Stockport hosted Round 3 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. A&T’s John White and Charlie Burgess both raced to 16 points maximum scores in the u10s match, with Jack Murray unbeaten by an opposition rider. A&T’s Matt Snell top scored in the u13s category, losing only to Sheffield’s Tom Whitwam in heat 11, after beating him in […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 3 of the Northern Fours and Junior League series at Gin Pit on Sunday. 58 riders competed, with slick organisation resulting in 76 races completed in well under four hours. In the Fours League, the joint leaders Bury Comets and Stockport were level on 27 apiece at the half way stage, with A&T in 3rd […]
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Better late than never, just catching up on a few stories we didn’t get chance to publish before the weekend. Starting with the Manchester League, where Bury staged Round 2 of of the Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. A&T’s John White raced to his second 16 points maximum score of the series in the u-10s match, with team mate Charlie Burgess […]
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Here’s a belated look at today’s results, apologies for the slow service this weekend. The big news being Stockport taking the Northern League KO Cup crown. Northern League KO Cup Junior Final Bury 50, Sheffield 44, Astley 37, Stockport 25 Senior semi-final 1 Stockport 52, Bury 44, Edinburgh 42, Heckmondwike 11 Senior semi-final 2 Sheffield 45, Northumbria 44, Hull 44, Astley […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted the Official Opening meeting of the re-built Cycle Speedway track on Wednesday evening. Despite rain falling throughout the meeting, a good sized crowd witnessed an excellent night’s racing on the superb new Gin Pit circuit. British Cycling’s North West Development Manager, Alex Scoular, cut the green ribbon to declare the track officially open. Also present were […]
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A rather depleted Astley team had little chance of matching the hosts, going down to a heavy defeat. Gavin Parr rode unbeaten for Northumbria, taking the time also to help a strong riding Dan Redshaw and an equally impressive Shane Gray where possible also, with some handy team riding skills. Paul Graham was the top scorer for the visitors, Ciaran […]
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On Wednesday 25th May 2016, Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club are staging the Official Opening meeting of the new cycle speedway track. A&T will be hosting the 1st Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series. Racing takes place at u-10, u-13, u-16, u-19 and Senior categories, with the A&T, Bury, Stockport and Sheffield teams competing. The first race will […]
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Here are the results we’ve had so far from today’s regional racing. If your score isn’t here, please email it to: newsroom@3318news.co.uk. Midland League Division 1 Coventry 86 – 94 Leicester East Park 64 – 114 Wednesfield Aces Division 2 Coventry – Leicester East Park – Wednesfield Aces Northern League Division 1 Bury 82 – 98 Edinburgh Heckmondwike 68 – […]
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The Sheffield ‘Wosskow Brown’ Stars travelled with a severely weakened squad, only seven riders managing to make the trip to Scotland, to race against both Glasgow and Edinburgh. An unprecedented set of circumstances (Basketball, Boxing, Car trouble, Exams, Football and Work) all colluded to rob the team of 12 members. First port of call was Cathkin Park for a Northern […]
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There was plenty of regional racing this afternoon in all four regions. There was also no doubt plenty of sunshine and sunburn! Here’s the results: Midland League Division One Birmingham 108 – 69 Coventry Leicester 97 – 80 Wednesfield Aces Division Two Birmingham 53 – 64 Coventry Junior League Birmingham 48 – 32 Coventry Northern League Division One Hull 107 […]
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Sheffield’s visit to Northumbria’s Cramlington Astrodome came just five weeks after the Wosskow Brown Stars fell to a four point home loss to the Vikings. The Vikings entered the match without Dan Wharrier, now departed to the USA for a 12-month adventure of a lifetime. The Stars were at full strength, having the luxury of the same eight riders for […]
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With the 2016 European Club Championships being the main event this weekend, we did still have some regional racing across the UK. Here’s the scores we’ve had so far: Northern League Northumbria 79 – 99 Sheffield (NL1) Northumbria 72.5 – 75.5 Sheffield (NL2) Northumbria 63 – 49 Sheffield (NL3) Glasgow 79 – 70 Edinburgh (NL2) Report: Brandon Kay was Glasgow’s star […]
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The Hessle raceway was the venue for this Northern League One ‘derby’ match between Hull and Sheffield. Hull’s task was hindered by the unavailability of heat leaders Nathan Everett, Dominic Bent and David Cooper, while Sheffield were able to name an unchanged side from the one successful against A & T last time out. The first four races were all […]
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Both sides were missing top men, current top of Northumbria averages and third in the league Jason Keith for the home side, while Ben Scranage was still recovering from a motorcycle spill for the visitors. It was no surprise that Bury were in the better position to cope, they having plenty of strength in depth throughout their young squad. Gavin […]
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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 […]
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Cycle Speedway’s third track in Scotland is well on it’s way to completion, after significant progress has been made at Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline. It is the first track to be built in Scotland since 1980. The track is the result of 3 years hard work by PE teacher Craig Masson, who secured funding for the new track with […]
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Sheffield Wosskow Brown Stars and Astley and Tyldesley had evenly matched sides for this Northern League One encounter at the super-fast Cookson circuit. Sheffield welcomed back Rich Hudson and Luke Morton while A&T added Ciaran Collins and Lee Phillips to the team that won at Heckmondwike. The visitors made the perfect start with a 7-3 from Damian Zareba and Collins. When […]
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With the small Heckmondwike squad missing two heat leaders and left down to the bare bones, Northumbria were able to smash their way to a massive win. All the visiting top four were unbeaten, such was their dominance, but there was still some good racing as the home team kept battling hard. Darren Kent team riding his son, Thomas, to […]
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