EVENT: 1st South West Division 1 win

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway recorded there 1st South West Division 1 away win of the season at Southampton last weekend 88 - 91.

 

A spokesman from the Club commented, not many would have given us a chance in this difficult away fixture and considering we had four u15 year olds in the side pulled off a great result for the Welsh side. Even though this was a great all round team performance first year rider Jack Turner turned in man of the match performance scoring 13+1.

 

Scores

Ryan Lewis 14+2, Jack Turner 13+1

Louis Harvey 12, Aaron Hughes 13+3

Mike Rice 12+2, Neil Power 15+1

Nigel Clark 7+2, Rob Absalom 5+1

 

Then it was the turn of the Conference side and even though this division has already been won by Poole the East Enders are still hoping to finnish in the top 3. Once again all the riders put in a great team performance to run out comfortable winners 65 - 85.

 

Scores

Dan Bock 11+3, Louis Harvey 13+2

Josh Davis 12, Jack Turner 13

Khaild Mitha 7+1, Ryan Lewis 14+1

Aaron Hughes 14+1

 

Pictures from the day

Confrence side at Southampton

Jack and Dan at tapes

Josh leading

Mike and Rob in action

Neil and Nigel

Ryan and Aaron

 

Report: Brtish Team finals promoted by East Newport Speedway

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club held the biggest Cycle Speedway event ever to be staged in Wales on Sunday 13Th September when they staged this years "British Team Championships"  semi-finals & final,.   The Club has only been going 4 years this October and to think that British Cycling awarded them this prestigious match shows that they had all the confidence that they could put on a great show and the spectacle that they put on anyone would think that they have been around for many a year.   The four teams battling it out to make the Final were Wednesfield v Poole and Horspath v Stoke. Last years winners Wednesfield made there way to the final defeating Poole 93 - 87 and Horspath defeated Stoke 102 - 77 to set up a Midlands v South West grand final.   Before the Grand Final "Newport Gwent Dragons" cheer leaders "Dragons Claw" entertained the large crowd and guest of honour "The Mayor Of Newport" Mr Glyn Jarvis was presented to  both Wednesfield and Horspath teams before taking his seat for a pulsating final and what a final it turned out to be with the scores level at half time 43 - 43.   Wednesfield moved 8 points in the lead 72 - 64 and with only four races to go it looked as if Horspath had blown there chances of glory, but with the Midland side suffering two exclusions in heat 15 the title was up for grabs again. With a 5 5 in heat 16 & a Mike Morgans exclusion for legging in heat 17 Horspath found themselves 4 points down going into the last heat and with Horspath's Steve Harris & Mark Boaler gaining that all important 7 3 in heat 18 which meant the scores were tied at 86 - 86 the scene was set for 3 extra races, heat 19 saw Wednesfield riders Mark Griffiths & Chris Jewkes take a 6 - 4 92 90, heat 20 Horspath hit back with a great ride from young Welsh rider Mark Carmichael & Steve Harris to gain a 7 - 3 95 - 97 this was the first time that the team from Oxford had taken the lead, heat 21 all Horspath needed to win the title was a drawn heat & this they got with Mark Boaler coming home in first place followed by "British Individual Champion" Lee Aris, Scott Doherty 3rd and Danny Harper 4Th the final score being 100 - 102. After some exciting and passionate racing, Horspath won the day in style   This was a great Final and one that everyone will be talking about for a very long time, well done to Horspath on winning their 2ND "British Team Championship" & to Wednesfield for making it that some described as the best final they had seen in years.   As for where the Final was staged this was the very first time that these Championships have ever been held in Wales and "East Newport" put on a great show a lot of time and effort went into this meeting and they should be congratulated on doing a fantastic job .   One official from the commission who was at the East Newport Polo for the very first time is looking forward to seeing more major finals come there way on a track that is not all about speed but track craft aswell.

 

Horspath Scores

 

Mike Morgans10+1, Dave Carmichael 20

Steve Harris 16+1, Mark Carmichael 19

Danny Harper 9+1, Mark Boaler 19+2

Rob Hunt 2, Wayne Hutt 7+1

 

Wednesfield Scores

 

Roger Cox 10+1, Chris Jewkes 18

Sam Smith 8+1, Terry Norman 13+1

Dale Peace 1, Scott Doherty 14

Lee Aris 16+3, Mark Griffiths 20

 

EVENT: Top Cycle Speedway on its way to East Newport

 

Goride/Clubmark Cycle Speedway Club East Newport hold one of the biggest annual Cycle Speedway events ever to be held in Wales this coming Sunday 13Th September at Larch Grove Playing Fields Underwood, The British Team Championship's Semi Finals & Final.

 

British Cycling who gave this prestigious event to the Welsh Club where more than happy that they could put on a great show for the four competing teams Wednesfield, Poole, Horspath & Stoke..

