Bury hosted Round 2 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a hot, sunny evening last week. Bury’s Kaci Neath rode to a maximum score in the U10 match, twice beating A&T’s Duncan Whalley. A&T’s Emily Burgess made it a double success for the girls, by also riding unbeaten in the U13s match, twice beating team mate John White. […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 1 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a warm, sunny Wednesday evening. First up were the U10s and Bury’s Kaci Neath top scored, losing only to A&T’s Duncan Whalley in heat 5. A&T’s Emily Burgess and Bury’s Harry Radford continued their rivalry in the U13s match, each suffering an exclusion in their two […]
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Time to catch up on a couple of stories that got missed due to the British Individual Championships weekend, first up, Manchester League… The midweek Manchester League season concluded with the Senior Individual Final at Astley & Tyldesley last Wednesday evening. On a very fast track, Stockport’s Jake Read came close to the track record, recording 40.70 seconds in heat 1. […]
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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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Stockport hosted the first of this year’s Manchester League Finals nights, on Wednesday. Rain fell throughout the evening, with nine riders contesting each of the two finals, held over 12 heats. Astley & Tyldesley’s John White became the first rider to retain the u-10s title, by winning all four races, to record a 16 points maximum. His A&T team mate […]
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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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Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a warm Wednesday evening at Gin Pit. First up were the u-10s and A&T’s John White rode to his fourth successive maximum score in this series. A&T’s Jack Murray lost only to John White, whilst John’s 5 year old brother Frank put him a storming display […]
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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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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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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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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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Astley & Tyldesley staged the Manchester League u-13 and u-19 Individual Finals on Wednesday evening, to wrap up the midweek racing season. The track was in good condition, with plenty of keen racing under the Gin Pit floodlights. Stockport’s Michael Preston and A&T’s Max Evans both started off with three wins apiece and came head to head in heat 13. […]
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Stockport hosted the Manchester League Senior Individual Final on Wednesday evening. The track was in good condition at the start of the match, but became greasy and slippery by the end, with rain falling for most of the match. Seven times champion Terry Norman and Ben Scranage were the early pace setters, both winning their opening two rides. However, by […]
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Bury staged the first of the Manchester League individual Finals evenings on Wednesday. Riders enjoyed racing on a well prepared track on a warm and pleasant summer’s evening. Astley & Tyldesley’s youngsters dominated the u-10 Individual Finals, taking the top five places, as they did in the Grand Prix series. Defending champion Joe Quarmby and John White both won their […]
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Bury staged Round 5 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series at Goshen on Wednesday. There was another good turnout of riders, this time 42, which resulted in 52 races being completed, in 2 hours 30 minutes. Defending Manchester League Division 2 champions Astley & Tyldesley made it five wins out of five in this series, but Bury pushed them […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Wednesday. The Manchester League continues to boom this year, as there was a record equalling turnout of 47 riders, which resulted in 60 races being completed, in 3 hours. Astley & Tyldesley riders dominated the u-10s match, with A&T providing the top five […]
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Stockport staged the second part of the 3rd Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a damp and chilly Wednesday evening. The u-16s and u-19s matches were combined, with scores subsequently adjusted. Sheffield’s Adam Watson raced unbeaten in the u-16 category, whilst Stockport’s Jake Read top scored in the u-19 match. Astley & Tyldesley made it three wins […]
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