Sunday 3rd July down at our Ashmore Park track following a night of 60th anniversary celebrations, celebrations for the aces continued following a win against our other Midland clubs our 3rd round of the KO cup team riding event.
The aces team took the lead very early on in the matched and took the win thanks to the seven 7-3 wins they secured with team mates Ellis and Brandon securing a 7-3 win every time they took to the track.
The final scores being:
Wednesfield 75 points
Leicester 61 points
Birmingham 55 points
Coventry 47 points
Well done all and thanks to our volunteers who were amazing as always!

​Three riders made there way to East Park CSC today to take part in the final Midland BYJL round for 2022.
Aces Finley, Jacob and Corey made the epic journey over to the Wolverhampton track and took part in the U8’s, U10’s and U14’s respectively.
We are pleased to announce that all 3 took podium places today in the overall standings.
So I introduce….
Finley 3rd in the Midlands U8’s
Jacob 3rd in the Midlands U10’s
Corey Midland Champion U14’s
A fantastic well done from the club you did the club and yourselves proud.

​FINAL DAY OF THE JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Now we hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend celebrating our 60th anniversary with us and that you are now all home safe from your travels to us over the weekend it has been so lovely to see so many faces enjoying the sport that we are all involved in.
Yesterday, Sunday the 19th June we started the day with a best pairs meeting with 6 teams taking to the track to begin the final day of celebrations.
After 4 out of their 5 heats being 7-3 to them the Birmingham pairing of Paul Heard and Chris Timms took home the winners jerseys sponsored by Connor Dyke with his company Connors Construction. In second place was the Wednesfield Pairing of Brandon Whetton and Chris Jewkes who were the only pairing to stop Heard and Timms running of 7-3 in the final heat where each team secured 5 points. To complete the podium it was the Exeter pairing being JJ Wildman and Connor Tucker.
Full results:
1st Birmingham: Paul Heard and Chris Timms 33 points
2nd Wednesfield: Chris Jewkes and Brandon Whetton 29 points
3rd Exeter: JJ Wildman and Connor Tucker 24 points
Joint 4th Ipswich A and B: Ashley Hill and James Porter (A), Owen Wells and Ben Clarke (B) both teams on 23 points
6th Select: Tom Bewick, Rob and Owen Geach 18 points
Next up was the Women's event with 13 girls in the field nevertheless some good racing was taken to the track for some enjoyable and entertaining racing. Sponsoring the event was Tom Bewick with his company Sweetie Blinders putting up sweets and merch up for grabs. Wednesfield's own Georgia within the line up finished on 15 points putting her in 6th place as the whole line up went in one point descending order.
On behalf of Wednesfield Aces we would also like to wish Honey Whitehead a speedy recovery after an awkward fall yesterday which has resulted in a broken scaphoid. We wish you well Honey and that you have a quick recovery.
Winner: Emily Burgess, A&T 20 points
2nd: Lily Parr, Kesgrave 19 points
3rd: Maddie Saunders, Poole 18 points
To close off the weekend we had the open final with a full line up of 16 riders it saw the return of Wednesfield's own Carl Parfitt jump back on a cycle speedway bike to go on and score 9 points. Despite none finishing in the top three our other Wednesfield riders put up a good effort in the event with Chris scoring 15 points to finish 5th, Brandon Whetton scored 13 points, Tom Bewick and Lee Kemp both scoring 8 points. Winning the Open to secure the £100 cash prize put up by the sponsor of the event Glyn Rowley, Libertas 2 was Paul Heard from Birmingham after scoring 19 points.
Results:
Winner: Paul Heard, Birmingham 19 points
2nd: Chris Timms, Birmingham 18 points
3rd: Lukas Nowaki, Horspath 17 points
Thank you for everyone's support over the weekend we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

​4th PLACE FOR COREY AND A WIN FOR THE ENGLAND SELECT ON DAY ONE
To kickstart our jubilee weekend the under 14’s took to the Wednesfield track. With home track start favourite Corey winning his first three races after going from third to first in one of his races in one straight he was in good contention for the podium but after two thirds in his last two races he finished in fourth in a formula completed with the full 16 riders.
Winner: Ryker Jolly, Kesgrave (20)
2nd: Shaun Kell, Norwich (19)
3rd: Duncan Whalley, A&T (17)
Thanks to the Burts for sponsoring the event the appreciation of the winners top was shown by the Kesgrave rider commenting ’oohhh beautiful’
Next up were the Juniors a special thanks to Ryker (Kesgrave) and Laythan (Sheffield) for stepping up to complete the line up. Thanks to Libertas 2 for sponsoring the event and putting up the £50 cash prize which was secured by Kesgraves Noah Woodhouse who scored a 20 point maximum.
Winner: Noah Woodhouse, Kesgrave (20)
2nd: JJ Wildman, Exeter (18)
3rd: Kielan Burton, Sheffield (17)
Sponsoring the Vets event was thanks to Mr Rhodes and Mr Bodley. Despite not having a full line up some great competitive racing was shown with two riders needing a run off to complete the podium as Craig Marchant and Gavin Wheeler both finished on 17 points in the end it was the Leicester rider Craig who claimed the third spot.
Winner: Mark Winwood, Birmingham (20)
2nd: Lukas Nowaki, Horspath (19)
3rd: Craig Marchant, Leicester (17)
The final event of the day was our Wednesfield Select managed by Mick Aris vs England Select managed by Wayne Aris. After a very close match throughout in the pouring rain in the end it was the England side that secured the win 88-90.
Thank you to everyone for joining us on day one of the weekend more competitive racing to be seen and food to be eaten today as we commence with day two with our best pairs event starting at 11am to begin race day number 2!

