Astley & Tyldesley were in action at the Tameside club's track at Stockport on Wednesday for Round 2 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series.

In the Senior match, A & T were narrowly beaten by Tameside, with an exclusion to Przemek Binkowski (in his last match for A & T before returning to Poland) and a fall by Tomasz Wlodarczyk proving to be costly. Frank Finnigan was in excellent form, top scoring for the CTA Direct sponsored team. Astley & Tyldesley were unhappy with several refereeing decisions.

Manchester League Senior Grand Prix (Division 1) result:

Tameside 51 Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct 47 Bury 13.

Tameside: Terry Norman 15, Danny White 12, Chris Eaton 12, Brian Eaton 6, Alan Taylor 6.

A & T: Frank Finnigan 13, Tomasz Wlodarczyk 10, Przemek Binkowski 10, Jeff Radcliffe 7, Mike Hack 7, Roy Heslop 6.

Bury: Paul Dyson 13.

Referee - Dave Blinston (Tameside).

A & T raced to a convincing win in the Junior match, beating Bury by 15 points, with the home team Tameside failing to field a single rider. Joe Twiss and Becky Heslop both raced unbeaten in the U-16 category, with excellent scores from the other A & T riders.

Manchester League Junior Grand Prix (Division 2) result:

Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct 70 Bury 55 Tameside 0.

A & T: Becky Heslop 16, Joe Twiss 16, John Nuttall 13, Warren Mee 13, Dylan Radcliffe 12, Rob Longworth 12, Daniel Swales 10.

Bury: Tom Doyle 16, Chris Parrish 12, David Parrish 11, Ashley Simpson 11, Will Collins 5.

Referee - Dave Blinston (Tameside).