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Dog rubbish on the centre green brought speedway back to Cradley Heath ! Local Cradley football team "The Lukes " had Dudley Wood Stadium for their home ground in the '50s but regularly had to complain to the owners about the mess. . When one player slipped and fell on it and broke his leg it was the last straw. The team withdrew. With just one sport, - dogs - the stadium didn't pay: it needed 2 sports to be viable, so speedway was brought back in 1960 (after a one-off trial mtg in '59.) https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/ https://www.speedway-sa.com/

As of last year, the ACU re-entered Flat Track racing with an official competition, the ACU British Flat Track Championship, in the realisation that, whilst licensing FT riders for entry into the FT World Championships, they had no official domestic route to develop and mentor riders to international level. Along with their Championship, embracing 9 classes including Youths, PRO Lite and an exclusive Ladies class, an FT Academy scheme was also introduced. All this in parallel and unconnected with the DTRAs Nationals, which continue unaffected. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/flat-track.php

The Street / Crump dynasty took another Championship this week as 26 yr old Tayla Street won the NORA British Women's title at Smallbrook, IoW. She travelled to Croatia last month to finish 4th in the de facto Women's World Championship, i.e World Cup, and has been touring UK tracks since. With little more than 4-person fields for both NORA and BSPA/ACU Women's championships the latter is today seemingly dead. Notwithstanding, the ACU have established a Ladies Class in their newly established ACU British Flat Track Championship, - set up in parallel to DTRAs Nationals - , won in the inaugural year 2025 by Skye Adams, former DTRA F/T Hooligan champ in their mixed gender Nationals. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

The inaugural FIME "Europeean Flat Track Cup" competition was staged at St.Johann-im-Pongau, Austria in August 2026. Intended as a pathway for emerging FT riders toward higher international level, 24 riders from 12 countries met in 12 heats, a 'Last Chance' semi, and a Final, which was won by Ossi Rantala of Finland, riding through the meeting unbeaten. Czech rider Vít Janoušek was runner-up, with Max Hellmann of Austria in 3rd place. Britain's sole representaive Thomas Woolley was 6th. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/flat-track.php

Joined the crowd for my second meeting at Brafield last night. 60 years ago (Brafield v Cradley 'B') I was with my new bride, this time we were 3 generations ! Speedway Champions

Not only does the website, Speedway Champions correctly identify the 1930s Paris-based World Championship results recently endorsed in last week's Sp.Star, (and now corrected on a well know encyclopaedic site,) - detail and results are also included of the other World title competitions, both in Argentina and in Australia - their unofficial 'World's Championship Series' and their less familiar ACU official 'World's Speedway Derbys' which ran until 1942 when war in the Pacific brought the competition to an end.

Meeting summary and results, Gold Trophy and Trophy of Croatia, with podium images plus fully identidied Academy line up, on Speedway Champions website. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

Meeting summary and results, Gold Trophy and Trophy of Croatia, with podium images plus fully identidied Academy line up, on Speedway Champions website. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

Be aware that the original 'Speedway Champions' site with the short .com address has been hijacked by a gambling site, and can appear, corrupted, on some browsers, - laptop, desktop or mobile. Ensure to use the longer yolasite.com address, www.speedwaychampions.yolasite.com which presently opens with an image of Zmarzlik in blue.

125cc Class or 125cc Support Class: whats the difference ? Why ?

Updated to included FIM's 'Ladies Cup', Academies, Participants, etc. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

Updated, to include FIM 'Ladies Cup', Academies, Participants, etc. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

New webpage on Women's Speedway Championships, World and GB, past and present; rider profiles and portraits. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

There were 2 other females there last night, - v. junior admittedly. What’s the minimum age and cc for the 2 GB women championships ?

In the light of FIM's latest World Championship ouvré of the Woman's Speedway Gold Trophy a further webpage has been added to the Speedway Champions site, - 'Women Champions'. It covers the WSGT and the 2 new national women's championships, plus other past female competitions and Match Races from the '30s, '60s and '80s, as well as biographies and profiles of women speedway riders past and present. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

4 heat wins for Liebmann, 4 second places for Hellowell, who then loses a rostrum place in the Final when she fell unhindered coming out of the first lap. Result : Liebmann, Pedler, Gordon. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

After a 4 year hiatus Speedway Champions is back, www.speedwaychampions.yolasite.com - noted the revised url. Updated to the 2023 season and the ongoing 2024 Oz, NZ and winter Ice events, the individual champions of all speedway nations, major and minor, past and present, from Argentina to Zimbabwe, are listed, along with Long Track, Ice Racing and Grass Track national and regional champions. These are supplemented with the title-holders of other FIM 'Track' disciplines of Sidecar Speedway and Flat Track racing, - official and unofficial - , in both UK and Europe, plus USA and the newer German and Australian events of Krowdrace and 'Aussie Flat Track Nationals' (AFTNs), now granted official Championship status for 2024. Winners of other respected former and current speedway competitions, such as British Match Race Championships, Czech, Aussie and Polish Golden Helmets, League Riders Championships and ultimately, World Championships, are also included. www.speedwaychampions.yolasite.com

I'm going to record this shortly under 'Australasian Championships' (suitably qualified,) on the Speedway Champions website, - seems the most appropriate place. http://www.speedwaychampions.com/--australasia.php

The FIM regional authorities having been given a degree of autonomy, this authority is no doubt trying to demonstrate its status (in the speedway sphere, - no idea how they stand in other m/c sports out there - ?) After a number of successful Sidecar Speedway Oceania Championship years seems they want to expand. FIME through SEC have a European Championship, this will be FIMO's equivalent.

Doug, Jack, Harry, Alan(Allen) & Bob Serrurier. (click image for full view of the 5). www.speedway-sa.com

Ernie Hancock also started and ran something called the International Speedway Supporters Club, ( - ?, wording tbc) circa 1963-4. It possibly ran trips abroad. Known of to badge collectors because it had its own badge, - white race-jacket shape, with a Union Jack within - , so any collector had to join and get one. They also issued year bars for the badge. Mine's long since gone, but someone may still have one to show.

Take a look at the photograph plus all the GH and SH winners over time.

Appointed by the local club, WSRC, as their webmaster for 10 years, and via that and European connection, into the Sp.Star.

Freddie Williams had great successes in South Africa and Rhodesia in the '50s, - a time when all the World-class riders, Briggs, Moore, Craven, Crutcher, Nygren, Fundin, etc , spent the winter there - , including Golden Helmet MRC wins in both countries. He was undefeated SA GH champ in '53/'54, and had a 10.56 league average over his 2 league season there. Details HERE

The 2019 British Sidecar Speedway Championship was won again by Mark Cossar, - his 5th national title. Partnered this season by Gareth Williams, Cossar won the 3rd and Final round of the official ACU competition at Somerset, (the Leicester-cum-Kings Lynn round was cancelled,) with an unbeaten score, for a total of 43 pts overall, (11,16,16.) 2nd place went to Mick Cave & Bradley Steer, (11,14,13 =38pts); 3rd was Paul Whitelam & Alan Elliott after a run-off with Will Penfold & Ricky Pay, each having totalled 35 points. http://www.speedwaychampions.com/sidecar-champions.php