Astley and Tyldesley hosted Round 2 of the A&T Go-Ride Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Tuesday. With the theme being “Bring a Friend”, there were a few welcome new faces in the 20 rider field. Unfortunately, Charlie Burgess had to withdraw with a broken arm, sustained in an accident before racing started. Our best wishes go to Charlie, […]
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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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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 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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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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Manchester’s Astley and Tyldesley club capped off an exciting start to 2016 by finishing as runners up in the Go-Ride Club of the Year category at the Go-Ride Club and Volunteer awards last month. See the full results for the Go-Ride Club and Volunteer awards on the British Cycling website To complete an excellent night for the Gin Pit club, […]
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Astley and Tyldesley’s Gin Pit is set to undergo a substantial refurbishment, after the Manchester club were allocated new funding assisted through British Cycling. Gin Pit was built by three volunteers 25 years ago and the club believes the constant upkeep required to the current circuit distracts club members from more pressing matters like coaching and rider development. Read the press […]
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Astley & Tyldesley came away from West Yorkshire with two convincing Northern League wins on Sunday. A&T took a maximum 7-3 heat win in the first race of the Division 1 match and controlled the match throughout, to run out convincing 89-59 winners. Reece Pollitt and Damian Zareba were both unbeaten by an opponent, with solid scores from the rest […]
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Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club staged their 25th annual Cycle Speedway presentation event on Sunday afternoon. 85 club members, family and friends filled the function room at the Astley & Tyldesley Miners’ Welfare Club. As ever, there was an excellent buffet to enjoy, DVD footage of racing from the past season and numerous raffle prizes donated by club members, including […]
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Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club official Janine Paine has won the Greater Manchester Sports Volunteer of the Year Award! It’s a richly deserved award for Janine, who is a tireless and dedicated official for the club. The awards night took place at The Point, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, on Friday, with more than 600 people present, who enjoyed a […]
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Astley & Tyldesley ran out easy winners in both matches in the final Northern League fixture of the season at Heckmondwike on Sunday. A&T took the lead with a 6-3 heat win to Paul Graham/Lee Phillips over Adam Watson in the first race of the Division 1 match. This was after Heckmondwike’s Mick Knowles took a heavy fall on the […]
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Astley & Tyldesley staged their final home match of the season when they took on Stockport in a Northern League fixture at Gin Pit on Sunday. In the Division 1 match, A&T took an early lead after Chris Eaton was excluded at the gate in heat 1 and were 11-8 up after two races. Race exclusions followed to Reece Pollitt […]
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Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club enjoyed a terrific night of success at the Believe Wigan Sports Awards Evening at the D.W. Stadium, Wigan on Friday evening. More than 300 people were present at the evening, with 85 nominations received for the nine categories of awards. 15 A&T club members turned out to enjoy a very successful evening. A&T’s junior cycle […]
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Astley & Tyldesley bounced back to winning ways in the Northern League Division 1, after beating Northumbria Vikings 88-80, in a very sporting encounter at Gin Pit on Sunday. A&T took heat wins in three of the opening five races to move into a 29-20 lead, but the visitors hit back in heat 6 when Kirkup and Redshaw came through […]
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Astley & Tyldesley have uploaded the video of yesterday’s final to YouTube. Wednesfield Aces made it three in a row against Birmingham, with an excellent team display at Gin Pit, finishing 94-78 to the Aces. Check out all of the action here:
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Astley & Tyldesley’s Gin Pit Raceway was the venue for the 2015 British Team Knock-out Cup Finals on Sunday. Hard work by club members in the weeks leading up to the meeting saw the circuit and surrounds in top condition, aided by some Brighter Borough Funding from the Tyldesley Ward Councillors. The result was a terrific day’s racing on a […]
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Better late than never! This was sitting in our Facebook inbox and we missed it unfortunately. But you can check the classic Northern League encounter between Edinburgh and Astley and Tyldesley here. It finished in a stalemate at 89-89, with a last ditch 7-3 getting the Falcons a much welcomed point.
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