Cycle Speedway

[Red Leader 1 8]

Stand by for the last match in the televised 2012 Elite League series as Sheffield Stars go head to head with Oxford. Action from this title decider will be screened on Sky Sports on Tuesday March 19th at 7pm on SS4 and again at 11pm on SS2.

 

Following their home defeat at the hands of Poole in their penultimate match, the Hammers travelled to Yorkshire knowing that they needed to secure at least one league point in order to retain their title. The Stars - with British Champion Andy Angell leading their team - had other ideas!

[Richspeedway 327]

Any speedway or cycle speedway fans that are around Birmingham on Sunday why not pop down to Perry Park to see the Monarchs in action against East Park. Racing will start at 2pm in the park. It is free to watch, parking right by the track and there will be food and refreshments for sale to keep you warm!

 

If you never been before you can enter the park by car at Perry Avenue and follow the road in the park to the main car park. From there you will see a gated one track road, follow that to the end and the track is on the right hand side.

 

More details are on the website via my signature.

[Red Leader 1 8]

To coincide with the final BCTG Elite match being screened on Sky today, the roll-out of the 7 match series starts on youtube this week starting with a real cracker at Harbourside Park between Poole and Oxford. Here's the link -

 

http://youtu.be/07g998eXL4e

 

More to follow.

[Richspeedway 327]

With the clocks now gone forward and a little more light in the evenings (and hopfully better weather!) Birmingham Monarchs will be starting there training sessions going forward mostly on Tuesday and Thursday nights. If anyone on here is interested in coming and having a go, or you have kids or know somebody who is interested then pop along.

 

Check the website on my signature and look under the contact tab for information, if you need anymore help/info then just pm me

[Red Leader 1 8]

The 2013 Elite League season gets underway tomorrow afternoon at 2pm with three competitive looking matches lined up. Defending champions Horspath Hammers take on many people's tip to take over the title, Wednesfield Aces who incluse their key new signing Paul Heard. Ipswich have re-inforced their top end and will start in a confident mood against Poole while Birmingham take on Sheffield at their new Elite home venue, Sandwell. All three matches are too close to call and could go either way. For a full preview, follow the link to Spokesman online http://www.spokesman-online.co.uk/previews_428.html and for track directions go to the cycle speedway pages of the British Cycling website.

[Red Leader 1 8]

Results

 

Birmingham 77 Sheffield 97

Horspath 92 Wednesfield 78

Ipswich 78 Poole 99

 

Round 2 matches are on 28th April

Edited April 14, 2013 by Red Leader 1

[Richspeedway 327]

Match report for Birmingham's opening Elite League clash is attached. Next weekend is a challenge fixture away to Coventry.

 

http://birminghammonarchs.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/stars-win-as-monarchs-take-positives/

[Richspeedway 327]

After last weekends opening Elite League meeting against Sheffield, Birmingham travel to Coventry this coming Sunday (21st April) for a challenge fixture.

 

Racing starts at 2pm at Hearsall Common. The postcode to get there is CV5 7BB which will take you to Broad Lane. From there go to the island at the bottom of the road and take the first exit and the track is on the left where you can park on the grass.

 

Before that on Saturday Paul Timms and Stephen Hodgkinson will do battle in the first round of the Eurovets series at Leicester's Slater Street stadium (1pm start)

Birmingham are then in Elite action the Sunday after away at Poole.

[Richspeedway 327]

Hi Gustix, there is only one track in London (to my mind) East London. Here is a link to their website, http://eastlondoncyclespeedway.webs.com/ , it has details of them and track location but the fixtures for this year do not seem to be on their. Best place to look for fixtures is this link. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/cyclespeedway on the left handside you will see a "calendar" click that and the fixtures come up in date order. Hope that helps.

[Richspeedway 327]

Below is a link to our match report from todays meeting and also on our two vets who raced on Saturday

 

http://birminghammonarchs.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/coventry-win-in-derby-tussle/

 

http://birminghammonarchs.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/pair-go-well-in-vets/

[Richspeedway 327]

Would you like to try Cycle Speedway or know someone who would?

 

Birmingham Monarchs are having "come and try" sessions every Thursday night at our track from 6pm. Sessions are done by qualified coaches who are CRB checked and first aiders are on site. If you are interested or know someone who would be then just click the below link to see more details.

 

http://birminghammonarchs.wordpress.com/contact-us/

[Richspeedway 327]

Here is a preview ahead of Birmingham's clash against Poole in the Elite League this coming weekend.

 

 

http://birminghammonarchs.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/monarchs-travel-to-coast-elite-preview/

[Red Leader 1 8]

Pick of the Elite League matches tomorrow is the clash between Sheffield and Oxford (Horspath) at the Graves Sports Centre. The Hammers won there on the last day of the 2012 season to pick up the league title but the Stars were well below par that day. They will need to be firing on all 8 cylinders tomorrow to reverse that result.

 

Elsewhere Wednesfield should have too much firepower for up and coming Ipswich and Poole are unlikely to slip up against Birmingham who are missing several key members of their squad.

 

Follow the action race by race on the Elite League twitter page - @eliteleaguecs

Edited April 27, 2013 by Red Leader 1

[Red Leader 1 8]

Big, big win for Sheffield against reigning champions Horspath. Three down at the half way stage, the Stars came back to win by two.

Poole overpowered Birmingham and Wednesfield were too strong for Ipswich. Results of round 2 -

 

Poole 106 Birmingham 71

Sheffield 88 Horspath 86

Wednesfield 100 Ipswich 75

 

Round 3 is on May 12th

[Richspeedway 327]

On the Birmingham website there is news on the Monarchs trip to Baiter Park to face Poole and also a review on how the youngsters got on in the Youth and Junior Leagues.

 

Birmingham's next fixture is the Elite League again, this time away to Ipswich.

 

www.birminghammonarchs.wordpress.com