Report by Graham Sutton Glorious weather, a healthy crowd and an encouraging rider response from regional clubs created the perfect return to BYJL racing at Harbourside Park after an absence of two years. There were plenty of new names in the Under 8’s but it was seasoned campaigner Lullah Curtis who delighted the home supporters with five unbeaten rides several […]
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The South West and Wales team achieved a sensational 6-point victory over the reigning Supertrax Battle of Britain champions, South East and East, at Exeter in a hard fought and controversial Elite Men’s Test Match at Exeter. The biggest talking point was a controversial heat 19 which saw both Ben Mould and Dan Knights excluded when they were lapped by Josh Brooke, […]
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Following consultation with clubs, a 12 noon start time has been agreed for the Gold Cup at Southampton on Sunday 15 July.
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You could be forgiven for thinking a match ran at the same time as England’s World Cup football campaign would offer up a lack lustre and poorly attended affair at the Supertrax Battle of Britain in Birmingham, but the Midlands and South West and Wales served up two excellent, hard fought encounters of elite Cycle Speedway for the healthy crowd. […]
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Attention turns back to elite racing this weekend after a long stretch of regional Sundays. Elite Men league leaders, South East and East, journey up to Cookson Park to face the North and Scotland. With rumours of in-form Andy Angell making his series debut for the home side, if they can get their best riders assembled, they could make life […]
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A sunny afternoon at Harbourside and the prospect of the top two South West and Wales teams going head to head attracted a healthy crowd for the Comets v Hammers encounter, and they were not disappointed. Ben Mould lined up for the home side for his first match since returning from Australia, having last ridden for the Dorset club back in 2012 […]
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Last Sunday (April 29) the Horspath Hammers welcomed the Newport Stars to the Recreation Ground, for their opening South West and Wales regional league fixture. With Newport having won the previous five league competitions, they showed their intent in retaining the league title, by sending a very strong team of 8, including flying in two top Polish riders Adam Bozewicz […]
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There was a very impressive turn out at East Newport Cycle Speedway club for round 2 of this year’s South West and Wales British Youth and Junior League event. A total of 78 riders made the journey to the short technical Welsh track. After some over night rain they were left with perfect track conditions, a cloudy day with a threat […]
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After last week’s opening Battle of Britain matches it was back to regional racing this Sunday, with matches taking place in all 4 regions. Here’s the results: Midland League Division One East Park 59 – 121 Birmingham Wednesfield 107 – 69 Leicester Division Two East Park – Birmingham Wednesfield (78+8) 86 – 82 (72+10) Leicester Division Three East Park 29 […]
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Harbourside Park regulars were treated to two cracking matches in the opening round of the 2018 Battle of Britain with the powerful North & Scotland squads taking the honours against South West and Wales after 40 pulsating heats of Elite racing. The Junior match opened the proceedings but there was nothing second best about the standard of racing as both […]
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It was round one of the Battle of Britain this afternoon, with Ipswich and Poole hosting the first matches of elite men and elite junior class racing. Up in the north, Edinburgh face Hull in a rearranged fixture following a previous postponement. Here’s the results:
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The elite Cycle Speedway team racing calendar gets underway this weekend, with round one of the Battle of Britain series commencing on Sunday. Ipswich’s Whitton Raceway and Poole’s Harbourside Park are the venues, for what should be 4 excellent matches. The South East & East team won the elite men’s series on points difference in 2017 over close rivals the […]
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Here are the results we have received so far from the fixtures for Sunday 15th April: Midland League Division One Coventry 82 – 96 Birmingham Division Two Coventry 79 – 71 Birmingham Division Three Coventry 51- 69 Birmingham Gold Cup Wednesfield – East Park North and Scotland League Division One Bury 75-102 Astley & Tyldesley Hull 111 – 67 Sheffield […]
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Breaking news in the South West and Wales region is East Newport Cycle Speedway club are making a 2018 comeback. The management at Underwood Flyers are now in a position to put a development plan in place, which will hopefully see a return of senior action back at the polo. Flyers Secretary, Chris Wright said: “Our plans will see us […]
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This Sunday welcomes the conclusion of the inaugural Supertrax Battle of Britain series, where it’s neck and neck at the top of the table between the South East and East, who travel to Hull to take on the North and Scotland, and the Midlands who ride at Poole against South West and Wales. There has been little to separate South […]
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Wednesfield, Newport, Ipswich and Astley & Tyldesley will line up in the CS Cup Play off final at Coventry next weekend, after coming out on top in their respective regional play off finals. Over 100 riders took part in the regional play off finals in 15 teams this afternoon, sadly Edinburgh had to pull out a few weeks ago due […]
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Here’s a quick catch up from the previous weekend’s Supertrax racing that we missed, where Bury hosted the third round of the Women’s League and the South East and East took on South West and Wales at Great Blakenham. Bury’s Neil Howarth got some great shots in Bury, check out his photos in the slideshow below: Meanwhile, Brian Barnett was […]
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Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway team secured top spot in the South West and Wales Division 1 League, after a comfortable 97-79 home win against nearest rivals Horspath Hammers. Jack Harrold failed a late fitness test on an injured hamstring, so Newport brought in Callum Goward. Newport dominated the early heats through fine wins from Jacob Soper, Ben Mould and […]
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