Stockport hosted the second of the Manchester League Individual Finals evenings on Wednesday. Seven riders contested the under 13 event, which went to a decider in heat 11. The unbeaten Astley & Tyldesley pair of Emily Burgess and John White lined up on grids 1 and 2. Emily was the quickest away from the tapes and she pulled away to […]
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Astley & Tyldesley hosted the first of this year’s Manchester League Individual Finals evenings, with the U10 and U16 Championships on Wednesday. A&T’s impressive squad of U10 riders dominated proceedings, in a nine rider field. Duncan Whalley raced to a 16 points maximum score to take the title. He beat his nearest rival, first year rider Fraser Brundrett, in heat […]
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Bury staged the 6th and final round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on Wednesday evening. Several torrential downpours made for unpleasant conditions, but the riders were undeterred, with several titles up for grabs on the night. The Astley & Tyldesley pair of Aiden Green and Tom Morrissey both scored 16 point maximums in the u-10s match. Their team […]
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Stockport hosted the fifth and penultimate round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a warm summer evening on Wednesday 5th July. Although numbers in the junior (Div 2) categories were slightly down, Astley & Tyldesley still provided the bulk of the competitor numbers with 14 entries, Stockport fielded 5 and Bury 3. In the U10s, Astley’s Tom Morrissey […]
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Astley and Tyldesley hosted Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series, on a very hot summer solstice evening at Gin Pit on Wednesday. There was the biggest turn out of the series so far, with 35 riders racing, including 21 from the home club. A&T’s first year rider, Tom Morrissey, scored his first ever maximum in the U10s […]
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Round 3 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series was staged at Stockport on Wednesday evening. 6 year old Aiden Green of Astley & Tyldesley top scored in the U10s match, losing only to Bury’s Kaci Neath in heat 4. A&T’s Emily Burgess won three races in the U13s category, but was excluded in her match race with Bury’s Josh Neath, […]
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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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