 

When East Newport Secretary Mr Rob Absalom was told of the Club receiving this major event a few months ago he said: We have only been going 4 years this October & to think that British Cycling has awarded us this event is fantastic news, we have been very busy over the last few weeks upgrading our track facilities & making sure everything is in place for this prestigious event & I would like to thank British Cycling for having the confidence in us holding this top event, & to all the Club members who have worked so hard to make this day possible.

 

The Mayor of Newport Mr Glyn Jarvis will be guest of honour & we would like to thank him very much for attending Sunday's proceedings, & also to the Newport Gwent Dragons cheer leaders Dragons Claw who will be performing before the Grand Final.

 

The entertainment gets underway at 11am with the first Semi Final between defending British Team Champions Wednesfield against Poole, then at 12:30pm the second Semi Final Horspath against Stoke. The Final will take place at 3pm

 

REPORT: East Newport Juniors in GP action

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club riders Sean Bennett u8's Ethan Lewis u10's & Ryan Lewis u16's all raced at Poole on Saturday 5Th September in the 3rd round of this years Wosskow Brown British Youth & Junior National League. Sean who recorded his 3rd British National Junior league win at Poole with a faultless maximum, became u8's National Junior League Champion with one round to go at Sheffield on 26Th September no matter how results go on that day. Ethan made his first National A Final scoring a fine 15 points, came home in 4Th place. Ryan who only started racing this season scored a creditable 10 points to make it into the C final.

 

REPORT: East Newport Vs Poole

 

Goride/Clubmark Cycle Speedway Club East Newport hosted Poole in 3 South West Matches this past weekend division one, combination & then conference.

 

The division one encounter resulted in the East Enders putting in a spirited performance before going down to last seasons division one winners 84 - 92.

 

East Newport Scores

Ryan Lewis 15, Jack Turner 10+1

Aaron Hughes 14, Louis Harvey 7

Mike Rice 11+1, Neil Power 20 from 6 rides

Nelson Oliviera 1 from 2 rides, Rob Absalom 6

 

Next up was the combination match, & all the East End riders gave 100% effort, but were no match for a Poole side who have still got a chance of winning this league & ran out comfortable winners  28 - 52

Combination match. William Oliviera in 2nd with Josh Davis in 3rd

 

Scores

Colin Wildy 6, William Oliviera 7

Josh Davis 5+1, Dan Bock 7

Callum Goward 2, Ethan Lewis 1

 

The third & final match of the day was Conference league action. Poole who have already won the conference league this season were up against a East Newport outfit trying to become the first side this season to defeat this seasons South West Conference Champions, & this they did running out winners by 76 - 71 in this 15 heat match. 

 

Both sides gave good account of themselves & on the showing of both sets of riders the future of both Club's look to be in good hands.

Aron leading with Jack in 3rd

 

Scores

Aaron Hughes 14+1, Nelson Oliviera 7+2

Jack Turner 13, Dan Bock 7,

Ryan Lewis17+1, Adam Bennett 3

Louis Harvey 15+1

Rob Absalom leading Poole's Dave Murphy in 2nd and Mike Ricein in 3rd

 

REPORT: 2009 British Finals,British Individual

under 10's under 16's & Ladies Championship's

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club riders recently took part in the British Individual under 10's under 16's & Ladies Championship's which were being held in the Midlands this past bank holiday weekend.

 

Bretford was the first port of call where the under 10's & Ladies Championship was taking place. All the East End u10's Sean Bennett, Callum Goward, Ethan Lewis & Tudor Coombes made it through to their first British Final & all did extremely well on the tight & well prepared Bretford circuit. Next up was Laura Bennett who gave a good account of herself but unfortunately missed out on the final of the Ladies.

U10's

 

Then it was the turn of Aaron Hughes & Ryan Lewis to fly the flag for the Goride/Clubmark Club in the u16's at Wednesfield, both qualified comfortably for the semi finals where a top eight finish would guarantee a place in the final the following day at Leicester. Aaron made his first British final scoring 15 points, but a fall by Ryan in his last race put an end to his chances.

Aaron Hughes on way to winning 4th race

 

In the Final itself Aaron put in a very gusty performance scoring 10 points which included a very good win in his 4Th ride when in 3rd place at one point.

 

A spokesman for the Club said, the City of Newport should be proud of the fact that there were three Welsh riders in the u16's final Aaron Hughes, Horspath's Mark Carmichael who came home in 2ND place after a runoff & Poole's Ben Mould who is now British u16's Champion after scoring 19 points . It was 30 years to the date 31st August & at the same Leicester track that Newport Dragons rider Nicky Davies won Wales 1st ever British  Individual Championship in the u18's,  Ben now joins East Newport's Louis Harvey u13 in becoming the 2ND Welsh rider this year to win a British Individual Championship, & on the showing of all the Welsh riders who rode so well over the bank holiday weekend, this surely wont be the last.

