The final round of this season’s Brooks Cycles sponsored Newcastle Track League took place on Thursday 1st September at the Lyme Valley Velodrome. The weather had been kind to the League this year with only two meetings lost throughout the 19 events and the final night saw warm and sunny conditions greet the large turnout of riders attending the final event.
The most exciting event of the night was the final 10 mile scratch with over 30 riders contesting this popular event. After a fast pace was set throughout, Alan Peat – VC St Raphael, sprinted over the line in first place ahead of Adrian Adgar – Balanced Performance, and the ever improving youth A rider Christian Braybrooke – Velocity RT. The other A Class endurance events saw James Notley – Planet X, win the opening 8 lap scratch from Will Thomas – Velocity RT. The other two endurance events again saw Alan Peat victorious in the devil and the course de primes.
The A class sprint events saw this year’s champion Barney Swinnerton – Science in Sport, cap off a fine season as he won three events out of the four. He won the sprint final, the 200m time trial and was a member of the winning team sprint team with Sean Mayer – Lyme RC, and Ryan Watmaugh – Shepherd Cycles. The other sprint event, the 8 lap scratch was also won by Ryan Watmaugh.
The B class events saw three hotly contested races with Phil Braybrooke – Sport City Velo winning the 8 lap scratch from Jack Fearon – Weaver Valley RC and also the devil from Neil Clarke – VC Nottingham. Neil Clarke then went on to win the B class points race later in the event.
The youth events saw Joel Partington – Lyme RC, win all four races in the 200m time trial from James Thompson – Liverpool Mercury, the devil, the points race and the scratch race from Tom Rotherham – Sport City Velo.
The freewheelers league saw a good turnout of 22 riders compete over the 12 race programme. The top points scorers in each group were as follows:
Group 1 - James Duncalf – Lyme RC 8 points
Group 2 – Sam Hall and Lily Bradley 7 points
Group 3 – Joe Barber NTCA 8 points
All freewheelers to note that there will be a special one off final freewheelers event for this season next Thursday 8th September starting at 6.30pm with each group of riders to be given 5 races. The organisers hope that there will be a great turnout to this finale of what has been a very successful season with 64 riders registered, a massive 30 riders up on last season.
FREEWHEELERS
Group 1
Race 1
1st James Brayford
2nd Megan Williams – Lyme RC
3rd James Duncalf – Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Olivia Braybrooke – Eastlands Velo
2nd Louis Perry
3rd Alex Coates
Race 3
1st James Duncalf
2nd Megan Williams
3rd Olivia Braybrooke
Race 4
1st James Duncalf
2nd James Brayford
3rd Alex Coates
Group 2
Race 1
1st Sam Hall
2nd Andrew Williams
3rd Hollie Mulroy – Congleton CC
Race 2
1st Lily Bradley – Lyme RC
2nd Hollie Mulroy
3rd Ambrose Morris – Lyme RC
Race 3
1st Sam Hall
2nd Harrison Barber – NTCA
3rd Ambrose Morris
Race 4
1st Lily Bradley
2nd Ambrose Morris
3rd Hollie Mulroy
Group 3
Race 1
1st Natasha Sandbach
2nd Edward Mulroy – Congleton CC
3rd Evie Davis – Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Joe Barber – NTCA
2nd Tom Boyd
3rd Natasha Sandbach
Race 3
1st Joe Warrilow
2nd Tom Boyd
3rd Joe Barber
Race 4
1st Tom Boyd
2nd Sebastian Booth
3rd Edward Mulroy
MAIN LEAGUE
A Class Endurance 8 Lap Scratch
1st James Notley – Planet X
2nd Will Thomas – Velocity RT
3rd Paul Watmaugh – Shepherd Cycles
A Class Sprinters 8 Lap Scratch
1st Ryan Watmaugh – Shepherd Cycles
2nd Barney Swinnerton – Science in Sport
3rd Sean Mayer – Lyme RC
Youth 200m Time Trial
1st Joel Partington – Lyme RC
2nd Tom Rotherham – Sport City Velo
3rd James Thompson – Liverpool Mercury
A Class Sprinters 200m TimeTrial
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Tom Powell – Newcastle RC 2001
3rd Sean Mayer
B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Phil Braybrooke – Sport City Velo
2nd Jack Fearon – Weaver Valley RC
3rd Neil Clarke – VC Nottingham
Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington
2nd Tom Rotherham
3rd James Risk – Weaver Valley RC
A Class Sprinters Team Sprint
1st Barney Swinnerton
Sean Mayer
Ryan Watmaugh
A Class Endurance Devil
1st Alan Peat – VC St Raphael
2nd James Notley
3rd Will Thomas
B Class Devil
1st Phil Braybrooke
2nd Neil Clarke
3rd Eleanor Richardson – Swinnerton Cycles
Youth Points Race
1st Joel Partington
2nd Tom Rotherham
3rd Alex Braybrooke – Velocity RT
A Class Endurance 8 Lap Course de Primes
1st Alan Peat
2nd Will Thomas
3rd Adrian Adgar – Balanced Performance
B Class Points
1st Neil Clarke
2nd Eleanor Richardson
3rd Mick Stubbs – Newcastle RC 2001
A Class Sprinters Sprint Final
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Sean Mayer
Minor Final
1st Ryan Watmaugh
Youth 6 Lap Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd Tom Rotherham
3rd James Thompson
10 Mile Scratch
1st Alan Peat
2nd Adrian Adgar
3rd Christian Braybrooke – Velocity RT
1st B Class – Joel Partington