2024 CS Cup 21st -22nd September 
This weekend will see the final major cycle speedway competition of 2024 . The CS Cup formally know as the British Team Championships will be hosted by the Wednesfield Aces club at their  Ashmore Park raceway over the weekend of the 21st-22nd September. The track address if you need it is: Griffiths Drive, Wolverhampton, WV11 2JW


This will be the 1st time in the Aces history that they have hosted this major competition due to their phenomenal success from the 70s through to present day. The Wednesfield club have had major success winning the BTC 14 times and reaching 25 finals, and also where winner’s of the 1st staging of the CS cup back in 2017.
On to this weekend and we would like to welcome clubs from Poole, Southampton, Sheffield, Ipswich, Kesgrave, Great Blakenham, Wednesfield and the reigning champions Birmingham Monarchs. The complete match schedule and draw is below but please do ignore the dates attached from British Cycling! It is definitely this weekend we promise! 


Amongst all of these clubs you will have the top riders in the country competing so 1st class entertaining racing will be guaranteed all weekend as they battle it out to become the 2024 CS Cup Champions.
Racing gets underway at Ashmore Park circuit on Saturday morning at 11AM,  with all teams competing over 4 meetings to qualify for the semi-finals on the Sunday. This means that over the two days 7 matches will be held but spectators fear not we will have plenty of warm and cold refreshments to get you throughout both days including the highly requested cakes by Nan Jan!!! In addition other track facilities include: toilets, seating and a big car park. 


If you’re not able to make it to Ashmore Park this weekend you will once again be able to follow all the action and scores live via Google drive updates via the following link 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vj2qhacWRh2fmG7CEqsD103H0X8bSeom
Also both the semi-finals and final on Sunday will be live streamed via the Wednesfield Aces Facebook page via 
https://www.facebook.com/WednesfieldAcesCycleSpeedwayClub/

Well it was another week of Midland League racing for the Aces this time welcoming Leicester Monarchs to what was still a very wet Ashmore Park track. Again this weeks racing was very close and competitive with both teams tied on 45pts going into the interval. With two heats to go it was heat 17 where Aces Chris and Alex turned a 7-3 against to a 6-4 heat win. Then with the final heat also ending in the Aces favour with another 6-4 win was enough to secure the win with 91 points to Leicester's 85.
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To begin the day round three of the British Youth and Junior took place. Nyla Aris took to the Great Blakenham track first out of the Aces for her first national BYJL round this year. After all her heats seeing her confidence grow with each race she finished 2nd in the D final. 

Corey then competed in the U16's category and after four races qualified into the A final. He finished third in the final to add 17 points to his total placing him in third place overall in this series. 

Later that day the Jim Peck memorial was held and Lee was invited to race in the vets event. After only dropping one point to finish on 19 points Lee went on to take the win of the event! In addition, after being asked on the day to fulfil the reserve position in the open event of the Jim Peck memorial. With Kesgrave's Ryker Jolly offering Corey his last two rides Corey went out to score 3 points from his remaining two rides. 

The other week we welcomed local rivals Birmingham Monarchs to a very wet and heavy Ashmore Park track. Unfortunately, with a weakened side the monarchs took the win. 
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(I will try and find the full results to publish them at a later date! Sorry!) 

Day one:
Kickstarting the British Weekend over at Hethersett Jacob Jewkes and Nyla Aris competed in the U12’s open and girls final. It was Nyla’s first British championships but this did not stop her improving and riding more confidently in each race and went on to finish in 5th place. Jacob also battled his way through the incredibly competitive U12s boys category earning himself a respectable 9pts.
Over at Norwich Corey qualified for the junior final in his 3rd race. Then onto the final CJ had a rough day coming off in 3 out of his 5 rides taking a particularly hefty hit in his final race to finish on 6 points.
WELL DONE to our riders!

Day two:
QUALIFYING SUCCESS
Today was a day of qualifying to get ready for tomorrow’s finals day.
Corey was up first on Hethersett and got through to the under 16s final by winning his first heat.
Later on in the day this time over at Norwich Lee followed in similar fashion winning his first race to secure his place in the Over 40s final.
Well done to the both of you!

