Tag: Berwick Bandits
Speedway – Bandits win double-header
Berwick Bandits earned a SGB Championship Shield double over near neighbours Newcastle Diamonds.
The Borders club won 51-39 on Sunday with Steve Worrall, Thomas Jorgensen and Max Clegg top scoring for Diamonds with nine points...
Speedway – Bandits out to mug Newcastle in SBG Championship
Berwick Bandits clash with Newcastle Diamonds in the SGB Championship Shield on Saturday and tapes go up at 7pm at the Mike Hope of Wooler sponsored Borders club.
Experienced Aussie Kevin Doolan will hope to...
Speedway – Doolan powers to Bordernapolis win
Home hero Kevin Doolan powered to victory in the Bordernapolis event which kick-started Berwick Bandits' speedway season.
His Berwick team-mate Aaron Summers was second with another Bandits star, Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen, third.
Former Berwick and Edinburgh...
Speedway – Bandits shock as club is put up for sale
Berwick Bandits are for sale and owners Scott and Jamie Courtney say work and family pressures have prompted the decision.
Scott said: “Since 2016 Berwick speedway has come first, but given the amount of time...
Speedway – Howarth wins Bordernapolis
Kyle Howarth snatched a dramatic victory in Berwick’s season-closing Bordernapolis individual at Shielfield Park.
Home star David Howe looked set to take top prize when he shot between former Edinburgh Monarchs riders Howarth and Matthew...
Speedway – Sarjeant ready for Monarchs clash
James Sarjeant is desperate to dent Edinburgh Monarchs’ SGB Championship play-off hopes on Tuesday (7.30pm).
Glasgow Tigers and Edinburgh are both chasing a top-four place and only one team is likely to make it.
Currently, Edinburgh...
Speedway – rain thwarts Bandits
Berwick Bandits hopes of a road win were thwarted by the weather.
The Borders outfit were leading by four points at Ipswich Witches when the rain poured down.
The match was abandoned after six heats with...
Speedway – Bandits aim to tame Witches
Ipswich Witches entertain Berwick Bandits on Thursday hoping to bounce back after skidding to defeat at Glasgow Tigers.
Injuries and crashes hit Witches hard and the Tigers came from behind in the last three heats...
Speedway – Tigers boost ahead of Monarchs visit
Sheffield Tigers hope news of a significant announcement will boost the club ahead of their SGB Championship clash with Edinburgh Monarchs on Thursday (7.30pm).
Second-bottom Tigers say they have agreed terms with a rider with...
Speedway – fired-up Berwick maul league-leaders
Berwick continued their superb home form with a 55-35 win over Championship leaders Peterborough at Shielfield Park.
Scott Nicholls scored 17 points from six rides for Panthers but Bandits proved far more solid as they...
Speedway – Courtney aiming to stay in top four
Scott Courtney, Berwick Bandits’ team manager, hopes Reserve pair Theo Pijper and Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen remain in fine form.
Pijper collected 11 points against Edinburgh Monarchs, his former club, in last Saturday’s comfortable home league...
Speedway – Harkess warns of tough fixtures
Staggs Bar Monarchs have targeted the double-header with Berwick Bandits as crucial to the club’s SGB Championship play-off chances.
Berwick visit Armadale on Friday (7.30pm) and Monarchs travel to the Borders 24-hours later (7pm).
Both teams...
Speedway – Pijper and Summers help maul Tigers
SGB Championship: Berwick Bandits 58, Glasgow Tigers 32
Berwick: Kevin Doolan 4, Aaron Summers 8, Jye Ethridge 8, David Howe 10, Nikolaj B Jakobsen 11, Theo Pijper 9, Dany Gappmaier 8
Glasgow: Rory Schlein (guest) 7,...
Speedway – perfect Riss stuns lowly Bears
SGB Championship: Edinburgh Monarchs 69, Redcar Bears 21; Glasgow Tigers 49, Berwick Bandits 41
Edinburgh Monarchs mauled SGB Championship bottom markers Redcar Bears as the Armadale-based side powered to 69 points with Redcar claiming only...
Speedway – Scots fail in Pairs
Sheffield Tigers won the Championship Pairs at Somerset with Workington Comets in the runners-up slot.
Scots hopes Edinburgh Monarchs and Glasgow Tigers both failed to make the semi-final along with Berwick Bandits.
