04/4/14 Spokesman-online / BC CS News
Spokesman-online, the most popular place for CS news over the last 6+ years, is no longer being updated. The eve of season discovery was a disappointment to many, but I guess all good things come to an end. The sport owes editor Rod Witham a big thank you for the fantastic job he did, and I doubt many realise how much time such a project required.
British Cycling have pledged to keep the sport's fraternity informed though, and their cycle speedway newsletter page looks set to take over from Spokesman-online. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/cyclespeedway/article/cysst-Cycle-Speedway-Newsletter-0 is the URL to bookmark.
29/11/07 Spokesman-online
Spokesman, the sport's respected magazine will never be the same after long-time editor Rod Witham has reluctantly stood down. Production of the magazine appears to have been paused for some reason but Rod's talents will not be idle. Spokesman-online is now the place to go for the latest cycle speedway news. It has started off really well and I recommend you go there now and bookmark it.
This new site, along with the Yahoo Groups cycle speedway mailing list are the great sources for current information in the sport. Although some clubs still prefer to keep their activities secret, plenty of clubs have web sites and there is now a good internet presence for our sport. There is therefore no longer a need for me to maintain a news page here. And I'll take any extra spare time I can!
22/11/07 SE Get Together
South East clubs met in November for the region's AGM. There was little to report apart from the fact that Somersham were unable to commit to league racing next year. The Stars constantly failed to field a full side during 2007 after being let down by riders, and rarely stood a chance of winning meetings. There is a chance they may compete after the Kesgrave club have offered to help out but the riders will inevitably decide.
The commitee were all re-elected without issue, and there were few rule changes to worry about. The most interesting will see the SE2 restricted riders being reviewed during the year based on current averages.
13/9/07 Proposals
You may not have thought about 2008 yet, but as soon as the racing season is over the 2007 Cycle Speedway AGM will be upon us. It is on November 25, but proposals for change need to be submitted by September 28. This doesn't leave long so clubs wishing to make proposals should waste no time and send them in writing to the BC CS Administrator.
10/9/07 Major Funding Boost reports Rob Absalom
East Newport CSC have been awarded a grant totalling £4200 from the Sports Council for Wales towards developing their facilities and equipment.
The club will now have the necessary equipment to start accommodating the younger riders who turn up on training nights but as yet have not been able to enjoy the thrills of cycle speedway on bikes built for their size. The attractive Larch Grove circuit will have a new vandal proof portakabin, new bikes, helmets, gloves and their safety fence finished off with chain link fencing installed around the full perimeter. The club will also fund 2 members to become full BCF coaches to assist current coach Pete Sadler with the expected upturn in rider totals coming to Welsh club.
24/6/07 Money Talks
Leicester CSC are pleased to announce an award of £1495.00 from Young People First. This will aid the development of work with junior riders. Meanwhile, Newport are pleased to announce they have been granted a 1000 pounds grant from the community chest. This will go towards new bikes coaches and track equipment.
03/6/07 Depressing find for Exeter
Exeter csc has suffered the worst act of vandalism they have ever encountered. All the club huts and equipment have been wrecked including the new club house built by the members and parents. They face an uphill struggle to prepare for next weekend when Exeter host the under 19 nationals, but with a lot of help from parents and club members they hope to be up and running. Check the photos on the Exeter site (not sure how long they'll be there).
31/5/07 DVD
Charlie Monster Productions have now released their DVD of the British Under 16's Team Finals held at Leicester's Glover Park track.
The professionally produced recording features all 56 heats from both of the semi finals and the final itself plus a edited highlights section with all the best races........and crashes!
Orders can be placed via the Leicester Monarchs website at £5.00 including post and packing.
29/5/07 TV
Manchester TV Company Channel M are to filem the British Team Championship meeting between Bury and Hethersett. The meeting is on Sunday June 10 at the Goshen Leisure Centre, Tennyson Av, Bury, Lancashire at 15:00.
