Rain Threatened at the start of the latest round of the Brooks Cycles Track League, Newcastle Staffs and shortened the final 10 mile race by 8 laps. This was heading towards a thrilling climax when it started to rain and the lap board was taken down to 2 laps to go. With the A riders still being 1 lap down at this time Tom Rotherham, Sportcity Velo sprinted in first place to take a great win from Alex Webb, Lyme RC and World Masters Champion Christine Higgs. The A class winner was Paul Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles, who just edged out his son Ryan by half a wheel.
In the A Endurance events there was a good spread of winners with Adrian Adgar taking the opening 10 lap scratch. The team pursuit was won by Will Thomas, Team Velocity, Dave Cummins, PM, James Notley Planet X and Alex Simmons Lyme RC. The Course de primes saw new league leader Paul Whatmough win with 2 ½ points.
The A Sprint events saw the judges tested to the full with some very close finishes with Barney Swinnerton, Science in Sport.com and Sean Mayer teaming up to win the 2 up flying 400m TT. Barney also won the Sprint final from league leader Ryan Whatmough and in the team sprint Steve Cronshaw, Brereton Wheelers, Joffie Houlton, PM and Dave Smith Stafford RC, won with a good time of 44.61 seconds.
The B events saw Dave Cummins take wins in the 8 lap scratch and the devil. The point’s race saw the ever improving George Edwards take the win from another up and coming rider Alex Webb Lyme RC and Phil Braybrooke, Sportcity Velo.
The youth riders saw a large turnout of riders with 14 riders taking part with league leader Joel Partington winning the devil and scratch race as well as being a member of the winning team sprint team. The opening block handicap which started under grey skies with light rain was won by Becky Gray, Lyme RC who put in a great sprint at the end of this 1000m race.
In the Freewheelers league there was a great turnout of 21 riders with three first timers taking this years registered riders to a healthy 34. The top points scorers in each group were as follows;
Group 1 Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo 7 points
James Duncalf Lyme RC 7 points
Group 2 Ambrose Morris Lyme RC 10 points
Group 3 Cameron McNeil 9 points
FREEWHEEELERS RESULTS
Group 1
Race 1
1st James Duncalf Lyme RC
2nd Megan Williams Lyme RC
3rd Sam Pattison Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
Race 3
1st James Duncalf
2nd Megan Williams
3rd Brandon McMillan
Race 4
1st Olivia Braybrooke
2nd Brandon McMillan
3rd Bradley Hill
Group 2
Race 1
1st Holly Mulroy
2nd Andrew Williams
3rd Samuel Hall
Race 2
1st Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
2nd Sophie Bassett lyme RC
3rd Samuel Hall
Race 3
1st Ambrose Morris
2nd Samuel Hall
3rd Holly Mulroy
Race 4
1st Ambrose Morris
2nd Samuel Hall
3rd Sophie Bassett
Group 3
Race 1
1st Lucca Annese
2nd Rebecca Newman
3rd Edward Mulroy
Race 2
1st Cameron McNeil
2nd Austin Scott Lyme RC
3rd Enrico Annese
Race 3
1st Cameron McNeil
2nd Jack Scott Lyme RC
3rd Edward Mulroy
Race 4
1st Jack Scott
2nd Cameron McNeil
3rd Edward Mulroy
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth Block Handicap
1st Becky Gray Lyme RC
2nd Imogen Crooks Lyme RC
3rd Sam Green Weaver Valley CC
A Endurance 10 lap Scratch
1st Adrian Adgar Balanced Perforamnce
2nd Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Will Thomas Team Velocity
A Sprint 2 Up TT
1st Barney Swinnerton Science in Sport.com
Sean Mayer Lyme RC
2nd Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers
Joffie Houlton PM
3rd Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
Louis Preston Lyme RC
B 8 Lap Scratch
1st Dave Cummins
2nd Phil Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
3rd George Edwards Lyme RC
Youth devil
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Tom Rotherham Sportcity Velo
3rd Joe Pattison Lyme RC
A Endurance Team Pursuit
1st Will Thomas
Alex Simmons Lyme RC
Dave Cummins PM
James Notley Planet X
A Sprinter Team Sprint
1st Steve Cronshaw
Joffie Houlton
Dave Smith Stafford RC
B Devil
1st Dave Cummins
2nd George Edwards Lyme RC
3rd Alex Webb Lyme RC
Youth Team Sprint
1st Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
Alex Braybrooke Team Velocity
Sam Green
Tom Rotherham
Joel Partington
Nicholas Fortheringham Weaver Valley CC
A Endurance Course de Primes
1st Paul Whatmough
2nd Alex Simmons
3rd Adrian Adgar
A Sprinters Sprint Final
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Sean Mayer
B Points Race
1st George Edwards
2nd Alex Webb
3rd Phil Braybrooke
Youth Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd Joe Pattison
3rd Paige Millward Lyme RC
10 Mile H’Cap
1st Tom Rotherham
2nd Alex Webb
3rd Christine Higgs
A Class
1st Paul Whatmough
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Adrian Adgar