Astley & Tyldesley made the long trip to Norfolk for their Premier League match with Norwich on Sunday.

A & T had Scottish international Craig Newsome and top Humberside prospect Andy Angell making their debuts for the club.

However, A & T suffered a disastrous opening, with four exclusions and a machine failure in the opening five races, to trail Norwich 33-11 at that stage.

The very slippery and tricky Norwich track caught out the A & T riders in their opening races, with all the decisions going in favour of the home team.

The match was already decided by that early stage, but credit to A & T for the way their riders stuck to the task and prevented Norwich from extending their lead. Norwich ended up winning the match 98-73.

Darek Kurkowski won all his five races, while Remi Burchardt won his last four races after being controversially excluded in his opening race whilst leading.

Newsome had a nightmare start with two exclusions, but showed his class by bouncing back with two race wins. Angell also suffered two exclusions, but scored well in the two races he finished.

In the Combination Division match, Norwich took the win, in a re-run last heat decider, by 80-75. Joe Allen and Mike Hack both raced unbeaten for A & T.

On Saturday, A & T host the North Regional Round of the British Youth & Junior League series, starting at 1 pm.

Then, on Sunday, A & T take on Hull in a Northern League match, starting at 2 pm. Both matches are at the Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare Club, Meanley Road, Gin Pit.