Monarchs were second in...
Speedway – Bandits mug Scorpions
SGB Championship: Berwick Bandits 54, Scunthorpe Scorpions 36
Aaron Summers top scored with 11 points as Berwick Bandits stung Scunthorpe Scorpions 54-36 in the Borders.
The home side led 30-18 after eight races and snuffed out...
Speedway – Courtney demands from his men
Steve Worrall returns for Scunthorpe Scorpions on Saturday after being sidelined with a broken leg.
The St Helens based racer has a good record at Shielfield but he has been out since April.
And hosts Berwick...
Speedway – Monarchs go Bear hunting
Edinburgh Monarchs face a key SGB Championship fixture at Redcar Bears on Thursday (7.30pm).
And they are looking to bounce back after the disappointing 53-37 defeat at Scunthorpe Scorpions on Sunday.
They face a Teesside combination...
Speedway – Comets mug Bandits
SGB Championship: Berwick Bandits 43, Workington Comets 47
Berwick Bandits failed to take any points from their home clash with Workington Comets in the SGB Championship on Saturday.
The Cumbrian combine left with three points after...
Speedway – Courtney lays down action plan
Berwick Bandits boss Scott Coutrney has ordered his men put their Championship Knockout Cup quarter-final defeat by Edinburgh Monarchs behind them.
And ambitious Courtney wants a repeat of the form shown late in last Saturday’s...
Speedway – Monarchs runners-up in Fours
The Staggs Bar Monarchs powered to second place in the Championship Fours in Redcar.
And the squad received praise for their performance from team manager and co-promoter John Campbell.
Peterborough Panthers retained the title but Monarchs,...
Speedway – Victor could be ace card
The Staggs Bar Monarchs will make a team change in time for the Knockout Cup ties this weekend against Berwick, bringing in Swedish rider Victor Palovaara and releasing Coty Garcia.
The revised lineup will be...
Speedway – Monarchs misfire at Berwick
The Staggs Bar Monarchs put up their worst performance of the season so far going down 53-37 against Berwick in the Championship Shield on Saturday night, writes Mike Hunter
.
The majority of the visitors did...
Speedway – Gappmaier shines as Monarchs flop
SGB Championship Shield: Berwick Bandits 53, Edinburgh Monarchs 37
Berwick: Aaron Summers 3, Kevin Doolan 10, Jye Ethridge 7, David Howe 6, Nikolaj Busk Jacobsen 8, Matthew Wethers 7, Dany Gappmaier 12
Edinburgh: Ricky Wells 14,...
Speedway – Erik steers Monarchs to victory
Championship: Edinburgh Monarchs 46, Newcastle Diamonds 44
Captain Erik Riss kept his cool to guide Edinburgh Monarchs to a narrow win over Newcastle Diamonds in the Championship.
A 5-1 in the second-last heat saw the visitors...
Speedway – Danny tops as Bandits mugged
Dany Gappmaier top scored with 11 points for Berwick Bandits but the Borders outfit left Sheffield after suffering a heavy defeat.
Skipper Kevin Doolan and Nikolaj Busk Jacobsen both suffered engine problems against lowly Tigers.
And...
Speedway – Nikolaj spearheads Bear hunt
Berwick Bandits moved to the top of the SGB Championship with a 51-38 victory over Redcar Bears in the Borders.
The result came after a ten-point defeat on Teesside on Thursday and it was achieved...
Speedway – Bears in Courtney’s sights
Berwick Bandits boss Scott Courtney wants revenge as Redcar Bears check-in at the Borders track on Saturday (tapes-up 7pm).
Berwick are second in the 11-strong league table but
emerged pointless when the teams met on Teesside...
Speedway – Summers tops Bandits list again
SGB Championship: Newcastle Diamonds 47, Berwick Bandits 43
Berwick Bandits pushed Newcastle Diamonds hard but lost 47-43 in the SGB Championship on Tyneside.
Bandits, who cut down Diamonds 57-32 in the Borders on Saturday, were only...
Speedway – Pijper showed ‘brilliant moments’
Berwick Bandits kept up their 100 per cent Championship record with a convincing 57-32 win over Newcastle at Shielfield Park.
Bandits provided 11 race winners with their No 1/2 combination of Aaron Summers and Kevin...