NEWS: Referees’ training courses announced
Two Regional Cycle Speedway Referees’ Training Courses have now been confirmed.
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MATCH REPORT: Wharrier’s return sparks Vikings victory
Northumbria’s Dan Wharrier has spent the last year working in the US, he is now back and in his first meeting dropped just one point. Sheffield arrived on Tyneside with a weakened side due to holidays, they faced a Northumbria team without Gavin Parr and flu victim Terry Kirkup. Jason Keith beat Adam Watson in heat 1, which turned out […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Stars outshone by Comets
Having lost at Hull in midweek, it was imperative that the Sheffield Stars won this North and Scotland League One clash with Bury Comets if they were to be involved in the end of season play-offs. It was not to be, as a close and enthralling match ended with the visitors plundering the league points with a 90-89 victory. Adam […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Leaders Stockport defeated at A&T
Gin Pit was the venue on Sunday for a hard fought North and Scotland League clash between Division 1 leaders Stockport and second placed A&T. Despite A&T having three key riders missing due to injury (enforced retirement), illness and suspension, it was the home team who came out of the blocks fastest. A&T took the lead in heat 2 and […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Hull back in the game with Sheffield win
Sheffield Stars’ North and Scotland League One play-off hopes suffered a setback when they lost this midweek encounter at Hull by 82-95, as the home team won for the first time this season. The Stars were at full strength, with Niall Morton returning to the number one race jacket. Hull though were able to play the trump card of including […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Stockport cruise to victory against Sheffield
Sheffield crashed to their heaviest Northern League One defeat of the season so far, losing by 68-112 to Stockport at St Thomas Park. The unbeaten league leaders were ruthless as they put Sheffield to the sword, providing the race winner in 17 of the 18 heats (ten of which were won with the 7-3 maximum score). The pattern for the […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Stockport and Bury take honours in Northern Knock-Out Cup Final
The annual Northern Fours meeting was held at Cramlington on Sunday. First to ride were the juniors with four teams taking part. It was an absorbing contest with the scores tight and the result not decided until the final heat. Sheffield, Stockport and Bury fought tooth and nail throughout, with Northumbria very much also rans. Bury came out on top […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Bury victorious at Goshen
Bury Comets Cycle Speedway team took full advantage of a full strength Division Two squad for the first time this season, with a convincing victory over a weakened Glasgow side at Goshen. The Comets saw Adam Taylor return from his early season injury to bolster an already unbeaten side. The match began with a Bury 7-3 from Steve Mann and […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Sheffield inflict further woe on Hull
This Northern League basement battle between Sheffield Stars and Hull took place on a dry and dusty Cookson bowl. Sheffield maintained their unbeaten home start in League One with a 104-76 victory, leaving Hull still looking for their first victory and putting some daylight between the Stars and the points-less duo of Hull and Northumbria Vikings. Sheffield started strongly, Niall […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Bury ease to victory at Cramlington
A Northumbria side trying to cope with the retirement and semi-retirement of Gavin Parr were unfortunate to meet a strong Bury team on Sunday. Things started brightly when Will Owens’ bike gave up the ghost at the start of heat 1, Jason Keith allowed Terry Kirkup through on the first bend and a 7-3 resulted. Bury turned the screw and […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Triple victory for A&T at Edinburgh
Astley & Tyldesley visited the defending Northern League Division 1 champions, Edinburgh, on Sunday. After two shared heats, A&T took the lead with a 6-3 win in heat 3. A 7-3 win to the strong Tomasz Wlodarczyk/ Damian Zareba pairing over Jason Burke/ Marcin Czarkowski in heat 9 gave A&T a commanding 50-39 interval lead. A 7-2 to the Burke/ […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Stars earn first points of the season
Sheffield and Northumbria were keen to forget their Division 1 losses last week against Bury and Edinburgh respectively. Sheffield were unchanged and Northumbria making one change to their main six as Dan Redshaw returned in place of Gavin Parr (away motor speedway racing at Scunthorpe). Four 7-3s and a 6-4 for Sheffield in the first six heats put the Stars […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Nail biting finish at Redbraes Park
With Stockport having concerns over transport during the previous few days, it was a relief to see an 8 man team line up for the NL Division One match against Edinburgh at a sun drenched Redbraes Park. Once the match started, it was clear that Stockport’s pre-season training had paid dividends as several of the home side looked to be […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Another triple win for Bury
Bury Comets Cycle Speedway team followed up last weekend’s opening day success with another triple win, this time at home to Hull. The weather was again excellent, as Comets fielded a strong side, this time using nine riders in the Division One setup. Hull had six, plus Katie Greaves at reserve who didn’t actually get into the action until Division […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Bury entertain Sheffield in season opener
The sun shone on the opening day of the 2017 cycle speedway season, as Sheffield visited Goshen Sports Centre to take on Bury Comets. The Division One fixture began with a competitive race featuring Will Owens and Danny Taylor against Sheffield’s Niall Morton and Laura Watson. A freak coming together between Taylor and Morton saw a rerun, but Morton was […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: The Revolution(s) have started!
Fife ‘Revolutions’ Cycle Speedway competed in their first ever competitive fixture when they raced against Hull this afternoon in glorious sunshine at their Fife track. There was plenty of anticipation around this fixture to see if Fife’s young team could live up to their hype. Against a weakened Hull team in front of a sizeable crowd, Fife duly delivered, and once they’ve […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Narrow defeat for A&T at Stockport
Astley and Tyldesley suffered a narrow defeat in their opening Northern League Division 1 match of the season on Sunday. Team Green travelled to last year’s league runners-up, Stockport, and put in a determined showing, to go agonizingly close, losing 88-86. Stockport got off to a maximum 7-2 heat win in heat 1, after Kyle Holland, on his A&T debut, […]
Read moreTODAY’S RESULTS: Northern League and Spring Cups
Here are the results we’ve had in for today’s racing. Got a result? Send it to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk – keep checking back to 33/18 News for updates. Northern League Division One Bury 108 – 72 Sheffield Northumbria 69 – 109 Edinburgh Stockport 88 – 86 Astley & Tyldesley Match race: Hewitson (holder) beat Kirkup (challenger) Division Two Bury 83 – 64 Sheffield Fife […]
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