 

Mark, Ben Aaron (below)

 

REPORT: 3rd Successive Youth and Junior GP win for East Newport

 

This past weekend East Newport young cycle speedway stars achieved their third successive youth and junior league grand prix victory to finish in second place overall in the South West Region, missing out by a single point to winners Exeter.
 
The small Horspath circuit presents its own unique challenges for riders, but with many of the East Newport riders racing on the Oxfordshire circuit for the first time victory seemed unlikely.
 
In a competition where Individual points combine to achieve an overall team total, the character of the East End youngsters once again shone through with five of the riders reaching the A Finals.
 
Sean Bennett won his sixth u8's final, British u13's Champion Louis Harvey triumphed in the u14's category, Adam Bennett qualified for his first u12's final, Ryan Lewis and Aaron Hughes once again reached the u16's final. The remaining East End riders combined to score enough points to enable the East Newport to pull off what can only be described as a fantastic victory.
 
This August Bank Holiday weekend brings the annual staging of the open, under 16's, under 10's and girls British Individual Championships. This years staging takes place in the Midland Region with the Go-ride/Clubmark East Newport Club being represented by; Sean Bennett, Tudor Coombs, Ethan Lewis and Callum Goward in the u10's; Ryan Lewis and Aaron Hughes in the u16's; and Laura Bennett in the girls, Laura would have been joined by team mate Tania Smith, who is now unable to take her place in the finals due to a fall she sustained last weekend at Horspath, and after a visit to the hospital finds herself with a broken ankle.

 

REPORT: East Newport Cycle Speedway Club Sports Day

 

This coming Saturday 8Th August 1pm at Larch Grove Playing Fields Underwood East Newport Cycle Speedway host for the first time a sports day for all riders & members of the Goride / Clubmark Cycling Club.

 

Organiser Kerry Bennett who is a Child Welfare Officer of the Club takes up the story.

A few people at the Club was asking what can we do in the summer (what summer) other than Cycle Speedway,  so I came up with the idea of having a sports day, its different & most can either join in or help. There will be no Cycle Speedway going on that day that is one guarantee. Some Club's within our sport has nicknames like Lions, Hammers, Robins, so the winning team can then choose a name to go after East Newport as long as its clean. Such is the keenness of the Club Members that the sports day has already been pencilled in to become an annual event.

 

The Team Captains & names for the four side competing are Richard Hughes (The Flying Hawks) who will be joined by Kerry Bennett, Daniel McDonald, Shannon Bennett, Tudor Coombes, Charlie McDonald, Oliver McDonald & Richard Morrison.  

 

Rob Absalom (The Pasta Munchers) & in his side will be Nigel Clark, Gary Brain, Josh Davis, Danny Oliviera, Callum Goward, Nicky Goward & Charlie Clark.

 

 Ian Sizer (The Von Traps) will be joined by Colin Wildy, Jack Turner,  Nelson Oliviera, William Oliviera, Adam Bennett, Anthony Oliviera & Liam Morris.

 

 Gilbert Davis (The Flatley's) & in his side will be Keith Bennett, Laura Bennett, Aaron Hughes, Earl Broomfield, Ieuan Payne, Sean Bennett, & Caitlyn Goodwin.

 

Some of the events that will take place are Skipping, Egg & Spoon, Sack, Rely, & many more, so a fun day is sure to be had by the family run East End Club.

 

None of this would have been possible without the help of Anne Marie Payne, Bev Hughes, Mandy Absalom & Beryl Bennett.

 

REPORT: National Junior League GP - Sean Bennett

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club under 8's rider Sean Bennett competed in the second of four British National Junior League GP this past weekend 1st August at Sandwell.
 
Sean who lost his first ever race in this years GP still made his way though to the A Final after scoring 15 points. Determined not to lose the A Final and stay at top of the GP standings he sped from the gate to win his second National GP in fine fashion

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club were defeated for the first time at home this season to current South West Division One leaders and favourites for the league Horspath Hammers.
 
All of the East Enders gave 100% effort on the well prepared circuit, and the scoreline of 81 - 97 does not reflect how close the racing was.
 
Two of the Hammers riders Mike Morgans and Mark Carmichael recorded fine maximums, and would have been joined by team mate Mark Boaler but he was defeated by young East End rider Aaron Hughes in the final heat of this fixture.
 
Scores

Ryan Lewis 10+1

Louis Harvey 7+1 from 4 rides

Matt Davis 7+1 from 3 rides

Kieran Jones 14+1 from 6 rides

Rob Absalom 5 from 3 riders

Aaron Hughes 12+2

Ryan Hughes 15

Neil Power 11+2

Then it was the turn of the u18 Conference league match, both East Newport and Horspath youngsters looked evenly matched on paper. The lead changed hands several times before the East End outfit ran out winners  79 - 69 to record their 2nd victory in this seasons Conference league.
 
