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WEB WATCH Many clubs and riders have their own websites. Our editorial team regularly scans these sites for emerging news stories and pics. The idea is not to replicate articles on spokesman-online but to draw our readers attention to what's happening across the cycle speedway world. Lets go surfing ... An exciting new development in Scotland is reported today on British Cycling's website. A Scottish Schools Cycle Speedway League has been set up with the inaugural match taking place at Edinburgh’s Jack Kane Centre on Friday 3 February 2012. Read all about this exciting new venture at: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/cyclespeedway/article/cys20120130-cycle-speedway-Scottish-Schools-Cycle-Speedway-League-set-for-inaugural-season-0
Here's a couple of websites you may find interesting http://www.universityofbmx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163&Itemid=70 http://www.cyclespeedway.eu/# Cycle speedway historian Dave Hunting has been busy developing his excellent Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages website which now contains reference to 2,612 teams, a truly remarkable statistic. More wonderful photos have been added including this memorable shot of England celebrating victory on the 1987 Norwich Union World Cup. Can you recognise Roger Ellis, Martin Hepworth, Les Bowden, Martin Jarvis (captain) and Allan Miller.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Dave is calling on Spokesman readers to provide any additional information about any of the teams listed. If you can help out or fill any of the gaps, please drop Dave a line at cyclespeedwayhistory@gmail.com A brand new cycle speedway website, dedicated to enhancing competition and publicity in the sport, has been launched. Unveiling the new site, SpeedwayPro, editor Simon Gamble explained "We're in the process of filling it up with expert content on health, nutrition, racing, reviews and of course rider blogs. Over the next days, weeks and months we're hoping this will become a vast cycle speedway resource that covers a wide range of rider abilities and interests. "Visit the site and drop a post in the forum to let us know what you think. You can also join us on facebook too" added Simon. Take a look at http://www.speedwaypro.co.uk/ Well-known Poole rider and webmaster Chris Shylock has published Sky's recent broadcast of the British Finals from Norwich on YouTube. The clip also features on Chris's website cyclespeedwayworld.com . YouTube VideoEditor's Note - What a great idea Chris. Thanks for taking the time and trouble doing it.
Plans to bring speedway back to Castleford includes plans for a cycle speedway track. Pete Hibberd, who was team manager of the Castleford Kings speedway team 32 years ago, is putting together a team to represent the town. Keen to see the proposed new development as a multi-functional facility, Hibberd said “I am happy to include a highway training school to prepare road riders for the MOT bike test and a cycle speedway track which is an excellent way of introducing children and indeed teenagers to the sport of speedway. Many of our country’s top international speedway riders began on cycle speedway." Further details can be viewed on Our thanks to Tim Metcalfe for bringing this to our attention. Hopes that speedway could make a return to Cornwall after an eight-year absence could have a big spin-of for cycle speedway. Plans to develop a speedway track in the Fraddon area include provision for a cycle speedway track on the speedway infield. Read all about it at http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/story-14080791-detail/story.html Swindon press officer elect, Trevor Turner, has recently launched a new website devoted to Swindon cycle speedway. Take a look at http://swindoncyclespeedway.moonfruit.com/ Strange antics are synoymous with cycle speedway social events. We often see "Strictly" wannabes strutting their stuff on the dance floor but has there ever been anything to match the weird going-ons at Ipswich's presentation evening? Click on the following link to see what we mean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgdLYuhlaqw Anyone hazard a guess who the rider is? It isn't just on the track where things are stirring on Tyneside. Two important websites have been set up and expanded over recent months. One is Terry Kirkup's and the other is the brainchild of Keith Dyer. Keith's site has a wider scope and encompasses the sport throughout the whole of the North East and from its early beginnings, including the long-lost Catterick Lions Army team from 1950/51. Keith and Jim Smith (winners of the 1967 Tyneside Best Pairs - as reported in "50 Years of Cycle Speedway") were down in London this week, to meet some members of the VCSRA and to trawl through the British Library newspaper archives. The Newcastle cycle speedway websites can be viewed on Amazingly Dave Hunting's excellent Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages website now lists a remarkable 2,506 teams. Dave has spent countless hours updating the site but is always on the lookout for new material, especially from the late Forties and early Fifties. This club cloth badge is a good example of the wealth of memorabilia which appears on the site. CELTIC CUP PICS - posted 31 Ocober 2011 Here's a link, with photos from the Celtic Cup at East Newport. There's some good photos, also other general photos on this link. http://www.ffotoimage.co.uk/photo_8631200.html#photos_id=8631200 EDINBURGH INDOOR PICS - posted 23 October 2011 Edinburgh Falcons took to the indoor track today (Sunday 23rd October) at the Jack Kane Centre for the second of this season's indoor sessions in preparation for the national championships in November. Session photos can be found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/57243403@N00/sets/72157627836100379/ PLAY-OFF PICS - posted 20 October 2011 An album of pics from the recent Polish League play-offs appears on For the answer, click on http://www.cyclesportnews.com/aus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11488&Itemid=118
EAST LONDON PICS - posted 10 October 2011 After returning from this year's British finals in Norwich, director and editor of the Australian-based Cycle Sports News (CSN), Peter Ford (pictured) is now back in Oz.
