Tag: speedway

Gary Havelock hopes for better luck when Berwick Bandits visit Peterborough Panthers tonight Friday.The former world champion is frustrated as the Borders club prop up the rest of the ten-strong SGB Championship.Last weekend, bad...

Edinburgh Monarchs boss Alex Harkess praised rider Max Clegg and the rest of the squad after fighting back from eight points down to draw at Newcastle Diamonds.A final 5-1 race defeat before was, however,...

SGB Championship: Edinburgh Monarchs 45, Glasgow Tigers 45Edinburgh: Sam Masters 14, Josh Pickering 2, Erik Riss 8, Max Clegg 1, Ricky Wells 6, Mark Riss 12, Mitchell Davey 2Glasgow: Aaron Summers 11, rider replacement...

Nick Morris powered to 16 points but Berwick Bandits nightmare start to the season continues.The Borders club prop up the ten-strong Championship with one point from ten matches after being beaten 53-40 at Workington...

Glasgow are setting a minimum target of a point as they bid to maintain their unrivalled league record in the Scottish derby tomorrow.Tigers are the only SGB Championship side to take something from each...

Edinburgh Monarchs bosses admit to having been left seething by their squad's 57-34 capitulation to Glasgow Tigers at Ashfield last month.And spokesman Graham Muncie says the Armadale club are looking to make up for...

SGB Championship: Peterborough Panthers 48, Edinburgh Monarchs 45Peterborough: Jack Holder 12, Simon Lambert 3, Paul Starke 11, Ulrich Ostergaard 7, Kenneth Hansen 6, Bradley Wilson -Dean 9, Tom Bacon 0Edinburgh: Sam Masters 12, Josh...

Glasgow Tigers skidded to a road defeat at Ipswich Witches in the SGB Championship with two former Edinburgh Monarchs riders playing a major part.Rory Schlein collected eight points and Justin Sedgmen seven points in...

Rising star Josh Pickering may miss Edinburgh Monarchs home clash with Workington Comets (tapes-up 7.30pm) on Friday in the SGB Championship.The 20-year-old broke two fingers on his left hand when he tangled with team-mate...

Aaron Summers insists Glasgow can repeat their derby heroics and book their place at the top of the SGB Championship on Thursday night.Second-placed Tigers travel to third-placed Ipswich in a crucial league encounter but...

Berwick’s new line-up will go to the tapes for the first time on Saturday.Australian World Cup rider Nick Morris, the club’s new No 1, his countryman, Jye Etheridge, who finished the last season season...

The Olympus Marquees Berwick Bandits beat Ipswich Witches 49-41 in the second-leg of the Knockout Cup quarter-final but bowed out of the competition.The ambitious Borders club found the 30-point deficit from Thursday's first-leg at...

Nike Lunna, who helped Glasgow Tigers win the Knockout Cup last season, is back on track with his team-mates in their SGB Championship opener against Scunthorpe on Saturday (7pm).The 20-year-old said: "We had a...

Ricky Wells is one of the top riders in Friday's Harrisons' star-studded Scottish Open at Armadale.The New Zealand-born rider is, however, already thinking long term and he believes Monarchs have a solid team.His aim...

The 21st season of racing starts at Armadale on Friday (tapes-up 7.15pm) with the Harrisons Scottish Open Championship with many believing this is the most competitive field in the competition in years, writes Mike...

Berwick Bandits co-promoter Scott Courtney believes the two jousts with Newcastle Diamonds last weekend have set his side up for the Knockout Cup double-header with Ipswich Witches.The first-leg is in Suffolk on Thursday with...

Sam Masters revved-up for his defence of the Harrisons Scottish Open title by coming third in the Simon Lambert Testimonial at King’s Lynn.Belle Vue rider Kenneth Bjerre won the event which was part of...

Mitchell Davey is set to roar back into competitive action for ambitious Edinburgh Monarchs after an absence of almost four seasons and the popular racer is looking for some help to achieve his targets.The...

Scott Courtney admitted that Berwick Bandits 50th anniversary Spectacular meant a great deal to a lot of people.The Grant Henderson Tankers-sponsored event attracted a big crowd and joint owner Courtney praised all riders despite...

BERWICK co-promoter Scott Courtney says the club’s new regime can’t wait to get the new season underway this weekend.Bandits stage their 50th Season Spectacular at Shielfield Park on Saturday with all of their regular...

Glasgow Tigers star Richard Lawson won British speedway's traditional curtain raiser.The Cumbrian powered to victory in the Ben Fund Bonanza title, beating former Grand Prix star Chris Harris, Tigers team-mate Richie Worrall and Edinburgh...

Berwick Bandits have secured a sponsor for their 50th season spectacular on Saturday, March 18 (tapes-up 7pm).Grant Henderson Tankers of Hamilton have come on board for this unique event featuring riders from the Olympus...

Speedway chiefs are eyeing up a bonanza of great motorsport as the tapes go up on the British season on Sunday.The Peugeot Ashfield Stadium hosts the Ben Fund Bonanza, the traditional season curtain-raiser for...

Rory Schlein is the first name to be confirmed for the Harrisons Scottish Open speedway at Armadale on 31 March 2017 (tapes-up 7.15pm).Nicknamed Roo-boy, the former Edinburgh Monarchs star is currently contracted to SGB Championship...

Three-time British champion Chris Harris joins the star-studded field for the Allied Vehicles Ben Fund Bonanza at Ashfield on Sunday.Harris, nicknamed Bomber, has ridden in several Bonanza and returns to Glasgow after scoring 14...

Edinburgh Monarchs racer Max Clegg has been added to the line-up for The Ben Fund Bonanza at Glasgow on March 12.Meanwhile, former Glasgow Tigers racer James Sarjeant is trying to stay positive in the...

 Ricky Wells will be the first Edinburgh rider in action in the UK this summer after being named in the Ben Fund Bonanza fund-raiser at Ashfield on Sunday 12 March 2017 (2pm).California-based Wells said: “It’s...

BERWICK Bandits long-serving captain Kevin Doolan has been granted a Testimonial.Sean Courtney, one of the club’s co-owners, said: "Not everyone has the right to call themselves a Bandits Legend but Kev Doolan most certainly...

Edinburgh Monarchs tell us that two of their German stars, Erik Riss and Kevin Wolbert, have joined the Leicester Lions for the SGB Premiership season in 2017.Erik will be doubling up with the Monarchs...

Berwick Bandits will have a new centre green announcement team this season.Steve Hawyard and Roy Clarke take over from Dick Barrie and co-owner Scott Courtney said: "Roy and Steve will be putting a very...