Scores

Aaron Hughes 17+2

Colin Wildy 6

Josh Davis (man of the match ) 5+1

Ryan Lewis 18

Louis Harvey 17

Dan Bock 9

Nelson Oliviera 5+1

Sean Bennett 2

 

REPORT: South West Regional Gold Cup Final

 

Last Sunday 26th July East Newport Cycle Speedway Team competed in the prestigious South West Regional Gold Cup Final. In a top class field the East Enders were regarded by many to be the weakest team in the final, but the team surprised their far more experienced opponents to secure a magnificent forty three points.

With the East Enders fielding three fourteen year old and one thirteen year old, little was expected of the team but on numerous occasions the brilliant young side matched and even outpaced their rivals on the notoriously difficult Swindon circuit, with their enthusiasm and team spirit winning much praise from their opponents.

Such was the enthusiasm of the youngsters to race, that team reserve Club stalwart Mike Rice did not have the opportunity to compete in a single race. With the youngsters gaining such valuable experience during 2009, it will only be a matter of time before the Goride/Clubmark East Newport Club win their first major trophy.

Gold Cup Final Result

Swindon 59Horspath 56

Southampton 54

Hellingly 45

East Newport 43

Poole 39

East Newport Scorers

Louis Harvey 10

Ryan Lewis 11+2

Aaron Hughes 9+1

Jack Turner 13+1

Mike Rice dnr

 

REPORT: Louis Harvey, Clubs first British Individual Champion

 

Louis Harvey of East Newport Cycle Speedway Club, became the Club's first ever British Individual Champion, winning the British Under 13's Championship.
 
The East End youngster, sped though his semi-final with a faultless maximum, to make his way to his second British Final in 2 years.
 
Louis turned in a performance beyond his years to win a thrilling final at Kesgrave, edging out Matt Haddock from Wednesfield. Third place went to defending champion Matt Mildon from Poole after a run off with Stockport 2006 rider Jake Read.
 
A spokesman from the Club said "After last year's disappointment when Louis was well in contention to finish in the top 3 of the u13 before machinery failure, it is fantastic news. It just goes to show that he was well focused for this which was his last chance to win the British under 13 Individual Championship, as next year he will be racing in the u16 category. Everyone connected with the Club would like to congratulate Louis on this fantastic achievement."
 
Final Scores:

Louis Harvey (East Newport) 19

Matt Haddock (Wednesfield) 18

Matt Mildon (Poole) 17

Jake Read (Stockport 2006) 17

Liam Johnson-Rich (Wednesfield) 15

Richard Fellgett (Ipswich) 13

Joe Avery (Exeter) 13

Will Clark (Ipswich) 12

Robert Warminger (Norwich) 12

Harry Swallow (Kesgrave) 11

Charlie Rumbold (Ipswich) 10

Daniel Knights (Ipswich) 10

Rosie Wollard (Ipswich) 9

Adam Overett (Ipswich) 9

Richard Hudson (Sheffield) 7

Matt Hill (Ipswich) 6

 

Referee:  Terry Ashford (Suffolk)

 

REPORT: Home Victory for East Newport

 

South West Division one outfit East Newport Cycle Speedway recorded there 4th home victory of the season on Sunday 12th July against Filton 94 - 84.

 

The only down point in the fixture was the match ban of Filton rider Paul Gibbs for swearing at the referee after being excluded for a racing incident in heat 12.

 

All but 1 of the East End riders recorded race wins, & this fine victory pushed the side up into the top 3 of the league.

 

Man Of The Match veteran Mike Rice was in fine form, & was backed up very well by all the team but in particular by young riders Ryan Lewis & Aaron Hughes.

Rob and mike on way to 7 3

 

East Newport Scores

Mike Rice 13+3, Ryan Lewis 15+1

Aaron Hughes 16+1, Matt Davis 11+2

Jack Turner 6, Ryan Hughes 11+1

Rob Absalom 9, Neil Power 13

 

Filton Scores

Chris Davies 14+1, Ian Lawrence 18+3 from 6 rides

Paul Gibbs 7, Colin Simmons 13+1

Mike Burgess 20, Ian Robinson 7

Jake Sicolo 3, Ollie Sidwick 2

 

Then it was the turn of the under 18's in Conference league action. Where they took on local rivals Newport. After losing away at Newport the team was well up for this match & ran out comfortable winners 88 - 62.  Such was the lead that the East End Manager was able to bring in his to reserves in place of two heat leaders in heat 12 of this 15 heat fixture.

 

All of the Goride-Clubmark East Newport riders  Dan Bock, Colin Widly, Ryan Lewis, Earl Broomfield, Jack Turner, Josh Davis, Ethan Lewis & Man Of The Match Aaron Hughes who scored a paid maximum played there part in this fine victory.