Channel M can be found on SKY digital channel 203, NTL digital channel 878, and Free to Air 39.615Mhz. Check the Cycle Speedway Mailing list for info on when it will be screened.
14/5/07 Current Top Premier League Averages From Ewan Tulloch
Marcin Szymanski Wed 6 3.70 Lukasz Nowacki Lei 4 3.60 Daniel Pudney Ple 4 3.60 Darek Kurkowski A&T 3 3.53 Mark Boaler Hor 4 3.50 Lee Aris Wed 6 3.33 Jono Birks She 3 3.33 Marcus Wadhams Wed 6 3.23 Terry Norman Wed 6 3.23 Radek Sieradski She 3 3.20
12/11/06 British Double
British Champion Lee Aris completed the double after winning the British Indoor Championship at Salford. Lee dropped just won point on his way to the title and then helped Wednesfield win the British Team Title. But it wasn't all good news in the Aris camp - Wayne Aris broke his thigh after falling in the second heat of the day. We wish him a quick recovery.
12/11/06 Monarchs Go Ride reports Tim Crusher
Leicester Cycle Speedway are pleased to announce the attainment of Go-Ride status, this is the cumulation of much hard work and dedication by the clubs committee and it's appointed coaches.
12/11/06 SE AGM
The South East regional clubs met early this off-season for their annual meeting. There was not too much to report - the basic structure and all official positions remaining unchanged. The unpopular Combination league was dropped but the SE Grand Prix series re-instated with a massive increase in the number of rounds. There was also plenty of discussion on disciplinary matters and the British Premier League.
08/10/06 Go Ridereports Den Engel
Congratulations to Bury CSC, who announced last week that they are the latest Cycle Speedway club to receive go-ride accreditation.
03/9/06 Italian Job reports Tim Crusher
Leicester are to play host to a group of Italian cyclists currently in the UK studying (new to them) disciplines. This is a fully funded visit with the aim of starting various cycling centres in Italy. They first heard of cycle speedway from a DVD produced by the city council and seem keen to explore the possibilites of including it in their plans.
18/8/06 Go Ride
Newport have become the latest cs club to gain British Cycling Go Ride accreditation. The club were officially launced on Tuesday by Mr Ian Jenkins, developement officer of the Welsh Cycling Union, where the certificate was handed over to club chairman John Turner, in front of the club's youngsters, parents and sponsors.
27/7/06 Rat Race
Edinburgh Falcons Cycle Speedway Club was proud to host one of the events in this Years Edinburgh Rat Race Adventure series on Saturday 15th July 2006. The Rate Race Urban adventure is designed to be extreme fun for all levels from newcomers to elite adventure racers.
After last years event, where Cycle Speedway was open to only the "elite" racers, great feedback from the competitors meant this time over 60 teams of three appeared during the evening at Redbraes. Ian "caveman" McKinlay, Tommy Lee, Gav Kennedy and Ewan "Sid" Tulloch took each of the teams through their paces in a series of short sharp races earning each team points in their quest to become this year's Rat Race winners.
Look out for the highlights show on Channel 4 later this year to catch Cycle Speedway at Redbraes on "terrestrial" TV for the 2nd year in a row!
27/7/06 Hotel
The official hotel for the British Finals weekend in the North is:
VILLAGE BURY
WATERFORD BUSINESS PARK
ROCHDALE ROAD
BURY
BL9 7BQ
TEL: 0161 764 4444
30/1/06 League Structures includes information from Pete Ward & Graham Sutton
The 2006 Premier League:
Bury
Horspath
Leicester
Norwich
Poole
Sandwell
Southampton
Wednesfield
12 Teams entered the British Team Championship:
1st Round Sunday 14th May:
Leicester v Hull
Norwich v Sandwell
Poole v Horspath
Stockport 2006 v Bury
Hellingly, Southampton, Stoke and Wednesfield received byes to 2nd Round Sunday 11th June.
Three additional clubs have joined the South West region for 2006, East Newport, Filton and Weymouth.
