With Heckmondwike arriving missing two key riders, Pawel Idziorek and Jake Wood having other commitments, they had little chance of troubling the home side too much, the Vikings able to gain revenge for their own defeat at Firth Park on the opening day of the season. Andy Knowles made a winning start as the stand in team manager for […]
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Astley & Tyldesley moved into second place in the Northern League Division 1, after beating Sheffield 100-75, at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T opened up with two maximum heat wins and this was extended to a 16 points lead, as early as heat 7. The visitors then claimed inside grid positions and the match outcome was never in doubt. Sheffield battled […]
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Here’s the results as they arrive, a bit later than usual, apologies for that! Midland League Leicester – Birmingham (ML1) Leicester – Birmingham (ML2) Leicester – Birmingham (MJL) Wednesfield Dragons 107 – 73 East Park (ML1) Northern League Stockport 100 – 78 Bury (NL1) Stockport – Bury (NL2) Stockport – Bury (NL3) Northumbria 81 – 67 Heckmondwike (NL1) Northumbria 35 […]
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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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What a meeting full of incident this was, Astley pulling ahead early on and battling hard throughout the contest which was fought in a no holds barred but utterly sporting manner throughout. Where do we begin with this report ? Perhaps rather than the usual concise flavour of the days racing, we’ll this time just re-cap and list the myriad […]
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Wednesfield, Bury and Stockport join Birmingham, East Park, Horspath, Ipswich and Newport in the Quarter Finals, which take place on 23rd August 2015. British Knock-Out Cup Bury 95 – 79 Poole Leicester 73 – 104 Wednesfield Stockport 109 – 66 Hull Midland League East Park 73 – 104 Birmingham Northern League Nortumbria Vikings 83 – 94 Astley & Tyldesley South East […]
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Here are the results from todays Northern British Youth and Junior League from Astley and Tyldesley. Under 8s A FINAL: 1st Joe Brownell (Sh); 2nd Duncan Whalley (Bu); 3rd Max Quarmby (A/T); 4th Lucy Grantham (A/T): B FINAL: 1st Kaci Neath (Bu); 2nd Lewis Bemrose (Sh): Referee Chas Whalley Under 10s A FINAL: 1st John White (A/T); 2nd Jack Brownell (Sh); 3rd Joe […]
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The meeting started with a rare couple of 5-4’s, Paul Thompson falling in heat 1 for Northumbria, Colin Gray then coming a cropper after a bold attempt to pass Andy Knowles in heat 2. Glasgow took the lead with a 7-3 in heat 4, Joe Beuckmann and Gray taking a max in that race. Andy McDougal then held off Dan […]
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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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A crowd of just under 100 witnessed the Edinburgh Falcons blow apart the long unbeaten run of Stockport 2006 with a win of some 17 points on Sunday afternoon. The visitors arrived minus Jake Read and the home side brought back Lee Lawrence in place of Douglas Morgan, who had ignored a club curfew the night before the big match. […]
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Here is the footage of the Northern League Division 1 clash between Edinburgh and Stockport at Redbraes Park on Sunday, courtesy of Alan Hewitson. The Falcons defeated the champions ending their impressive run of going over two years unbeaten in the league.
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It didn’t quite live up to the pre-meeting hype, but Edinburgh finally shook off their bogey team for these past number of years. Although Stockport arrived minus Jake Read, a much determined and focused Falcons Team duly went about their business, pleasing the larger than normal, noisy crowd. The first two races were a trade of 5-5s, Mat Lush losing […]
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The return of former ‘Young England’ international Aiden Owen to the Sheffield line up, probably took away any doubts that the hosts would be troubled by Northumbria, a still competitive yet friendly encounter the result, with the Rockets racing away to a 20 point win. Jason Burke top scored for the Rockets, with Richard Hudson and Kyle Holland alongside Owen […]
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Astley & Tyldesley ran out convincing 90-59 winners over Heckmondwike in Sunday’s Northern League Division 1 match at Gin Pit. A&T took the lead in heat 2 and the result was never in doubt from then on. A&T’s Radek Handke and Damian Zareba both lost once only to fellow Pole, Pawel Idziorek, who in turn lost twice to former World […]
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Stockport have lost their first match on over 2 years at Redbraes Park, throwing the Northern League wide open. Edinburgh 97 – 79 Stockport (NL1) Edinburgh (74+57) 131 – 71 Stockport (NL2) Edinburgh 24 – 16 Stockport (NL3) Astley & Tyldesley – Heckmondwike (NL1) Sheffield 100 – 80 Northumbria (NL1) Sheffield 88 – 62 Northumbria (NL2) Hull 63 – 115 […]
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It’s a bumper weekend of individual action, with Astley and Tyldesley hosting their 25th Anniversary Meeting at Gin Pit tomorrow, which sees many categories catered for and finishing off with a social gathering in the adjacent Miners’ Welfare Club after the racing has ended. Likewise, East Park host their Junior Invitational, which we previewed earlier this week. We start off this […]
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Stockport staged the 3rd Round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. Due to Stockport not having any floodlights, the u-10 and u-13 categories only were staged, with the other categories to be held next Wednesday (27th May). In the u-10s match, A&T’s Joe Quarmby raced to a 16 points maximum score, holding off a strong challenge […]
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Peter Smith was at Hessle Raceway in Hull to capture the Northern Fours meeting on camera and caught some decent racing. Stockport won the meeting, from Bury Comets and Hull in third. Check out some of the heats here.
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