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Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 1 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, at Gin Pit, on a cold, but dry, Wednesday evening. There was a decent turn out, for a very competitive Division 1 match. Sheffield duo Pawel Idziorek and Ed Morton were joint top scorers, on the night, with Ed losing only to Bury’s Kris Ramsden in heat […]

Report and photos by Mike Hack Bury hosted the 6th and final round of the 2023 Manchester League series. There was a disappointingly low turn out, with no u-16s and just one u-19 rider, on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening. Bury had two riders in the Division 2 match who rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10) and […]

Bury hosted Round 3 of the 2023 Manchester League series, with an improved turn out from the previous round, on a sunny but cold Wednesday evening. Once again, Bury had three riders in the Division 2 match who rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10), Jayden Hancock (u-13), Tom Dunphy (u-16). However, the Astley & Tyldesley riders again secured […]

Stockport hosted Round 2 of the 2023 Manchester League series on a glorious Wednesday evening. However, there was a disappointingly low turn out of just 12 riders on the night. Once again, Bury only fielded three riders in the Division 2 match, but all three rode to maximum scores – Bobby Dunphy (u-10), Jayden Hancock (u-13), Tom Dunphy (u-16). However, […]

Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 1 of the 2023 Manchester League series at Gin Pit on Wednesday evening. Turn outs were down on previous years for the Division 2 (age category) matches, but there was a decent turn out of 11 riders for the Division 1 (seniors and veterans match). No women riders entered on the night. Bury only fielded […]

Bury staged the final Round 6 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on Wednesday evening. Temperatures were a welcome lower than the previous two days heatwave, with light rain falling during the Senior match.The Division 2 match was raced first, and it was another close encounter between Astley & Tyldesley and Bury. This time Bury took the win, 68-67, […]

Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a very warm sunny Wednesday evening. A well watered track kept the dust down.The Division 2 match was raced first, and it continued the run of close encounters between Astley & Tyldesley and Bury. However, the lack of a fifth rider cost Bury on the night, […]

The Manchester League Grand Prix series moved to Bury, for its Round 3 staging, on Wednesday evening.The Division 2 match was raced first, and it continued the run of close encounters between Astley & Tyldesley and Bury. A&T’s top five scorers beat Bury’s top five by five points, to win the Division 2 match for the second time this year, […]

Stockport was the venue for Round 2 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a cold Wednesday evening.The Division 2 match was raced first, with a repeat of the 1st Round, in which three riders raced unbeaten in the three categories ridden. They were Bury’s Bobby Dunphy in the u-10s category, his team mate, Jayden Hancock, in the u-13s […]

Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 1 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Wednesday evening. The track was in an excellent damp, firm condition on a dry, pleasant evening. The Division 2 match was raced first, with Bury’s Bobby Dunphy racing to a 16 points maximum in the u-10s category, twice defeating A&T’s Josh Pilkington. Bobby’s […]

The Manchester League Grand Prix Series was concluded, when Bury staged Round 6, at a hot and sunny Goshen Sports Centre, on Wednesday evening.In the Division 2 match, Bury started the evening holding a 1 point lead over Astley & Tyldesley. Despite A&T setting up a new all time record team score of 78 points from their top 5 scorers […]

Stockport hosted the re-arranged Manchester League Grand Prix Round 2 event at a warm and sunny St. Thomas’ Park on Wednesday evening.More Covid self isolations partly accounted for Astley & Tyldesley fielding only two junior riders, well down on their usual turn out. Despite both Duncan Whalley and Charlie Burgess racing unbeaten in the u-13 and u-16 categories, it was […]