​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!

 British Cycling awards at the VOX conference centre Birmingham. Where Aces collected their certificate for The Team Cup. An evening mixing with other disciplines from within British Cycling, was also an opportunity to have a get together with some of the Australian Tour Party. A very enjoyable evening was had by all. Apart from those that didn't get their cup of tea!  

Also held on Saturday 10th February was a mahoosive surprise 50th birthday party for the one and only Mr Wayne Tipton who not only nearly suffered a coronary himself but showed some of us who were not in the know his excellent  singing skills which left some of us with the same heart palpitations. Wayne had a fantastic evening and I think I can speak on behalf of everybody that we all did too.
​                                           HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY WAYNE!

Committee Announcement.
A massive thank you goes out to Dave Jewkes and Cindy Ellis who at last weeks AGM resigned from their posts.
Andy Parfitt will now take up the position of Club Secretary and discussions are in place for the new Catering Management.
End of an era 1 - Dave Jewkes
Wednesfield aces held its AGM on Sunday 28th January and announced that Dave Jewkes has stepped down as club secretary.
Dave has worked tirelessly behind the scenes as club secretary for 28 years. Dave along with his late wife Diane who was also Treasurer have played a major part in helping the Aces and Dragons achieve the success it has had for many years.
There have been many great achievements at the club over the years such as staging British and World finals and this would not have been possible without the work that Dave has done.
The club would like to thank Dave for the hard work and many years of dedicated service as club secretary to Wednesfield Aces. Dave isn’t disappearing completely from club duties as he will still be chairman and chief race announcer on race days along with programme editor.
Andy Parfitt now takes over as Club secretary and all members wish Andy well in his new role.

End of an era 2 - Cindy Ellis
Wednesfield Aces also announce today that Cindy Ellis – Catering Manager has stepped down from her role at the recent AGM.
Cindy has been managing the clubhouse catering for 11 years and has played a major role in helping the Aces achieve its success off the track.
She has worked tirelessly in the club canteen and as the clubs welfare officer for many years. Alongside husband and cycle speedway legend Roger Ellis they have both volunteered a big part of their life together to the club. Aces members all know that without the funds Cindy and her race day helpers have raised over the years the current facilities at the Wednesfield track just wouldn’t have been made possible.
In 2012 the clubhouse was hit by a devastating arson attack but this didn’t deter Cindy from setting up a kitchen on a camp stove and continuing to serve refreshments just hours after the fire brigade had left.
At the recent club presentation evening Cindy received a crystal vase from Chairman Dave Jewkes and husband Roger thanking her for everything she had done for the last 11 years since she joined Wednesfield. A very emotional moment for all in attendance.
Recently Cindy hasn’t been well and I’m sure everyone in Cycle Speedway also sends Cindy their best wishes.

Training cancelled tonight due to waterlogged track