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Report by Mike Hack, Photos supplied by Svitlana Rechembei, Sarah Lawless, Alan Taylor. The midweek Manchester League Grand Prix series concluded at Astley & Tyldesley, on a warm and dry Wednesday evening. Eleven riders competed in the Division 1 match. Bury’s Harry Radford, fresh from representing Gt. Britain in the European u-23 Track Championships at Cottbus, Germany, made his first […]

Report by Mike Hack Stockport staged Round 5 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a cool and bright Wednesday evening. Ten riders competed in the Division 1 match. Three riders jointly top scored, with 15 points each. Bury’s Mike Baldock lost only to teammate Kris Ramsden, whilst Ramsden and Stockport’s Terry Norman beat each other once. Defending Division 1 […]

Bury staged Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening. Nine riders competed in the Division 1 match. Adam Watson, riding as an independent, raced unbeaten, with Stockport’s Terry Norman losing only to Adam in heat 4. Bury’s Tom Dunphy lost only to team mate Eryk Motala in heat 10. Defending Division […]

Stockport staged Round 3 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a cool, but bright, Wednesday evening. Ten riders competed in the Division 1 match. Sheffield’s Pawel Idziorek raced unbeaten, with Stockport’s Terry Norman losing only to Pawel in heat 12. Defending Division 1 Champions, Bury, narrowly took the team win, to remain unbeaten in this year’s series. Manchester […]

Report by Mike Hack Bury staged Round 2 of the Manchester League series, on a wet Goshen track on Wednesday. Defending champions Bury took their second win of the series, in the Division 1 match, finishing well ahead of Stockport and Sheffield. Bury’s Reece Pollitt and Eryk Motala both raced unbeaten. Manchester League Division 1 resultBury 63 Stockport 24 Sheffield […]

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 […]