The 2016 season of the Brooks Cycles Track League at The Lyme Valley Velodrome, Newcastle under Lyme, got off to a flying start with 70 riders taking part. The weather was kind with all the racing taking place under warm blue skies.
The night started with the usual Freewheelers racing with the three groups keenly contested by the youngest riders at the league. After a program of 12 races the top points scorers in each group were as follows;
Group 1 Evie Davis, William Meddow,Thomas Weaver , Lyme RC 5 Points
Group 2 Daniel Jones Lyme RC 10 Points
Group 3 Max McKenzie and Harley Johns Lyme RC 10 Points
The main league started with the first round of the 500m Handicap League. The mass charge for the line saw Caleb Hill ( Lyme RC ) take a fine win from Chris Pyatt ( Brooks Cycles ). In the other Sprinters League events there was a win for Eamonn Byrne ( Sundried) Chris Pyatt and Barney Swinnerton ( Swinnerton Cycles) in the Team Sprint and Joel Partington ( Swinnerton Cycles ) won the individual Sprint Final from Sean Mayer ( Swinnerton Cycles ) and Josh Spendelow ( Brooks Cycles ).
In the A Class Endurance events Ethan Davies ( Wolverhampton Wheelers ) won the opening 10 lap scratch before Joe Swinnerton ( Swinnerton Cycles ) won the points race and the Devil. The final 30 lap scratch saw joel partington take the win from Joe Swinnerton after they had broken away from the field early in the race to take a great win.
The B Class races saw a large field compete with the points going to a large number of riders. The 8 lap scratch was taken by Alex Coates ( Lyme RC) who then was moved up to the A class events. Aidan Morley ( Lyme RC) then won the course de primes and he too was moved to the A Class races. James Duncalf ( Lyme RC ) won the final two B events in the devil and the 30 lap scratch.
Each week we are running a C Class 5 lap Scratch race and this week the victory went to Keri Parton ( RAF CC) .
The youth events were well supported with Farley Barber ( Lyme RC ) taking the opening block handicap before Aleshia Mellor ( Lyme RC) won the devil and the course de primes. The Team sprint winning team was Farley Barber, Matt Cuthbertson ,Hannah Davis ,Josh Jackson and Harry Ledingham-Horn - All Lyme RC
FREEWHEELERS RESULTS
Group 1
Race 1
1st Harry Brayford Lyme RC
2nd Izaak Curtis Lyme RC
3rd Zac Edwards Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Evie Davis Lyme RC
2nd Minnie McKenzie Lyme RC
3rd Zac Edwards
Race 3
1st Talisha Morley Lyme RC
2nd William Beddow Lyme RC
3rd Thomas Wheaver Lyme RC
Race 4
1st Thomas Wheaver
2nd William Beddow
3rd Evie Davis
Group 2
Race 1
1st Daniel Jones Lyme RC
2nd Holly Edwards Lyme RC
3rd Christian Morley Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Rocco Schumacher Lyme RC
2nd` Olly Davis Lyme RC
3rd Emma O’Neil Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Daniel Jones
2nd Holly Edwards
3rd Rocco Schumacher
Race 4
1st Daniel Jones
2nd Holly Edwards
3rd Christian Morley
Group 3
Race 1
1st Max McKenzie Lyme RC
2nd Hugo Shroder
3rd Harley Johns Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Harley Johns
2nd Max McKenzie
3rd Hugo Shroder
Race 3
1st Max McKenzie
2nd Harley Johns
3rd Hugo Shroder
Race 4
1st Harley Johns
2nd Hugo Shroder
3rd Max McKenzie
MAIN LEAGUE
500m Handicap League
1st Caleb Hill Lyme RC
2nd Chris Pyatt Brooks Cycles
3rd George Hancock Lyme RC
4th Daniel Cooper Lichfield CC
5th Alan Chell U/A
Youth Block Handicap
1st Farley Barber Lyme RC
2nd Aleshia Mellor Lyme RC
3rd Megan Williams Newcastle RC 2001
Endurance 10 lap scratch
1st Ethan Davies Wolverhampton Wheelers
2nd Joe Swinnerton Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Aidan Morley Lyme RC
B Class 8 lap Scratch
1st Alex Coates Lyme RC
2nd Alex Leek VC St Raphael
3rd Michael Boston Uttoxeter CC
Sprinters League Team Sprint
1st Eamonn Byrne Sundried
Chris Pyatt
Barney Swinnerton Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Caleb Hill
Steve Cronshaw Brooks Cycles
Sean Mayer Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Barney Davis
Phil Houlton Brooks Cycles
Josh Spendelow Brooks Cycles
Youth Team sprint
1st Farley Barber
Matt Cutherbertson Lyme RC
Hannah Davis Lyme RC
Harry Ledingham Horn Lyme RC
Josh Jackson Lyme RC
A Class points
1st Joe Swinnerton
2nd Ethan Davies
3rd James Brayford Lyme RC
B Class Course de Primes
1st Aidan Morley
2nd Lindon Evans Lyme RC
3rd Alex Leek
Youth Devil
1st Aleshia Mellor
2nd Adam Mitchell Eastlands Velo
3rd Sam Hall Lyme RC
A Class Endurance Devil
1st Joe Swinnerton
2nd Aidan Morley
3rd Ethan Davies
B Class devil
1st James Duncalf
2nd Stephen Hall Lyme RC
3rd Farley Barber
Sprint Final
1st Joel Partington
2nd Sean Mayer
3rd Josh Spendelow
Youth Course de primes
1st Aleshia Mellor
2nd Sam Hall
3rd Harry Ledingham Horn
C class 5 Lap scratch
1st Keri Parton RAF
2nd Neil Batton Newcastle RC 2001
3rd Phil Powell Newcastle RC 2001
30 lap Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd Joe Swinnerton
3rd Alex Coates
B’s
1st James Duncalf
2nd Lindon Evans
3rd Alex Leek