It was the best night of racing seen this year at the Newcastle-under-Lyme Track League last Thursday with the joint best turnout of riders. Under warm blue skies the racing was fast and furious with some new faces at the track for the first time this year which made the A Class racing very quick indeed.
In the Keirin League Final there was a blanket finish with the most improved rider of this year so far Tom Powell, Newcastle RC 2001 winning in fine style. Second place went to welcome visitor James Taylor, Felt-Colbornes RT with another first time rider Ian Cooper of Planet X third. The ten mile scratch was a great race with the pace fast throughout. This was shown as the riders went through the half way point in 10 minutes 10 seconds however with some cat and mouse riding in the second half the final time was 20 minutes 45 seconds with Junior rider Declan Byrne breaking clear with three laps to go to win by 50 metres from a fast finishing James Notley of Goldtec RT and Jess Wieckowski of Team Nemesis. Other a Class wins came from Matthew Rotherham, Sportcity Velo in the opening 10 lap Scratch and Oliver Davies of Dinnington RC in the point?s race.
The B Class events saw a complete domination by Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles as he won all four events in the 8 lap scratch, devil, points race and first B rider in the 10 mile scratch. There was also a welcome return to form by track coach Martyn Shaw who placed second on the devil and the point?s race with a third in the 10 mile scratch.
The Youth races saw a good spread of points across the field with league leader Joel Partington of Lyme RC top scoring with 7 points as he won the devil and scratch races. There was also a thrilling race in the block handicap as the Paige Millward, Lyme RC held on to take a well deserved win. Also of note was the winner of the 200m time trial, Louis Preston, Lyme RC as he recorded a time of 12.3 seconds which is an impressive time for this first year youth a rider.
This night also saw the first all ladies race of the year with a fast finish by Jessica Crampton of Sportcity Velo taking the win. If numbers are good these all ladies event will be run each week from now on.
The Freewheelers saw the numbers up from last week with nearly every rider recording a personal best time in the 200m time trial. Top points scorers of the night in each league were as follows;
Group 1 Joel Partington Lyme RC
Group 2 Aleshia Mellor Eastlands Velo
Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
Group 3 Emilia Brownson and Heidi Simpson Lyme RC
FREEWHEELERS RESULTS
Group 1
Race 1
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Megan Wynn Lyme RC
3rd Sam Pattison Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Joel Partington
2nd Sam Pattison
3rd Megan Wynn
Race 3
1st Megan Wynn
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Sam Pattison
Race 4
1st Joel Partington
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Sam Pattison
Group 2
Race 1
1st James Duncalf Lyme RC
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
2nd Aleshia Mellor Eastlands Velo
3rd Liam Zwetschnikow
Race 3
1st Aleshia Mellor
2nd Brandon McMillan
3rd Liam Zwetschnikow
Race 4
1st Bradley Hill
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd Aleshia Mellor
Group 3
Race 1
1st Dylan Brownson Lyme RC
2nd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
3rd Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
Race 2
1st Isabel Mellor
2nd Emilia Brownson Lyme RC
3rd Ambrose Morris
Race 3
1st Heidi Simpson Lyme RC
2nd Emilia Brownson
3rd Dylan Brownson
Race 4
1st Heidi Simpson
2nd Emilia Brownson
3rd Isabel Mellor
Race 5
1st Andrew Williams
2nd Olivia Braybrooke
3rd Ambrose Morris
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 200m TT
1st Louis Preston Lyme RC
2nd Sean Mayer Lyme RC
3rd George Edwards Lyme RC
A Class 10 lap scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
2nd Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
3rd Steve Clayton Planet X
B Class 8 lap scratch
1st Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
2nd Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
3rd Paul Askey Lichfield CCC
Youth Block Handicap
1st Paige Millward Lyme RC
2nd Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
3rd Alex Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
B Class Devil
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Martyn Shaw Lyme RC
3rd Sam Birchall Lyme RC
Ladies 4 lap scratch
1st Jessica Crampton Sportcity Velo
2nd Paige Millward
3rd Katie Noakes Sportcity Velo
Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington
2nd George Edwards
3rd Christian Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
Keirin League Final
1st Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001
2nd James Taylor Felt-Colbornes RT
3rd Ian Cooper Planet X
4th Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
5th Declan Byrne
6th Adrian Adgar Dinnington RC
B Class Points
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Martyn Shaw
3rd Neil Cummins PM
A Class points
1st Oliver Davies Dinnington RC
2nd Declan Byrne
3rd Alex Simmons Lyme RC
Youth Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd George Edwards
3rd Louis Preston
10 Mile Scratch
1st Declan Byrne
2nd James Notley Goldtec RT
3rd Jess Wieckowski Team Nemesis
B Class
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Neil Cummins
3rd Martyn Shaw