RESULT: Heckmondwike 67-83 Sheffield
Sheffield Rockets solidified their mid-table position with a good win away at Heckmondwike last night.
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VIDEO: Sheffield 94 – 78 Poole
Alan Hewitson and his camera were at Sunday’s Elite League clash between Sheffield and Poole at Cookson Park. Check out all the action, including Pawel Idziorek’s match race trophy win against Arron Morgan. First half Second half
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Solid victory for the Stars against Poole
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 […]
Read moreNEWS: Knocked out Ben on the mend
Poole Comets’ Ben Donohue was discharged from Poole A & E after being kept in for observation overnight following a heavy fall yesterday at Sheffield. Ben clashed with Stars’ Gavin Parr in heat 17 of the Elite League encounter and landed heavily sustaining a hand injury and a blow to the head which briefly knocked him out. Further attention to […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Team work see Sheffield home & dry
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 […]
Read moreRESULTS: Northern KO Cup from Sheffield
Here are the results for the Northern League KO Cup at Cookson Park, Sheffield, including a contender for pic of the year by Linda Kirkland, if you haven’t seen it already, it’s a cracker! SENIOR FINAL ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY (46) – Radek Handke 15(4), Damian Zareba 14(4), Reece Pollitt 10(4), Mark Mulvey 7(4), Gareth Paine DNR BURY (43) – Ben […]
Read moreVIDEO: Ipswich 85 – 90 Sheffield
Alan Hewitson was present at the Whitton Raceway on Sunday, to capture the action from round one of the 2015 Elite League season. A strong looking Sheffield team overcame a determined Ipswich side, as the points went back to the steel city. Check out the action here. First half Second Half
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Teamwork key in victory for the Stars
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 […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Rockets run Stockport to the wire
Stockport came to Cookson in a match with a strong team compared to Sheffield’s redeveloping one. They were buoyed by the return of Ben Higham in place of Michael Preston, the league leaders and defending champions wanting to continue their stunning run of form. Sheffield knew it would be difficult to stop them, and so put out the strongest side […]
Read moreRESULTS: Sheffield 86 – 93 Stockport
Sheffield ran Stockport all the way losing out narrowly to the league champions at Cookson Park yesterday, with the final score finishing 86 – 93. Division One Sheffield 86 Jason Burke 13(5), Richard Hudson 13+1(5), Niall Morton 13+1(5), Kyle Holland 12+1(5), Simon Gamble 10+1 (4), Luke Morton 10+2(4), Vicky Brown 8+1(4),Matt Parrott 7(4) Stockport 93 Ben Higham 17+1(5), Jack Lush […]
Read moreRESULTS: Northern League BYJL from Sheffield
Under 8s Joe Brownell (Sheffield) 16, Lucy Grantham (A&T) 10, Duncan Whalley (Bury) 10, Max Quarmvy (A&T) 2 (withdrew). Final – 1st Joe Brownell (25), 2nd Duncan Whalley (20), 3rd Lucy Grantham (18). Under 10s Jack Brownell (Sheffield) 16, Ed Lister (Hull) 13, Logan Perkins (Sheffield) 13, John White (A&T) 11, Joe Quarmby (A&T) 9, Angel Etheridge (Bury) 8, HermoineWhalley […]
Read moreNEWS: Traffic and parking warning for Sheffield BYJL round
The Sheffield Club need to warn any riders preparing to travel to Cookson Park for the 1st round of the BYJL this Saturday (11th April 2015) that there maybe parking and travelling issues. The Cookson track is within 1 mile of Hillsborough stadium and Sheffield Wednesday FC have a home fixture on the same day. For those in the early heats (ie […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: New look A&T show off their potential
Astley & Tyldesley made the best possible start to the 2015 Northern League season, by winning all three matches at Sheffield on Sunday! There was a great turn-out of riders, parents, officials and supporters as Team Green showed their intentions for the new season. In the Division 1 match, Mark Mulvey and Damian Zareba teamed up to take 1st and […]
Read moreMATCH REPORT: Astley take the win at Cookson
Both these teams lined up with sides that looked quite different to the same match last season. Damian Zareba, Radek Handke & Mark Mulvey made their A&T debuts, with Reece Pollitt, Ciaran Collins & Max Evans the young blood and Paul Graham & Lee Phillips providing the experience. For Sheffield, a young side featuring Richard Hudson, Kyle Holland, Matt Parrott […]
Read morePREVIEW: Northern League 2015
Northumbria’s Neil Magee has sent us a fantastic preview of the Northern League 2015 season. The season kicks off this weekend with Sheffield hosting the most pro-active club in the transfer window, Astley and Tyldesley. Hull make the long jaunt up to Edinburgh and Heckmondwike welcome Northumbria. Champions Stockport and Bury start their campaigns next weekend. Here is Neil’s break down of how […]
Read moreTRANSFER NEWS: Star becomes an Ace
Sheffield’s Australian star, Bobby McMillan, put pen to paper at the weekend and ended weeks of speculation over his future in the Elite League.
Read moreTRANSFER NEWS: Handke makes A&T switch
Astley & Tyldesley are delighted to announce the signing of Polish international Radek Handke, on a full transfer, for the 2015 cycle speedway season.
Read moreNEWS: Brown presented with Wilkinson Sword award
One of the most popular and forward thinking members of the Cycle Speedway community, Sheffield’s Ian Brown, has been presented with the Wilkinson Sword award.
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