For our jubilee race weekend we have secured sponsors for our race events. We would like to that all who have contributed to the event. 
We are pleased to announce our main sponsor for the event will be Libertas 2 Limited - Mr Glyn Rowley. Glyn will be sponsoring our Team event, Senior and Junior individual providing prize money for both of the individual events! www.completeoutsource.co.uk
Our best pairs event is being sponsored by Connor's Construction - Mr Connor Dyke 
The Women's event sponsor will be Sweetie Blinders Refreshments Ltd - Mr Tom Bewick. Sweetie Blinders will be set up at the track over the weekend, we look forward to enjoying our sweets we are sure they will go down a treat! 

From Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th June 2022 the Wednesfield Aces will be hosting a festival of sport weekend to celebrate the club being open for 60 years! 
Saturday:
11am 13's and Under 
12:20pm Junior Invitational 
2:00pm Vets Invitational 
4:00pm Wednesfield Select vs England Select 
6:00pm onwards: Celebrations in the Ashmore pub with awards and presentations!

Sunday: 
11am Best Pairs 
1:30pm Women's Invitational 
​3:30pm Open Invitational 

Day 1 - Southampton:
After a fantastic four rides Jacob finished the Under 8’s Little League Championship with 13 points after two firsts, a second and a third even completed an excellent inside pass in the mix of everything. This meant Jacob finished in 5th just two points off the run off for second and third!
Excellent effort young Jacob! You rode incredibly well even on your new bigger bike!
After getting through the pre-qualifiers Corey made it through to the final. After his five rides with two being from the gate four Corey finished on 10 points even winning one of his races! He definitely proved himself today impressing many spectators with his excellent riding technique performing passes on the inside and outside of riders! Well done Corey you should be very proud of yourself!

Day 2 - East Newport and Newport Newport:
Megan was racing over at East Newport in the Under 16’s Girls British Championship. After her four rides she finished on 12 points including a race win! Meaning she finished in 5th place.
Well done megs! Excellent effort and great pass!
After scoring 16 points over at East Newport in his first semi final Chris then headed over to Newport Newport for his second semi final. There he scored another 16 points to finish on a total of 32 points meaning he sailed easily into the Final which is being held at Horspath. CJ will be number 16 in the formula.
All the Vets British Championships were held over at Newport Newport on day two with two Aces riders making appearances one being Lee in the Over 50’s and Paul in the over 40’s.
Lee finished on 15 points (2,3,3,3,4) putting him in 6th place and Paul finished on 11 points (3,3,3,2)!
Congratulations to you both! Your first British finals since your comebacks - amazing! Well done!

Day 3 - Horspath:
Firstly Aces Under 16's rider Ellis had to prequalify to get through to the finals which he did so in his first race after an incredible inside pass on Bury's Harry Radford which put Ellis into first to head straight into the final.
In the final Ellis finish on 18 points securing him the Third place title in the under 16’s. Great race skill and control was shown by Ellis today around the technical Horspath track amazing job and effort Ellis well done!
Next up was the women’s racing where the Burt sisters rode. Megan finished on 8 points after beating older sister Georgia and after a fall she proved her great riding after stepping up from the under 16 girls yesterday and being a late entry into the event.
Georgia finished on 10 points and had a fall of her own also after battling with Leicester’s Lizzie.
Huge congratulations to you both!
Last up was the Open Final to close the British Finals weekend 2021. After his success in the semi finals yesterday Chris continued he success today finishing on 12 points meaning he finished in joint 8th. Well done Chris!
Well done all!

ACES AT LEICESTER
ENGLAND CALL UPS
On behalf of Wednesfield Aces we would all like to congratulate two of our riders who have been chosen to ride for England in the Home Internationals.
Chris (CJ) has been called up to ride in the seniors/ open England team and
Paul will be riding in the vets England Team only months after getting back on a speedway bike.
We know both riders have been training very hard as well as helping to push and coach both our youngsters and junior riders alike.
Huge congratulations to you both for this achievement we shall be supporting you and England all the way!

​ACES AT LEICESTER
Today’s trip was to Leicester for the Midlands GP Round 1 where four aces took to the track in the different events.
First up on the track was Corey and Georgia in the U14’s and U18’s who rode on the same formula but then rode in the respective age categories for the finals. Corey scored 14 points (after beating older sister Georgia twice!) putting him firmly in the U14’s A final which he went and won! With Georgia scoring 10 points which also allowed her to take part in the A final where she finished 3rd.
The next category was the Women’s which again Georgia took part in and after four races and a crash with Leicester’s Honey, we would like to send her our best wishes and a speedy recovery, made it to the A final where she finished fourth.
Finally was the seniors and vets riders where aces Chris and Paul took to the track. Again riding on the same formula but had separate age category finals Chris and Paul both made it to the Over 35’s A final with Chris finishing in first and Paul in second. It was a great day of racing for the Aces.
Thanks to those at Leicester for hosting a great days racing!
Well done all!