Horspath are celebrating after lifting the cycle speedway Gold Cup for the first time in their history.

They captured the trophy by one point over Southampton, who had won it for the previous three years.

Horspath started with a 13-7 win over Poole, before consolidating their position with a maximum 14-6 victory over Newport and a 13-7 triumph over Hellingly.

It gave them a four-point lead at half-time over Southampton who defeated Horspath 11-9 in the next set of races.

That left the Oxfordshie quintet needing to register 13 against Swindon to claim the cup.

And Steve Harris and Karol Szymanski recorded a 7-3 in the final race to clinch victory, while Lukasz Nowacki notched a maximum to become Horspath's top scorer.

Result: 1 Horspath (Nowacki 19+1, Boaler 12+1, Harris 13+3, Szymanski 18+1) 62, 2 Southampton 61, 3 Hellingly 49, 4 Poole 46, 5 Swindon 42, 6 Newport 41.