On a warm sunny afternoon, East London were the visitors to Eaton Park for South East League Division 1 and 2 Cycle Speedway action. Once again, Lee Grange led the Norwich attack with a 22 point haul, being beaten only by London’s Nicky Gunkel. On a fast track that Lee has taken under his wing again as track manager, Ireland […]
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Birmingham Monarchs went top of the table in Division One on Sunday, with a resounding win over a depleted Coventry side. The Monarchs also remain without their number one and World number 2, Chris Timms, through injury but for the third meeting in a row the Monarchs riders stepped up to the plate with solid racing and scoring. Heat 1 saw […]
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The Sheffield ‘Wosskow Brown’ Stars travelled with a severely weakened squad, only seven riders managing to make the trip to Scotland, to race against both Glasgow and Edinburgh. An unprecedented set of circumstances (Basketball, Boxing, Car trouble, Exams, Football and Work) all colluded to rob the team of 12 members. First port of call was Cathkin Park for a Northern […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club took victory away to resilient Southampton team, using their knowledge of the rule book well to utilise their six riders to keep the defeat to a mere 5 points. Swindon were short themselves but we’re able to field a full team, of which Jamie Brown and Martin Glover stepped up to the plate to contribute valuable points […]
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A youthful Coventry side couldn’t produce the goods on Sunday afternoon at Perry Hall Playing Fields against Birmingham, though team manager Lee Marsh was delighted with the overall performance. Missing key riders including Bobby McMillan, Mason Phillips, Dominik Rycharski, Kyle Roberts and Joe McLaughlin, Coventry called upon Ollie Morris, Ben Wells, Jimmy Walsall and Matt Hambidge to step up to the […]
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Hethersett Hawks visited Hellingly on Sunday, and due to rider unavailability were hugely understrength. However, with a bit of juggling around of riders some good racing ensued. Hellingly Lions started the division one fixture strongly with all the top 6 racing to 7-3 victories. After 3 heats the score was 21-9 and that allowed the Lions to use all 9 riders in the squad. Neil […]
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A weakened Wednesfield Aces battled away at Glover Park, but always looked likely to run out of steam in the latter stages. Brandon Whetton led the way, his only defeat coming in heat one at the hands of Dave Hemsley, both Matt Smith and Mark Griffiths gave good support. The home riders all chipped in and rode well as a […]
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Sheffield’s visit to Northumbria’s Cramlington Astrodome came just five weeks after the Wosskow Brown Stars fell to a four point home loss to the Vikings. The Vikings entered the match without Dan Wharrier, now departed to the USA for a 12-month adventure of a lifetime. The Stars were at full strength, having the luxury of the same eight riders for […]
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The Hessle raceway was the venue for this Northern League One ‘derby’ match between Hull and Sheffield. Hull’s task was hindered by the unavailability of heat leaders Nathan Everett, Dominic Bent and David Cooper, while Sheffield were able to name an unchanged side from the one successful against A & T last time out. The first four races were all […]
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Both sides were missing top men, current top of Northumbria averages and third in the league Jason Keith for the home side, while Ben Scranage was still recovering from a motorcycle spill for the visitors. It was no surprise that Bury were in the better position to cope, they having plenty of strength in depth throughout their young squad. Gavin […]
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Swindon Cycle Speedway Club ran out of steam in the final stages on Sunday to eventually lose to a solid looking Poole CSC. Throughout the 18 heats, the scores were never more than four points apart, until a couple of costly errors in the final few heats finally swung the meeting in the visiting teams favour. Jim Bailey was one of Swindon’s […]
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The Monarchs, even without injured number one Chris Timms, proved too strong for the Wednesfield Dragons on Sunday at Perry Hall Park, with the Dragons also having heat leader, Brandon Whetton, missing. Honours were shared in the opening heat before Groves/Paul Timms took a maximum in heat 2. That was quickly followed by another maximum in heat 4 for Hancox […]
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On a cold Sunday afternoon, the Ipswich whirlwinds welcomed the Norwich Stars to Whitton Raceway, and with both teams missing some of their big hitters, a very tight match looked on the cards. Ipswich had the perfect start, recording a 6-4 in heat 1, before 4 consecutive 5-5’s, Ipswich providing all the heat winners, but Norwich doing well to fill […]
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Hethersett Hawks suffered their first South East League Division 1 defeat of the season when Ipswich Eagles visited the Memorial Playing Field. The Hawks were without four of their first team squad for a variety of reasons and the strong Ipswich side soon took command and led by 15 points at the interval. After the break the Hawks rallied with […]
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Astley and Tyldesley rode to an easy double of wins in Sunday’s Northern League fixture against Glasgow. A&T raced this home fixture at Stockport, whilst the Gin Pit circuit is being re-built. In the Division 2 match, Glasgow opened up with a 7-3 heat win, as Carl Jarvis team rode Brandon Kay through against Ciaran Collins and Matt Snell. A&T hit […]
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Wednesfield Aces last lost an Elite League match to Horspath in August 2014, and on paper the Ipswich squad hoped to break that record. Wednesfield were doing a fantastic job of filling the middle places from the first bend, looking a lot more organised and powerful, and picking passes where needed round the track for those all important 6-4s. A […]
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The opening match at Harbourside Park was expected to provide good racing and a close result. Sure enough the racing was of a high calibre throughout and with the scores level at the interval, the close result was also a strong likelihood until disastrous heats 15 and 16 for the hosts. Tapes exclusions for Dawid Bas and Maciej Ganczarek gifted […]
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The Brandon Bees opened the 2016 season at their refurbished Brandon Road Playing Fields, Bretford, track last Tuesday evening, losing out 75-55 to a more experienced Leicester team in an entertaining Midland League challenge. Brandon point scorers: Matt Lawrence 14, Ben Wells 13, Matt Hambidge 10, Jack Reynolds 8, Wyatt Jacobs 6 and Joe Andrews 4. The next home […]
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