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Blackpool Charity Cycle Ride
Several club members have expressed an interest in participating
in this year's annual Manchester to Blackpool charity cycle ride
on Sunday 14th July. So far, Steve Waterworth, Reece Pollitt,
Mike Hack and Pati Artymiuk are taking part. If anyone else
wishes to participate, please let Mike Hack know, so we can get
a strong Astley & Tyldesley club representation. We don't have
any cycle speedway matches fixtured for that day.
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New National Records for
A&Ts Joel
Congratulations go to Joel Partington, who won the U15 British
Schools Cycling Association National Roller event at Bradford on
Sunday. He also set two new National records on the day. |
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Extended Practice Sessions
A&T are pleased to announce an extension in practice sessions
provided by the club, to cater for the ever increasing large
numbers of youngsters attending the Tuesday club nights. Three
sessions will now run - the first one for u-13s between 6 and 7
pm; the second one for a different group of u-13s between 7 and
8 pm; the third one for 13s+ and seniors between 8 and 9 pm. The
sessions will be taken by the club's two British Cycling Level 1
coaches Will Evans and Paul Whitelegg. The Thursday sessions for the
club's senior squad riders will now run between 7.30 and 8.30
pm, taken by the club's British Cycling Level 2 cycle speedway
coach Mike Hack.
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Manchester Go-Ride Race
Round 3 of the Manchester Go-Ride Race league takes place at
Debdale Park on Saturday 30th March and will be MTB XC.
This series is open for our youngsters to race in, but please be
aware that the date and time of this particular event clashes
with the opening round of the A&T Go-Ride Grand Prix series at
Gin Pit.
Details of the event including league dates for 2013 are
available by using the links below.
Round 3 MTB
XC
League Dates
2013
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A&T - Grade 'A'
International status facility
Interesting statistics released by British Cycling show that
only six cycle speedway clubs have higher membership levels than
Astley & Tyldesley. We have 45 members registered with British
Cycling, which puts us 2nd in the list of Northern clubs.
Sheffield have easily the highest membership levels in the sport
at 145.
British Cycling have released their official track facility
gradings for 2013. We have retained the top rating of a Grade
'A' International status facility, one of only six venues in the
sport. We are the only venue in the North to have the top
rating.
These two ratings, along with our 9th placed finish in the 2012
British Club Championships, again the 2nd highest placed
Northern club, shows that the Astley & Tyldesley club, as a
whole, are one of the leading cycle speedway clubs in the UK.
There are currently 35 clubs in the UK, so (using performance
speak) we are in the top quartile in each of those three major
categories.
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New Club Sponsor!
The club are delighted to
announce a new club sponsor in CWTS Ltd. The Atherton based
company's full title is Commissioning Water Treatment
Specialists Ltd and they have agreed to be the club's main
sponsor for the next three years. Thanks go to new Social
Secretary Alison Dickinson for arranging this sponsorship deal.
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