Round 5 of the Brooks Cycles Track League at the Lyme Valley velodrome, Newcastle, Staffs, took place on the 31^st May 2012. Despite it raining for most of the day, the track was dry for the start of the first race.

In the A Class Endurance League, Ryan Watmough (Shepherds Cycles) retained his lead in winning the 10 lap scratch and the final 10 mile event. He also backed this up with second place in the points race. Ryan needed these points as his dad Paul also scored 9 points on the night, winning the devil and placing second in the 10 lap and 10 mile scratch events. The other winner in the A class events on the night was Will Thomas (Velocity Race Team) in the points race.

In the A Class sprint events, former World Masters Champion Steve Cronshaw (Brooks Cycles) showed that his form is improving this season in winning the sprint final from Barney Swinnerton (Swinnerton Cycles). Joel Partington (Sport City Velo) won the latest round of the 500m handicap league from new league leader Lauren Quenby (Newcastle Road Club 2001). The team sprint event saw the win going to Dave Smith (Stafford RoadClub), Phil Houlton (Brooks Cycles) and Steve Cronshaw.

In the B Class events, Matthew Walls (Velocity Race Team) dominated the events as he won the 8 lap scratch, the devil, course de primes and 10 mile. Also scoring highly on the night was Bernard Swinnerton with second place in the devil, course de primes and 10 mile scratch.

The Youth Races saw a good spread of points across the 10 riders who competed with Bradley Hill (Lyme RC) winning the opening 1,000m block handicap before league leader Sally Birchall (Lyme RC) won the devil. Liam Zwetschnikow (Lyme RC) put in a great last lap to win the 6 lap scratch.

In the Freewheelers races, the numbers were slightly down, most likely due to the bad weather forecast. However, the 17 riders who took part produced some great racing. The top points scorers in each group were as follows:

Group 1 – Harvey Myatt (Newcastle Tri Club) – 7 points

Group 2 – Holly Mulroy (Congleton CC) – 10 points

Group 3 – Gracie Walker (Lyme RC) – 9 points

Freewheelers

Group 1

Race 1

1^st James Brayford Lyme RC

2^nd Alex Coates Lyme RC

3^rd Harvey Myatt Newcastle Tri Club

Race 2

1^st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC

2^nd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC

3^rd Sam Hall Lyme RC

Race 3

1^st Harvey Myatt

2^nd Bradley Hill Lyme RC

3^rd Alex Coates

Race 4

1^st Sam Hall

2^nd Harvey Myatt

3^rd James Brayford

Group 2

Race 1

1^st Holly Mulroy Congleton CC

2^nd Harry Brayford Lyme RC

3^rd Thomas Hughes

Race 2

1^st Holly Mulroy

2^nd Thomas Hughes

3^rd Harry Brayford

Race 3

1^st Harry Brayford

2^nd Holly Mulroy

3^rd Edward Mulroy Congleton CC

Race 4

1^st Thomas Hughes

2^nd Harry Brayford

3^rd Holly Mulroy

Group 3

Race 1

1^st Evie Davis Lyme RC

2^nd Gracie Walker Lyme RC

3^rd Jessica Hughes

Race 2

1^st Jessica Hughes

2^nd Olly Davis Lyme RC

3^rd Gracie Walker

Race 3

1^st Jessica Hughes

2^nd Gracie Walker

3^rd Olly Davis

Race 4

1^st Gracie Walker

2^nd Olly Davis

3^rd Evie Davis

MAIN LEAGUE

Youth 200m TT

1^st Bradley Hill Lyme RC

2^nd Aleshia Mellor Lyme RC

3^rd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC

A Class Endurance 10 lap Scratch

1^st Ryan Whatmough Shepherds Cycles

2^nd Paul Whatmough Shepherds Cycles

3^rd James Notley Planet X

A Class Sprinters 500m Handicap

1^st Joel Partington Sportcity Velo

2^nd Lauren Quenby Newcastle RC 2001

3^rd Steve Cronshaw Brooks Cycles

B Class 8 lap Scratch

1^st Matthew Walls Velocity RT

2^nd George Edwards Lyme RC

3^rd Bernard Swinnerton Lyme RC

Youth Devil

1^st Sallie Birchall Lyme RC

2^nd Joe Swinnerton Lyme RC

3^rd Liam Zwetschnikow

A Class Endurance Points

1^st Will Thomas Velocity RT

2^nd Ryan Whatmough

3^rd Paul Whatmough

A Class Team Sprint

1^st Dave Smith Stafford RC

Phil Houlton Brooks Cycles

Steve Cronshaw

B Class Devil

1^st Matthew Walls

2^nd Bernard Swinnerton

3^rd Paige Millward Lyme RC

Youth Team Sprint

1^st Aleshia Mellor Lyme RC

James Duncalf Lyme RC

Liam Zwetschnikow

Joe Swinnerton

James Brayford

A Class Endurance Devil

1^st Paul Whatmough

2^nd Christian Braybrooke Velocity RT

3^rd Will Thomas

B Class Course De Primes

1^st Matthew Walls

2^nd George Edwards

Bernard Swinnerton

Phil Braybrooke Manchester Wheelers

A Class Sprint Final

1^st Steve Cronshaw

2^nd Barney Swinnerton

3^rd Joel Partington

Youth 6 Lap Scratch

1^st Liam Zwetschnikow

2^nd Sallie Birchall

3^rd Joe Swinnerton

10 Mile Scratch

1^st Ryan Whatmough

2^nd Paul Whatmough

3^rd Jack Payne Sportcity Velo

B Class

1^st Matthew Walls

2^nd Bernard Swinnerton

3^rd Steve Hall Lyme RC

31/05/2012 - Matthew Walls Shows his Class