their home Elite League programme with a 112 -87 win over Coventry Sabres, who did not have Michal Sassek as expected, whilst Hammers tracked newly crowned Polish Champion Szymon Kowalczyk, who flew in from his previous days exploits in the Polish Championships at Torun. Hammers were dealt a blow prior to the match, when Mark Boaler arrived […]
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The curtain came down on the 2016 season at Harbourside, yielding the best possible result for the Comets, with a hard fought victory against their “oldest enemy”, Wednesfield Aces, in a match which turned on its head in the final 6 races. Poole stormed back from a 6 point deficit at heat 14 to win by a relatively comfortably 7 […]
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This year’s Brian Herd and Trevor Dutton Invitationals were raced and won last weekend at Salisbury Cycle Speedway, which saw some great competitive racing. Joel Chadwick won the Brain Herd 26 inch invitational. Joel top scored on the day with 19 points, followed by Ryan Edson on 17 points and a three way tie for the last 2 spots between Shane Bentley, […]
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A top quality field lined up for the third edition of this event, all in aid of The East Anglian Air Ambulance, and it didn’t disappoint, living up to its billing as the biggest event on the Suffolk CS calendar. 2014 winner Adam Peck took a routine win in heat 1, with the action going on behind him, Charlie Rumbold eventually […]
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The staging of the biggest Coventry junior Cycle Speedway finals at Bretford Playing Fields last Sunday has been hailed a great success – and there were shocks galore on-track with the fledgling host club providing two age group category champions. Heavy overnight rain gave way to a fine sunny day as the biggest local entry list for 40 years assembled […]
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Coventry lost out in yet another last heat decider in the Midlands League at Hearsall Common last Sunday – this time Wednesfield Dragons won in the final heat to post a winning 91-85 score line. The home side provided the majority of the heat winners early on, with Myke Grimes and Dominik Rycharski in scintillating form. The pair kept Coventry […]
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The Leicester Monarchs took a well deserved, yet surprising victory, at their home track in Slater Street on Sunday – the battle of the Monarchs very much going the home sides way. Both teams were missing key riders, Leicester had two of their main riders unavailable, whilst Birmingham were missing heat leader Ricki Johnson. After a drawn opening heat, it […]
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With two Polish Internationals, including the current European Champion, Lukas Nowacki, and five British Final qualifiers in their line-up, Horspath were always favourites to take the league points. However, with only a 3 point advantage after 15 races, the Comets gave them a good run for their money. Two home rider tapes exclusions in the last 5 heats allowed the […]
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The two clubs involved at Glover Park yesterday should be congratulated, as they managed to fit in four matches in total, catering for virtually every age and ability. The division one match was hard fought with plenty of interesting races, the home side were never behind but could never fully shake off a determined Birmingham outfit. Chris Timms showed his class with […]
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Astley & Tyldesley entertained Sheffield in a Northern League fixture, at Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took the lead with a 6-3 heat win in heat 1 and held this until heat 5. However, a fall by the returning Luke Jamson in heat 5 and a shed chain by Reece Pollitt whilst leading heat 6, […]
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Heckmondwike travelled north with just three riders, the home side supplying four guests. Northumbria had their own problems, with number one Gavin Parr missing, he is still recovering from a speedway related injury. He still played his part by refereeing the meeting. Despite not racing since 3 July, the result was never in doubt, as Northumbria powered to a a […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Myhill Decorators travelled to Great Blakenham without leading scorer, Dan Chambers, who is out for the rest of the season with a broken wrist sustained in an Elite League outing for Ipswich a month ago. Blakenham were without their British No.3 Lewis Osborne, who was in a rearranged Elite League match for Horspath, but they did welcome back Adam Peck […]
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On the opening day of the British Championships, Swindon played host to the Over 40s Veterans championships on Saturday 27th August. The weather started off pleasant, with the track in its best condition all season, little did anyone know what was about to come. Despite struggling for entries this year, the field looked competitive with no rider having a ‘dream […]
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Birmingham Monarchs Cycle Speedway club will travel to Horspath in Oxfordshire on Sunday 11th September, after qualifying for the British team KO Cup finals by defeating Hull last week at Perry Hall Park. The Monarchs were missing two key riders, Nathan Groves and Ewan Hancox, so used veteran Phil Widdas and youngster Jake Steel in the starting line up. The visitors […]
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Time to catch up on a couple of stories that got missed due to the British Individual Championships weekend, first up, Manchester League… The midweek Manchester League season concluded with the Senior Individual Final at Astley & Tyldesley last Wednesday evening. On a very fast track, Stockport’s Jake Read came close to the track record, recording 40.70 seconds in heat 1. […]
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Wednesfield’s Ben Mould and Exeter’s Lauren Hookway became British Champions for the first time in a dramatic day at Exeter on Bank Holiday Monday in the British Individual Championships. The 2016 Open Final saw two former champions withdraw before a wheel was turned. Four time champion Lee Aris, who qualified from the Southampton semi-final, withdrew following a recurrence of a back […]
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