Josh in action

 

East Newport scores

Aaron Hughes 18+2, Dan Bock 14+3

Colin Wildy 9+2, Ryan Lewis 13+1

Earl Broomfield 12+1, Jack Turner 15

Josh Davis 4, Ethan Lewis 3

 

Newport scores

J Lewis 12, D Denny 5+1

J Soper 6, O Sidwick 15

J Sicolo 14+1, J Harold 8

R Davies 2

 

REPORT: British u16 Team Championship

 

East Newport Under 16 Cycle Speedway Team raced in their first ever British u16 Team Championship this past weekend at Go-Ride club Newport. Racing against Exeter, Horspath and Stockport 2006 in their semi-final, the young East Newport riders Aaron Hughes, Jack Turner, Ryan Lewis, Louis Harvey and Earl Broomfield rode above themselves to reach their first British u16 Team final.
 
In the final the East Newport team were up against pre match favourites Poole, Sandwell and Ipswich. Manager Tony Bennett said "To make the final was a fantastic achievement, and to hear positive remarks from former World and British Champion Roger Ellis about the East Newport riders makes it all the more pleasing to work with these youngsters. As long as we can keep these riders together hopefully one day we will become British Team Champions."
 
Poole ran out winners on 50 points, Sandwell 2nd on 47, East Newport 3rd 38, Ipswich 4th 23.
 
East Newport Scores

Jack Turner 8

Louis Harvey 9

Aaron Hughes 10

Ryan Lewis 11

Earl Broomfield dnr

 

REPORT: East Newport Cycle Speedway

Club riders in National Junior League

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club Go-ride/Club-mark riders Sean Bennett (under 8's) and Ethan Lewis (under 10's) competed in the first of four British Junior League National rounds at Norwich this past weekend July 4Th.

 

Sean who has yet to lose a race in the South West rounds this year carried on this fine vein of form by winning all 4 qualifying races, and then the A Final to take his first National Junior League victory.

 

Ethan scored a very good 14 points which included two fine wins and two 2ND places, came home in 4Th place in the B Final.

 

REPORT: Narrow loss for East Newport

 

Last Sunday 28th June East Newport Cycle Speedway division one team lost a hard fought match away to Hellingly Lions 95-85.
 
On the notoriously difficult, but well prepared East Sussex circuit the young East End Team produced a performance to equal any previous performances by the Go-ride/Clubmark team in its short four year history.
 
From the start the Eastenders were quick from the gates adapting to the tracks tight bends, with only a few basic errors preventing the team from leading the match at half time.
The second half saw the home team build up a fourteen point advantage, but the Eastenders hit back with several heat wins to narrowly fall short of the winning score.
 
ENCSC always win and lose as a team, but the performances of Aaron Hughes, Louis Harvey, Ryan Lewis and debutant Jack Turner deserve special praise.
 
 
Scores

Louis Harvey 15 from 5 rides

Matt Davis 6+1 from 4 rides

Aaron Hughes 18+1 from 6 rides

Mike Rice 10+4 from 5 rides

Nigel Clark 4+1 from 3 rides

Rob Absalom 11+1 from 4 rides

Jack Turner 9+1 from 4 rides

Ryan Lewis 12 from 5 rides

East Newport's division two side gained their second victory of the season beating Hellingly 53-41.
 
Each rider produced solid performances with team debutant Earl Bloomfield top scoring and nine year old Callum Goward both looking particularly impressive.
 
Scores

Dan Bock 10+2

Callum Gaward 7+1

Colin Wildy 5+2

Earl Bloomfield 13

Ian Sizer 4

A Club spokesman remarked with the performance of the young riders today and the Club having many more in the pipeline the future of East Newport is well secured.

 

NEWS: Third home win for East Newport

 

Wales only Goride/Clubmark Cycle Speedway Club East Newport recorded there third home win of the season last weekend (21st June) against Hellingly Lions 94-85.
 
Both sides rode very well on the East End Polo and with only 3 races to go there was only 3 points between the sides. Mike Rice and Ryan Hughes teamed up very well in heat 16 to secure a 7-3 which virtually won the match for the East Enders. Man of the match Aaron Hughes was in fine form, taking 3 fine wins, and was backed up very well by another up and coming young rider, Louis Harvey.

 

East Newport 94

Aaron Hughes 17+1

Matt Davis 6+2

Kieran Jones 15

Louis Harvey 11+1

Mike Rice 12+2

Neil Power 15

Nigel Clark 4

Ryan Hughes 14+1

 

Hellingly Lions 85

A Gear 2

N Hollebon 18

E Ridley 15

J Morley 3

A Long 6+1

M Hollebon 21+2

Z Parsons 12

J Durham 8

 

Then it was the turn of the Combination side, who ran out comfortable winners by 50 points to 30. Dan Bock was awarded man of the match after some gritty and determined riding. Nelson Oliveira's score was restricted due to a fall in his first race, Ryan Lewis recorded his first maximum for the club, and in only his second ever match for the Club Jack Turner also recorded a maximum. Reserves Josh Davis and Khalid Mitha scored 1 & 2+1 respectively.
 

