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  1. chdot
    Admin

    "
    This Sunday (15th April) the Falcons start their home Northern League
    campaign with fixtures against teams from Yorkshire and Lancashire.
    First up at 2pm is an A team match against Heckmondwike.  The
    Yorkshire visitors have shown a great improvement recently after
    several years struggling for rider numbers.  With the Falcons missing
    two of their top point scorers the match is sure to be tightly
    contested and may go all the way to a last heat decider.

    2nd match of the day is a B team fixture against Astley & Tyldelsey.
    The former mining towns in Lancashire have produced many great riders
    over the years and are only running with a B team in the Northern
    League as they continue to produce stars of the future.  The Falcons B
    team are on a high after their away victory at Hull in the first match
    of the season and will be going all out to make home advantage count.

    Full Details -
    15th April 2012
    Edinburgh v Heckmondwike (A Team) – 2pm
    Edinburgh v Astley & Tyldesley (B Team) – 3:30pm approx.
    Redbraes Park
    Edinburgh
    Admission Free
    Refreshments available

    Tommy Lee
    Edinburgh Cycle Speedway Club
    http://www.edinburghfalcons.co.uk

    "

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    TODAY

    How to get there.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

    Cycling Edinburgh (@CyclingEdin)

    4/15/12 3:05 PM

    #Cycle #Speedway First #Edinburgh fixture of year Redbraes (Almost) warm when the sun comes out!

    http://pic.twitter.com/u8F2wnc6

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. crowriver
    Member

    I thought it was you! Black Altura/Endura jacket?

    We (me plus son and daughter) were behind you, next to the kids' playground.

    Grand afternoon out, if a tad chilly!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    "
    The Edinburgh Falcons got their home Northern League campaign off to a winning start today with a comfortable victory over the visitors from Heckmondwike by 86 points to 63.  With six out of the eight man home team reaching double figures this strength in depth proved too much for Heckmondwike.

    In the B team fixture against Astley & Tyldesley the home side had another victory by 86 points to 64.  Again for the home side, scoring was spread throughout the team with perhaps Michael Lee being a standout with four victories from four outings.  For Astley & Tyldesley Reece Pollitt and Adam Phillips both reached 17 points from five rides.

    In today’s Junior Challenge Match, which was run over six heats, Edinburgh were defeated by Heckmondwike by 32 points to 28.

     

    Photos here courtesy of Derek Lee –

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/57243403@N00/

     

    Full Results –

    A Team Match

    Edinburgh 86

    Mike Hewitson 14 plus 1 bonus (4 rides), Marcin Czarkowski 12 + 1 (4), Jake Slight 13 (4), Michael Lee 13+4 (5), Chris Lee 15 (5), Neil McPherson 14 (5), Jonny Murphy 3+1 (2), Calum Slight 2 (2)

    Heckmondwike 63

    Darren Kent 19 (5), Justin Naylor 5 (5), Jake Wood 4 (5), Adam Watson 12 (5), Pawel Idziorek 17+1 (5), Laura Watson 6 (5), William Naylor DNR, Caleb Wilson, DNR

    Referee: Alan Hewitson, Edinburgh 

     
    B Team Match
    Edinburgh 86

    Chris Lee 13+1 (4), Mark Lee 14+1 (5), Jonny Murphy 9+3 (3), Michael Lee 16 (4), Calum Slight 12 (4), Marcin Czarkowski 11+2 (5), Paul Kelly 4+2 (2), Douglas Morgan 7+1 (3)

    Astley & Tyldesley 64

    Roy Heslop 8+1 (5), Beccy Heslop 11 (5), Ron Makin 5+1 (4), Reece Pollitt 17 (5), Adam Phillips 17 (5), Max Evans 3 (3), Daniel Burns 3 (3)

    Referee: Alan Hewitson, Edinburgh 
     
    Junior Challenge

    Edinburgh 28

    Calum Cairney 14 (3), Sean Hewitson 8 (3), Paul Lee 6+1 (3)

    Heckmondwike 32

    William Naylor 12+2 (3), Caleb Wilson 4 (3), Max Evans 12 (3)

    Referee: Alan Hewitson, Edinburgh 
     
    Tommy Lee

    Edinburgh Cycle Speedway Club

    http://www.edinburghfalcons.co.uk

    "

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. chdot
    Admin

    Both visiting teams had one female rider each.

