Despite the overnight storm the wind dropped and the sun came out for week 7 of the Brooks Cycles Track , Lyme Valley Velodrome, Newcastle under Lyme on Thursday 31st May 2018.
There was a good start to the evening with the Freewheelers putting on a great display of racing. The top points scores across the three groups were as follows;
Group 1 Harry Clewlow Lyme RC 10 Points Group 2 Oscar Peel Lyme RC 8 Points
Group 3 George Morton Lyme RC 11 Points
The main league started with the latest round of the 500m Handicap League. Former Masters World Champion Phil Houlton put in a great ride to take the win from teammate Steve Cronshaw with the fast finishing Pete Mitchell in third place. In the Team sprint the team of Chris Pyatt, Rowan Elliott and Joel Partington took the win. The sprint final saw Joel Partington take a fine win from Pete Mitchell and Josh Spendelow. Special mention to Harry Ledingham-Horn who won the minor final despite the sole of his show coming away with 200m to go. Despite this he managed to win pedalling with one leg !!
In the A Class Endurance events Thomas Bullock won all the events except the final 25 laps scratch which went to Pete Mitchell after a very attacking race which split the field apart. .
The B Class races saw Jerry Cross make a first appearance at the league and he won the opening 10 laps scratch followed by Dominic Slinn taking the win and out , devil and 25 lap scratch.
The C Class leagues a saw a full program of events with Paige Nutton winning the opening 10 laps scratch then Steve Brindle winning the win and out race. mark Ireland won the devil before Esme Niblett took a great win in the 15 lap scratch .
Josh Marsden again had good night in winning the 200m TT and the scratch race in the youth events. Thomas Wheaver won a fast devil race and along with Seth Ireland won the team sprint.
FREEWHEELERS RESULTS
Group 1
Race 1
1st Thomas Alcock Lyme RC
2nd Harry Clewlow Lyme RC
3rd Evie Davis Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Evie Davis
2nd Harry Brayford Lyme RC
3rd Harry Clewlow Newport CC
Race 3
1st Harry Clewlow
2nd Thomas Alcock
3rd Liam Campbell Lyme RC
Race 4
1st Harry Clewlow
2nd Thomas Alcock
3rd Liam Campbell
Group 2
Race 1
1st Oscar Peel Lyme RC
2nd Charlie Clewlow Lyme RC
3rd Olly Davis Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Olly Davis
2nd` Eadie Jones Lyme RC
3rd Oscar Peel
Race 3
1st Charlie Clewlow
2nd Eadie Jones
3rd Olly Davis
Race 4
1st Oscar Peel
2nd Eadie Jones
3rd Olly Davis
Group 3
Race 1
1st George Morton Lyme RC
2nd Eddie Townsend Lyme RC
3rd Thomas Ford Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Sophie Griffiths
2nd George Morton
3rd Thomas Ford
Race 3
1st Eddie Townsend
2nd George Morton
3rd Sophie Griffiths
Race 4
1st George Morton
2nd Thomas Ford
3rd Eddie Townsend
MAIN LEAGUE
500m Handicap League
1st Phil Houlton Brooks Cycles
2nd Steve Cronshaw Brooks Cycles
3rd Pete Mitchell Black Line Coaching
4th Chris Pyatt Brooks Cycles
5th Josh Spendelow Brooks Cycles
6th Tony Brooks Brooks Cycles
Youth 200m TT
1st Josh Marsden Lyme RC
2nd Thomas Wheaver Lyme RC
3rd Seth Ireland Lyme RC
A Endurance 10 lap scratch
1st Thomas Bullock Newport CC
B Class 10 lap Scratch
1st Jerry Cross Manchester Wheelers
2nd Dominic Slinn Macclesfield Wheelers
3rd Andrew Bonnet Uttoxeter CC
C Class 8 lap Scratch
1st Paige Nutton Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Aleshia Mellor Brooks Cycles
3rd Mark Ireland Lyme RC
Sprinters League Team Sprint
1st Chris Pyatt
Rowan Elliott Black Line Racing
Joel Partington Sportcity Velo
2nd Phil Houlton Brooks Cycles
Tom White Middleton CC
Pete Mitchell
3rd Harry Ledingham-Horn
Steve Cronshaw
Josh Spendelow
Youth Team Sprint
1st Thomas Wheaver and Seth Ireland
A Class Win and Out
1st Tom Bullock
B Class Win and Out
1st Dominic Slinn
2nd Andrew Bonnett
3rd Jerry Cross
C Class Win and Out
1st Steve Brindle Lyme RC
2nd Neil Batten Velo Runner
3rd Richard Coates
A Class Endurance Devil
1st Thomas Bullock
B Class Devil
1st Dominic Slinn
2nd Jerry Cross
3rd Andrew Bonnett
C Class Devil
1st Mark Ireland
2nd Richard Coates
3rd Paige Button
Youth Devil
1st Thomas Wheaver
2nd Josh Marsden
3rd Seth Ireland
Sprint Final
1st Pete Mitchell
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Josh Spendelow
Youth Points race
1st Josh Marsden
2nd Seth Ireland
3rd Thomas Wheaver
C Class 15 laps Scratch
1st Esme Niblett Mid Shropshire Wheelers
2nd Hannah Davies
3rd Paige Nutton
25 lap Scratch A
1st Pete Mitchell
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Rowan Elliott
B’s
1st Dominic Slinn
2nd Andrew Bonnett
3rd Jerry Cross