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The Manchester League are proudly celebrating 60 years of organised
cycle speedway racing in Greater Manchester this year. Fittingly the
three current tracks in the area are each staging League Individual
Finals across five categories this month. Astley & Tyldesley hosted the
U-10 and U-16 Individual Finals at Gin Pit on Wednesday evening. In
front of a good sized crowd, an entertaining night's racing took place
in a well presented meeting on a well prepared track.
The host A & T club supplied all six riders who contested the U-10
event. U-10 Grand Prix series winner Adam Watson carried on where he
left off and won all his four races to win the U-10 Final, with a 16
points maximum. His nearest challenger, Stefan Whitelegg, dropped just
one point in heat 7, to finish runner-up. First year rider Colin Farn
continued his progress, scoring 14 and taking the 3rd place trophy. The
awards were presented by the Astley & Tyldesley Club Chairman, Bill
Phillips.
Manchester League U-10 Individual Final result
Adam Watson (A & T) 16, Stefan Whitelegg (A & T) 15, Colin Farn (A & T)
14, Max Evans (A & T) 13, Kian Crane (A & T) 12, Tyler Koch (A & T) 11.
Referee - Gary Nuttall.
Astley & Tyldesley riders were presented with the Manchester League
Division 2 winners' cup and riders' trophies during the interval.
The floodlights came on for the U-16 event and some excellent racing
took place. Ben Higham fell in heat 1 as he tried to pass Jon-Luc
Miladinovic on the first lap, but with only those two in the race,
remounted for 2nd place. Miladinovic won his next race, before losing to
Ali Lam in heat 9. Higham hit back with three race wins, as Miladinovic
won his last two to finish on 19 points. Higham won heat 20 to equal the
Bury rider's total and force a run-off for 1st place. Miladinovic won
the toss and took gate 1. In the run-off, Higham pulled off a superb
gate and was in front at the first turn, leading all the way to take the
chequered flag and the trophy. Jack Lush impressed with some fine
passing to score 18 points and take 3rd place overall, just ahead of Ali
Lam and Mat Lush. The awards were presented by the Manchester League
Competition Secretary, Alan Taylor.
Manchester League U-16 Individual Final result
Ben Higham (Stockport) 19, Jon-Luc Miladinovic (Bury) 19, Jack Lush
(Stockport) 18, Ali Lam (Stockport) 17, Mat Lush (Stockport) 17, Jake
Read (Stockport) 15, Liam Webster (Sheffield) 14, Kyle Brough
(Sheffield) 13, Joe Pickford (Stockport) 12, Laura Watson (A & T) 11.
Referee - Bill
Phillips.
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