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, […]
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Astley & Tyldesley raced to two convincing wins in North & Scotland League Division 1 matches in Scotland on Sunday. A&T lined up at Edinburgh for a 12 noon start. A first heat 6-4 win for A&T was followed by six successive 7-3 heat wins, before a shared heat made the interval score 27-53. A&T continued their relentless pace with […]
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Report by Rob Mawhood Hull got off to the perfect start to defend their Yorkshire League title at a dry and dusty Graves track in Sheffield on Wednesday night. The forecast rain did not arrive, but the dry track still provided some entertaining racing. Hull were at full strength, with Sheffield using the five riders who were involved with the […]
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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 […]
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Report & Photo by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley held Round 2 of the A&T Go-Ride League at Gin Pit, on Tuesday evening. A terrific turn out of 26 riders (up from 19 in the 1st Round) contested 28 heats of racing. A heavy shower of rain during the later stages of the meeting didn’t the youngsters enthusiasm from a […]
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The second Norfolk Grand Prix for the younger age groups was held at Eaton Park with 17 riders present – 14 from Hethersett and three from Norwich. The racing was competitive and entertaining as always with all riders getting encouragement from team colleagues and opponents. Despite some exceptional performances in the heats, notably from Alfie Gunn and Lola Martin, in […]
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Report by Colin Simmons Newport CSC held round 2 of the Battle of Britain and Elite GP series for men at their well appointed Newport International sports village track.The untimely withdrawals of the North/ Scotland and Midlands teams left the host club having to shuffle the match format around and stage a 2 team event , lianing riders to the […]
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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 […]
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Round 2 of the Midlands Grand Prix series took place at East Park on Sunday May 8th and while it was a low turn out of riders only 25 in all categories there was some really good fast racing , The day started off very wet but by the time racing got underway the sun came out producing a lovely […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley welcomed Sheffield Stars in an eagerly anticipated North & Scotland League fixture at a warm, sunny Gin Pit on Sunday. The Division 1 match between reigning champions Sheffield and three times champions A&T saw the home team off to a flying start. A&T banged in four 7-3 maximum heat wins in the opening […]
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Report by Pete Barnes, Photos by Arthur Lawrence Poole / Dolphin Centre opened their South and South Wales League season with a decisive victory over the progressive Exeter club. Despite the unseasonal weather conditions the spectators that had ventured to Harbourside Park were witness to eighteen heats of 100% effort by both teams with Connor Tucker outstanding for the visitors. […]
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Report by Mike Hack Astley & Tyldesley staged Round 1 of the A&T Go-Ride League at a warm and dry Gin Pit, on Tuesday evening. After two Covid affected years, A&T re-instated the team element, to complement the individual Grand Prix series. Riders were split into three teams, each wearing the splendid tops which were supplied by Wigan Council’s Brighter […]
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Report by Andy Schofield The Hessle Raceway was the setting for the first round of this year’s Women’s League action on a sunny but breezy day. In the Battle of Britain team event all four sides were evenly matched with just three points separating the sides after the first set of three races. At the interval the North & Scotland […]
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Report by Mike Hack, Photos by Len Priestley Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 1 of the Men’s Battle of Britain and Elite Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Sunday. Two exciting matches took place on a bright and breezy afternoon. The Battle of Britain match was keenly contested, with all four teams competitive throughout the match. The South & […]
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Hull played hosts to an understrength Astley & Tyldesley side on a sunny day in the North & Scotland League. In Division One Hull started well with a Nathan Everett / Jacob Francis 6-4 and increased their lead with a Jacob Francis / Matt Eglen maximum in heat 4, before Steve Harris / Reece Pollitt narrowed the lead with a […]
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Report by Andy Schofield Hull played host to Bury on a warm spring day in The North & Scotland League. The visitors were unable to field a first division side so the spotlight fell on the division two and three matches. Both second division sides were made up of a mixture of experience, new riders and juniors. The visitors began […]
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Heckmondwike and Astley & Tyldesley served up an entertaining day of North & Scotland League racing, at a sunny Firth Park on Sunday. The West Yorkshire side made their return to league racing, after a five seasons’ absence, and celebrated the occasion by winning the Division 2 match. Two inexperienced teams lined up for the Division 2 match, with A&T […]
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Report by Mike Hack After a two years’ absence, due to the Covid pandemic, there was a welcome return to the Northern Fours and Junior League series. Heckmondwike hosted Round 1 of the 2022 series, on a sunny but cool first day of Spring. Stockport have pulled out of Division 1 racing, and had to secure the services of Astley […]
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