It was raining heavily in most places in Staffordshire on Thursday 21st July 2011 except at the Lyme Valley Velodrome, Newcastle under Lyme, where skies stayed clear and rain free. The riders who attended the latest round of the Brooks Cycles sponsored track League were rewarded with a full programme of racing.
In the A Class endurance League, current league leader Robert Lambton, Brooks Cycles dominated in winning the 10 lap scratch, course de primes and the final 10 mile scratch where he produced his usual explosive sprint to take the victory from Sprinter Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles.
The A Class Sprinters league saw Ryan Whatmough reassert his lead in the league due to Barney Swinnerton being unable to ride through illness as he won the sprint and was a member of the winning team sprint team with Dave Smith, Stafford RC and Sean Mayer, Lyme RC. The other sprint event, the 2 up TT went to Tom Powell, Newcastle RC 2001 and Dave Smith. Dave is showing some great form lately which bodes well for the European masters next month in Italy.
The B group of riders put in some spirited racing with Neil Cummins winning the 10 lap scratch and the point?s race. Alex Webb Lyme Rc was the top scored though as he won the devil and placed second in the 10 mile, points and 10 lap scratch.
The youth events saw a good turnout of riders where Joel Partington, Lyme RC took 9 points with wins in the scratch and the devil. James Risk Weaver Valley CC also had a good night as he won the points race and placed second in the devil and the scratch.
The Freewheelers league continues to grow with 3 more new riders making a fantastic total of 50 registered riders this years which is well up on last years final total of 34. The top point?s scorers in each group were as follows;
Group 1 James Brayford 8 points
Group 2 Sam Hall 6 points
Group 3 Cameron O?Neil 7 points
Freewheelers Results
Group 1
Race 1
1st Megan Williams Lyme RC
2nd James Brayford
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
Race 2
1st James Brayford
2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
3rd Megan Williams
Race 3
1st Bradley Hill
2nd James Brayford
3rd Brandon McMillan
Group 2
Race 1
1st Andrew Williams
2nd Sam Day
3rd Holly Mulroy
Race 2
1st Lauren Scott
2nd Sam Hall
3rd James Scott Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Sam Hall
2nd James Scott
3rd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
Group 3
Race 1
1st Orlanda Jones
2nd Lucca Annese
3rd Sebastian Booth
Race 2
1st Jack Scott Lyme RC
2nd Edward Mulroy
3rd Lucy-Anne Scott Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Cameron O?Neil
2nd Enrico Annese
3rd Natasha Sandbach
Race 4
1st Rebecca Newman
2nd Jack Scott
3rd Edwrad Mulroy
Race 5
1st Cameron O?Neil
2nd Natash Sandbach
3rd Enrico Annese
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth Block Handicap
1st Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
2nd Becky Gray Lyme RC
3rd Nick Fotheringham Weaver Valley CC
A Class Sprinters 2 up TT
1st Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001
Dave Smith Stafford RC
2nd Sean Mayer Lyme RC
Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
Joffie Houlton PM
A Class Endurance 10 lap Scratch
1st Robert Lambton Brooks Cycles
2nd Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Alex Simmons Lyme RC
B Class 10 Lap Scartch
1st Neil Cummins PM
2nd Alex Webb Lyme RC
3rd Sam Birchall Team Velocity
Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd James Risk Weaver Valley CC
3rd Paige Millward Lyme RC
A Class Sprinters Team sprint
1st Sean Mayer
Ryan Whatmough
Dave Smith
A Class Endurance Team Pursuit
1st Robert Lambton
Alex Simmons
Neil Cummins
B Class Devil
1st Alex Webb
2nd Louis Preston Lyme RC
3rd Sam Birchall
Youth Points Race
1st James Risk
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Alex Braybrooke Team Velocity
A Class Endurance Course de primes
1st Robert Lambton
2nd Paul Whatmough
3rd Christian Braybrooke Team Velocity
B Class points Race
1st Neil Cummins
2nd Alex Webb
3rd Steve Hall PM
A Class Sprinters Final
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Phil Houlton
3rd Sean Mayer
Youth 8 lap Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd James Risk
3rd Paige Millward
10 Mile Scratch
1st Robert Lambton
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Paul Whatmough
B Class
1st Joel Partington
2nd Alex Braybrooke
3rd Alex Webb