SOUTH WEST DIV. 1 (Open but teams are grade restricted as previously)
East Newport, Filton, Hellingly, Horspath, Newport, Poole, Southampton, Swindon. Formula - standard 8-a-side, 18 heat.
SOUTH WEST COMBINATION (Open. Penalty pts for using Div 1 competitors)
East Newport, Hellingly, Horspath, Poole, Southampton, Swindon. Formula - 4-a-side + 2 optional reserves, 8 heat. Bonus league point for using separate teams.
SOUTH WEST CONFERENCE (U.18 riders but no age restriction for girls.)
East Newport, Exeter, Filton, Horspath, Newport, Poole, Southampton, Swindon. Formula - 6-a-side + 2 optional reserves, 15 heat. .
South East Div.1:
East London
Eaton
Gt Blakenham
Hethersett
Ipswich
Kesgrave
Norwich
Somersham
South East Div.2:
Colchester
East London B
Gt Blakenham B
Gt Wakering
Hethersett B
Ipswich B
South East Combination:
Gt Blakenham
Ipswich
Norwich
South East Youth:
Colchester
Hethersett
Ipswich
Spixworth
Norfolk & Suffolk:
Eaton
Gt Blakenham
Ipswich
Kesgrave
Somersham
15/1/06 South East Plan for 2006
The South East League met today for their AGM and the league structure remains very similar for another season. There was also a pleasing stability on the personnel front with all officers retaining their roles.
There was plenty of debate for chairman Dave Flemming to manage though, with the race formula coming under considerable scrutiny. The outcome was that riding places have been traded for more opposition, as SE1 will now use the 6 rider per team formula as per SE2. The reason for this was that Kesgrave, Eaton and Somersham were unable to field 8 man teams, and appeared disinterested in SE2.
As usual secondary registrations was another heated area. Here the SE will continue to operate contrary to National rules, by allowing secondary registrations within the same competition. They could even be allowed within the same division!
On a more professional note, a bond is now required for clubs entering the league to dissuade them from withdrawing mid-season.
The meeting was followed by the East Anglian Association's meeting which covered more ground than usual.
Secondary Registrations again got a hearing, and there was a surprising u-turn with clubs' views of 12 months ago, and these registrations will now be recognized again.
The association discussed the poor attendance at their events last year, but in a brave move have decided to increase the number of them in 2006. Switching from Saturdays to Sundays is seen as the saviour.
10/1/06 New Track at Filton as reported on Filton town council's site
Filton Town Council is to build a new cycle speedway track in Elm Park near to the Filton Sports and Leisure Centre. Former rider Andy Hewlett is the main man responsible for bringing the sport back to the Bristol area. He used to ride at Easton and later founded Somerset Speedway at Highbridge. A lot of work is ahead though to build the track in time for the 2006 season.
Filton Cycle Speedway Club is running a competition for under 16s where you can win a new bike. See the club's site.
18/10/05 Premier and Northern Winners information from Pete Ward
Premier League HORSPATH
Premier Combination League LEICESTER
Midland/North Regional League STOKE
Midland/North Regional Combination League SANDWELL
Midland/North Division Two SANDWELL
Northern Cycle Speedway Association SHEFFIELD
Northern Cycle Speedway Association Senior Cup SHEFFIELD
Northern Cycle Speedway Association Junior Cup BURY
Northern Fours League TAMESIDE
Northern Junior League BURY
Manchester League Division One ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY
Manchester League Division Two BURY
05/8/05 Go-Ride-In reports Mike Hack
Astley & Tyldesley assisted British Cycling with their highly successful promotion of the Go-Ride-In event at the City of Manchester Stadium. In the region of 2,500 youngsters participated in the event which featured 16 different activities, including cycle speedway. A & T's European Champions Damian Zareba and Remi Burchardt put on a series of demonstration races, whilst A & T's BCF qualified coaches Gary Nuttall and Mike Hack organized the cycle speedway races for a constant stream of youngsters throughout the day. For a report and photographs of the day's event, visit British Cycling's website.
