Joking apart, the Monarchs are delighted that Natalie Timms,daughter of Paul, sister of Chris and manager of a top local salon, has signed for Birmingham from local rivals Wednesfield. Every one is delighted to have Natalie on board and are all looking forward to her making her debut for the Monarchs on Sunday at Leicester. Good Luck  Natalie!!

SHEFFIELD SIGN WORLD CHAMPION - posted 11 March 2010

Sheffield continue to strengthen their squad for the 2010 campaign.  They have added to the Rockets team roster for the Northern League campaign, none other than World Inline Skating Champion, Jenna Downing.

Jenna registered for Sheffield in November.  She has already appeared in the Hallamshire Go Ride League's indoor events at the English Institute for Sport and it is hoped that she will be available for inclusion in a stronger looking Stars' Women's team for the British Club Championship.

Rockets' Manager, Robert Mawhood, was very impressed with Jenna's performance in these fixtures.  "The skills of balance and courage that you need in cycle speedway
are clearly mastered by Jenna and we hope to include her in more fixtures during the new season" Robert told Spokesman.

Find out more about Jenna at:-

http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/video/Spinning-Jenna--VIDEO.5713774.jp
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5WIsoF_Yx0&feature=related

WEDNESFIELD SIGN FORMER DOUBLE BRITISH CHAMPION - posted 8 February 2010

Earlier today Wednesfield Aces confirmed the signing of 15-year-old Matthew Beharrell.

Team manager Roger Ellis accompanied by the club's Chief Executive Paul Bodley travelled up to Derbyshire to meet Matthew and his family to finalise the deal which brings Matthew to the Aces on a first licence.  He remains with Hull on secondary licence.

Roger went on to say that he saw Matthew as a very talented rider with loads of promise for the future and complemented the Aces line up well for 2010.  Matthew has twice won British titles at under-10 and under-13 level and in the BYJL has been Grand Prix champion at under-12 and under-14 level and is hoping his move to Wednesfield will be the catalyst for him to achieve more at both team and individual level.  Matthew is a member of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League junior team the Vikings and has secured a place at college to study Sports Science and
Management.

In addition the Aces have also resigned Ben Higham and Dylan Ratcliffe on secondary licences from Stockport.  Joint team manager Mick Aris added that with a larger squad this year there would be more oportunities for both Dylan and Ben to show what they can do in the Premier League.  Mick went on to say that having these young riders in the squad was a real challenge to both himself and Roger Ellis to help them improve their racing abilities.

CARMICHAEL COMES HOME - posted 8 February 2010

Welsh senior champion Mark Carmichael has returned to race for Newport this season and will compete on a secondary licence for the club in the South and South Wales League.  This will be a huge boost for Newport who will race in Divison One again after a few years out of senior league racing.

Mark has trained at Newport all his cycle speedway life and only left  when Newport dropped out bof senior league racing.  The club are proud of what Mark has achieved in the sport and look forward to his continued success.

Former rider James Turner is also to return to race for Newport this year and it is hoped a few more will join him soon.










TULLOCH PLANS A SURPRISE RETURN - posted 12 January 2010

One of cycle speeedway's best know characters is planning a full time return to racing.

After starting his career 48 years ago, the lure of the shale and clang of the start gate has proved too much for Dave Tulloch.  The super-vet has signed terms for East London and intends to compete in many EuroVets Grand Prixs as possible.  And supporters can follow all Dave's racing exploits on a new Myspace page which he is currently developing.

"I will have my own Myspace page up and running very soon.  It is currently being worked on but there's so much to upload" Dave told Spokesman.

"It will look like no other cycle-speedway profile web/myspace page.  It will cover my current and past cycle-speedway exploits, tons of pictures/programmes/league listings and my blogs that will be updated at least once or twice a week!  I have a vast archive of stuff I've accumulated since I started racing some 48 years ago!  I will be blogging about the past eg fave riders/what racing was like back then (remember Norwich who had a track in the speedway car park?) etc etc plus my current whereabouts and racing updates."

Dave is also an accomplished professional musician.  We carried a feature on Dave's musical exploits a few months back, so we asked him how thing have been going with Hoffman's Bicycle.

"I sacked my two guitarists back in late August due to personal differences but a week later had a brand new line-up ready to go!.  We played our first show this week (7th January).The album we were in the middle of recording has now been stopped and new material is under rehearsal in readiness for a studio visit late January to start again with our producer.

"Please do visit our new Myspace page to see and hear us!  We'll touring Germany in May plus several festival appearences.  Take a look at myspace.com/hoffmanstrip" said Dave.

Details of Dave's cycle speedway site will follow soon.


NEW SIGNING FOR NORWICH - posted 4 December 2009

As Premier League clubs start to strengthen their squads ahead of the 2010 season, Norwich Stars have announced their first mid-winter signing. 

