06-08-2025
A&T offering free cycling sessions to girls
Astley and Tyldesley Cycling Club is delivering a programme of cycling sessions exclusively for girls this summer.
A&T is working in collaboration with British Cycling to deliver the Girls Summer Cycling Campaign.
The club's qualified coaches are running free sessions for six weeks, every Tuesday from 4.30-5.30 pm, until September 2, at the cycle speedway track at the Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare Club, at Gin Pit Village.
Bikes and helmets are available for riders to use, free of charge.
The club already boasts a cycle speedway superstar in 21-year-old Emily Burgess, the current European Women's silver medalist, three times British Women's champion and GB and England Women's international.
Local Astley girl Burgess started racing for A&T in 2012 and has risen through the ranks at the club from a complete beginner to such levels of success.
The opportunities are there for girls to enjoy riding bikes in a safe, fully enclosed, off-road facility, with a mix of fun activities, improving their bike handling skills and the chance to have a go at cycle racing on the track, as well as making new friends and improving their health and fitness - all free.
For more details, visit the club website at