"It's been manic" Peter told Spokesman-Online. "Now a light has actually appeared at the end of the tunnel, and I am about to publish an article on my visit to the British Riders Championship. A number of shorter articles will follow" Peter promised. The first in the series can be viewed at http://www.cyclesportnews.com/aus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11355&Itemid=118 Editor's Note - What a pleasure it was to meet Peter and his wife at Norwich. Peter and I have communicated across the globe regularly in recent years and it was wonderful that he could make the trip to England with the sole purpose of seeing and reporting on the British finals for CSN. Spokesman and CSN have always enjoyed an excellent relationship which was further cemented over Finals Weekend. It was just a pity Peter couldn't have stayed longer so he could see more of our Fine City - Norwich. Next time perhaps! A nice photo and comment from an Ipswich rider's Dad appears on the club website. Take a look at http://ipswicheagles.org.uk/2011/10/opponents-friends/ NEW CS WEBSITE LAUNCHED - posted 6 October 2011 This week has seen the launch of a new dedicated website called cyclespeedwayworld.com. "It's quite surprising when you consider the sport still does not have a dedicated official website and although this site is independent, I hope the sport will embrace the idea and help it grow. "The idea is simple. Here you will be able to update the world instantly on the latest results and final scores using an instant announcement feature. You can attach photos and embed Youtube video instantly. Exeter Aces cycle speedway star, Craig Nethercott, has asked for our help in advertising a speedway online game that Craig and his friends have been playing for a few years. Craig explains. British speedway turbo sliders is an online speedway game, completely free to play, and is the only game in the world where you can play against other members online, with up to 20 players playing at a time. I started playing the game when it was introduced on the British Speedway Forum about five years ago, and since then have loved every minute of it. The game is very easy to download and there is a new version coming out soon with all the SGP tracks from the 2010 season. The bikes at first, are hard to control, but everyone on the forum is very welcoming and we are trying our best to expand the number of members we currently have. I am posting here on behalf of the BSS as I know there are many speedway fans out there who race cycle speedway, and once you have a go on this game, you will be hooked! If you are interested then please sign up to the forum at If you need any help on downloading the game, then visit the Welcome section at the top of the forum once you have registered, or for further help, please PM me on there or send me an email. My username is Craig and address is loramski@hotmail.com Can the best in cycle speedway also lead the pack in sts? Or will the reserves of the regional leagues rise up to the challenge and show the best in Britain how it's done? Pop along and have a go, I expect to see many Spokesman reader's signing up and having a laugh with the rest of us. A new cycle speedway photo site has been opened on Facebook. The brainchild of Lee Phillips, the site allows photographers to directly post their pics online. Click on the following link to take a look BRILLIANT PICS - posted 13 September 2011 There are some superb photos which really capture the passion and excitement of the team finals, compliments of talented photographer Len Priestley on the Astley & Tyldesley club website. They're well worth a look. Click on http://www.astleycyclespeedway.org.uk SUFFOLK PHOTOCALL - posted 8 September 2011 All the action from last weekend's BYJL national round three at Ipswich and Great Blakenham has now been posted on http://ipswicheagles.org.uk/ under the 'Photos - British Youth & The new Ipswich site is proving a real success. As wel as all the club's news and views, there are now over 5,500 photos of 2011 action from the camera of Phil Clarke - not bad for a site that has only been up and running for just two months. 