Stoke first-claim rider Simon Munden will join the Stars on secondary registration. Last year, Munden, who reached last weekend's national indoor final, rode second claim for Birmingham but has now switched allegiance to Norwich.  Munden had hoped to continue his Premier League career in the colours of his local team, Stoke but they have not been admitted to the PL this season.

Murden is expected to be the first of many close-season signings as Premier League clubs, uncertain of the criteria for league status in 2011, do all they can to strengthen their teams.  It would appear than none of the eight clubs want to finish bottom of the league for fear that this may lead to automatic relegation from the league.

ASTLEY SIGN POLISH PROSPECT - posted 13 November 2009












Astley & Tyldesley have announced the signing of Polish rider Piotr Pluczynski. The 17 year old youngster from Krosno finished sixth in this year's Polish Junior Individual Final and qualified as reserve for the Polish Individual Final. Piotr has six years' racing experience behind him and is looking forward to making his racing debut in Britain in 2010.











STEPHENSON SIGNS FULL-TIME FOR LEICESTER - posted 2 November 2009

Leicester have completed the forms to bring Adam Stephenson to the club on a full transfer for the 2010 season. The eighteen-year-old Loughborough University student has been a popular addition to the club and is looking forward to a productive season racing in the Premier League.

The move does however leave the rider with a problem. If he is to represent Leicester in the Midland League he cannot then ride for Hull during the summer holidays.

“I fully understand the reasoning behind the new secondary regulations” said club secretary Tim Jarvis “But unfortunately the rules that have been put in place to stop clubs building regional super teams will adversely affect riders like Adam. Understandably he wants to help out his home town club whenever he can, and full cedit to him for that, but if he does he will spend much of the season watching the racing rather than sitting on a bike, as he will be barred from riding regional matches for Leicester”

“It would be nice to think that a solution can be found. I don’t believe that the regulations are there to stop people like Adam racing although he could well find himself sitting on the sidelines for many matches through no fault of his own.”

EDINBURGH SIGN ROBERT BANDOSZ - posted 26 October 2009

The Edinburgh Falcons are delighted to announce the signing of 19 year-old Polish rider Robert Bandosz from ZKS Zielona Gora.  Bandosz was a regular for ZKS in 2009 and helped his side secure promotion to the Polish Extraliga.
 
Bandosz first came to the attention of the Falcons at the 2008 European Championships in Poland when Scottish team manager Gavin Kennedy spotted him riding a bike sporting the Scottish saltire.  It transpired that Bandosz had family links to Scotland and when he moved to Airdrie recently to commence a college course, Falcons were quick to secure his services for next season.
 
Bandosz will join Scottish internationals Craig Newsome, Mikey Hewitson and Jake Slight in a strong looking Falcons top-end in 2010.
 
Meanwhile, the Falcons are staging an open session at Redbraes on Sunday 1st November primarily aimed at attracting new riders to Cycle Speedway.  Start time is 1pm and with a registration period open from 12:30pm.  The session is open to all ages and all equipment will be supplied.

WINWOOD OUT FOR REST OF SEASON - posted 8 September 2009

Unlucky Carl Winwood will miss the rest of the season after his high speed crash at East Park on Sunday.

The crash,which happened when his chain snapped in unlucky heat 13, has left Carl with ligament damage in his left wrist and also a broken left radius bone in his elbow.  He is expected to be in plaster for up to eight weeks.  Carl is obviously disappointed that a great season for both him and the club should end like this.

COLBY WILL BE A BIG LOSS - posted 18 August 2009

Norwich Stars are coming to terms with the loss of clubman Gary Colby who will miss the rest of the season after breaking his ankle in Saturday's British Open Club championship.

"Gary will be a big loss as he was hitting some good form" said club secretary Ian Grange earlier today.  "He is a big character for us in the dressing room and around the place.  I hope he will be there Sunday.  However we have Lukasz and Rafal back soon so that's a massive plus for us and I hope we can push ourselves up the table" added Grange.

PHILLIPS SIGNS FOR LIVERPOOL FC - posted 18 May 2009

One of cycle speedway's most promising youngsters has signed a contract with Liverpool football club.  After spending three years with Blackburn Rovers FC, talented Adam Phillips has joined the Liverpool Academy.

But the Astley & Tyldesley starlet has no plans to hang-up his wheels as the two sports only overlap at the start and end of both seasons.  This is just reward for young Adam for all the hard work he has put into football.  Training three times a week can be hard work but all the effort and time has paid off.

SENSICAL FRACTURES COLLAR BONE - posted 26 April 2009

Tom Sensical fractured his collar bone racing in Birmingham's Premier Combination match today against
Poole. Tom mistimed a dive on Arron Morgan and fell landing very heavily on his right shoulder.  lt is expected that he will be out at least four weeks.