Cycle Speedway: Astley & Tyldesley opened their Northern League programme with a hard fought home win over Stockport.
The scores were very close for most of the match as A&T struggled to overcome two race exclusions before pulling away in the closing stages to record a 79-68 win.
A&T welcomed Polish star Przemek Binkowski back after a four-year absence, and he went through the card unbeaten, winning all his five races to take maximum points.
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Tomasz Wlodarczyk lost just once to former British Champion Terry Norman, with good scores from both Darek Kurkowski and Joe Allen, each reduced by a race exclusion.
Stockport ran out easy winners in the Combination match, 75-45.
A&T host the First Northern Regional Round of the British Youth and Junior League series on Saturday, starting at 1pm.
On Sunday, A&T are again at home, racing against Bury in a Northern League encounter.
The second team match starts at 2pm, followed by the first team match at 3pm. Both matches are at the cycle speedway track at the Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare Club, Meanley Road, Gin Pit, Astley, M29 7DW.
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