Astley & Tyldesley made their bow in 1991, initially racing in the Manchester League. Improvements to the Gin Pit circuit, which was originally mainly funded and built by club members, have been made on an ongoing basis with the venue being afforded the status of the North's Regional Centre in 1997.

The club is an accredited British Cycling Go-Ride Club and the venue became British Cycling’s North West Cycle Speedway Academy during 2002. The A & T club boast a proud record of recruiting and developing their own talent, with home grown A & T riders having won eleven British Individual titles. A & T have won the Manchester League Division One three times, the Northern Junior League five times, the Northern Junior K. O. Cup four times, as well as the 1997 British U-16 Team Championship at Exeter.

During the 2003 season the club successfully promoted the World Team Cup. The club has been improving its senior squad in recent seasons and now races in the Northern League. The club acquired Sport England Clubmark accreditation early in 2005 - only the 2nd cycling club in the U.K. to do so.

Riders Racing Statistics
 

Jason Elliott - 15 years old. Local Leigh based rider, who has been an impressive newcomer this season, having started with riding with his friend Ben Dickenson.

Ben Dickenson - 15 years old. Leigh based rider, who took up cycle speedway at the start of this year, after sampling the track at a BMX/Speedway event last season. Has also competed for Preston Pirates in BMX events.

Philip Atherton - 10 years old. A keen and regular rider at the club's Tuesday night training sessions for the past year. Has recently started competing in matches for Team Green. Won the North West Trophies Cup as the Club's Best Novice in 2007.

Joel Partington - aged 10. Took up cycle speedway in May 2007. Won the Manchester League U-10 Grand Prix series and the Club U-10 Individual. Winner of the Rory Blackwell Cup for the Best Newcomer 2007. Was runner-up in both the Northern and Manchester League U-10 Individuals. Is a proficient track rider, regularly competing at the Manchester Velodrome in the colours of Eastlands Velo, and won the U-10s category of the CDNW Youth event at the Velodrome in May 2007.

Adam Phillips - 10 years old. Raced a couple of matches when 4 years old, before returning at the tail end of the 2006 season. Won the 2006 A & T U-10 Club Individual title and the Rory Blackwell Cup for the Best Newcomer 2006. Raced in the British U-10 Individual Final and won the Northern U-10 Individual in 2007. The Club's Young Rider of the Year 2007. Is also a regular member of Blackburn Rovers' U-10 academy football team.

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Stefan Whitelegg - 8 years old. Has been a regular member at the junior training nights since the start of the 2005 season. Winner of the club's Most Improved Rider award 2006. Took 2nd place in the Club U-10 Individual 2007.

Adam Watson - 8 years old. Has been an enthusiastic member at the junior training nights since the start of the 2005 season. Won the North West Trophy Cup as the club's Best Novice rider in 2006 and was 3rd in the Club U-10 Individual Championship in 2006 and 2007. Qualified for and rode in all the National rounds of the British Youth & Junior League in 2007. Winner of the club's Most Improved Rider award 2007.

Matthew Turnbull - Age 16. Started riding midway through 2007 at the Club's weekly training nights. After a few weeks he showed improvement and was racing in the Club's 2nd team matches at the back end of the season.

Adam Thompson - 8 years old. Started riding midway through 2007 at the Club's weekly training nights. After a few weeks he showed improvement and was racing in the Club's 2nd team matches at the back end of the season.

Adam Turnbull - Age 7. Started riding midway through 2007 at the Club's weekly training nights. After a few weeks he showed improvement and was racing in the Club's 2nd team matches at the back end of the season.