The Monarchs started their Midland League One campaign with an against the odds victory at East Park. Missing senior riders Scott Millward, Carl Winwood and Andy James, it was always going to be a backs against the wall type of meeting, with everyone needing to dig in deep. Heat 1 started with a home advantage as Ricki Johnson battled with Luke […]
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Tune in this evening to find out who did what and where, as a healthy Sunday of regional racing takes place in all four regions. Midland League Division One Wednesfield Dragons 98 – 80 Coventry East Park 81 – 96 Birmingham Division Two East Park 69 – 55 Birmingham Northern League Division One Bury 89 – 85 Stockport Edinburgh 114 […]
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Leicester’s second division team were victorious in a Midland League Division Two challenge match last night against Brandon Bees. Luke Whitehead top scored for the Monarchs, whilst Brandon tracked some younger riders and debutant Joe Andrews had his first experience of league racing after attending Coventry’s club night for the last two weeks. Here are the scores: BRANDON BEES 55 Matt […]
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Defending Midland League Champions, Wednesfield Aces, had a comfortable win against the Leicester Monarchs, around the sunny but cold Ashmore Park track. The score does not reflect the effort that Leicester put into this very competitive match, the East Midlanders pushed the Aces all the way with a team that was a mixture of youth and experience, which included former British […]
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The Wednesfield Dragons tamed the Wolves of East Park to take the Midland League Division 1 match at Ashmore Park on Sunday. With seven riders only available due to injuries for Dragons, East Park were well in control by the half way stage, leading the Dragons by 48-39. In the second half the Dragons had different look about them and started to […]
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Paul Devine was at Ashmore Park on Sunday with his camera to capture the action between Wednesfield Dragons and East Park, a match that came down to a single point. Check out the photos below, thanks for sending them in, Paul.
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The Midland regional Cycle Speedway league held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 22 November 2015. The meeting was well attended by representatives of the Leagues member clubs and saw the decision to return to racing under the governance British Cycling, rather than TLI. The meeting was informed of the decision by Brian Buck to step down from the positions […]
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East Park Wolves chairman, Al Bentley has written to the Midland League committee outlining his club’s desire to pursue racing under British Cycling for 2016. The Midland League ran their racing under the TLI umbrella in 2015 after a unanimous decision to take their regional racing commitments away from British Cycling. Now, Bentley wants to see the Wolves back under […]
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Coventry went down 73-105 to their West Midlands rivals, Birmingham, in a feisty encounter that boiled over at times. Coventry sportingly delayed the fixture by 30 minutes to allow Ricki Johnson to arrive at the track after an accident on the A45 and the visitors were merciless in the opening half, with the hosts only able to secure one shared […]
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Newport won their third South and South Wales title in a row in the play off final, against Poole Comets and Swindon. Check out all the other results we’ve received below. South and South Wales Play Off Final Newport 96 Poole Comets 87 Swindon 82 Midland League Coventry 73 – 105 Birmingham (ML1) Coventry 44 – 36 Birmingham (ML2) Coventry […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway club bring down the Midland League curtain on a hugely successful season at Hearsall Common by entertaining Birmingham at the Earlsdon venue tomorrow (Sunday 18th October), commencing at 2pm. A win will ensure Coventry will finish in third place in the final Midland League standings. The club have enjoyed success on all fronts this year, with high […]
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Paul Devine caught the Midland League action between Wednesfield Aces and Coventry yesterday, which saw the Aces win their final match of the season against Coventry. Check out the photos here (scores below): Midland League Division 1 WEDNESFIELD ACES 98 PAUL HEARD 17, CHRIS JEWKES 17, ADAM TIPTON 5, MARK GRIFFITHS 15, CARL PARFITT 19, ALEX ARIS 8, LEE KEMP […]
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The season drew to a close for many today but not all. Here’s the results we’ve had in so far… Midland League Wednesfield 98 – 80 Coventry (ML1) Wednesfield 38 – 26 Coventry (ML2) Northern League Sheffield 83 – 92 Bury (NL1) Sheffield 62 – 88 Bury (NL2) Sheffield 76 (seven riders) – 233 (21 riders) Bury (NL3) South East League […]
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Coventry Cycle Speedway riders Bobby McMillan and Dan Drewett scored a superb double success in two major events last weekend in Birmingham, capping a tremendous season for the popular duo. McMillan, in the form of his career, stormed to the gold medal in the Second City Trophy at the Birmingham track last Saturday. In typically swashbuckling style, the Australian topped […]
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As the season draws to a close there has been considerable interest shown from across the country regarding the operation of the Midland League under the TLI banner. Has it been a success or has it meant a major upheaval? Leicester’s administrator Tim Jarvis explains his experience when he spoke to us this week. Tim said, “It was probably a misconception […]
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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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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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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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