MATCH REPORT: Astley convincing at home away from home
Astley and Tyldesley rode to an easy double of wins in Sunday’s Northern League fixture against Glasgow. A&T raced this home fixture at Stockport, whilst the Gin Pit circuit is being re-built.
In the Division 2 match, Glasgow opened up with a 7-3 heat win, as Carl Jarvis team rode Brandon Kay through against Ciaran Collins and Matt Snell. A&T hit back in the best possible way with three successive 7-3 wins of their own, to take control of the match and never look back.
The new Gin Pit circuit is shaping up nicely.
The Jarvis/Kay pairing took a 6-3 win over Mark Grantham in heat 8, after Lee Phillips incurred a gate exclusion. A&T ran out convincing 88-61 winners, with all six riders scoring well. For Glasgow, multi-British age category Champion, Carl Jarvis, raced unbeaten, but his team mates struggled to match the impressive A&T riders.
A&T 88
Gareth Paine 18 (1), Max Evans 15 (2), Mark Grantham 15 (1), Matt Snell 14, Ciaran Collins 13 (4), Lee Phillips 13 (3).
Glasgow 61
Carl Jarvis 19 (1), Brandon Kay 11, Joe Beuckmann 10, Jim Alexander 9, Colin Gray 6, Lachlan MacDougall 4 (1), Chic Mackie 2.
Referee – Mike Hack
Glasgow didn’t field any riders in the Division 3 fixture, so A&T ran up an easy win to preserve their 100% record in this division.
Nathan Holt and Charlie Burgess only dropped points to each other, with Jack Murray losing only to Holt.
A&T 72
Nathan Holt 15, Charlie Burgess 15, Jack Murray 14, Jack Littler 10, Lucy Grantham 10, Aiden Green 8.
Referee – Mike Hack
Report from the Glasgow camp
This match was held at a cold and wet Stockport due to the track work currently taking place at A&T.
Glasgow started well, opening up with a 7-3 from Jarvis and Kay but the lead was short lived, A&T in reply blasting in three consecutive maximums of their own to take total control of the meeting.
The home side simply had too much strength in depth, and whilst none could go through the card everyone scored well. Glasgow never stopped trying but could never match the gating ability of A&T.
A&T 88
C Collins 14+2, M Snell 13+1, M Evans 15+2, G Payne 18+1, M Grantham 15+1, L Phillips 13+2
Glasgow 61
C Jarvis 19+1, B Kay 11, C Gray 6, J Alexander 9, J Beuckman 10, C Mackie 2, L Mcdougall 4