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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Edinburgh wrapped up the league title with a hard fought victory at a warm and sunny Glasgow this afternoon. Now that’s a couple of words that don’t usually appear in the same sentence as Glasgow! But it was sunny – honest. The home side kept the champions elect under some pressure in the early stages and was still level at […]
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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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The Northern League One Yorkshire derby between Sheffield CRA Rockets and Heckmondwike carried extra importance, as the winners would move into a position of mid-table security. Both teams fielded weakened teams, Sheffield were without Hudson, Gamble, Morton and Brown. Heckmondwike had no Idziorek, Kent or Wood.
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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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Better late than never! This was sitting in our Facebook inbox and we missed it unfortunately. But you can check the classic Northern League encounter between Edinburgh and Astley and Tyldesley here. It finished in a stalemate at 89-89, with a last ditch 7-3 getting the Falcons a much welcomed point.
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This Northern League Yorkshire derby resulted in a surprising, but deserved, 92-87 victory for Hull over their hosts Sheffield Rockets. Sheffield had won on Humberside back in March and were looking for a league double, whereas Hull were looking for their first win of the season. The first two heats were drawn, Lewis Aylmer and Jason Burke taking the wins. […]
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Despite the fact that Bury were missing several regular first team riders, they were still too strong for a pretty much full strength Northumbria. The visitors tried hard throughout to keep the scores close, Michael Parr riding through the pain barrier of a leg injury sustained at Hull to win his final race in some style, while Gavin Parr was […]
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Here’s the results for round 7 of the Elite League. Elite League Ipswich 75 – Wednesfield 103 Horspath 111 – 69 Newport Poole 84 – 93 Sheffield Match race trophy: Myke Grimes beat Greg Gluchowski Elite League Combination Ipswich 67 – 66 (59+7) Wednesfield Horspath 51 – 78 Newport Poole 67 (56+11) – 72 Sheffield Northern League Bury 90 – […]
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With Heckmondwike arriving missing two key riders, Pawel Idziorek and Jake Wood having other commitments, they had little chance of troubling the home side too much, the Vikings able to gain revenge for their own defeat at Firth Park on the opening day of the season. Andy Knowles made a winning start as the stand in team manager for […]
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Astley & Tyldesley moved into second place in the Northern League Division 1, after beating Sheffield 100-75, at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T opened up with two maximum heat wins and this was extended to a 16 points lead, as early as heat 7. The visitors then claimed inside grid positions and the match outcome was never in doubt. Sheffield battled […]
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Here’s the results as they arrive, a bit later than usual, apologies for that! Midland League Leicester – Birmingham (ML1) Leicester – Birmingham (ML2) Leicester – Birmingham (MJL) Wednesfield Dragons 107 – 73 East Park (ML1) Northern League Stockport 100 – 78 Bury (NL1) Stockport – Bury (NL2) Stockport – Bury (NL3) Northumbria 81 – 67 Heckmondwike (NL1) Northumbria 35 […]
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What a meeting full of incident this was, Astley pulling ahead early on and battling hard throughout the contest which was fought in a no holds barred but utterly sporting manner throughout. Where do we begin with this report ? Perhaps rather than the usual concise flavour of the days racing, we’ll this time just re-cap and list the myriad […]
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The meeting started with a rare couple of 5-4’s, Paul Thompson falling in heat 1 for Northumbria, Colin Gray then coming a cropper after a bold attempt to pass Andy Knowles in heat 2. Glasgow took the lead with a 7-3 in heat 4, Joe Beuckmann and Gray taking a max in that race. Andy McDougal then held off Dan […]
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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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Here is the footage of the Northern League Division 1 clash between Edinburgh and Stockport at Redbraes Park on Sunday, courtesy of Alan Hewitson. The Falcons defeated the champions ending their impressive run of going over two years unbeaten in the league.
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It didn’t quite live up to the pre-meeting hype, but Edinburgh finally shook off their bogey team for these past number of years. Although Stockport arrived minus Jake Read, a much determined and focused Falcons Team duly went about their business, pleasing the larger than normal, noisy crowd. The first two races were a trade of 5-5s, Mat Lush losing […]
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The return of former ‘Young England’ international Aiden Owen to the Sheffield line up, probably took away any doubts that the hosts would be troubled by Northumbria, a still competitive yet friendly encounter the result, with the Rockets racing away to a 20 point win. Jason Burke top scored for the Rockets, with Richard Hudson and Kyle Holland alongside Owen […]
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