ASTLEY & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare-CTA Direct Cycle Speedway entertained Kingston Cycles-Hull in a Northern League match at Gin Pit on Sunday.
A & T provided five of the first six race winners, but Hull packed in the minor placings and led by one point after heat 6. A & T took control of the match, winning seven of the last nine races, to run out convincing 85-63 winners.
Frank Finnigan, Tomasz Wlodarczyk and Przemek Binkowski all raced unbeaten for the home team, with the back-up riders improving after a dreadful start to the match. Hull battled gamely throughout, with Andy Angel and Chris Cooke their only two race winners.
A & T also won the second team challenge match that followed, 69-58. The home team lent the visitors John Nuttall to make up their numbers. Andy Angel and Chris Cooke both raced unbeaten for Hull, while Becky Heslop and Warren Mee dropped just two points each for A & T.
On Saturday (29th May) the club stages the 13th annual Astley & Tyldesley Festival meeting, sponsored by Motor Body Services of Salford. Racing starts at 1pm and included in the line-up are England's Lee Aris, second in the World Individual Final and Poland's Dominic Rycharski, a member of the World Pairs Championship winning team.
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