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What is Coventry Cycle Speedway?
We are a sports club based in Coventry, West Midlands. We race single speed bikes, with no brakes for four laps around an oval dirt track.
The sport of Cycle Speedway grew out of the bomb sites post second world war. The modern day version of the sport requires athleticism, bravery and skill, as four riders take to the track for each race, all trying to come out on top.
It is very much a short dirt track version of velodrome racing, except contact is allowed when passing.
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Fun night for our final Club Night of the year and traditional Halloween special. Thanks to Adi and his pet T-Rex for bringing the energy!![]()
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Rocco was our final star of the week, winning a spooky goodybag; but there were goodies aplenty for all.![]()
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The night was capped off with the final of the Ultimate Box Game World Championship, something our riders have trained hard for all year in hope of winning the sport's most coveted prize. 2017 British champ Myke took the win, in a tactical final, to be crowned box game champion of the world.![]()
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See you in 2026...!
4th place all round for our Juniors 🙌![]()
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Today in the World Championships, we had Yoanna in the U16 girls Championship and Jude in the Junior Nations Cup final.![]()
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Firstly we had Yoanna take on the Ipswich track in the U16 Girls Pre-Qualifier, where she was able to secure her place in the final on her 4th race. Yoanna then drew double gate 3's in her final, but was able to make the most of those outside grids, coming away with three 1st places in her races and getting a total of 15 points which made her 4th in the World in the U16 Girls! She made sure she pushed on every single race and didn't give up no matter wear she was in race. ![]()
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Later in the day t Ipswich, we had Jude take on the Nations Cup for Ireland, it was a hard draw for the Ireland team but each rider gave it everything they had including Jude. Unfortunately, Jude got an exclusion on his 3rd race but got a couple of solid 3rd places against experienced riders. Jude came off with 6 points from 5 rides for Ireland which looking at his opposition was very good going. The Ireland Junior team, then finished in 4th place behind England, Poland and Australia.![]()
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Tomorrow, Jude will be competing to qualify for the open senior category in his pre-qualifier and quarter final at Great Blakenham.
World Championships - Jude shines for Ireland and the U16 Finals.![]()
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Jude Wilcockson had a busy day today, racing 3 times throughout the day.![]()
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First up was the Semi-Final of the Junior Nations Cup at Norwich, where Jude was racing in his Ireland colours. Jude was able to get a total of 13 points in 5 rides, which helped Ireland progress to the Nations Cup Final tomorrow.![]()
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Jude then had to quickly travel over to Hethersett, where he then competed in the first Semi-Final for the U16 Open. Jude smashed through his Semi, being the second highest scorer in his semi, finishing on a total of 17 points. This easily secured him a place in the final later in the day.![]()
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Jude had a tough draw in his U16 Open final, drawing 2 grid 4's. However, he didn't let it stop him from achieving an impressive 13 points from 5 rides, placing him Joint 6th in the world. Jude gave everything he had out on the track and rode absolutely amazing all day.![]()
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Tomorrow, we have Yoanna riding in the U16 Girls Individual, and Jude will be riding again for Ireland in the Junior Nations Cup final.
Yesterday in the World Championships 🚴♀️.![]()
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Yesterday all three of our riders rode in the World Championships yesterday, Yoanna Gilpin and Amy Baynes racing in the Women’s qualifiers amd semi's and Jude Wilcockson was racing in the U16 Open Pre Qualifier.![]()
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At Great Blakenham Yoanna started off the day for the Coventry riders in the first Womens Pre-Qualifier which was seen as the more difficult draw of the two. Yoanna gave it her all in the qualifier and fought hard in every race in a hard draw, which made her first reserve in Semi-Final 1 if one was needed.![]()
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Amy was then in the second Womens Pre-Qualifier and was able to secure her place in Semi-Final 2 on her third race. Amy then had some hard luck in her semi including getting a tape exclusion in her second race. She managed to come away with a total of 6 points which placed her joint 14th in the semi.![]()
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Jude then rode later in the evening at Kesgrave for the U16 Pre-Qualifier, where he managed to qualify straight away in his first race off gate one securing his spot in today's Semi (there will be separate post about this).
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