Day three:
To kickstart the day for the Aces Lee was up in the over 40’s final which after the completion of his five races, Lee secured silver in the event! Great riding was shown by Lee and the second was very well deserved, well done Lee!
Next up was the U16s final which Corey had qualified into. His quick thinking and clean pass racing secured him enough points to finish in 6th place, a cracking achievement for CJ well done!
The last rider up representing the Aces was Georgia in the Women’s final! Georgia went onto finish in 9th place in what was another very close final.
Well done to all of our aces riders for your achievements over the weekend
Also well done to all the winners of today and to Kesgrave Panthers Cycle Speedway Club for the organising and running of such a jam packed finals day superb work by you all!

Report by Mick Aris
Slater Street, Leicester was the location for the Midland Individual Championships on Sunday 18th August and on a superbly prepared surface the meeting kicked off with the u12s & u14s combined to produce 10 heats of brilliant raw cycle speedway. The eventual winner of both events was Carson East who went through the meeting unbeaten, Nyla Aris 2nd & Mason Hoyland 3rd completed the u12s rostrum and Callum Szymanski 2nd & Hattie Hughes 3rd the u14s.


Next up were the o40 vets. Lee Aris seemed the likely winner after he beat the home favourite Mark Whitehead but a superb pass by Kev Burns to demote Aris to third with Nicky Whitehead winning a later race left things balanced. Mark duly won his last race to take the title but a run off was needed for 2nd which Aris made no mistake, this time against Burns.


The Ladies turn now and a mixture of experience and youth made up the field nevertheless the formula threw up some interesting battles to keep the crowds enthusiasm Birmingham’s Rebekah Humphries eventually triumphed over Lucy Whitehead, Michelle Whitehead and Georgia Burt.
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The last meeting of the day was the Open the big hitters flexed their muscles to do battle but it was 5 lightning starts from Chris Timms never headed out the first bend which took the title. One race of note was Timms 1, Paul Heard 2, Chris Jewkes 3 and Lee Aris 4. Lee got the better of CJ to finish 3rd and that was the rostrum. Special mention for Luke Draisey beaten only by the top 3 and Tom Berwick for some entertaining racing from the back

Our women's rider Georgia joined the rest of the Midlands team up in Manchester for round 3 of the women's league series. After the Midlands won four of their first five heats they were able to hold on to the win throughout the whole match with Ace Georgia contributing 13 points to the team. 

In the individual event that followed Georgia went on to win the experts C final. 

For the second round of the British Youth and Junior League it was the Northern regions turn to host a round. The youngsters all over the country gathered to the Bury comets track. Again Corey was the lone ace to make the trip up North. 

Following his four heat qualifiers he made his way into the A final again to finish in 4th position! 

Well done Corey! 

26th July kick started the European championships weekend at Skierki Corey was up for the Junior pre-qualifier which in his second race he took the win to secure his spot in the semi final. 
Semi final result: After an unfortunate crash and re-run needed Corey just missed out on the Junior final but will fill the first reserve position going into the final. 

Nations Team Cup Day: Georgia was all involved in the Women's England team who after a rocky start were able to bring home the win over Poland. The first win for new manager Charlie Jane Herbert. 
With a call up out in Poland Corey was also asked to be apart of the Junior England team and filled a reserve position. The lads followed in the women's footsteps and brought home the win after a close match over rivals Poland. 

Finals day! Before the finals could commence a pre-qualifier for the Women's was needed which Georgia qualified for in her second race. In her final she went onto finishing 14th in Europe!  
Corey still filled the first reserve position in the final but did not get a ride but was a great experience for them both! 

Corey was the lone ace that headed down to Southampton for the first national round of the British Youth and Junior League. After battling it out in the heats Corey had to go head to head with Coventry's Jude Wilcockson in a run off to secure the final place in the A final. 
After the success of winning the run off Corey went on to finishing 4th in the A final. 

Smashed it Corey! Well done!