Plymouth Gladiators postpone opening two home meetings
PLYMOUTH promoter Mark Phillips has postponed the Gladiators’ opening two home meetings of the season. Extensive work has taken place on the Coliseum track over the winter but unprecedented rainfall totals in recent weeks have hampered efforts to put the circuit into fully raceable condition. Consequently, the BSN Series matches against Poole this Saturday (March […]
Claus Vissing completes the 2024 Workington Comets
The Workington Comets have announced the return of Claus Vissing to complete their 2024 team as they step back to Cab Direct Championship level. The experienced Dane rode for the Comets at their former Derwent Park home in 2016, and was part of the title-winning Glasgow team side last season, although he missed the closing […]
Meet the 2024 Berwick Jewson Bandits this Saturday!
Berwick Jewson Bandits supporters finally get a chance to see their new-look septet on track this weekend. New team manager Stewart Dickson was overseen a comprehensive overhaul of the side after a wretched 2023 in which they managed just three league wins all season. In comes Drew Kemp from Scunthorpe, Danyon Hume from Redcar, Lewis […]
Jewson becomes Berwick Bandits new title sponsor!
Berwick Speedway have been handed a major eve-of-season boost after clinching a lucrative sponsorship deal with one of Europe’s leading builders’ merchants. For their 2024 campaign they will be known as the Berwick Jewson Bandits after signing a deal with the company, which has over 500 branches nationally. Founded as a family-run timber, coal and […]
GT Tyres become Workington ground name sponsor for two years!
Workington Speedway are delighted to announce that their title sponsor, GT Tyres, will also become their ground name sponsor in 2024 and 2025. GT Tyres, a local tyre fitting firm, recently continued their title partnership with the Comets leading on from a successful 2023 campaign as the 2024 and 2025 Workington Comets title sponsor, but […]
The Championship – All to Race For!
BRITISH Speedway chairman Rob Godfrey believes the Cab Direct Championship is set to offer a hugely competitive product this season. Glasgow will defend the second-tier title, with the league this year also featuring newcomers Workington, and official business gets underway with the opening BSN Series fixtures over Easter with Godfrey’s own Scunthorpe team in action. […]
Season ticket sales increase for Poole Pirates!
The Poole Pirates have reported a further upturn in season ticket sales ahead of their bid to reclaim the Cab Direct Championship and KO Cup titles. The news continues a year-on-year trend of increases for the Pirates, who launch their 2024 campaign with a Good Friday (March 29) showdown with Oxford in the BSN Series […]
Ellie Rose Travel become new Scunthorpe Scorpions title sponsors!
SCUNTHORPE Scorpions have new title sponsors for the 2024 season – Ellie Rose Travel. Ellie Rose Travel UK Ltd is a family run business in the East Riding of Yorkshire based on the outskirts of East Hull (Saltend). Operating since 2002, initially by founders the late James and Sheila Houghton. Director Shane Houghton has been […]
Tom Brennan looking forward to the season ahead with the Poole Pirates!
POOLE newcomer Tom Brennan says he can’t wait to get going at Wimborne Road – as he looks to help the Pirates reclaim the Cab Direct Championship title. Brennan was one of the big movers of the winter having been part of the Glasgow team which raced to glory in last year’s Grand Final, ironically […]
Berwick Speedway to launch new football-style academy
Berwick Speedway has confirmed this week that it would not be fielding a team in the Northern Junior League this season. Four-rider teams – pairs of 500cc and 125cc – raced over six heats with Berwick’s Academy winning the competition three times. Over the years the likes of Leon Flint, Sam McGurk, Luke Harrison and […]