Wednesfield Aces Cycle Speedway Club are holding their 4th annual Charity Cycle Speedway Night on Friday 9th September, 6.30pm, and welcome visitors old and new to the Ashmore Park club to show their support. The event is once again presented by Signal 107 and supported by Ezy Recruitment Solutions Limited.

Over the last three years these events have raised thousands of pounds for charity and this year it's the turn of Diabetes UK to benefit from the night's proceedings.

The event is all based around fun but the competitive nature of some riders doesn't take long to show - the format of racing is set to balance out the field giving an advantage to the less fit and competitive whilst penalising the heat winners.  This has worked well and is testament to the overall winners not always being the most experienced cyclist or fittest competitor.

The rules for this are quite simple - the rider must not be a competitive cycle speedway rider - getting on track and helping out a team during the season is allowed but regular speedway riders will not be allowed to compete. Each rider is required to raise a minimum £50.00 each for charity by way of sponsorship or donations and most importantly riders must bring their friends, family, anybody they know as this is a spectacle not to be missed. This year we have slightly changed the rules allowing the previous years winner to defend their title, so all eyes on Graham Kemp.

For you to show your support please come along to The Ashmore Park Raceway- home of Wednesfield Aces Cycle Speedway, Griffiths Drive, WV11 2JW - situated on the bottom park behind the shops. And even if you can';t make it along to the event itself, donations to Diabetes UK are warmly welcomed online: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/wednesfield-aces

Below are the BYJL scores, after 3 of the 4 National rounds of 2016 - photos of that third rpound can be found here. The first document shows GP scores (scores from a rider's final, in each heat). The second shows their qualifying scores, points made in each heat of an event - the third shows that overall Wednesfield is second in the table, behind Poole. Note that you can scroll through each of these 3 documents, and download the PDF using the down arrow button on each one. 

Saturday 13th August Wednesfield Foxes raced in the National round 3 of the British Youth and Junior League, it’s now the business end of the season with titles up for grabs and so the foxes were fully focused on getting their best results.

At always the days starts with the Under 8 with Corey Burt and Boyd Haines wearing the foxes shirts in the first race , a fantastic start for Corey winning his first two races showing the rest of the field  why he’s Midlands champion and  gaining points to  earn his place in the A final later . Boyd had a slower start to the day with second and third places and eventually getting his B final spot where he finished in fourth place , Corey up against previous Grand Prix winner Scott Rowles from Poole and also had to settle for 4th Place in the A final , both riders earning valuable club points for Wednesfield.

In the under 10s it was Charlotte Parfitt carrying the foxes colours and with a strong field of 24 riders  she just missed out on a final spot , well done to  Charlotte  for completing all her races and again earning championship points for the Foxes.

In the under 12s it was Megan Burt who raced well to earn a D final place and deserved her first win of the afternoon and taking top spot in her D final.

In the under 14s Tyler Bould is without doubt up against a very strong field of cycle speedway riders and with Stockport cycle speedway club showing they are ready to step up for many season to come with some very good riders. Tyler had to work hard for his fourth place in the B final.

Last up were the Junior boys and Girls with Georgia Burt again racing in a top field of girl riders, twice having to race the runaway Grand Prix leader Macey Schmidt to her place in the B final where Georgia finish second and again holding her place in the top four of the Midlands riders.

In the junior Boys racing Wednesfield had Great Britain and the new European Champion Brandon Whetton , Great Britain & Wales Captain Carl Parfitt along with Wednesfield clubman of the year Adam Tipton.  Adam raced well earing a place in the C final where he had his best BYJL finish of the year so far finishing in second place.

Carl raced to a maximum 16 points and top spot on the grid in the A final beating Brandon along the way, it also has to be said at this point the Wednesfield club passes on its best wished to Ciaran Collins who sustained an nasty arm injury in the heats, hopefully Ciaran will be on the mend soon. Brandon dropped one point in the heats and also settled for the A final. Brandon had to win the final to again be crowned BYJL champion for a record fourth time in four years but knew that Carl would also have a say in the result. A cracking race between Carl and Brandon with Carl eventually racing away as the BYJL round 3 national champion and Brandon finishing second place. It’s now on to Great Blackenham in a few weeks’ time for Brandon who only has to race into any one of the four finals to be crowned BYJL champion for 2016.

Finally well done to all the Wednesfield Foxes riders who competed on Saturday and earning Wednesfield a top three finish.
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Pictures below show the Junior Girls and Boys riders with their medals and Carl Parfitt and Brandon Whetton top three in the junior final.

A mention should go out to the club's new shirts, as designed by 3318 Designs, sporting the logo of new sponsor Linak. Here's a photo of them in action when Wednesfield won the Senior Club Championship for 2016. 

Results:
1. Wednesfield 49 points
 2. Ipswich 42 points
 3. Stockport 40 points
 4. East Park 27 points

Elite League title contenders Wednesfield Aces pulled off a 23 point victory over Coventry Sabres on Sunday to quash any chances the Sabres had of pulling off a late challenge for the championship.

The Sabres entered the meeting on the back of their third Elite League win of the season over Poole – leaving their title chances hanging by a thread with results having to go their way elsewhere in order for a look-in at the title.

However any such miracles were denied as the Wolverhampton-based outfit raced to a 110-87 victory.

A sizeable crowd watched the Aces take a step closer to Elite League glory, and they signalled their intent early on with three race advantages in the opening five heats.

Wednesfield 110
Chris Jewkes 14+1, Matt Smith 14+2, Lee Kemp 10+4, Paul Heard 17, Brandon Whetton 11+1, Ben Mould 21+1, Lee Aris 2, Mikey Hewitson 16, Carl Parfitt 5+2, Tyler Bould DNR

Coventry 87
Myke Grimes 23, Mason Phillips 6, Chris Parish 17, Adam Watson 7+2, Dan Drewett 8+1, Ben Higham 12+2, Josh Marsh 5, Ray Oliver 8, Ollie Morris 1

Each Tuesday youth training session at Wednesfield ends with at least one person awarded the coveted Rider of the Week medal. This can be for achievement, but also effort, listening to instructions, and taking advice on board to help their riding. At this week's sunny training session, coaches Steve Mullinder and Wayne Tipton awarded it to Joseph Turner. 

We will try and update regularly with each new ROTW, but you can also keep up with events at the club via Facebook. 

Pictured below are Brandon Whetton as the new Junior European cycle speedway champion and Lee Kemp who finished in third place. The championships took place in Poole and were against riders from all the home countries as well as a strong line up from Poland.