Speedway

Speedway, like so many other sporting disciplines, has been hard hit by COVID-19 with 2020 a year like no other - and the knock-on effect for speedway teams up and down the country has been traumatic, concerning and frustrating. On...

The planned speedway meeting at Plymouth on 17th October has been cancelled amid fears of a rising COVID-19 trend in the West Country.  The Devon club successfully staged 2 meetings during September – one of which involved the Warriors as...

Hot on the heels of the Wightlink Warriors first speedway action at Plymouth last Tuesday comes news that the Warriors are going to get more track time in this most unpredictable of seasons.  The COVID test event in Devon earlier...

Plymouth’s Coliseum Stadium was the venue for a 3-team speedway tournament last night (Tuesday) which saw the Warriors in action for the first time in 2020. It took a magical pass on the final bend of the final heat from...

A sold-out speedway meeting in Plymouth, which will feature riders from the Isle of Wight, is to be live streamed on a pay-to-view basis tomorrow (Tuesday). The Wightlink Warriors have been invited to take part in the upcoming test meeting...

Speedway-starved fans currently enduring the COVID-enforced summer shutdown will be thrilled to know that relaxation of restrictions at some tracks means that test meetings are being trialled, observing strict procedural controls.  The Wightlink Warriors have been invited to take part...

Just a week after announcing that there would be no speedway on the Island in 2020 comes news that 6 or 7 tracks are hopeful of running a mini-season at weekends. The meetings will be classified as being at a...

Speedway bosses Barry Bishop and Martin Widman have, after careful consideration and much anguish, decided not to run speedway on the Isle of Wight in 2020, even if the government and local council guidelines permit it. In a joint statement...

The Wightlink Warriors speedway team have launched a branded and reusable face mask to help in the battle against COVID-19. The free masks, which can be washed at 60 degrees centigrade, will be available shortly and will be distributed on...

With live sporting action on hold for the time being, the Wightlink Warriors speedway team are giving Island sports fans the chance to enjoy past meetings at Smallbrook Stadium for free online. Promoters of speedway on the Isle of Wight...