Jack Turner up the inside

East Newport

Ryan Lewis 15+1

Nelson Oliveira 8+1

Jack Turner 12

Dan Bock 12+3

Josh Davis 1

Khalid Mitha 2+1

 

NEWS: East Newport Cycle Speedway Club create a bit of history

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club created a bit of history this past weekend when they raced for the first time in the British Team under 10's championship at Exeter.
 
With the top two sides from the semi-finals qualifying for the final, the East End youngsters went on their quest to qualify for their first British Team Final, and this they did winning their semi final by 53 points over Ipswich 45, Horspath 39, Wednesfield 38 and Sheffield 25.
 
A jubilant Manager Tony Bennett said "to think that we have only been going 4 years, to make the Final is great for everyone connected with the Goride/Clubmark East End Club. Many of the other riders towered above our riders and the talk from some quarters had suggested that we would be an easy target, but how wrong they were! With many of the team still being in the same age group next year things are looking great for the Club."
 
In the Final East Newport came up against Exeter who ran out comfortable winners on 55 points, Kesgrave were 2nd on 47, East Newport 3rd on 36 points and Ipswich 4th on 22. There was no man of the match award as all of the East End riders; Taylor Carey, Ethan Lewis, Callum Goward, Tudor Coombs and Sean Bennett rode extremely well.
 
Then it was the turn of the under 16's to race in a rearranged South West Junior league GP, with East Newport leading on 232 and Exeter closely behind on 221 it was down to the u16 riders to try and win the Club's first ever Junior League victory. With two newcomers taking to the track for only their second time, both Jack Turner and Earl Bloomfield did very well, and their points together with the points of Aaron Hughes, Dan Bock and Ryan Lewis enabled the East Newport Club to come home in first place. Exeter finished 2nd on 235, they hadn't lost a South West GP in 3 years, Horspath 214, Newport 168, Poole 113, Southampton 20, Filton 15. With only 2 more South West GP to go and with more riders joining our club, it looks as if we will reach our goal of finishing in the top 3 this year.

 

NEWS: British Team under 10's Championship this coming weekend

 

Go-ride/Clubmark Cycle Speedway Club East Newport compete for the first time in their short history in the British Team under 10's Championship this coming weekend 20th June at Exeter.   Club Coach and Team Manager for the under 10's Tony Bennett has had a few training sessions with these up and coming youngsters, and he was impressed with the way they all performed.   Tony said all eight riders over the last few weeks gave it their all in training, he knew that only five would be able to race from Ethan Lewis, Callum Goward, Tudor Coombs, Taylor Carey, Sean Bennett, Craig Williams, Ryan Davies and Anthony Olivera, having to leave out Ryan, Craig and Sean was a bit of a wrench, but in some ways its a nice problem to have, knowing you have so many riders to choose from

REPORT: Neil Power has been selected  for Wales

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club raced a re-arranged South West Junior League GP this past weekend at Newport. The Grand Prix was scheduled to take place the weekend before at Filton but due to the bad weather it was cancelled.

Once again all of the Goride/Clubmark East Newport riders gave it their all: Nicky Goward, Bradley Davies, Eistyn Lewis (under 8's); Anthony Olivera, Tudor Coombs, Taylor Carey, Ryan Davies, Callum Goward, Ethan Lewis, Craig Williams, Ieuan Payne (under 10's); Dan Oliviera, Adam Bennett, Khalid Mitha, Adil Mitha (under 12's); Louis Harvey, William Oliviera, Josh Davis, Nelson Oliviera (under 14's); Colin Widly (under 18's).

Sean Bennett recorded his fourth GP win of the season, but it was the performance's of Man of the match Richard Morrison under 8's and, all of the lady riders Tania Smith, Laura Bennett, Sharon John and Amena Mitha that caught the eye of the East End management.

Amena Mitha in action

With the scores reading East Newport 232, Exeter 221, Horspath 190, Newport 181, Poole 82, Southampton 20 and Filton 15, it will be all down to the under 16's on 20th June at Exeter to try and defend the ENCSC lead. (no pressure!)

 

NEWS: Neil Power has been selected  for Wales

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club's rider Neil Power has been selected to race for Wales in the forthcoming Home International at Edinburgh this coming Saturday.
 
Neil who last raced for Wales in 1991 returned to the Sport back in 2008, and his never say die attitude has resulted in a well deserved return to the Welsh side.
 