75 photos from yesterday's Eurovets event at East London have been posted on Brian Barnett's Photobucket page at www.cyclespeedwayphotos.co.uk. A full report from the event will be posted on Spokesman-Online soon. Top Ipswich photographer Phil Clarke has been in touch to let us know that a portfolio of his best pics have been posted online. "Photos of the U10s, Womens, Hethersett qualifiers and U16 finals are on http://ipswicheagles.org.uk/ , under the Photos menu" said Phil. "If people want copies of these photos, then please contact me at Australian reader Darryl Daniels has drawn our attention to an unbeliveable clip of bicycle handling skills at its highest - literailly. Take a look at http://bit.ly/CrazyBikeRide There's a cracking portfolio of pics from this week's round five of the Suffolk under-11 and under-9 grand prixs on Ipswich Eagles website, compliments of ace photographer Phil Clark. Take a look at http://ipswicheagles.org.uk/photos/2001u9u11gp5/. It features Ipswich rider Richard Fellgett who made a successful refereeing debut. Photos of the British SuperVets finals from Edinburgh, courtesy of Ron MacNeill, have been posted on the following link http://www.flickr.com/photos/57243403@N00/ There a great little video on YouTube of the recent internationals in Poland. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO9oayrj0T4 POLISH TV CLIP - posted 19 August 2011 A clip from the third test between Poland and Great Britain from Torun has been shown on Polish television. Cycle speedway is 3 minutes 15 seconds into the piece. Take a look at http://www.tvp.pl/bydgoszcz/informacja/sport/wideo/1808/5121896 NATIONAL CENTRE OPENS - posted 9 August 2011 Read more about the impressive Sheffield track upgrade on the following link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14347491 Over 2,000, yes 2,000, photos appear on Ipswich Eagles website. The range of fantastic pics are from the cameras of talented Phil Clarke who was on hand to capture all Saturday's action as well as Sunday's South-East U10 and U14 Grand Prix. Take a look at http://ipswicheagles.org.uk/2011/07/saturdays-photos-uploaded/ BRIAN ON THE BUTTON - posted 26 July 2011 Also Simon at Shift Studios has produced a very entertaining crash compilation from Sunday's Sheffield V Horspath meet. Take a look at IPSWICH VISITOR BOOST - posted 12 July 2011 Spokesman readers are really benefitting one club's website. Since we posted the link on our Welcome page earlier this week, traffic on Ipswich CSC's new site has rocketed. "Looking at hosting stats since you added the link, you're If you haven't seen the Ipswich site yet, take a look at Dave Hunting's fascinating Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages website http://www.cyclespeedwayhistory.org.uk/ goes from strength to strength, so much so that Dave has had to dig deep into his own pocket to purchase more storage space to accommodate the ever growing flood of information pouring in. Not only does the site list the names of riders but it also contains some interesting snippets about the teams as well as some superb vintage photos. The number of teams listed presently stands at a remarkable 2,400. We'll take a closer look at the website in a couple of weeks time. In the meantime we were trawling through the Spokesman archive and found this photo which may strike a cord with the website's founder!