    One even had father and daughter together in some races.

    Edinburgh had the oldest rider (69).

    The Falcons want some female riders (of any age).

    It's only four laps, how hard can that be? (Ask anth...)


    Edinburgh v Heckmondwike 150412 by tommy7lee, on Flickr

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. wingpig
    Member

    Not just anth: I'm sure I saw Tommy wandering around the office with his arm in a cast in 2006ish, unless that was derived from something other than cycle speedway.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. crowriver
    Member

    Great shot of cycle speedway race at Davidson's Mains in 1967.

    http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a/0_around_edinburgh_-_davidsons_mains_cycling_5.htm

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. Nelly
    Member

    Wingpig, suspect you could be right. One of my best friends has known Tommy and Gavin since school, and he has never been tempted to compete - despite much badgering !!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  10. gembo
    Member

    From the link, in 1970 looks like cycling speedway was popular with tracks in many parks including Harrison park

    Posted 12 years ago #

  11. crowriver
    Member

    Edinburgh Cycle Tracks

    http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_edin_t/0_edinburgh_transport_cycling_edinburgh_cycle_tracks.htm

    Great photo of the starting lineup track standing at Burdiehouse!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  12. crowriver
    Member

    "Cycle Speedway is still going on in Edinburgh, but on a vastly reduced scale. In the 1960s there were 3 divisions and dozens of tracks. Now there is just one at Redbraes Park and I don't think they have all that many matches in a year.

    It's certainly nothing like we had before. We would race at least twice a week from March to November, and would travel down south for national matches several time during the year.

    It kept us all out of trouble - and pretty fit too!"

    Don Moir, Moffat, Dumfries

    From: http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a_o/0_around_edinburgh_-_wester_hailes_flickr_row_1_col_6_cycling.htm

    Posted 12 years ago #

  13. chdot
    Admin

    "Cycle Speedway is still going on in Edinburgh, but on a vastly reduced scale."

    Never likely to be on scale it once was ever again.

    BUT the recent initiative by the Falcons of indoor races at the Jack Kane for secondary schools has been successful and they hope to involve more schools this year.

    There is to be an even session on Thursday at Redbraes.

    Details to come.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  14. chdot
    Admin

    Tomorrow

    "

    Edinburgh Falcons v Bury. League decider this Sunday Redbraes Park, 3pm, free entry

    "

    https://mobile.twitter.com/mikey_woodz/status/787269736405078016

    Getting there -

    https://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net/journey/to/55.96778,-3.187388/Redbraes+Park%2C+Broughton+Road/

    Posted 8 years ago #

  15. crowriver
    Member

    Ah, that might be good for a Sunday afternoon with the bairns.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  16. chdot
    Admin

    "

    Only the Bury Comets led by top rider Chris Parish now stand between the Falcons and their quest to lift a first ever Northern League Division 1 title .

    "

    https://en-gb.facebook.com/EdinburghFalconsCycleSpeedwayClub

    https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/Northern_Results_11102016.xls

    Posted 8 years ago #

  17. chdot
    Admin

    Previously -

    https://mobile.twitter.com/unpocaboca/status/787661918173552640

    Posted 8 years ago #

  18. chdot
    Admin

    Posted 8 years ago #

  19. chdot
    Admin

    Northern League champions -

    Posted 8 years ago #

  20. chdot
    Admin

    Posted 8 years ago #

  21. chdot
    Admin

    http://www.andycatlin.com/edinburgh-falcons

    Posted 8 years ago #

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