East Newport assistant 1st team manager Gilbert Davis said "Neil has been training very hard over the last year, and this is just reward for all the work that he has put in. We are very proud once again to be providing a rider to represent Wales at this level, and this is just testament to the coaching staff at the Go Ride / Clubmark Club as we are the only Club in Wales to have a rider representing our Country in this years Home International

 

REPORT: South West Rose Bowl

 

Go ride/Clubmark Cycle Speedway Club East Newport, competed in this years South West Rose Bowl, which is open to all South West Club's not competing in the premier league.
 

The top 4 teams from the Rose Bowl would join seeded club's Poole [&] Horspath in the prestigious Gold Cup in July. With Filton withdrawing from the meeting due to a shortage of riders (which is a bit of a mystery considering they have the use of all Newport CSC riders to ride for them in South West Team events), the remaining five club's; Exeter (last years winners), hosts Hellingly, Swindon, Southampton and East Newport proceeded on a well prepared circuit to try and win the 2009 Rose Bowl.
 
In all fairness the winners were always going to be out of Swindon, Hellingly and Southampton with Exeter and East Newport trying to take points off the top three and finish in the all important Gold Cup spot of 4th place.
 
Swindon finished the meeting in 3rd place on 41 points, Hellingly 2nd on 46 and Southampton deserved winners on 48.
 
All of the Exeter riders gave 100% and in Craig Nethercott who scored 12 points, it is only a matter of time before a premier league side snaps him up.
 
As for the East Enders it was all about qualifying for the Gold Cup and this they did by pipping Exeter by just 2 points. Aaron Hughes topped scored with 12 points and was backed up very well by Man Of The Match Rob Absalom, the other three East End riders Neil Power, Ryan Lewis and Nigel Clark were always in the thick of the action.
 
The match was well marshalled by top referee Mike Legg, and to see the current British Champion on show when surely his services would have been much more appreciated in a premier league clash just goes to show that regional events like these are just as important.
 

East Newport 32

Aaron Hughes 12

Rob Absalom 7+2

Neil Power 8

Ryan Lewis 3

Nigel Clark 2

 

REPORT: Welsh under 18s open

 

Newport cycle speedway club promoted the 5th annual staging of the Welsh under 18s open at there excellent track at the International sports village.

Exeters Thomas Reed recorded a hat trick of titles scoring a fine 20 point maximum Sandwell Lee Smith came 2nd on 19 with Pooles Ben Mould beating Horspaths Mark Carmichael for third after a race off, the racing was entertaining with Newports Owen Pendree and team mate Joe Lewis both impressing in there first welsh open.

Local Lliswerry ward councillor was the clubs guest for the day and was impressed by the set up and pledged his full support to the Newport club.

 

East Newport vs Swindon Robins

 

28/04/09

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club  raced a  South West Division one fixture against Swindon Robins. The East Enders should have raced their first away match of the season against Filton, but due to the Flyer's not having enough riders the fixture was cancelled, & then hastily arranged the home match against the Robins.

Captain Neil Power leading...

 

Both teams seemed evenly matched & at the half way stage the East Newport held a 5 point lead 47 - 42, there was never really more than 5 points in the match until heat 16 when Robins rider Martin Glover moved at the tapes & was excluded, the sole Swindon rider left in the race tried to split the 2 East End riders up to keep them in with a chance of winning the match, but to no avail, & after the final 2 races of this 18 heat fixture the East End outfit came home with the 2 points in the bag 92 - 86.

 

The East End management was pleased with all the riders,  in particular Matt Davis, Aaron Hughes & Mike Rice, & with a tough away fixture coming up away to last years South West Champions Poole the team will need to keep up this good form if they are going to get a positive result in 3 weeks time.

 

East Newport Scores

 

Nigel Clark 11, Aaron Hughes 12+3

Neil Power 13, Mike Rice 7

Matt Davis 12+3, Nicky Evans 14

Ryan Hughes 17+1, Rob Absalom 6+1

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway - Local derby

 

27/04/09

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club Conference League side took on local rivals Newport at their International Sports Village track. The sore-line of 82 67 to Newport would have been much closer, due to some dubious decisions by the home referee.

 

For the East Enders Aaron Hughes, Ryan Lewis, Louis Harvey & Man Of The Match Dan Bock all had a very impressive match.

Impressive venue, Dan Bock and Louis Harvey go at it...

 

A spokesman for the Club said, all eight of our riders gave 100% effort, & time Iis very much on there side, but what is so pleasing about the East Newport set up is, we could go out & win at all costs by signing up 2nd re licence riders to race in the conference league, but after speaking to the Conference Management they said we would not be going down that route, to leave out home based riders.

