Round 18 of the Brooks Cycles Track League at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs took place at the Lyme Valley Velodrome. With a number of riders away at the Youth and Junior Championships at Manchester and the usual holiday absentee’s the turnout was down on the season average however the racing was fast and furious with riders seeing a good opportunity to score points.
In the A Class Sprint League, Barney Swinnerton Science in Sport, scored 7 points with him winning along the way the Keiren League event. The 500m Handicap event was won by Joffie Houlton, PM and in doing so ensured he has won this competition overall. In the Team Sprint the win went to Lauren Quenby, Phil Houlton both Newcastle Rc 2001 and Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers.
The A Class Endurance events saw veteran rider Adrian Adgar, Balanced Performance win the final ten mile scratch from Christian Braybrooke, Velocity RT and Will Thomas of Velocity RT. Adrian also took second place in the 8 lap scratch and the points race to mover up to joint second overall in the league with the absent Paul Whatmough. Sam Birchall, Velocity RT celebrated his move up to the A group as he won impressively the 8 lap points race. Teammate Will Thomas took the other A class event in the devil.
The B Class events saw Neil Cummins win 8 lap scratch, devil and Course de primes to close the gap on league leader Alex Webb, Lyme RC. This sets up a nail biting finish to this league as with only one event to go Neil is only 4 ½ points behind Alex and Alex will be missing next week as he competes in the UK School Games in Sheffield.
The youth events saw a battle between Alex Braybrooke, Velocity RT and Paige Millward, Lyme RC. Alex took the devil and Paige the scratch and a member of the winning team sprint with Sallie Birchall, Lyme RC, Conner Fearon, Weaver Valley and Matthew Braybrooke, Eastlands Velo. The opening block handicap went to James Duncalf, Lyme RC who used his long mark to goo effect to take the win from Liam Zwetschnikow, Lyme RC
There is now only one event to go in the 2011 competition where the organisers hope there will be a good turnout.
In the Freewheelers League there was a good turnout of 19 riders with the handicap races producing some very close finishes for the judges. After the 12 race programme the top points scorers were as follows;
Group 1 James Brayford 8 points
Group 2 Ambrose Morris Lyme RC 10 points
Group 3 Sebastian Booth 9 points
As well as next weeks Freewheelers event there will be a special extra night event the following week on the 8th September. Start time is the usual 6.25pm with time available to include an extra event.
FREEWHEELERS LEAGUE
Group 1
Race 1
1st James Brayford
2nd Megan Williams Lyme RC
3rd James Duncalf Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Harvey Myatt
2nd James Brayford Lyme RC
3rd James Duncalf
Race 3
1st James Duncalf
2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
3rd Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
Race 4
1st Brandon McMillan
2nd James Brayford
3rd Olivia Braybrooke
Group 2
Race 1
1st Andrew Williams
2nd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
3rd Hollie Mulroy Congleton CC
Race 2
1st Ambrose Morris
2nd Hollie Mulroy
3rd Sophie Bassett Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Ambrose Morris
2nd Hollie Mulroy
3rd Andrew Williams
Race 4
1st Hollie Mulroy
2nd Andrew Williams
3rd Ambrose Morris
Group 3
Race 1
1st Rebecca Newman Lyme RC
2nd Sebastian Booth
3rd Edward Mulroy Congleton CC
Race 2
1st Joe Barber NTCA
2nd Sebastian Booth
3rd Edward Mulroy
Race 3
1st Joe Barber
2nd Sebastian Booth
3rd Cameron O’Neil
Race 4
1st Izaak Curtis Lyme RC
2nd Sebastian Booth
3rd Joe Barber
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth Block Handicap
1st James Duncalf Lyme RC
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
3rd Matthew Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
Neil Potter 500m Handcap League
1st Joffie Houlton PM
2nd Lauren Quenby Newcastle RC 2001
3rd Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers
4th Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
5th James Thompson Liverpool Mercury
6th Barney Swinnerton Science in Sport
A Class 8 lap Scratch
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Adrian Adgar Balanced Performance
3rd Christian Braybrooke Velocity RT
B Class 8 lap scratch
1st Neil Cummins PM
2nd Phil Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
3rd George Edwards Lyme RC
Youth Devil
1st Alex Braybrooke Velocity RT
2nd Paige Millward Lyme RC
3rd Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
A Sprinters Team Sprint
1st Lauren Quenby
Steve Cronshaw
Phil Houlton
A Class Endurance 8 Lap points
1st Sam Birchall Velocity RT
2nd Adrian Adgar
3rd Will Thomas Velocity RT
B Class Devil
1st Neil Cummins
2nd Neil Clarke VC Nottingham
3rd George Edwards
Youth Team Sprint
1st Matthew Braybrooke
Sallie Birchall
Conner Fearon Weaver Valley
Paige Millward
A Class Endurance Devil
1st Will Thomas
2nd Christian Braybrooke
3rd Andy Jackson i Optix RT
B Class Course de primes
1st Neil Cummins
2nd Neil Clarke
3rd Alex Webb Lyme RC
Youth Scratch
1st Paige Millward
2nd Alex Braybrooke
3rd Conner Fearon
Keirin League Final
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Phil Houlton
3rd Sam Birchall
4th Steve Cronshaw
5th James Thompson
6th Lauren Quenby
10 Mile Scratch
1st Adrian Adgar
2nd Christian Braybrooke
3rd Will Thomas
B Class
1st George Edwards
2nd Phil Braybrooke
3rd Alex Webb