10/7/05 Singletrack Magazine reports Mike Hack
There is an excellent feature on the Singletrack editorial team's recent visit to Astley & Tyldesley for a training night in the July edition of Singletrack magazine. The feature is over several pages and has some brilliant colour action shots.
The magazine can be found on sale at W.H. Smiths and in mountain bike shops.
31/3/05 Transfers & Secondary Registrations
British Cycling has released a list of transfers and secondary registrations for the 2005 season. This year's list is substantial and it's doubtful whether many are in the interests of the sport. Club loyalty seems to be on the decline and unless some restrictions are put in place, the future of some clubs could be threatened.
TRANSFERS
Name From To
Jason Ashford Poole Kesgrave
Mike Baugh Wednesfield Sandwell
Leigh Cossey Hethersett Norwich
Matthew Davis Newport Birmingham
Alan Evans Norwich Long Stratton
David Frith Coventry Long Stratton
Mikey Hewitson Scotia Bury
Luke Hodgkinson Great Blakenham Kesgrave
Robert Hunt Swindon Horspath
Antony Marson Wednesfield Birmingham
David Martin Eaton Hethersett
Dave Murphy Newport Southampton
George Newman Poole Exeter
Craig Newsome Stoke Wednesfield
Lewis Osborne Kesgrave Horspath
Michael Osborne Kesgrave Great Blakenham
Chris Osborne Kesgrave Great Blakenham
Dave Palfreyman East London Hawbush
Adam Peck Poole Wednesfield
Lee Pike Great Blakenham Somersham
Daniel Pike Eaton Leicester
Lee Ridgwell East London Southampton
Darren Slater Eaton Long Stratton
Alan Smith East London Colchester
Craig Whitehead Leicester Coventry
Peter Williamson Somersham Wednesfield
Mark Winwood Birmingham Long Stratton
SECONDARY REGISTRATIONS
Name 1st Club 2nd Club Eligible for
Joshua Brooke Ipswich Somersham SE1
David Frith Long Stratton Coventry M
Lee Galley Southampton East London SE
Gavin Kennedy Scotia Astley & Tyldesley MN1
Warren Mee Astley & Tyldesley Heckmondwike N
Toby Millen Southampton East London SE
Chris Osborne Great Blakenham Horspath SW
Lewis Osborne Horspath Great Blakenham SE, N&S, SL, EA
Garry Pearce Stoke Tameside N, ML
Adam Peck Wednesfield Great Blakenham SE, N&S, SL, EA
Daniel Pike Leicester Eaton SE, EA
Thomas Pike Ipswich Somersham SE1
Lee Richardson Ipswich Somersham SE1
Lee Ridgwell Southampton East London SE
James Studd Wednesfield Great Blakenham SE, N&S, SL, EA
Ewan Tulloch Scotia Astley & Tyldesley M&N1
Stephen Ward Tameside Bury NM
Richard Williamson Wednesfield Kesgrave SE1, N&S
Mark Winwood Long Stratton Birmingham MN/M
Ben Holloway* Leicester Coventry M
Lucy Whitehead* Leicester Coventry M
Nicky Whitehead* Leicester Coventry M
12/3/05 World Championship results from Rod Witham
Semi Final A
Qualifiers: Karol Szmanski 19, Aaron Lowey 18, Terry Norman 17, Steve Harris 16, Chris Jewkes 15, Dave Murphy 14, Jack Spear 13, Mark Winwood 12. Non Qualifiers: Garry Pearce 12, Marcin Paradzinski 11, Thomas Walkowiak 10, Thomasz Wlodarczyk 10, Pawel Cegielski 9, Paul White 8, Allan Busby 5, Brad Gentle 5
Semi Final B
