Two weeks after completing the Heaton Park duathlon, Bury’s winter training squad were out again on Sunday, riding the 5 miles to the slopes of Holcombe Hill for the notorious Lumb Carr Road hill climb, which is 1,000 metres of unrelenting lung busting climbing. A bright and dry day greeted the riders as they assembled at the Goshen track for […]
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Since 2013, when Bury Coaches started the development plan for the younger and less experienced riders, and entered a second team in the Northern fours to give them experience, the club have ran a full programme of winter training. It covers track training and various other disciplines and this season has seen the usual dedicated bunch training in the gym on […]
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The ongoing development plan put together and implemented by the Bury coaching staff over the last three years is really coming into its own this season. The Bury Division 2 team have gone from strength to strength in 2016. Starting way back in March and culminating in October with an undefeated run on the way to being crowned Northern League Division […]
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Bury Cycle Speedway’s Goshen circuit looked like a living history of Cycle Speedway, as some of the true greats from the sport’s past took to their bikes, mixing with the north’s young and not so young current riders. The occasion was the John Whiting Appreciation Event, which proved not only a fitting tribute to the rider, referee, secretary, team manager, […]
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Astley & Tyldesley’s youngsters have won the Northern League Division 3 title for the fourth successive year. A&T lined up in the season finale at Bury on Sunday, with both teams having lost one match apiece, so whoever won the match won the league. A&T made a strong start, leading 37-31 after the first round of races had been completed. This extended […]
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Astley and Tyldesley welcomed near neighbours Bury for a Northern League derby fixture at a sunny Gin Pit on Saturday. In the Division 1 match, Bury opened up with two 6-4 heat wins and steadily pulled way to run out 86-60 winners. Best for A&T was Paul Graham, who won two races, with Reece Pollitt and Max Evans also winning races. […]
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With the success of the Coaching programme at Bury, especially at U13s level, the Club individual this year had to be split over two days. This Sunday, it was the division 1 and division 2 riders given a chance to have a go for the trophies on offer. Unfortunately there was around 4 of the riders unavailable due to work and other reasons, […]
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On Saturday 22nd October 2016, Bury Cycle Speedway will hold the John Whiting Appreciation event, in memory and celebration of the former rider, team manager, secretary and referee, who sadly passed away in March 2015. Invitations are extended to anyone who knew John, who was one of the true characters of the sport, much missed and often remembered. The event […]
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Bury hosted the second of this year’s Manchester League Finals nights, on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening. Astley & Tyldesley’s Matt Snell won the u-13’s title in fine style, by winning all his five races from the gate to record a 20 points maximum. Bury’s Louis Turner finished runner-up, losing only to Snell in heat 12. Third place went […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted National Round 3 of the British Youth & Junior League series at Gin Pit on Sunday. A superb day’s racing took place, with 86 riders in action. Poole took their third successive win in this series. Wednesfield’s Brandon Whetton twice lowered the track record in the u-17 match, after A&T’s Ciaran Collins did in his first […]
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Division 1 Astley & Tyldesley 89 v 41 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 90 v 85 Stockport Hull 88 v 88 Bury Division 2 Edinburgh 93 v 94 Stockport Glasgow 88 v 98 Stockport Hull 51 v 97 Bury Division 3 Astley & Tyldesley 79 v 0 Heckmondwike Edinburgh 4 v 0 Stockport Glasgow 0 v 0 Stockport Hull 36 v 116 Bury
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For the fourth year, Bury Cycle Speedway Club welcomed down to their Goshen track the locally based National Cycling Centre youngsters and staff, for a days fun filled activities under the banner of the British Cycling Go-Ride August Initiative. At 10am on Tuesday 2nd August, the first youngsters arrived and by 10:30am twenty personnel were assembled and were having their names […]
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Stockport staged the 6th and final Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. The number of riders participating was well down on previous rounds, with many riders away on holiday. In the U-10s match, A&T’s Jack Murray rode to a 16 points maximum score to take 2nd place in the overall series behind his team mate […]
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Bury hosted Round 5 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a pleasant Wednesday evening at Goshen. In the u-10s match, A&T’s John White and Jack Murray both rode to 16 points maximum scores. The u-13s category saw A&T’s Matt Snell and Sheffield’s Tom Whitwam beating each other once, to jointly top score on 15 points. As usual, the […]
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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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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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This Saturday sees the second of the Regional Rounds with events being held at Horspath, East Park, Ipswich and Bury. In the first round, 2015 club champions, Poole, got off to a flying start in the defence of their title providing the winners of all six age groups in the S&SW. Many of their younger riders are products of their […]
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Bury CSC held its annual Good Friday charity ride, now in its twenty-fourth year. A leisurely pace, on a very pleasant sunny day saw around twenty club members complete the off-road route, following the course of the River Irwell towards Manchester. The event raises money for club funds as well as a selected charity each year. The charities for 2016 […]
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