The latest Round of the Newcastle under Lyme Track League at Lyme Valley Stadium, in Staffordshire saw a great turnout of riders with a number of very welcome new faces on a night where there was a large number of regular rider absences due to the European Masters.
The best race of the night was the 10 mile scratch where the A Class riders started 2 ½ laps down on the B riders. The A Class riders set about this task quickly, bringing the race together with 16 laps to go. The pace of the race stayed high with a number of attacks which eliminated a number of riders. A group of 15 riders contested the final dash to the line with the judges struggling to separate the first two. The victory by a tyre width went to first time rider this year Robert Crampton, Wills Wheels from A Class League leader Matthew Rotherham, Sportcity Velo.In third place was another newcomer Jack Penrice of Sportcity Velo.
In the other A Class events Matthew Rotherham won the opening 8 lap scratch from Robert Crampton. Lewis Balyckyi of Wallis CMH took a good win in the 8 lap point?s race.
In the Keirin league, six riders made it through to the final with a the Matthew Rotherham taking the win with a fine burst of speed over the final 200m from junior rider Robert Lambton.
The B Class events saw League Leader Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles continue to amass the points with wins in the Devil,win and out and the first B rider in the ten mile scratch. Neil Cummins also scored well with three second places in the 8 lap scratch, win and out and 10 mile scratch. The other race winner was Jessica Crampton, Sportcity Velo who won impressively in the 8 lap scratch race and then went on to win the Ladies sprint event from Hannah Layland, VC St Raphael and Louise Higgs Newcastle RC 2001.
The youth events saw a large turnout of 15 riders with some close racing witnessed. Louis Preston, Lyme RC won the opening 400mTT from team mate Sean Mayer. Thirteen years old Sallie Birchall, Lyme Rc used her long mark to good effect in the block handicap to win from her team mate Liam Zwetschinkow. The team sprint saw the home straight win by a bike length in a race that yo-yoed throughout. The final scratch race saw a close finish with Joel Partington taking a great win from Will Thomas, Sportcity Velo.
All riders PLEASE NOTE that there will be cash prizes at the final league event on the 2nd September with the floodlights being used to extend the nights racing. All current and any new riders are welcome.
With the holiday season now in full swing the Freewheelers league tends to take a hit on numbers. However this was not reflected this week with an increased turnout on last week of 17 riders. The top point?s scorers were as follows in each group
Group 1 Joel Partington Lyme RC
Group 2 Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
Group 3 Holly Mulroy
Freewheelers League
Group 1
Race 1
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Thomas Rotherham Eastlands Velo
3rd Ashleigh Williams Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Megan Wynn Lyme RC
2nd Sam Pattison Lyme RC
3rd Ashleigh Williams
Race 3
1st Sam Pattison
2nd Joel Partington
3rd Megan Wynn
Race 4
1st Joel Partington
2nd Thomas Rotherham
3rd Megan Wynn
Group 2
Race 1
1st Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
2nd Megan Williams Lyme RC
3rd Oscar Crooks Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
2nd Aleshia Mellor Eastlands Velo
3rd Liam Zwetschnikow
Race 3
1st Brandon McMillan
2nd Aleshia Mellor
3rd Oscar crooks
Race 4
1st Liam Zwetschnikow
2nd Oscar Crooks
3rd Megan Williams
Group 3
Race 1
1st Andrew Williams
2nd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
3rd Holly Mulroy
Race 2
1st Holly Mulroy
2nd Isabel Mellor
3rd Andrew Williams
Race 3
1st Isabel Mellor
2nd Holy Mulroy
3rd Andrew Williams
Race 4
1st Holly Mulroy
2nd Ambrose Morris
3rd Andrew Williams
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 400m TT
1st Louis Preston Lyme RC
2nd Sean Mayer Lyme RC
3rd George Edwards Lyme RC
A Class 8 lap scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
2nd Robert Crampton Wills Wheels
3rd Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001
B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Jessica Crampton Sportcity Velo
2nd Neil Cummins PM
3rd Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
Youth Block Handicap
1st Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
3rd Joel Partington Lyme RC
Keirin Final
1st Matthew Rotherham
2nd Robert Lambton
3rd Robert Crampton
4th Tom Powell
5th Adrian Adgar Dinnington RC
6th Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
B Class Devil
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Sam Birchall Lyme RC
3rd Neil Clarke VC Nottingham
A Class Points
1st Lewis Balyckyl Wallis CMH
2nd Matthew Rotherham
3rd Jack Penrice Sportcity Velo
Youth Team Sprint
1st Matthew Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
Megan Wynn Lyme RC
Thomas Rotherham Eastlands Velo
Joe Pattison Lyme RC
Joel Partington
George Edwards
Louis Preston
Alex Webb Lyme RC
Ladies Sprint
1st Jessica Crampton
2nd Hannah Layland VC St Raphael
3rd Louise Higgs Newcastle RC 2001
B Win and out
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Neil Cummins
3rd Sam Birchall
Youth Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd Will Thomas Sportcity Velo
3rd Thomas Rotherham
10 Mile Scratch
1st Robert Crampton
2nd Matthew Rotherham
3rd Jack Penrice
B Class
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Neil Cummins
3rd Joel Partington