Qualifiers: Danile Putney 18, Dave Hemsley 17, Lukas Nowacki 17. Pawel Kozlawski 15, Lee Aris 14, Craig Newsome 14, Adam Peck 14, Matt Gentle 13. Non Qualifiers: Pete Young 13, Richard Williamson 12, Thomas Szwajorek 11, Fred Rothwell 7, Joe Clarke 6, Martin Gamble 6, Josh Ison 5, Marcin Szwajorek 3
Senior Final
Daniel Putney 19, Dave Hemsley 18, Lee Aris 16, Lukasz Nowacki 15, Terry Norman 13, Karol Szymanski 13, Pawel Kozlowski 12, Jack Spear 12, Chris Jewkes 11, Craig Newsome 10, Mark Winwood 10, Steve Harris 9, Matt Gentle 8, Dave Murphy 8, Adam Peck 7, Aaron Lowey 7
Junior Final
Joe Clarke 18, Daniel Pike 16, Nick Myhill 16, Peter Savage 15, Ryan Jones 14, Marcin Paradzinski 14, Mitchell Spear 14, Nicky Evan 13, Simon Gamble 13, Dave Carmichael 11, Jono Birk 11, Josh Ison 11, Ryan Edson 9, Chris Eaton 8, Lennon Spear 7, Ryan Bartram 6
11/3/05 World Cup
Report from Down Under on the British Cycling site
10/3/05 Results from Australia courtesy of Rod Witham
Test One - 27 February at Findon
Australia 80
Matt Gentle 11, Jack Stone 12, Daniel Putney 18, Jason Jesson 6, Tony Herd 11, Mitchell Spear 12, Neil Toye 6, Peter Savage 4
Great Britain 97
Pete Young 11, Dave Hesmley 14, Terry Norman 11, Adam Peck 13, Lee Aris 15, Aaron Lowey 15, Mike Morgans 9, Gary Pearce 9
Junior Test One - 27 February at Findon
Australia 82
Peter Savage 15, Josh Ison 8, Lennon Spear 11, Brad Gentle 14, Mitchell Spear 12, Ryan Edson 16, Ben Schumacher 3, David Hartman 3
Great Britain 96
Nick Myhill 19, Daniel Pike 12, Ryan Jone 11, Ryan Hughes 11, Simon Gamble 10, Chris Eaton 20, Dave Carmichael 6, Ryan Bartram 7
Junior Test Two - 28 February 2005 at Salisbury
Great Britain 92
Daniel Pike 20, Nick Myhill 15, Nicky Evans 13, Ryan Bartram 7, Simon Gamble 11, Chris Eaton 15, Dave Carmichael 6 Keiron Jones 5
Australia 81
Mitchell Spear 13, Josh Ison 10, Peter Savage 11, Lennon Spear 13, Brad Gentle 12, Ryan Edson 13, Daniel Thompson 2, Troy Cowell 7
INTERNATIONAL FIVE Match Two - 28 February at Salisbury
England II 76
Terry Norman 18, Gary Pearce 14, Adam Peck 16, Mike Morgans 16, Dave Hemsley 16
Wales 40
Paul White 12, Mark Winwood 6, Colin Simmons 10, Dave Carmichael 6, Dave Murphy 6
Wales II 46
Allan Busby 9, Ryan Jones 13, Nicky Evans 11, Chris Davies 8, Keiran Jones 5
Scotland 34
Richard Hunt 8, John Murphy 5, Elliott Jones 8, Craig Newsome 10, Pete Young 3
Poland 48
Jacek Wojciechowski 9, Tomasz Walkowiak 8, Thomasz Szwajorek 9, Pawel Kozlowski 14, Marcin Pardzinski 8
INTERNATIONAL FIVE Match Three - 1 March 2005 at Findon
Wales 44
Mark Winwood 7, Dave Carmichael 8, Dave Murphy 11, Colin Simmons 11, Paul White 7
Wales II 36
Chris Davies 10, Ryan Jones 8, Nicky Eans 5, Allan Busby 9, Keiron Jones 4
Scotland 39
Richard Hunt 9, Craig Newsome 6, Elliott Jones 14, John Murphy 6, Pete Young 4
Poland 71
Marcin Szwajorek 16, Thomasz Wlodarczyk 15, Lukasz Novacki 15, Karol Syzmanski 11, Pawel Cygielski 14
England 58
Richard Williamson 13, Chris Jewkes 5, Steve Harris 15, Lee Aris 11, Aaron Lowey 14
WORLD PAIRS
Poland won the World Pairs ahead of runners-up Australia and England third.
