A crowd of just under 100 witnessed the Edinburgh Falcons blow apart the long unbeaten run of Stockport 2006 with a win of some 17 points on Sunday afternoon. The visitors arrived minus Jake Read and the home side brought back Lee Lawrence in place of Douglas Morgan, who had ignored a club curfew the night before the big match. […]
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Poole Comets captain Greg Gluchowski (pictured leading by Peter Payne) topped the rostrum in a hotly contested Senior Laurels, sponsored by Daytec Communications, and just to emphasise the international flavour of the event, top Aussie Bobby McMillan joined him on the podium as runner-up along with British Champion Andy Angell who took third place. Angell started with 3 wins then […]
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This was a must win fixture for both clubs who were both unbeaten until today. From the very first race you could tell it was going to be a meeting all about tactics, everybody watching everybody else and not wanting to slip up. Sheffield made a bright start leading by a point after three races, Chris Jewkes getting his marching […]
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Track and weather conditions were near perfect for the first Elite match of the season at Harbourside but the crowd were deprived of the close and competitive encounter they anticipated as Newport failed to arrive with a fully competitive side due to the non-availability of a number of their squad riders. The comfortable winning margin was scant compensation for the […]
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The Eagles team were at full strength yesterday afternoon and looking to kick start their season against the reigning champions, Horspath, who arrived without two of their Polish riders, but still could boast a formidable team for the home side to deal with. The match itself was all but done and dusted inside the first three heats, as Ipswich shot themselves in the […]
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Coventry were the hosts for the third Midlands round sponsored by local estate agents, Merrick Binch, where seven riders took part in the competition for the first time. Under 8s In the U8’s Wednesfield’s Cory Burt held off the challenge of his team mate Boyd Haines to win the A final A Final Cory Burt, Boyd Haines, James Morris, Joseph […]
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Edinburgh once again proved just too strong for the Vikings, a strong start from the Falcons seeing them establish a 12 point lead at the halfway stage. Only Gavin Parr was able to win a heat for the home team in that first half, Parr who is surely one of the most in form riders in the country at the […]
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Poole arrived to face Sheffield for the first Elite league match to ever be staged at Cookson Park, Elite racing moving there while work takes place at the Graves for this season. Very few of the away riders had ever ridden there before, but if today’s match is anything to go on then it will play host to some exciting […]
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After a morning of heavy rain, Poole arrived at Sheffield to bright sunshine and a perfectly prepared track ready for racing. Both sides had made changes with Poole missing Greg Gluchowsk and Steve Harris, Sheffield without Radek Handke. Heat 1 saw the visitors draw first blood as Mikey Hewitson crashed and was forced to retire, luckily a superb win from […]
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A bad tempered affair which does nothing to enhance the sport. There were too many incidents to mention but there were numerous complaints ranging from the tapes, flags, track and the inevitable refereeing decisions. Despite the visitors top three looking strong on paper, on the day Leicester had too much power in the heat leader department. Mark Whitehead took a full […]
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Birmingham were the hosts for the second round of the Midlands BYJL which saw plenty of competitive racing. A better turnout in the Under 8’s saw a win for Wednesfield’s Finlay Burden just defeating round one winner Boyd Haines. This age group also featured the debut of 4 year old Ewan Turner – they certainly start them young at Wednesfield! […]
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Horspath Hammers started their defence of the Elite League title in less than convincing style defeating Poole 89-88 at The Village, going into the last heat 5 up Hammers Boaler and Nowacki rolled off the grids to ensure a slenderest of margin victory, a Horspath trademark of many years. However it was a much close affair than it really should […]
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Wednesfield Aces started their 2015 Elite League season yesterday afternoon with a massive win against a gallant Newport team. The Visitors heat leader Mark Carmichael was excluded in the first heat for moving whilst under starters orders and the aces collected a 7-2 heat win. Wednesfield then went on to record another five 7-3 heat advantages, with Newport claiming the inside grids […]
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The Elite league season started this weekend with Ipswich hosting Sheffield, in what has always been tight affairs in the past, and this afternoons encounter proved to be no different, with both sides not willing to give an inch. It was Sheffield who got off to an early lead, wining the three opening heats with a Chittock exclusion in the first while […]
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The first of the Midlands rounds saw wins for some of 2014’s main contenders with a move up an age group not proving an obstacle for Connor Steel, and unbeaten afternoons for both Brandon Whetton and Elizabeth Rigley. It was encouraging to see A final successes for Tyler Bould and Spencer Sawbridge, with newcomers Jack Reynolds and Ben Wells also […]
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It was a tense Easter Sunday affair between Wednesfield Dragons and Coventry. Just like in previous seasons, it went right down to the wire. The Dragons got off to a dream start, with Brandon Whetton and Carl Parfitt surprising everyone, by beating an off colour Dominik Rycharski and Charlie Barnett, to open up with a maximum heat advantage. McMillan and Phillips […]
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These fierce local rivals went head to head in this Division One clash looking to keep momentum, after both teams securing wins in their opening fixtures. Great Blakenham were looking to beat Ipswich for the first time since April 2012. Ipswich arrived at Blakenham with a depleted side, with only five riders available due to call offs and other commitments, […]
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Defending champions, Ipswich Whirlwinds, started with their longest journey of the season with a trip to East London. They were soon into their stride in the opening heats recording six heat advantages in the first half, taking a commanding fourteen point lead. The second half was much like the first, with the champions picking off the heats at will. The Whirlwinds know […]
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