The latest round of the Brooks Cycles Track League at the Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle, Staffs saw another great nights racing under warm blue skies.
The next round of the season long Keirin League saw six riders fight their way through the qualifying heats to the final. As the Derny pulled off with 400m to go former World Masters Champion Steve Cronshaw launched an impressive attack which saw him gain a 10 metres lead on his rivals. With 20m to go it looked as though Steve was going to hold on for the victory however Matthew Rotherham of Sportcity Velo pulled back the lead and took the lead as he entered the home straight to go on to win the event. Declan Byrne of Brooks Cycles came second from a fast finishing Robert Lambton also of Brooks Cycles.
The final 10 mile scratch event saw the B Class riders hold on gainfully to their 2 ½ lap advantage until 8 laps to go whereby Sam Lowe tried to repeat his move of last week with a superb attack. However this time the other riders reacted and caught him after 4 laps away. There was then a sprint for the line by the remaining 12 riders in the race whereby Robert Lambton produced a fantastic sprint to take the race by over a bike length.
The B races saw three different riders take wins with Martyn Shaw of Lyme RC taking two victories and six points on the night. League leader Joe Turner of Eastlands Velo maintained his lead in the table. After a slow start he picked up a second place in the points race and win in the 10 mile event.
The C Class and ladies event of a 600m handicap saw long marker John Jackson of Macclesfield Wheelers take a great win from the closing Sarah Byrne and Mike Stubbs of Newcastle RC 2001.
The Youth field was slightly smaller than normal due to four riders going down to Newport for the following days DHL Sprint School. However the remaining 10 riders put on a fine display of riding with Alex Taylor of Sportcity Velo particularly impressive in winning the opening 400m time trail , devil and as well as being a member of the winning team sprint quartet.
The Freewheelers event saw a healthy twenty riders compete with the top points scorers in each group as follows:
Group 1 George Edwards and Joel Partington with 7 points
Group 2 Luke Mansfield with 8 points
Group 3 Georgina Clewlow with 6 points
FREEWHEELERS RESULTS
Group 1
Race 1
1st George Edwards Lyme RC / Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Joel Partington Eastlands Velo
Race 2
1st George Edwards
2nd Joel Partington
Race 3
1st Joel Partington
2nd George Edwards
Race 4
1st Joel Partington
2nd George Edwards
Group 2
Race 1
1st Luke Mansfield Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass
2nd Ashley Williams Lyme RC/ Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Sallie Birchall Lyme RC/ Swinnerton Cycles
Race 2
1st Megan Wynn Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Sallie Birchall
3rd Luke Mansfield
Race 3
1st Luke Mansfield
2nd Sallie Birchall
3rd George Shaw Lyme RC/Swinnerton cycles
Race 4
1st George Shaw
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Sallie Birchall
Group 3
Race 1
1st Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Aleshia Mellor
3rd Oscar Crooks Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
Race 2
1st Georgina Clewlow Lyme RC/Swinnerton cycles
2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Sadie Jones
Race 3
1st Sadie Jones
2nd Georgina Clewlow
3rd Brandon McMillan
Race 4
1st Ambrose Morris
2nd Ellie Ecclestone
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC/Swinnerton cycles
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 400m TT
1st Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo
2nd Ryan Whatmough Shepards Cycles
3rd Joe Evans Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass
A Class 10 Lap Scratch
1st Adrian Adgar Go Sport Spex RT
2nd Alex Simmons Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Alan Peet VC St Raphael
B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass
2nd Paul Askey Lichfield CCC
3rd Martyn Shaw Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
Youth Block H?cap
1st Luke Mansfield
2nd Thomas Rotherham Eastlands Velo
3rd Imogen Crooks Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
B Class Devil
1st Martyn Shaw
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Ian Moore Deeside Olympic
A Class Devil
1st Declan Byrne Brooks Cycles
2nd Alan Peet
3rd Adrian Adgar
Youth Team Sprint
1st Luke Mansfield
Alex Webb Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
Joel Partington
Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo
Keirin League Final
1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
2nd Declan Byrne
3rd Robert Lambton Brooks Cycles
4th Peter Boyd VC St Raphael
5th Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers
6th Alan Peet
C Class and Ladies
1st John Jackson Macclesfield Wheelers
2nd Sarah Byrne PM
3rd Mick Stubbs Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass
A Class Course de primes
1st Adrian Adgar
2nd Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass
3rd Matthew Rotherham
B Class Points
1st Martyn Shaw
2nd Joe Turner Eastlands Velo
3rd Neil Clarke PM
Youth Devil
1st Alex Taylor
2nd Joel partington
3rd Joe Evans Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass
B Class 10 mile Scratch
1st Joe Turner
2nd Ian Moore
3rd Ryan Whatmough
A Class 10 mile scratch
1st Robert Lambton
2nd Alan Peet
3rd Sam Lowe Go Sport Spex RT