International Fives - Round Five at Salisbury
ENGLAND 63
Steve Harris 16, Aaron Lowey 13, Richard Williamson 12, Lee Aris 11, Chris Jewkes 11
ENGLAND II 58
Adam Peck 19, Daniel Pike 15, Terry Norman 10, Rob Hunt 8, Gary Pearce 6
POLAND 50
Jacek Wojiechowski 14, Tomasz Wlodarczyk 12, Pawel Cegielski 11, Marcin Paradzinski 7, Tomasz Szwajorek 6
AUSTRALIA 39
Tony Herd 13, Jack Spear 11, Lennon Spear 8, Nigel Greenhalgh 4. Robert Flemming 3
SCOTLAND 35
Elliott Jones 12, Richard Hunt 8, Craig Newsome 8, John Murphy 5, Pete Young 2
Junior International at Salisbury
AUSTRALIA89
Mitchell Spear 18, Josh Ison 14, Ben Schumacher 13, Troy Cowell 12, David Hartman 9, Daniel Thompson 9, Ross Priest 7, Brad Thompson 7
WALES 90
Ryan Jones 19, Dave Carmichael 17, Nicky Evans 16, Ryan Hughes 13, Chris Davis 11, Keiran Jones 8, Mark Carmichael 4, Aaron Hughes 2
WORLD MASTERS FINAL
Dave Murphy 20, Ian Taylor 18, Fred Rothwell 17, John Murphy 15, Allan Busby 15, Mick Aris 14, Martin Gamble 14, Nigel Greenhalgh 12, Mick Pedley 11, Colin Simmons 10, Alan Teague 10, Steve Clarke 10, Rick Jolly 10, James Williams 8, Steve Jarman 6
23/2/05 SE Update
31/1/05 East Anglian Association AGM
There is no longer an EA league but the association still organizes a few events and they met after the SE AGM.
The East Anglian Individuals will again run in 2005, but an U-10 age group has been added. This along with U-13 & U-16 will take place at Norwich. Somersham will host the U-19 and Senior events. The Fours will be at Ipswich.
One interesting development voted in was that the EACSA will not recognize secondary registrations for it's competitions.
Terry Ashford, Mel Perkins, Gary Brown and John Nelson were happy to continue in their official posts.
31/1/05 SE Region AGM News
A good turnout for the annual get together at Gt. Blakenham. As the only existing executive committee member, (chairman Alan Evans and secretary Ivan Pike did not complete their commitments made last year,) Dave Flemming did a good job of organising and running the meeting. It's not always an easy task! There were some lengthy discussions, particularly about the league structure, secondary registrations, and referees but the key decisions were:
31/1/05 Suffolk AGM news
A good turn out for the Suffolk AGM at Whitton, but unfortunately the quality of discussion did not match the quantity.
A large chunk of the meeting was wasted with a boring yarn about a Suffolk Premier League team. No club was prepared to host a season's worth of premier racing anyway, so it was all rather irrelevant. There was also discussion on secondary registrations within the South East League - surely more suited to the SE agm?
This left very little time to discuss requirements for local racing in Suffolk. The individual county championships are expected to still be the primary events but the committee will have to meet again to sort out the fixtures.
The key roles were filled by Terry Ashford (Chairman/Treasurer), Peter Mittell (Secretary) and Ian Turnbull (Recorder), while Tracey Barratt and Ray Pyke are also part of the Committee. Dave Hunting later joined.
31/1/05 MN Region AGM News
Changes from last year in MN region:
