The Astley & Tyldesley club was formed in November 1989 and made their on track bow in April 1991, initially racing in the Manchester League. Improvements to the Gin Pit circuit, which was originally mainly funded and built by club members, have been made on an ongoing basis with the venue being afforded the status of the North's Regional Centre in 1997 and being a top graded facility, 'A' Grade International.

The club is an accredited British Cycling Go-Ride Club and the venue became British Cycling’s North West Cycle Speedway Academy during 2002. The A&T club boasts a proud record of recruiting and developing their own talent, with A&T riders having won one World Individual title and twenty eight British Individual titles (25 home grown). A&T have won the North & Scotland League Division 1 three times, Division 2 twice, Division 3 seven times, Northern Fours League once, Northern Junior League eight times, Northern K.O. Cup once, Northern Junior K. O. Cup five times, Manchester League Division One five times, Manchester League Division Two thirteen times, as well as the 1997 British U-16 Team Championship. A&T are the only club ever to complete a clean sweep in a season, by winning all three divisions of the North & Scotland Regional League, as well as the Northern Regional Final in both 2017 and 2019.

In 2003 the club successfully promoted the World Team Cup. The club acquired the prestigious Sport England Clubmark accreditation early in 2005 - only the 2nd cycling club in the U.K. to do so. The club successfully promoted the 1996 and 2010 British Individual Finals , the 1998, 2000, 2001, 2011 and 2015 British Team Finals and the 2019 Cycle Speedway Cup Final. The club won the Wigan Sports Club of the Year Award in 2011, 2015 & 2018, whilst winning British Cycling's Go-Ride Club of the Year Award in 2017.

Since 2014 the club has expanded it's activities to incorporate an Off Road section and a Road section, resulting in the change of name to A&T Cycling Club. Major funding in 2016 resulted in the complete rebuilding of the Gin Pit race track to a new specification and professional construction standards.
Riders Racing Statistics

Record of Personal Best Times (original track 1991-2015)

Record of Personal Best Times (New Track 2016 onwards)
Owen Simcock - 14 years old. Owen joined the A&T club in 2018 and has been a regular since then. Rode in the North & Scotland League Division 3 title winning team in 2019, before moving up an age category.
 
Charlie Burgess - Age 14. The youngest of three siblings who have raced for A&T, he joined the club at the back end of 2012. Was 2nd in the Manchester League u-10 Grand Prix series and 3rd in the Manchester League u-10 Individual Final in 2015. He was a valuable member of the A&T teams which won the North & Scotland League Division 3 every year up to 2019, as well as winning the North & Scotland League Division 2 in 2019 and Manchester League Division 2 each year from 2014 up to 2019.
 
John White - 14 years old. John started racing at the tail end of the 2011 season and has regularly beaten riders several years older than him since then. Won the U-8 Club Individual Championship and the Club Most Improved Rider of the Year award in 2013. John won the British U-8 Grand Prix series, took 2nd place in the Manchester League U-10 Individual Final and won the J. Fisher & Sons Cup as the Club's Young Rider of the Year in 2014. In 2015 won both the Manchester League u-10 Individual Final and Grand Prix series, as well as the Club u-10 Individual. He took 2nd place in the Northern u-10 Individual Final. John enjoyed terrific individual successes at u-10 level in 2016, winning the British Grand Prix series, Northern Individual Final and Grand Prix series, Manchester League Individual Final and Grand Prix series, and the Club Individual. John moved up an age category in 2017, but won the British u-12 Grand Prix series and the J. Fisher & Sons Cup as the Club's Young Rider of the Year. In 2018, he won both the British u-12 Boys Individual Final and Grand Prix series, the North & Scotland u-13 Individual and the Manchester League u-13 Individual. 2019 saw him win both the North & Scotland u-13 and u-16 Individual titles. He was a valuable member of the A&T teams which won the North & Scotland League Division 3 every year up to 2019, as well as winning the North & Scotland League Division 2 in 2019 and Manchester League Division 2 each year from 2014 up to 2019.
 
Lucy Grantham - Age 13. Lucy attended the Club Nights for a couple of years, before becoming a regular in competitive matches in 2015. She won the Club u-8 Individual and the North West Trophies Cup for Best Novice in 2015. Lucy won the Club u-10 Girls Individual in 2017. She was a member of the A&T teams which won the North & Scotland League Division 3 and the Manchester League Division 2 every year from 2015 to 2019.
 
Tom Morrissey - 13 years old. Tom started racing early in 2017 and improved rapidly. Won both the Northern u-10 Individual Final and the Northern u-10 Grand Prix series, as well as the Club u-10 Boys Individual. Tom won the Manchester League u-13 Grand Prix series in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Manchester League u-13 Individual title in 2019. He was a member of the A&T teams which won the North & Scotland League Division 3 and the Manchester League Division 2 from 2017 to 2019, as well as the North & Scotland League Division 2 in 2019. Tom won the Rory Blackwell Cup for Best Newcomer in 2017.
 
Duncan Whalley - Age 12. Duncan transferred to A&T at the start of the 2017 season, after racing for Bury for several seasons. He enjoyed a successful season, winning the Manchester League u-10 Individual Final and Grand Prix series and finishing 2nd in both corresponding Northern events. He again won the Manchester League u-10 Grand Prix series in 2018. Duncan was a valuable member of the A&T teams, which won the North & Scotland League Division 3 and Manchester League Division 2 from 2017 to 2019. Won the Club Most Improved Rider award in 2019.
 
Harriet Belt - 12 years old. Started racing in 2018 and has steadily improved since then, racing for the North & Scotland League Division 3 and Manchester League Division 2 title winning sides of 2018 and 2019.
 
Oscar Belt - Age 10. Started racing in 2017 and he looks a real prospect, racing for the North & Scotland League Division 3 and Manchester League Division 2 title winning sides of 2018 and 2019. Won the North West Trophies Cup for Best Novice in 2019.
 
Frank White - 9 years old. Frank cut his racing teeth in the A&T Go-Ride Grand Prix series in 2015, finishing as the overall series winner and winning it again in 2017. Frank won the 2016 Club u-8 Individual and the 2017 Club u-6 Individual. Winner of the North West Trophies Cup for Best Novice in 2016. Frank won every race of the 2019 season at u-8 level to win the Little League u-8 Individual and Grand Prix series. He also won the Club u-10 Individual and the J. Fisher & Sons Young Rider of the Year award in 2019. Was a valuable member of the A&T team which won the North & Scotland League Division 3 and Manchester League Division 2 from 2016 to 2019.
 
Myles Grantham - Age 8. Myles started racing in Go-Ride events in 2016 at the tender age of 3 years old. A very spirited rider, he often beats riders several years older than himself. Won the Club u-6 Individual event in 2019. He raced for the North & Scotland League Division 3 and Manchester League Division 2 title winning sides of 2018 and 2019.
 
Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club continued to recruit new local junior riders during the 2020 season, despite the interruption to activities caused by the pandemic. Some of these will take part in activities at Gin Pit only, but some are looking forward to regular competitive racing in the many junior competitions that are available, once restrictions have eased.

Riders looking to progress at the club include Levi Edwards, Harvey Fairclough, Elizabeth Hindley, Blake Jeffrey-Leyland and Thomas Smith.
 

Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club is a British Cycling Go-Ride Clubmark Club.

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