This coming Bank Holiday Monday (midday) sees the Belle Vue Aces getting their 2024 home campaign underway with the visit of their local rivals the Sheffield Tigers, as the Tigers roar into the home of their fierce rivals at National Speedway Stadium, as the newly crowned Premiership champions - with the outgoing champions meeting the… Continue reading New Season, Old Foes and KO Cup Preview
Following on from the piece I wrote not to long ago about the Golden Gauntlets, it sees us now moving on a year to 1998, when the Elite League brought back the Golden Helmet match race, having saw them disappear from the British league after the 1990 season. These races were contested over a best… Continue reading Feature: Part 2: 1998 – The Golden Helmet Returns
Speedway in this country today I feel is lacking a lot in terms of excitement for the fans, as you seen nowadays is just 15 races and tractor racing across a meeting. Growing up you had centre green announcers that could keep the attention of the fans with latest news and messages to be read… Continue reading Feature: Part one – Elite League ‘Golden Gauntlets’
A couple of weeks ago saw Belle Vue team manager Mark Lemon announcing their squad for the forthcoming 2024 season at the clubs’ annual ‘Christmas Cracker’ event at the National Speedway Stadium. And the line-up has been met with some mixed reactions. Following the news of two of Belle Vue’s title winning side from 2022… Continue reading Belle Vue’s 2024 side revealed
Well my friends, we’ve reached that point in the year where the roaring of bikes around Belle Vue go silent, and the season comes to an end. If I had to choose a word to sum up the season, I'd probably use - Frustrating! Here is a look back at a 2023 season, a year… Continue reading 2023 SEASON REVUE: UP’S n Down’s
BELLE VUE ACES 51 -39 IPSWICH WITCHES (Ipswich Win 93-87 & Reach Grand Final) Monday night saw the Belle Vue Aces 2023 season come to an agonising end at the hands of the Ipswich Witches this past Monday night, as a 5-1 from Jason Doyle and Emil Sayfutdinov helped secure victory in the tie for… Continue reading Brave Aces Lose Out In Heart Breaking Semi
BELLE VUE COLTS 41-49 LEICESTER LION CUBS Belle Vue Colts closed out their 2023 National Development League programme at home with a disappointing 41-49 home loss to the Leicester Lion Cubs on Friday night, as defeat to Leicester saw both their 100% home record and playoff hopes go up in smoke. The two sides were… Continue reading Colts Season Over as Lion Cubs Roar
Thursday night saw an incredible finish to determine who took the fourth and final playoff spot in the Premiership, as a thrilling evening at Alwalton saw the drama go down right to the wire, as Belle Vue found out who the final side would be and could announce their semi final opponents. Leicester Lions took… Continue reading Belle Vue Finds Out Semi Final Opponents
BELLE VUE ACES 61 - 29 LEICESTER LIONS Belle Vue completed their Premiership league programme with a dominating 61-29 home victory over the playoff chasing Leicester Lions on Bank Holiday Monday, as the Aces laid a marker down for their rivals ahead of the end of season playoffs, be it whoever they face. Despite the… Continue reading Aces Seal Top Spot For Playoffs
BELLE VUE ACES 57 KING LYNN STARS 27 Belle Vue put in a clinical performance in the Manchester drizzle to almost cement top spot heading into the end of season playoffs, as the league champions hammered a weakened King’s Lynn Stars 57-27 at the National Speedway Stadium as results elsewhere also went their way too.… Continue reading Aces Twinkle as Stars Fall
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