The first match at East Park Wolves under the new floodlights took place yesterday evening. Brandon Bees arrived at East Park after torrential rain had flooded the circuit. The East Park lads worked very hard to get the track water free and in the end it was a very fast surface with both teams making some very good passes on […]
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There were plenty of lively exchanges at Harbourside between the clubs in fourth and fifth place in the table despite the absence of several Ipswich big guns, but Poole always had the upper hand with Greg Gluchowski and Gavin Wheeler dropping their only points to Josh Brooke who achieved the rare feat of a full 20 max at the Dorset circuit. […]
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Newport Cycle Speedway went down by 81 to 95 against Sheffield Stars in an entertaining encounter at Newport’s Sports Village, with plenty of good home grown talent on show from both teams. The Stars, racing their last Elite League fixture for the foreseeable future, started well, winning 4 of the first 5 heats, looking at home on the big Welsh […]
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In this eagerly awaited clash between two of the big guns in the South East league, it didn’t quite live up to the billing. It turned out to be a one sided affair, with the Whirlwinds totally dominating from start to finish and were in no mood to give any early Christmas presents to their younger counterparts. In a display of fierce team […]
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In one of the most enjoyable and exciting matches of the season, Coventry`s Midland Junior League team (U14s) kept up their challenge for league championship glory by winning at Leicester by 65-63 on Tuesday evening (29th September). The opening heats were shared and by heat 5, the scores were still level at 25 points all. The Ben Wells/Jack Reynolds partnership […]
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Stockport took another giant stride to defending the Northern League One title with a convincing 103-73 victory over the visiting Sheffield/CRA Rockets. Michael Preston got the better of Richard Hudson in heat 1, the 6-4 gave Stockport the perfect start. Vicky Brown was quickly out of the gate in heat 2, only to be passed by both Jack Lush and […]
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Coventry made it three home wins on the bounce at Hearsall Common against a more than competitive Wednesfield Dragons side yesterday afternoon. The hosts got off to the best possible start with new look pairing of Bobby McMillan and Dan Drewett manufacturing a 7-3 against Haydn Rowley and tactical reserve, Tom Haddock. Coventry extended their lead in heat two, with a […]
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Andy Angell smashed the Northumbria track record in the final heat, lowering Pawel Idziorek’s previous best from 42.1 seconds to just 40.8, completing a classy performance from the former British Champion. However, with only Nathan Everett able to fire up in support and several juniors drafted in, Hull were soon up against it, as Northumbria reached 100 points for the […]
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Ipswich entertained the Panthers of Kesgrave yesterday afternoon in the warm sunshine, looking to maintain the pressure on the top two, who were in action against one another at Hethersett. With one ear on how events were unravelling over in Norfolk, it was important that the Whirlwinds made sure of securing two points in their pursuit of this years title. They got off […]
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Hethersett Hawks/Swinton & Co concluded their home League programme with a top-of-the-table clash with Ipswich Eagles and the Hawks were confident of taking their title chase to the rearranged fixtures at Ipswich on October 11th, especially as Ipswich arrived with four restricted riders, the fourth one costing them a 12-point penalty. The match started evenly with tactical shared heats but Charlie […]
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The new “Champions” Wednesfield Aces claimed the Elite league title this afternoon, with a convincing win over visiting team Poole, with still one fixture to come against last year’s winners Horspath (Oxford) away on 4th October. The Aces maintained their unbeaten run this season with a well disciplined performance throughout the team that also including three under 16 year old […]
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Whenever Sheffield and Horspath get together you know you’re in for a close match. With both teams having to make changes to their line ups it made for two very different looking sides that had met at The Village earlier in the season. Sheffield youngsters Adam Watson, Mason Phillips and Niall Morton all got promoted to the first team as did seasoned […]
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Ipswich comfortably beat Newport in the season’s final match at Whitton Sports Centre, the visitors riding several of their combination squad in the first team. Ipswich opened with a 6-4, then a 7-2 after Evans was excluded for unintentional use of the leg, then a 7-3. Newport were able to claim the ins from heat 5 and delivered a string […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway team began their hectic end of season programme of matches by racing to a 102-78 home Midland League success over East Park Wolves at Hearsall Common last Sunday afternoon. In an entertaining encounter, on a superbly prepared track, the two sides were evenly matched in the early stages. Coventry, with several riders nursing injuries, struggled for supremacy […]
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The first couple’s championship staged at Leicester last Saturday proved to be a highly successful and enjoyable event, with all relationships still intact by the end! The late addition of the Leicester pairing of Lizzie Rigley and Luke Whitehead to the field led to a certain amount of head scratching in the Leicester clubhouse as the original format had to be […]
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After their success at the British team knockout cup, Wednesfield travelled to Birmingham in hope of repeating their success over the Monarchs in order to become midland league champions. Both sides were weakened by their lack of riders available on the day. The Birmingham side were without Matt Smith, Scott Millward, the Winwood brothers, and their captain, Chris Timms. While […]
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Astley & Tyldesley bounced back to winning ways in the Northern League Division 1, after beating Northumbria Vikings 88-80, in a very sporting encounter at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T took heat wins in three of the opening five races to move into a 29-20 lead, but the visitors hit back in heat 6 when Kirkup and Redshaw came through […]
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Ipswich took a depleted team to Norfolk and came out on top after a battling performance against an determined Norwich team, who were equally a couple of riders down, which made for an entertaining match. The Whirlwinds were always in control, but knew they couldn’t take the Norfolk outfit for granted with the Medler, Wenn and Colby carrying the fight […]
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