Kyle Bickley is already a popular figure with Redcar fans, having been the club mascot
Picture by Katie Lunn
Triple British champion Kyle Bickley is Redcar Cubs’ first signing of 2014.
The Northern Junior League has been revamped for the season ahead, with teams featuring two riders on 500cc bikes and two Under-16 starlets on either 125cc or 150cc box engine machines.
And Bickley, 10, who won the British 125cc Final, British Youth Grass Track Championship and International 125cc British Championship last year, will take one of the junior berths.
He’s already a popular figure with Redcar fans, having been the club mascot.
“I’m delighted to have a three-times British champion in the team,” said Cubs team manager Jamie Swales.
“He’s already got a lot of support from the fans at Redcar so I think he’ll be a popular signing.”
Swales also revealed he’ll be giving more race night responsibility to Kev Keay this year.
That’s because Swales is also co-ordinator of the Northern Junior League, in which the Cubs compete.
“Kev has taken out his licence to race again this year,” he said, “but he’ll be taking more control of the team from now on.”
Confirmed teams for the Northern Junior League this year so far are Redcar, Workington, Berwick, Northside and newcomers Castleford Castles, while there are hopes that Newcastle will also enter.
With no track to call their own, Castleford will race their home matches at Redcar’s South Tees Motorsports Park track.
The Castles will be Castleford Kings’ second team and will run as part of boss Pete Hibberd’s tireless efforts to reintroduce the sport to the West Yorkshire town.
Their team will be: Liam Sanderson, Sam Darroch, Harry McGurk and Kean Dicken.
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