A & T visited Bury for a local derby in the Northern League. Bolstered by the debut of Polish star Pawel Kozlowski and strengthened with the inclusion of secondary registrations from Stoke, Garry Pearce and Rob Machin, A & T were confident of giving their local rivals a close run. Kozlowski won the opening heat, and with Binkowski in his usual tremendous form, A & T held the home team to just 2 points after five heats. Although Bury stretched the lead to six points by the interval, A & T were far from out of it and were confident of pulling back the deficit. Instead the opposite happened, and A & T fell apart in the second half, as Bury romped away to record a 86-60 win. The scoreline certainly didn't do the CTA Direct sponsored side justice and didn't reflect the close racing in a hard fought encounter. However, on a dry slippery, rutted track, A & T were on the wrong end of all the bad luck going, and on the wrong end of several contentious refereeing decisions.

Przemek Binkowski was tremendous for A & T, losing only once, but both Pawel Kozlowski (fresh from a 30 hour coach journey from Poland) and Garry Pearce were well below their usual high scores, despite making some excellent starts.

Northern League match final score:

Bury Pedalsport 86 Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct 60

Astley & Tyldesley scorers:

Przemek Binkowski 19, Mike Hack 9 (plus 1 bonus), Garry Pearce 8 (1), Pawel Kozlowski 7, Rob Machin 6 (1), Becky Heslop 6, Roy Heslop 5.