7th June 2010: Week 6 of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Track League at Lyme Valley Stadium in Staffordshire was completed under warm blue skies with a healthy turnout of riders considering it was half term and also a number of riders either being at the Regional School of Racing that day.
The night saw the return to the league of previous multi A Class League winner James Notley of Goldtec racing. Despite being away from the track for a couple of years he showed he had lost none of his undoubted class as he won three out of four events. He lead out both the 10 lap scratch and the devil to take maximum points then in the 10 mile scratch along with Oliver Davies of Dinnington RC destroyed the field as they both lapped the third place rider. Despite a number of attacks by Davies, Notley took the sprint finish in fine style. The other a Class event, the course de primes was won by Rob Lambton. Rob is starting to get his form back after some time off the bike with a knee injury.
The 500m Handicap League sponsored by Neil Potter was won by World Masters Champion Steve Cronshaw who came flying through from his 15m mark to take an impressive win. Second was Alex Simmons of Lyme RC and Phil Houlton from Newcastle RC 2001 was third.
The B Class events saw a mix of winners with Phil Houlton taking the opening 10 lap scratch race. Phil Braybrooke of Sportcity velo won a fine devil race and Simon Bradley of Newcastle RC 2001 took the course de primes. In the final 10 mile scratch the winner was 14 years old Christian Braybrooke of Sportcity Velo who rode a fantastic race to hold on to the fast moving A Class riders to finish lap a lap in front of the second B Class rider in Simon Bradley. Track coach Paul Barber of Scunthorpe Poly took a well deserved third place.
In the Youth events all the riders displayed great track skill. Top points scorer was Sean Mayer of Lyme RC who won the 400m time trial and block handicap. These performances took Sean to the top of the league table. The other individual winner was first night rider William Thomas of Sportcity Velo who rode an impressive race to win the 8 lap scratch.
In the freewheelers league 18 riders competed with some great racing witnessed. Race distances were increased in Groups 1 and 2 which saw some very close finishes. Top points scorers in each group were as follows;
Group 1 Joel Partington Eastlands Velo
Group 2 Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
Group 3 Holly Mulroy
Freewheelers League
Group 1
Race 1
1st Joel Partington Eastlands Velo
2nd Asheigh Williams Lyme RC
3rd Megan Wynn Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Joel Partington
2nd Ashleigh Williams
3rd Megan Wynn
Race 3
1st Megan Wynn
2nd Ashleigh Williams
3rd Joel Partington
Race 4
1st Joel Partington
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Ashleigh Williams
Group 2
Race 1
1st Liam Zwtschnikow Lyme RC
2nd James Duncalf Lyme RC
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Megan Williams Lyme RC
2nd Chloe Jones
3rd Aleshia Mellor Eastlands Velo
Race 3
1st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
2nd Bradley Hill
3rd Liam Zwetschnikow
Race 4
1st Chloe Adams
2nd Aleshia Mellor
3rd Megan Williams
Race 5
1st Liam Zwetschnikow
2nd James Duncalf
3rd Bradley Hill
Race 6
1st Aleshia Mellor
2nd Sadie Jones
3rd Megan Williams
Group 3
Race 1
1st Andrew Williams
2nd Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
3rd Holly Mulroy
Race 2
1st Holly Mulroy
2nd Olivia Braybrooke
3rd Heidi Simpson Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Heidi Simpson
2nd Isabel Mellor
3rd Holly Mulroy
Race 4
1st Evie Davis
2nd Holly Mulroy
3rd Olivia Braybrooke
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 400m TT
1st Sean Mayer Lyme RC
2nd William Thomas Sportcity Velo
3rd George Edwards Lyme RC
A Class 10 Lap Scratch
1st James Notley Goldtec
2nd Adrian Adgar Dinnington RC
3rd Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001
B Class 10 Lap Scratch
1st Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
2nd Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo
3rd Phil Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
Youth Block Handicap
1st Sean Mayer
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Alex Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
Neil Potter 500m Handicap
1st Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers
2nd Alex Simmons Lyme RC
3rd Phil Houlton
4th Barney Swinnerton Lyme RC
5th Tom Powell
6th Alex Taylor
B Class Devil
1st Phil Braybrooke
2nd Neil Clarke PM
3rd Simon Bradley Newcastle RC 2001
A Class Devil
1st James Notley
2nd Adrian Adgar
3rd Andrew Jackson Go Sport Spex RT
Youth Team sprint
1st Aleshia Mellor
Matthew Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
Christian Braybrooke
William Thomas
George Edwards
B Class Course De Primes
1st Simon Bradley
2nd Phil Houlton
3rd Neil Clarke
A Class Course de Primes
1st Robert Lambton
2nd Oliver Davies Dinnington RC
3rd Alex Simmons
Youth 8 lap Scratch
1st William Thomas
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Sean Mayer
10 Mile Scratch
1st James Notley
2nd Oliver Davies
3rd Adrian Adgar
B Class Riders
1st Christain Braybrooke
2nd Simon Bradley
3rd Paul Barber Scunthorpe Poly