ASTLEY & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare / CTA Direct Cycle Speedway rounded off their 2002 outdoor season with the staging of their Club Individual Championships under the Gin Pit floodlights.

Skipper Damien Hack won all his five races to record a 20 points maximum score and retain his title. His nearest challenger was comeback rider Matthew Helme, who won his first four races. The top two met in heat 17 with Hack pulling clear on the last lap to win.

Four A & T riders - Matthew Helme, Rob Longworth, Roy Heslop, David Greenough - recorded personal best times.

Damien Hack also won the U-19 category, Matthew Helme the U-16 category and Rob Longworth the U-13 category.

Damien Hack competed at Bury in the Chairman's Cup meeting where he took third place, with Sandwell's Jack Hibberd coming first.