Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct ran out comfortable winners of the Manchester League Junior Grand Prix Round at Gin Pit on Wednesday. Rob Longworth and Marvin Kinlock both raced unbeaten in the U-13 category, with excellent support from John Nuttall and Chris Heslop. Tameside's Chris Eaton was unbeaten in the U-16 category, as was Bury's Scott Jarman in the U-19 category. British Cycling brought along some of their Talent Team, mostly from Eastlands Velo, for their first match at cycle speedway, with Matthew Crampton impressing. In fact the Eastlands Velo club members managed to outscore both the Tameside and Bury teams.

Manchester League Junior Grand Prix Round final match score:

Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct 61,  Eastlands Velo 55,  Tameside 46, Bury 27.

A & T scorers:

Rob Longworth 16, Marvin Kinlock 16, John Nuttall 12, Chris Heslop 11, Adam Phillips 6, Mike Hack