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Sun 2nd Oct Astley & Tyldesley v Hull Astley & Tyldesley

Astley & Tyldesley made it a clean sweep of three wins in Sunday's Northern League fixture against Hull, at Gin Pit. A cagey opening four races saw A&T hold a 20-18 lead in the Division 1 match. Two maximum race wins followed, as A&T took control of the match and they rounded off with six successive heat wins to record an emphatic 89-57 win. Max Evans rode to his first ever 20 points maximum score in a 1st team match. Reece Pollitt also raced unbeaten, Paul Graham lost just once, with solid scores from the rest of the team. Nathan Everett, David Cooper and Josh Bellis all won a race apiece for the visitors.

Northern League Division 1 match result:

Astley & Tyldesley 89 Hull 57

A&T: Max Evans 20, Reece Pollitt 18 (2), Paul Graham 16 (3), Mark Grantham 16 (1), Ciaran Collins 10 (3), Emily Burgess 9.
Hull: Nathan Everett 14, Josh Bellis 11, Jack Lister 10, David Cooper 8 (1), Katie Greaves 7 (1), David Lister 7 (1).

Referee - Mike Hack.

Hull fielded an ineligible rider in the Division 2 match, so despite Hull winning 81-68 on the track, the 20 penalty points incurred meant that A&T ran out 88-81 winners. Max Evans again raced to a 20 points maximum, with good scores from Mark Grantham and Ciaran Collins. Josh Bellis top scored for a solid scoring Hull team, losing only to Evans and Collins. John White pulled out after injurying a leg in his first race. A&T remain in 2nd place in the Division 2 table.

Northern League Division 2 match result:

Astley & Tyldesley 88 Hull 81 A&T: Max Evans 20, Mark Grantham 14, Ciaran Collins 14, Danny Pickup 8, Emily Burgess 6 (1), Ben Forshaw 6 (1), John White 0.
Hull: Josh Bellis 18, Nathan Everett 16 (1), Jack Lister 15 (2), David Cooper 14 (2), David Lister 12 (4), Katie Greaves 6.

Referee - Mike Hack.

Hull didn't field any riders in the Division 3 match, so A&T rode to a whitewash 116-0 win, to remain top of the table. Emily Burgess raced unbeaten, with Danny Pickup losing just once and Nathan Holt twice.

Northern League Division 3 match result:

Astley & Tyldesley 116 Hull 0 A&T:

Emily Burgess 16, Danny Pickup 15, Nathan Holt 14, Charlie Burgess 12, Jack Murray 11, Aiden Green 10, Tom Beeley 10, Logan Outram 9, Frank White 7, Lucy Grantham 7, Sabrina Evans 5.

Referee - Catherine White.

John White, Jack Murray and Emily Burgess were all members of the North team which won the Regional u-12 team match in the East Park Junior meeting at a wet Wolverhampton on Saturday. Later on Max Evans and Matt Snell were members of the North u-16 team which won their event by a large margin.
 
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