Newport (Dig It Landscapes) Cycle Speedway team recorded their biggest win of the season, defeating a weakened Swindon Robins by 109 points to 69, at Newport Sports Village. Although Newport won by a huge 40 points, only evergreen Kevin Greaves remained unbeaten by a Swindon rider. The Welsh team welcomed Mark Carmichael back from injury, he looked quite sharp and […]
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Swindon Robins hosted the Poole Comets on a bright and sunny Sunday afternoon at the Oasis Leisure Centre, where the racing didn’t disappoint. A spirited first half didn’t quite go to plan for Swindon, and at the halfway stage they were 10 down. Swindon hung on as best they could but Poole’s strength and depth, including former European Champion Maciej […]
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Last Sunday, Horspath welcomed local rivals Swindon Robins to the Village Recreation Ground. Unfortunately for Swindon, top rider Steve Harris was racing in Poland, and with Shaun Rudman unavailable and Jim Bailey currently sidelined, the Robins could only track five riders against the Hammers, who were only missing Dave Liebermann with the back injury picked up at Poole last weekend. […]
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Suffolk duo, Josh Brooke and Pierce Bacon took home the top prize at Swindon on Saturday, in another successful round of HSBC | UK Elite GP action last Saturday. The results catapult both riders into second place in the standings. In the elite men’s class it need two run offs to decide the final placings. Brooke and Lukas Nowacki, back […]
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Exeter Aces powered their way to a convincing 34 point victory over Swindon as they returned to South West and Wales Regional League team racing at Cofton Road last weekend. Exeter took command in the second heat, with race winner Rob Geach being followed home by Aces’ captain Connor Tucker as the Swindon pair of Yard and Collier trailed behind […]
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Suffolk duo, Josh Brooke and Pierce Bacon took home the top prize at Swindon this afternoon in another successful round of HSBC | UK Elite GP action. In the elite men’s class it need two run offs to decide the final placings. Brooke and Lukasz Nowacki both finished on 18 points and the Great Blakenham rider made no mistake from […]
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Entries for the HSBC | UK Elite GP Round 2 are still open until tomorrow evening (Wednesday 7 June). The Elite Senior class will have a semi final after exceeding 16 entries, it is hoped between 20 and 24 will be the final entry number, which is a real positive step forward for the new competition. As it stands, the Elite Junior […]
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Entries for the HSBC | UK Elite GP round 2, which takes place at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon on Saturday 10 June, close this Sunday evening (4 June), and it’s shaping up to be another excellent round of racing. The top three in the elite men standings; Ben Mould, Lewis Osborne and Myke Grimes are already in the mix, […]
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Entries for round two of the HSBC | UK Elite GP, hosted in the South West and Wales region at Swindon, are now open on the British Cycling website. Ben Mould and Ed Morton currently lead the standings after an competitive round one at East Park and took home the maximum prize money. Round two takes place at the Oasis […]
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Swindon Robins hosted local rivals Horspath Hammers in their second home meeting of the season. Both teams looked fairly even on paper but a late withdrawal for the Robins tilted the tie probably in the visiting teams favour, which ended 85-91. The meeting started with multiple drawn heats, until Swindon did find the edge to lead by a point at […]
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Poole hit the 100 mark in their match against Swindon at the Harbourside on Sunday, with Greg Gluchowski and Macie Schmidt guesting for the Robins in the South West and Wales encounter. Graham Robins was there to capture the action, check out his photos in the slideshow below.
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Despite a spirited Swindon effort, the Aces started 2017 with an emphatic win over their Wiltshire rivals, for whom only former World Champion Steve Harris offered any major resistance with 4 heat wins. He was well supported by former Aces’ rider Andrew Yard who notched a couple of decent second places. Aaron Herbert was the first Aces rider to defeat Harris […]
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The entry for one of Cycle Speedway’s newest and exciting competitions is now open via the British Cycling website. The HSBC Elite GP series takes place over four rounds for Elite Men and Elite Junior categories, however entry is open to absolutely anybody, of any nationality, wishing to test themselves. Prize money is up for grabs in each round, with the overall winner being […]
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Wednesfield Aces kicked off their pre-season with a win over Swindon Robins at the Oasis Leisure Centre, securing victory by 84-96. Topping the score chart was Aces legend, Lee Aris, with a maximum and was backed up strongly by team partner Brandon Whetton with 18pts. If it wasn’t for a fall in his second race, then Paul Heard would of scored maximum […]
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Following analysis of the Referee Reports for 2017, the following clubs came top of the pile in respect of the 2016 British Cycling Cycle Speedway Club Fair Play Award. Coventry Edinburgh Glasgow Heckmondwike Swindon Southampton Each club will be presented with a framed certificate to mark this achievement at an opportune moment in the near future.
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Horspath Hammers have signed Swindon’s sibling duo, Jake and Alice Neighbour for the 2017 season, while Lewis and Chris Osborne head back to their hometown club, Great Blakenham. Welcoming the Neighbours to Horspath, team Manager, Zac Payne said: “Jake has been in exceptional form the last season, coming 2nd in Europe in the junior category and riding every week for […]
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Swindon finished the season in their highest ever league position since the club formed in 1976 when they came second in a three way race off for the South West title on Sunday. Newport were the eventual winners for the fourth year in a row, but didn’t have it all their own way until the final third of the meeting, where […]
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Swindon secured their play off place on Sunday with a convincing home win over the Exeter Aces. Recruiting a few former riders in the form of Danny Harper and Shaun Rudman, the Swindon team were too strong for a stubborn Exeter side, who were missing a few key riders, which eventually led to them coming up short. By half time The […]
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