After last weeks meeting was cut short due to rain the forecast did not look good for this weeks round of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Track League at Lyme Valley Stadium in Staffordshire, however the rain never came and the good turnout of riders across all leagues had a full nights racing.
The highlight of the night was the ?Neil Potter sponsored Handicap League? where there was a blanket finish as the judges had their work cut out to place all six riders. Coming from a back mark, A-Class leader Matthew Rotherham, Sportcity Velo showed a great turn of speed to take a narrow win from the improving Tim Hull, Lyme RC and Jess Wieckowski Team Nemisis. Matt dominated the A Class events as he won the opening 8 lap scratch and the 10 mile scratch along with being a member of the winning team sprint team.
The B Class races saw Ryan Whatmough extend his lead in the overall table which now looks unassailable. He won the Course de primes and the 10 mile scratch along with a second place in the devil. Other B-Class wins came from Sam Birchall, Lyme RC in the devil and Neil Cummins taking the 8 lap scratch.
The youth events saw a great turnout of 17 riders with the points spaced out over a large number of riders. Louis Preston Lyme RC won the opening 200m TT and Alex Braybrooke, Sportcity Velo, held on in fine style to take the block handicap race. Joel Partington, Lyme RC won the devil and he was also a member of the winning team sprint team.
The Freewheelers as usual produced some spirited riding with some great bike skills displayed from the young riders. Top points scorers in each league were as follows;
Group 1 Joel Partington Lyme RC
Group 2 Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
Group 3 Emilia Brownson Lyme RC
FREEWHEELERS RESULTS
Group 1
Race 1
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Ashleigh Williams Lyme RC
3rd Megan Wynn Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Megan Wynn
2nd Ashleigh Williams
3rd Sam Pattison Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Joel Partington
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Ashleigh Williams
Race 4
1st Joel Partington
2nd Ashleigh Williams
3rd Sam Pattison
Group 2
Race 1
1st Aleshia Mellor Eastlands Velo
2nd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
3rd Megan Williams Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Megan Williams
2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Brandon McMillan
2nd Bradley Hill
3rd Megan Williams
Race 4
1st Brandon McMillan
2nd Megan Williams
3rd Aleshia Mellor
Group 3
Race 1
1st Dylan Brownson Lyme RC
2nd Andrew Williams
3rd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Heidi Simpson Lyme RC
2nd Emilia Brownson Lyme RC
3rd Dylan Brownson
Race 3
1st Emilia Brownson
2nd Ambrose Morris
3rd Dylan Brownson
Race 4
1st Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
2nd Emilia Brownson
3rd Isabel Mellor
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 200m TT
1st Louis Preston Lyme RC
2nd Sean Mayer Lyme RC
3rd Alex Webb Lyme RC
A Class 8 lap Scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
2nd Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001
B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Neil Cummins PM
2nd Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Sam Birchall Lyme RC
Youth Block Handicap
1st Alex Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
2nd Sean Mayer
3rd Paige Millward Lyme RC
Neil Potter handicap series
1st Matthew Rotherham
2nd Tim Hull Lyme RC
3rd Jess Wieckowski Team Nemesis
4th Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers
5th Ryan Whatmough
6th Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo
B Class Devil
1st Sam Birchall
2nd Neil Clarke VC Nottingham
3rd Lisa Daly Sportcity Velo
A Class Devil
1st Paul Whatmough
2nd Matthew Rotherham
3rd Jess Wieckowski
Youth Team Sprint
1st Megan Wynn
Matthew Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
Thomas Rotherham Sportcity Velo
Alex Webb
Joel Partington
George Edwards Lyme RC
Will Thomas Sportcity Velo
Sean Mayer
B Course De Primes
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Sam Birchall
3rd Neil Cummins
A Team Sprint
1st Joffie Houlton Lyme RC
Shaun Fletcher Eastlands Velo
Calum Fletcher Eastlands Velo
Matthew Rotherham
Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington
2nd George Edwards
3rd Will Thomas
10 Mile scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham
2nd Joffie Houlton
3rd Jess Wieckowski
B Class
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Neil Cummins
3rd Sam Birchall
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Report/Results from 15th of July 2010
The latest round of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Track League at Lyme Valley Stadium in Staffordshire was heavily disrupted by rain with the Freewheelers races held fully after rain delays and there were only two races in the main league before the rain returned to bring an early close to the nights racing.
In the main league there was only the Youth 200m TT where Louis Preston of Lyme RC took the fastest time followed by Alex Webb in second and Joel Partington and George Edwards tied for third, all for Lyme RC.
The only senior race was a combined A & B race with A Class leader Matthew Rotherham of Sportcity Velo winning from Ryan Whatmough and Paual Whatmough of Shepherd Cycles.
The Freewheelers races saw 13 riders take part with Ashleigh Williams, Lyme RC the top scorer in Group one as she took 11 points from her 3 wins. In the Group 2 races Bradley Hill, Lyme RC scored 11 points also as he showed great form as he won 3 races also. In Group 3 Dylan Brownson, Lyme RC top scored with the popular score of 11 points as he won 3 races.
Freewheelers League
Group 1
Race 1
1st Megan Wynn Lyme RC
2nd Joel Partington Lyme RC
3rd Ashleigh Williams Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Ashleigh Williams
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Joel Partington
Race 3
1st Ashleigh Williams
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd Megan Wynn
Race 4
1st Ashleigh Williams
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd Megan Wynn
Group 2
Race 1
1st Bradley Hill Lyme RC
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
3rd Megan Wiliams Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Bradley Hilll
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd Aleshia Mellor Eastlands Velo
Race 3
1st Liam Zwtschnikow
2nd Bradley Hill
Race 4
1st Liam Zwtschnikow
2nd Bradley Hill
Race 5
1st Bradley Hill
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
Group 3
Race 1
1st Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
2nd Heidi Simpson Lyme RC
3rd Isabel Mellor
Race 2
1st Dylan Brownson Lyme RC
2nd Heidi Simpson
3rd Ambrose Morris
Race 3
1st Dylan Brownson
2nd Heidi Simpson
3rd Ambrose Morris
Race 4
1st Dylan Brownson
2nd Holly Mulroy
3rd Heidi Simpson
Race 5
1st Dylan Morris
2nd Emilia Brownson
3rd Dylan Brownson
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 200m TT
1st Louis Preston Lyme RC
2nd Alex Webb Lyme RC
3rd Joel Partington Lyme RC
George Edwards
A & B Class 10 Lap Scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
2nd Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
The rest of the meeting was Rained Off