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  I'm a cycle speedway champion
Updated 08 May 2004, 09.31
Jazz
Cycle speedway is one of the more unusual sports around.

Jazz is a champion in this sport and in his report he writes about how he got into speedway and how it has taken him to places as far away as Arizona in the USA.

"I started doing speedway in 2000 at the age of eight.

It involves four people racing around a track on a bike and you have to go round four times.

Competitive racing

At first I didn't have my own bike, so I had to use the club's bikes for about a year.

My parents then bought me a bike from a friend so I started to race a bit more competitively.

I became the Norfolk Under-13s Champion.

I was really pleased because I also won the Under-13s Norwich and District Grand Prix.

Jazz (left) competing in the USA
Jazz (left) competing in the USA
B team

Normally I race on a regular basis for my club, Hethersett Hawks, in the B team, for Sunday league racing.

There are around 30 people at the club, and their ages range from six to 50 years old.

Skills improving

I captained the Hethersett Hawks in the Under-13s British Team Championship into second place.

In 2003 I won the Under-13s Norfolk Championship and the Under-13s Norwich and District Grand Prix again so I was pleased that my speedway skills were improving.

This Easter I went to Arizona to compete in the speedway in Arizona, USA.

On top

I raced with a team from England - one of whom was my friend Nick, 15, also from the Hethersett Hawks.

We raced over two days and we beat the Americans in both leagues - the Under-13s and the Under-16s.

I was really pleased with the way the racing went and that we came out on top."

Jazz, 12, Norfolk


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