It rained all day around the North Staffordshire area except for the area where the Newcastle Velodrome is situated in the Lyme Valley. This no doubt affected the turnout of riders which was down on previous record highs however the riders who did attend were rewarded in an almost full programme, only being cut short of the usual 10 mile at the end due to a rain shower.
The two main sprinters competitions, the 500m handicap and the Keiren league were contested with so close racing produced. In the handicap league, Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles made good use of his middle mark to take the win from Louis Preston, Lyme RC and Joffie Houlton . In the Keiren final league leader Barney Swinnerton took a good win from Robert Lambton, Brooks Cycles and Sassan Emadi Tunstall Wheelers.
Robert Lambton again scored highly in the endurance league as he won the Australian Pursuit and the points race. Alex Simmons, Lyme RC also had a good night in his second places in the scratch races and the Australian pursuit.
The B Class races saw Sam Birchall, Velocity RT show a return to form following his broken collarbone as he won the 10 lap scratch and team sprint along with a second place in the 8 lap scratch. Alex Webb, Lyme RC also scored highly as he won the 8 lap scratch.
Joel Partington, Lyme RC took his score in the overall table above 100 points as he won the block handicap, scratch and devil. Paige Millward also took three second places and also was the winner of the team sprint with Sallie Birchall and Ashleigh Williams, both of Lyme RC
The freewheelers league saw the holiday season and the weather hit the numbers however the riders who attended raced superbly. The top points scorers were as follows;
Group 1 Megan Williams Lyme RC 6 points
Kieran Morris Mid Shropshire Whrs 6 points
Group 2 Alex Coates 9 points
Group 3 Ellie Bloomer Lyme RC 6 points
FREEWHEEELERS
Group 1
Race 1
1st Megan Williams Lyme RC
2nd Kieran Morris Mid Sropshire Wheelers
3rd James Heath
Race 2
1st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
2nd James Heath
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Kieran Morris
2nd Megan Williams
3rd Bradley Hill
Race 4
1st Kieran Morris
2nd Bradley Hill
3rd James Heath
Group 2
Race 1
1st Sam Hall
2nd Alex Coates
3rd Harry Ford
Race 2
1st Alex Coates
2nd Sam Hall
3rd Harry Ford
Race 3
1st Harry Ford
2nd Alex Coates
3rd Sam Hall
Race 4
1st Sam Hall
2nd Harry Ford
3rd Alex Coates
Group 3
Race 1
1st Harvey Morrey
2nd Ellie Bloomer Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Ellie Bloomer
2nd Harvey Morrey
Race 3
1st Ellie Bloomer
2nd Harvey Morrey
Race 4
1st Harvey Morrey
2nd Ellie Bloomer
MAIN LEAGUE
A and B 10 lap warm up race
1st Barney Swinnerton Science in sport
2nd Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Sean Mayer Lyme RC
Youth Block Handicap
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Paige Millward Lyme RC
3rd Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
A endurance 8 lap scratch
1st Adrian Adgar Balanced Permannce
2nd Alex Simmons Lyme RC
3rd Robert Lambton Brooks Cycles
B 8 lap scratch
1st Alex Webb Lyme RC
2nd Sam Birchall Velocity RT
3rd Neil Cummins PM
Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Paige Millward Lyme RC
3rd Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
Neil Potter 500m handicap League
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Louis Preston Lyme RC
3rd Joffie Houlton PM
4th Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
5th Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo
6th Sassan Emadi Tunstall wheelers
A Endurance scratch
1st Andy Jackson i Optix RT
2nd Alex Simmons
3rd Joffie Houlton
B Devil
1st Neil Cummins
2nd Sam Birchall
3rd Neil Clarke VC Nottingham
A Sprinters Team sprint
1st Barney Swinnerton
Louis Preston
Phil Houlton
Youth team sprint
1st Paige Millward
Sallie Birchall
Ashleigh Williams
B Class Team sprint
1st Sam Birchall
Alex Webb
A Class endurance points
1st Robert Lambton
2nd Adrian Adgar
3rd Alex Simmons
Youth Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd Paige Millward
3rd Ashleigh Williams
Keirin Final
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Robert Lambton
3rd Sassan Emadi
4th Sean Mayer
5th Joffie Houlton
6th Ryan Whatmough
A Endurance Australian Pursuit
1st Robert Lambton
2nd Alex Simmons
3rd Adrian Adgar