A public meeting is to be held this evening in an attempt to re-introduce cycle speedway to Weymouth. Click on the following link and read more about the exciting new project. NEWEY FALSE START SEEN BY MILLIONS - posted 11 June 2011 Following our plea to identify the riders in last night's Have I Got News For You television programme, several readers, including Daniel Harper and Steve Copping got in touch to tell us that the rider going through the tapes is Mark Newey and the race featured grid one - Steve Harris, grid two - Terrry Norman, grid three - Mark Newey, grid four - Pete Young. The event is the 2004 British Final at Horspath. Sharp-eyed Spokesman readers have identified the rider involved in the amazing 'kicking incident' in the recent Polish League match between Zielona Gora and Kalety. The rider aiming the kick is ZG's Pawel Kokot. Rafal Pigon of Kalety was the rider on the receiving end. Take another look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6wMAmLYls&feature=player_embedded Last night's episode of 'Have I Got News For You' on BBC1 (Friday 10th June) featured a brief video of a cycle speedway match. The programme, hosted by Jo Brand, showed a clip of a starting mishap as a rider got caught in the tapes. Can anybody name the riders and event? The clip appears only a minute or so into the start of the programme and can be viewed at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011w3k2/Have_I_Got_News_for_You_Series_41_Episode_9/ ROBERT BANDOSZ TOPS POLISH AVERAGES - posted 10 June 2011 Polish cycle speedway attracts excellent coverage on sportowa.zgora.pl, a sports news website. It includes up-to-date league tables and rider averages. If you click on a team name you get some other icons appearing below. These give you individual statistics for each rider, all the match results and even a graph showing league position round by round. The amount of information available is impressive! Just click on the following links and add this site to your list of favourites. League Tables Rider Statistics AMERICAN SLANT - posted 10 June 2011 Although we think we have published the following link before, we can't find it on the website, so it may have been accidently deleted. In any event it's worth a second look ... http://www.parktool.com/blog/calvins-corner/2011-cycle-speedway-world-championships
Is the worst example of legging ever? Take a look at the following video clip from last weekend's Polish League match between ZG and Kalety. It only lasts about a minute and 15 seconds. See what happens when the races finishes!!! Ace photographer Brian Barnett has been busy updating his popular Cycle Speedway Photos website which contains hundreds of first class pics. Brian has recently added more photo effects to the 'photobucket' Special Effects album. As Brian says "It's crazy! It's mad!. It's different! "My 'photobucket' albums have attracted over 10,000 picture views since 24 May" Brian told Spokesman. Take a look at www.cyclespeedwayphotos.co.uk HARRIS IN ACTION IN POLAND - posted 7 June 2011 Action from the weekend's Polish League match between Zielona Gora v Kalety, featuring Steve Harris, can be viewed on Kalety won the close fought match by just two points. TRULY REMARKABLE HISTORY SITE - posted 24 May 2011 Dave Hunting's remarkable Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages website now lists a staggering 2,285 cycle speedway teams. The response to the site has been over-whelming, so much so that Dave is having trouble finding time to enter all the data that is flooding in from all corners of the country. But Dave is determinded to see the job through. "I am still getting a fantastic response from the riders of yesteryear, who are correcting the many mistakes, plus advising me of many new clubs and names" Dave told Spokesman. "All in all it has been very worth the effort. Now I start filling in the spaces!" added Dave as he continued his challenge to update http://www.cyclespeedwayhistory.org.uk/327.shtml POOLE CLUB NIGHT PROVING A HUGE SUCCESS - posted 20 May 2011 There has been an exciting new development at Poole where the local club is staging a highly successful Club Night which regularly attracts over 60 youngsters, some as young as four-year-old, who are put through their paces in a series of organised races. Take a look at http://vimeo.com/23993770 PHENOMENAL RESPONSE TO HISTORY SITE - posted 19 May 2011 There has been a phenomenal response to the History of Cycle Speedway website. In the first 24 hours, cycle speedway historian Dave Hunting has received over one hundred emails, each giving details of 'new' teams, riders' names and in many intsances photographs like this magnificent one of Latchingdon Eagles from Essex.
"But what ever you do don't stop sending it in" pleaded Hunting. There's an excellent piece on the 2011 Worlds from the USA. A top bike mechanis takes his first look at cycle speedway. Click on http://www.cyclespeedway.tv/ follow the link to Calvins Corner on ParkTool's website. An exciting and ambitious new website has been launched today. Cycle Speedway History aims to plot every cycle speedway team there has ever been, list their riders and supplement this with additonal information and pictorial content about each team. This herculean task is the brainchild of veteran administrator Dave Hunting who has spent countless hours trawling through the archives, programmes and magazines from yesteryear as well as fading press cuttings to chronicle this wealth of valuable information. But there is still a long way to go - and Dave needs your help. Take a look at http://www.cyclespeedwayhistory.org.uk/ and if you can fill in any of the gaps, drop Dave an email at david.hunting@btinternet.com
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