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Wed 26th April Manchester League Grand Prix Round 1 Astley & Tyldesley

Astley & Tyldesley hosted the opening round of the Manchester League Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Wednesday evening. An excellent turn out of riders saw a programme of 44 races completed within 2 hours under the Gin Pit floodlights.

The Division 1 match, run in two groups, was hard fought throughout, with Bury emerging victors, narrowly ahead of Stockport and A & T. The home side's Polish duo were in excellent form, with Tomasz Szwajorek dropping just one point to team mate Darek Kurkowski in heat 3, whilst Kurkowski dropped just two points, to Szwajorek and to British Champion Terry Norman, in heat 11 of the 'A' match. Trevor Hulton also headed home Norman when finishing 2nd behind Bury's Paul Dyson in heat 7.

Manchester League Division 1 result (top 5 scorers count): Bury 64 Stockport 60 Astley & Tyldesley MWC 59.

Bury: Damian Zareba 16, Remi Burchardt 16, Paul Dyson 14, Chris Parish 11, Mike Parish 7, John Whiting 6.

Stockport: Brian Eaton 14, Terry Norman 13, Chris Eaton 11, Paul Ogden 11, Derek Garnett 11, Warren Mee 10, Jeff Radcliffe 9, Alan Taylor 5.

A & T: Tomasz Szwajorek 15, Darek Kurkowski 14, Trevor Hulton 12, Mark Taylor 10, Mike Hack 8, Andy Knowles 7, Roy Heslop 5.

Referee - Gary Nuttall (Astley & Tyldesley).

Bury took the spoils in the Division 2 (Junior) match, narrowly beating Stockport, with A & T well adrift.

Manchester League Division 2 result (top 5 scorers count): Bury 69 Stockport 64 Astley & Tyldesley MWC 21.

U-13 match: Oliver Cator (Stockport) 16, Ben Higham (Stockport) 14, Michael Collins (Bury) 14, Declan O'Shea (Bury) 12, Ryan O'Shea (Bury) 12, Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport) 12, Ryan King (A & T) 11, Matthew Lush (Stockport) 11, Jack Lush (Stockport) 11, Charlie Keirl ( A & T) 10, Daniel Thomson (Stockport) 8, Alex McDougall (Bury) 6, Max Brindley (Bury) 6.

U-16 match: Chris Dyson (Bury) 15, Alex Collins (Bury) 10, Daniel Harrison (Stockport) 8, Leo Brindley (Bury) 6.

U-19 match: Ashley Simpson (Bury) 16.

Referee - Gary Nuttall (Astley & Tyldesley).
 

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