Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 3 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series on a very wet Wednesday evening at Gin Pit. The track held up well after several days' heavy rain and plenty of good racing was dished up under the Gin Pit floodlights.

Stockport took their first win of the series in the Division 1 (senior) match, with A & T pipping Sheffield, winners of the first two rounds, by a single point. Terry Norman raced unbeaten in his first appearance in this year's series.

Manchester League Division 1 result

Stockport 38 Astley & Tyldesley 21 Sheffield 20 Bury 0

Senior scorers: Terry Norman (Stockport) 16, Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport) 14, Ryan Hoyland (Sheffield) 10, Dariusz Pilas (Sheffield) 10, Ben Dickenson (A & T) 10, Ben Higham (Stockport) 8, Luke Jamson (A & T) 7, Mike Hack (A & T) 4.

Referee - Bill Phillips (Astley & Tyldesley).

Division 1 League positions (after 3 rounds) - Sheffield 9 Astley & Tyldesley 8 Stockport 6 Bury 3.

There was a good turn-out of riders for the Division 2 (junior categories) match, necessitating in 32 races being held over 3 matches. A & T took their second win of the series, beating Stockport and Sheffield, with Bury not present. Adam Watson raced unbeaten in the U-10 category, whilst Kyle Brough and Adam Phillips were joint top scorers in the U-13 category. Dylan Radcliffe and Ben Dickenson both raced unbeaten in the U-16 and U-19 categories respectively.

Manchester League Division 2 result (top 5 scorers count to team total)

Astley & Tyldesley 75 Stockport 67 Sheffield 58 Bury 0

U-10s: Adam Watson (A & T) 16, Colin Farn (A & T) 15, Niall Morton (Sheffield) 15, Stefan Whitelegg (A & T) 14, Adam Turnbull (A & T) 10, Jake Wild (Stockport) 10, Max Evans (A & T) 9, Josh Peacock (A & T) 7, Tyler Koch (A & T) 6.

U-13s: Kyle Brough (Sheffield) 14, Adam Phillips (A & T) 14, Jake Read (Stockport) 13, Joel Partington (A & T) 12, Richard Hudson (Sheffield) 11, Joe Pickford (Stockport) 11, Amber Webster (Sheffield) 10, Matt Turner (Stockport) 9, Cole Hartley (Sheffield) 8, Sophie Pickford (Stockport) 8.

U-16s: Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport) 16, Jack Lush (Stockport) 14, Ben Higham (Stockport) 12, Mat Lush (Stockport) 12, Laura Watson (A & T) 10.

U-19s: Ben Dickenson (A & T) 16, Ben Keen (A & T) 14, Luke Jamson (A & T) 11.

Referee - Bill Phillips (Astley & Tyldesley).