Wednesfield Aces will be staging the national round three of the BY&JL on Saturday 4th September starting at 12noon.

The event will attract over a hundred young cycle speedway riders from all corners of the country.  They will be racing in seven different age categories for under 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s, 18s and a section for girls age 12 to 17.  The points the riders score all add to their teams total at the end of the days racing,

Clubs that have qualified for the national stages of the league this year are Wednesfield, Sheffield, Kesgrave, Poole, Ipswich and East Newport.  These teams can enter as many riders as they wish.  Also joining these riders will be the top six grand prix riders from each of  the regional rounds

Running alongside the team event is a individual grand-prix with the top 16 points scorers from each age category qualifying for A,B,C,D, Finals, with their total points from all the rounds being added to decide who is the grand-prix champion for the different ages,

The League is sponsored by Wosskow-Brown Solicitors who provide trophies for the winners.

LEADER BOARD AFTER NATIONAL ROUND TWO - posted 26 August 2010

Unfortunately it is not possible to publish the full BY&JL scorecharts because of the length of time it takes to update the site, over half an hour on some occasions.  So league organiser Mel Perkins has produced a condensed version which lists the leading scorers.

SURNAME	1ST NAME	CLUB	REG	CAT	RND 1	RND 2	RND 3	RND 4	NAT 1	NAT 2	NAT 3	NAT 4	TOTAL
COLLINS	TIFFANY	HET	E	GIR	18	20	25	25	20	20			128
ELLITTS	CHARLIE	WED	M	GIR	18	20	20	25	14	18			115
BRINDLEY	REANNA	WED	M	GIR	20	18	25	20	18	13			114
DALE	LAURA	IPS	E	GIR	25	25		16	16	25			107
WATSON	LAURA	SHE	N	GIR	25	25	25	18	13				106
HORSLEY	LIVVY	HOR	SW	GIR	14	25	16	25	25				105
DAVIES	REBECCA	NEW	SW	GIR	18	18	20	20	11	11			98
HOOKWAY	LAUREN	EXE	SW	GIR	25	9	18	18	8	14			92
BRINKHOFF	LEWIS	GTB	E	U08	25	25	25	25	20	25			145
CURRELL	JACK	HOR	SW	U08	25	25	25	25	18	14			132
EVANS	MAX	AST	N	U08	25	25	25	25	14	13			127
TIDBALL	OWEN	EXE	SW	U08	18	16	20	20	25	20			119
BELL	KYLE	WED	M	U08	25	25	25	25	11	6			117
KOCH	TYLER	AST	N	U08	20	20	20	20	9	11			100
HORSLEY	GEORGE	HOR	SW	U10	25	25	20	25	11	25			131
TIDBALL	WILL	EXE	SW	U10	20	20	25	20	25	20			130
BACON	PIERCE	KES	E	U10	20	20	20	25	20	18			123
KNIGHT	OLLIE	KES	E	U10	25	25	25	20	12	14			121
CLEAVER	NIALL	BRE	M	U10	25	25	20	25	16	6			117
HARRIMAN	JAMES	WED	M	U10	18	20	25	20	8	13			104
MORTON	EDEN	SHE	N	U10	25	25	20	18	1	3			92
ROBINSON	JAMES	EXE	SW	U12	25	25	25	25	25	9			134
KNIGHT	ROSS	KES	E	U12	25	25	25	25	20	13			133
KEMP	LEE	BRE	M	U12	25	25	25	25	9	18			127
PHILLIPS	ADAM	AST	N	U12	25	25	25	25		20			120
RICHARDSON	JORDAN	HOR	SW	U12	20	20	20	18	12	6			96
HARVEY	LOUIS	ENE	SW	U14	25	20	25	25	25	20			140
JOHNSON-RICH	LIAM	EPA	M	U14	20	25	25	25	20	14			129
MILDON	MATT	POO	SW	U14	20	25	16	20	16	25			122
HADDOCK	MATT	SAN	M	U14	25	20	20	20	13	13			111
SWALLOW	HARRY	KES	E	U14	20	18	18	25	14	8			103
READ	JAKE	SPT	N	U14	25	25		25	9	16			100
MILLWARD	SCOTT	SAN	M	U16	25	25	25	20	18	16			129
SMITH	MATTHEW	SAN	M	U16	20	20	20	25	25	18			128
MORGAN	AARON	POO	SW	U16	25	25	16	16	20	20			122
GLOVER	LEYTON	POO	SW	U16	14	16	25	25	13	25			118
LUSH	MATTHEW	SPT	N	U16	25	25	20	18	16				104
HILL	ASHLEY	IPS	E	U16	20	25	20	18	4	13			100
LUSH	JACK	SPT	N	U16	20	20	16	25	11				92
HAROLD	JACK	NEW	SW	U16	20	8	20	20	9	14			91
SIDWICK	OLIVER	NEW	SW	U16	18	14	18	14	14	12			90
DRAISEY	LUKE	WED	M	U18	25	25	25	25	20	14			134
CHAMBERS	DANIEL	HET	E	U18	25	20	20	25	25				115
ADAMS	PHILIP	HET	E	U18	18	18	25		14	20			95
HUGHES	AARON	ENE	SW	U18	20	20	18	25	12				95
STANT	JORDAN	IPS	E	U18	13	16	18	18	16	13			94

