Astley & Tyldesley's junior cycle speedway squad are on a high after a great win in Sunday's Northern Junior League match at Heckmondwike. Four times winners of this league in the 1990s, it has been four years since A & T last won a round of this series. However, that barren spell was ended in style as the team reached the 100 points mark to not only win on the day, but also to move to the top of the table, after four of the eight rounds in the series.

Leading the A & T challenge was Becky Heslop, who recorded her first ever maximum score for A & T, winning all her four races by a convincing margin in the U-13 category. The rest of the A & T riders all scored highly in their respective categories, with David Greenough scoring a creditable 9 points on his debut, in the U-13 category.

Northern Junior League Round 4 match score:

Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct 100 Bury 63 Tameside 63 Hull 59 Sheffield 35 Heckmondwike 23 Stoke 0.

A & T scorers:

Becky Heslop 16, Rob Longworth 14, Damien Hack 14, Chris Heslop 12, Lee Wood 12, Gary Nuttall 12, John Nuttall 11, David Greenough 9.

Mike Hack

Astley & Tyldesley Cycle Speedway Club Secretary

Tel. 01942 515341