This past weekend East Newport young cycle speedway stars achieved their third successive youth and junior league grand prix victory to finish in second place overall in the South West Region, missing out by a single point to winners Exeter.
 
The small Horspath circuit presents its own unique challenges for riders, but with many of the East Newport riders racing on the Oxfordshire circuit for the first time victory seemed unlikely.
 
In a competition where Individual points combine to achieve an overall team total, the character of the East End youngsters once again shone through with five of the riders reaching the A Finals.
 
Sean Bennett won his sixth u8's final, British u13's Champion Louis Harvey triumphed in the u14's category, Adam Bennett qualified for his first u12's final, Ryan Lewis and Aaron Hughes once again reached the u16's final. The remaining East End riders combined to score enough points to enable the East Newport to pull off what can only be described as a fantastic victory.
 
This August Bank Holiday weekend brings the annual staging of the open, under 16's, under 10's and girls British Individual Championships. This years staging takes place in the Midland Region with the Go-ride/Clubmark East Newport Club being represented by; Sean Bennett, Tudor Coombs, Ethan Lewis and Callum Goward in the u10's; Ryan Lewis and Aaron Hughes in the u16's; and Laura Bennett in the girls, Laura would have been joined by team mate Tania Smith, who is now unable to take her place in the finals due to a fall she sustained last weekend at Horspath, and after a visit to the hospital finds herself with a broken ankle.