BIG DAY IN PROSPECT AT BLAKENHAM - posted 12 August 2010

Saturday is a big day for cycle speedway - in more ways than one.

After last month's record-breaking attendance at Astley & Tyldesley, Great Blakenham are expecting another bumper turn-out on Saturday when the Suffolk village hosts the second national round of the Wosskow Brown Youth and Junior League.

The Girls' Grand Prix is turning out to be wonderfully competitive. Just eleven GP points separate the top five racers, so Saturday's leg at Blakenham will hotly contested.  The classification is headed by Hethersett's Tiffany Collins (108) who edged ahead of Sheffield's Laura Watson (106) following an impressive second place on the Astley event.  After a slow start in the regional rounds, Horspath's Livvy Horsley has got better and better as the competition has moved up a gear. She eclipsed everyone in the first national round earning herself a well-earned 25 GP points, taking her to overall third (105).  But the top three are certainly not having it all their way.  Wednesfield duo Reanna Brindley (101) and Charlie Elliitts (97) are waiting in the wings for any one of the top three to slip up.

No one typifies the spirit of junior racing than Exeter brothers Will and Owen Tidball (pictured).  The cycling mad youngsters have made a big impact in the younger categories, Owen winning the first national under-8s' round and Will the national under-10s.  They both love cycling and in 2006 Corey Heyde's grandad suggested that Will (who was then 6-years-old) went along to the Exeter Aces Cycle Speedway track to have a go.  Since then Will has hardly missed a training session.  Owen followed suit a year or so later.  In 2008 Will was under-8 national champion and last year was runner-up in the U10 Championship.  As well as cycling both boys enjoy rugby, swimming and running.

But neither will have things their own way on Saturday. Despite winning the national round, Owen (99) didn't win a regional round so is headed in the under-8s' GP standings by Blakenham's Lewis Brinkhoff (120), Horspath's Jack Currels (118), Astlkey's Max Evans (114) and Wednesfield's Kyle Bell.  Will (110) is currently second in the under-10 classification, just one point behind leader Niall Cleaver (111) from Bretford.  This is a very competitive category.  Just six points separate the leading five riders.  Other principal contenders are Ollie Knight (107) from Kesgrave, Horspath's George Horsley (106) and Pierce Bacon (105) from Kesgrave.

Over 360 youngsters have taken part in the Youth and Junior League this season but only won has gone through the card unbeaten.  Exeter's James Robinson (125) has been in brilliant form and is unbeaten, in the under-12 category, winning all four regional rounds and the first national, pipping his nearest rival, the erstwhile undefeated Ross Kemp (120) in the process. Bretford's Lee Kemp (109) and Astley's Adam Phillips (100) are their nearest challengers.  After winning all four Midlands rounds, Lee could only manage nine points from the first national while ever Adam missed the Astley national rounds after dominating the Northern rounds.

The under-14s is developing into a two horse race.  Louis Harvey (120) from East Newport and Liam Johnson Rich (115) look set to resume battle at Blakenham on Saturday.  Their closest rivals are Matt Haddock (98), Matt Mildon (98) and Harry Swallow (95).

The under-16 is also being well contested. Sandwell's Scott Millward (113) fronts the running ahead of team mate Matthew Smith (110), Stockport's Matthew Lush (104) and Poole's Aaron Morgan (102).  In contrast the under-18s is developing in a head-to-head between Wednesfield's Luke Draisey (120) and Hethersett's Daniel Chambers (115).

GRAND PRIX TABLES ON BRITISH CYCLING WEBSITE - posted 8 August 2010

Unforunately in recent weeks we have had all sorts of problems publishing the website.  Whereas it normally updates in minutes to update, it has been taken up to half an hour.

Our web-providers told us this was because we had too much information and data on the site.  As a result we took scores of photos and some pages off, but this didn't cure the problem.

It turned out to be the massive BY&JL files showing each individual's GP scores and race points.  Unfortunately we have had to delete these and the website has returned to
normal.

It's a real shame because we know the kids enjoy seeing them.  The good news is that all the tables appear on British Cycling's website.  Just click on the following link http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/cyclespeedway/article/cys_officials_documents and scroll down to British Youth and Junior League.