 

East Newport scores

 

Louis Harvey 12+2, Dan Bock 11+2

Scott Clark 6, Colin Wildy 2

Josh Davis 3, Ryan Lewis 15+1

Ethan Lewis 1, Aaron Hughes 17+2

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway hosts

South West Junior League GP

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club hosted the third round of this years South West Junior League GP last weekend, & with a big crowd in attendance, and the track in top condition the scene was set for some top racing on the East End Polo from all of the South West competitors.
 
First up was the under 8's and Sean Bennett went unbeaten once again, there was also improved performances from Nicky Goward, Eistyn Lewis and debut rider Jack Richards.
 
Then it was the turn of the u10's and all of these riders rode above themselves Craig Williams, Tudor Coombes, Anthony Oliviera, Taylor Carey, Joshua England, Ethan Lewis and Callum Goward.
 
Flying the flag in the u12's was Adil Mitha, Danny Oliviera, Khalid Mitha and Adam Bennett who had his best match in this years Grand Prix.
 
In the under 14's, Louis Harvey, William Oliviera, Josh Davis and Nelson Oliviera did extremely well, to keep the East Enders in with a chance of winning this Grand Prix.
 

Josh leading the way at the GP

Nelson Oliviera at the front

With Aaron Hughes, Dan Bock and Ryan Lewis taking to the track in the u16's category these riders kept the East End Club in the lead with only two age groups left.
 
With Exeter tracking 3 riders to East Newport's only rider (Colin Wildy) in the u18's age group this was a great chance for them to pull back the 23 point deficit, and this they did taking a 8 point lead.
 

Sharon on 3 and Tania on 2

With the scores reading Exeter 224, East Newport 216, Horspath 200, Newport 124, Poole 97, Southampton 61 and Filton 12, we came to the last category of the day which was the ladies. With Exeter red hot favourites to win their 3rd GP this year, it was a case of could debut riders Tania Smith and Sharon John keep the East End Club in 2nd place, and this they did, both riders got better race by race and they are both looking forward to the next GP in June at Filton.
 
A Club spokesman said, all the riders from the club rode extremely well and to think that 2 years ago we only had one or two riders taking part in GP events, to finish 2nd ahead of more experience clubs is a great achievement. If we could finish in the top 3 this year it would be a great thing for the Go-ride / Clubmark Welsh Club.

 

Poole v East Newport

 

East Newport Cycle Speedway Club travelled to Poole to race in three South West Matches, first up was the division 1 clash, and with last seasons division 1 champions Poole tracking a very strong side, there was only ever going to be one result in this fixture, with Poole running out convincing winners 119 - 61.
 
Assistant East Newport Manager Gilbert Davis said "we knew 2 weeks ago that we didn't have the side to  compete with Poole in the division one encounter, and could have quite easily tried to call this fixture off. With riders unavailable either due to work, injury, or family commitments this was one fixture we could have done without, but due to the fact that we have got plenty of riders in the club, we decided not to try and call this fixture off. We could like other South West Club's go out and get 2nd re licence riders in from other regions or even fly them in from Poland, but why should we when all your doing is leaving home grown talent out."
 
Scores

Colin Wildy 5

Mike Rice 10

Aaron Hughes 10

Ian Sizer 0

Nigel Clark 7+1

Louis Harvey 7

Matt Davis 11

Ryan Lewis 11

Aron Hughes leading

Next up was the combination match and Poole ran out winners by 43 - 37, all the East End youngsters Dan Bock, Callum Goward, Ethan Lewis, man of the match Josh Davis, and debut girl Tania Smith gave it there all.
 
Scores

Josh Davis 10+2

Callum Goward 2

Ethan Lewis 7

Dan Bock 15

Tania Smith 3

Josh Davis leading

Then Finally it was the turn of the conference team, and this was always going to be a tough encounter trying to defeat the current league leaders who have yet to lose a fixture in this age group, but in all fairness to the East Newport team they all gave 100% effort  losing 87 - 68. Man of the match Aaron Hughes topped scored for the East Enders, and was well supported by Ryan Lewis, Louis Harvey and Dan Bock.
 
Scores

Aaron Hughes 15

Callum Goward 2

Ryan Lewis 13

Ethan Lewis 2

Louis Harvey 13

Dan Bock 8+3

Josh Davis 5

Colin Wildy 5+2

 

NEWS: East Newport Cycle Speedway

 

This coming Saturday 16th May, East Newport Cycle Speedway Club host the 3rd round of this years South West Junior GP, starting at 12 noon at their very attractive Larch Grove circuit at Underwood.
 
Exeter who currently lead this years GP series will start as favourites, and will be pushed hard by the East End youngsters who have finished 3rd in the first two rounds of this very competitive competition.
 
A spokesman for the Club said "Exeter and second place team Horspath are setting a very high standard, but as long as we can maintain our momentum, and with the added bonus of having some new girl riders racing this weekend then we could challenge the top two".

 

Photo of East Newport's Laura Bennett in action at Exeter