Well what a very busy weekend it has been for the Aces. On Saturday we held a very successful open day where we saw members of the community who had never tried cycle speedway before giving it a go. Some of which we hope to see in the coming training nights. A tombola, BBQ, refreshments, guess the sweets in the jar, football card, cake and samosa sales all raised nearly £200 for the club so well done and thanks everyone who helped.


Sunday more action was seen on our track as we held the fifth round of the Supertrax Battle of Britain where Midlands vs the North and Scotland went head to head to score their regions vital points. Juniors finished 83-97 to the North. Seniors finishing 121-78 to the Midlands there was great racing by all. Aces Tyler played a big part in scoring points for the Midlands junior team as well as joining older aces members Paul Heard, Chris Jewkes and Lee Kemp in the Senior Midlands team.
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However, that’s not the only race action that took place yesterday as down in Norwich the 3rd round of the Women’s League took place. Although the Midlands where missing a few riders they didn’t let it get to them as all girls rode their best scoring points for the Midlands region. Aces Megan and Georgia both helping to pick up extra points in the team races. Next was the individual races where both the aces girls scored so very good points with Megan scoring 10 which placed her in the C final due to countback but still rode very well in her five-rider final and secured her the 3rd place. After scoring a great 13 points Georgia made it to her first A final of the Women’s League season and after picking the usual gate four and an unlucky slip which lost her the third place respectively finished fourth in the A. Well done everyone what a great weekend it has been now bring on next week for all our riders who are riding in the British finals to hopefully earn themselves the title as British Champion for the 2018 season we wish you all the best of luck.

​Well done to all riders at East Park today the results were......
Div 3 EP 43 - 47 Wed
Div 1 EP 58 - 122 Wed
Div 2 EP 62 - 86 Wed
We also had a ML match against Coventry during the week with a win in Div 1 ( 109 - 68 ) and 2 and an excellent Div 3 where all the youngsters gave their all with a fantastic atmosphere but Coventry pipping us 74 - 76.

​Well in what was a very long day with sunshine, wind and cloud and finishing just in time before the rain we had 5 riders performing in today’s BYJL National round 3 at Coventry.
Corey was up first in the U10’s and after scoring an amazing 15 in his heats made the A final and was 4th.
Ellis was in the U14’s where after an exclusion due to a fall gained a B final place and finished 1st. Onto the terrible twosome that are the Burt sisters, Megan finishing 2nd in the C the youngest out of the girls today and Georgia finished 1st in the B after a cracking gate 1 and leading the 4 laps. Tyler was up in the U18’s he felt he had a bit of a mare but was placed 3rd in the B after a sterling attempt.

​Well done to the Aces riders who took part in the Midland Individual event yesterday at Birmingham.
Special mentions to Tyler who came 1st in the U15’s and then went on to take 2nd in the U18’s, Georgia who came 2nd in the Women’s after a run off for 1st, Megan came 4th and Chris (CJ Senior) who was 2nd in the Open. Lee, Tom, Graham and Burtie also had a bash

​Well it was another warm days racing for those taking part in the National BYJL at Ipswich.
In the U10’s Corey was in a large field of 23 riders but grabbed a D final place and finished 1st.
Ellis did exceptionally well today with a brill 3rd place in the A final for the U14’s. Tyler taking part in the U18’s made the B final in which he went onto finish 1st and the final 2 of the day Georgia and Megan in the girls took 4th in the B and 3rd in the C respectively. Well done all for your efforts today and thank you for travelling such a distance to take part. Fantastic work.

On Sunday, our first midland league match of the season took place (finally)! Our apologies go out to Leicester's youngsters as unfortunately we couldn't get together a team due to riders/parents having other commitments. However our division 2 & 1 did not let the wet weather conditions dampen there performances.
Despite the weather not being on our side the division 2 team did not fail to put on a great performance. After drawing in the first heat we then went on to a streak of four 7-3 wins meaning after 5 heats we already had a 16 point lead over the monarchs. By the last heat we had a 44 point lead thanks to two more 5-5 heats as well as two 6-4 wins and an excellent six other 7-3 wins! Leaving the final score as 53-97 to Wednesfield! Well done lads!
Our Division 2 side included:
Tom Bewick - 16 points
Graham Kemp - 17 points
Alex Aris - 18 points
Harrie Everiss- 15 points
Josh Whetton - 16 points
Tyler Bould - 15 points
The Division 1 side also put on a great performance having a brilliant 36- 53 lead over the monarchs by half time, even after CJ suffered a tape exclusion in heat 3 giving Leicester a 7-2 advantage. Following the interval we brought home the win after getting another two 6-4 wins as well as three 5 all heats and four 7-3 races for us. Meaning we finished 38 points ahead with the end result being 70-108 to Wednesfield. Once again well done everyone!
Results of Division 1 team:
Lee Kemp - 15 + 1
Paul Heard - 18 + 2
Matt Smith - 16 + 2
Brandon Whetton - 18 + 2
Chris Jewkes - 7
Mark Griffiths - 16 + 1
Scott Doherty - 10 + 1
Harrie Everiss - 8

​On Saturday we held the first regional round of the Youth and Junior League and a great day it was too. A big thank you goes out to everyone who helped out, its very much appreciated the help we get from all our volunteers at the track whether you step in to help in the kitchen, do tapes or flags, help set up and pack away or keeping the track maintained through out the day. Well done everyone!
Now on to the racing. As always the day started with the Under 8's and Under 10's where we had many riders representing the club including: Kylan, Jacob and Ewan in the Under 8's and Joseph, Joban, Peter and Corey in the Under 10's. After both finishing on 8 points Ewan and Jacob met each other in the B final with Ewan coming first and Jacob 2nd. After only dropping one point in the qualifying races Kylan secured his position in the A final where he came second from the gate one. Within the Under 10's B final we had Joban who finished 4th, Joseph who finished 3rd and after just missing out on the A final Peter claimed the win for the B final. After finishing on a grand 16 points in the qualifying races and pulling off probably the best pass of the season so far Corey easily qualified into the A final where he finished 3rd. Well done boys!
Next up representing the club was Ellis who has moved up into the Under 14's this year and went and scored a brilliant 12 points. As well as finishing 2nd within the A final so well done Ellis! We then moved on to the biggest category of the day; the Under 18's. Representing the club we had Tyler, Josh and Nat. Partaking in his first youth and junior league Nat came second in the D final. Next representing Wednesfield in the Under 18's finals was Josh who just missed out on the A final on 13 points finished 2nd in the B final. Moving up into the Under 18's Tyler went out and scored a brilliant 14 points to put himself into the A final where he finished 4th. Well done you three!
Running along side the Under 18's we had the girls racing where Georgia and Megan both rode. After moving up an age category Megan finished on 9 points and went on to the B final. Megan also seemed to have Georgia's curse of picking gate four when it came to finals so it was the gate four she had and after battling hard she finished in 4th. Following the B final was the A final where Georgia finished 3rd from the usual gate 4 she did however only drop one point in the qualifying heats. Well done girls! Well done everyone you have made your club proud! Once again thank you to everyone who helped out to make this day great! More photos will be available as soon as possible... ♧♧♧

Last night down at the track Wednesfield's most eager, younger riders took to the track for the first time this season. Despite the still very wet track they still rode around with huge smiles on their faces, even though many of them fell in the mud they soon dusted themselves off and was back up training again! As well as this many volunteers also came down to the track putting up banners, stepping in to make the teas and coffees, fixing the leak as well as to help organise all the hyper active kids. A great input by all who turned up. Well done all!