After last weeks cancellation due to rain, the latest round of the Brooks Cycles Track League, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire was held under warm sunny skies. With the holiday season well under way it was pleasing to see a good turnout of riders across all four groups of riders. The sprinters group was well attended with 9 riders competing in the three sprint specific races. In the 500m handicap league World Masters Champion Geoff Cooke, Bush Healthcare RT, took a great win from a fast closing group of riders headed by Joel Partington, Lyme RC and Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare RT. The Team Sprint event saw all three teams only separated by less that 3/4 of a second with the win going to Ellie Coster, Joel Partington, and Sean Mayer Swinnerton Cycles. The Keirin Final saw league leader Sean Mayer win in fine style from Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles and Steve Cronshaw Brooks Cycles.
The A Class endurance events saw some hard racing with the opening 10 lap scratch going to Joe Evans, Velocity RT and the 12 lap points race being won by last years league champion Robert Lambton, Brooks Cycles. In the devil Paul Whatmough, Shepherds Cycles won in a close finish from his son Ryan. The final 10 mile scratch event saw loads of attacking throughout with Andy Leigh, Velocity RT jumping away from the bunch with 6 laps to go and holding on impressively to take the win.
The B races were well supported with the wins being spread across a number of riders. The opening 8 lap scratch was won by Matthew Walls, Velocity RT before Max Gethin, Glebe House Coalport RC flew out of the pack to win the Win and Out event from another first time rider at the Newcastle Track Robert Standing, Team V Sprint Racing. The ten mile scratch saw only four B group riders make the finish with last years league winner Alex Webb, Lyme RC taking a well deserved win.
Sallie Birchall, Lyme RC showed she is recovering well from a recent ankle injury as she won three individual events in the youth races and was also a member of the winning team sprint quartet. Joe Swinnerton also scored well in taking second places in the 200m time trial and devil along with a third place in the 5 lap scratch.
The Freewheelers tends to take a drop in numbers at this time of year however there was a great turnout of 26 riders for the latest round of racing across the three groups. With five new riders the number of registered riders is now up to 57 and if the weather holds we could be on to break last years record number of 64. The night was a Go Ride night with medals awarded to the top three riders in each group. The medal winners were as follows;
Group 1 Gold Sam Hall Silver James Brayford Bronze Brandon McMillan
Group 2 Gold Farley Barber Silver Chloe Tennant Bronze Thomas Hughes
Group 3 Gold Mark Adamson Silver Jessica Hughes Bronze Izaak Curtis
Freewheelers Results
Group 1
Race 1
1st James Brayford Lyme RC
2nd Harvey Myatt Newcastle Tri Club
3rd Sam Hall Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
2nd Ambrose Morris Lyme RC
3rd Sadie Jones Newcastle RC
Race 3
1st Sam Hall
2nd James Brayford
3rd Harvey Myatt
Race 4
1st Sam Hall
2nd Sadie Jones
3rd Adam Barr
Group 2
Race 1
1st Farley Barber
2nd Harry Brayford Lyme RC
3rd Sam Tennant
Race 2
1st Thomas Hughes
2nd Natasha Sandbach
3rd Chloe Tennant
Race 3
1st Chloe Tennant
2nd Rebecca Newman Lyme RC
3rd Edward Dyster
Race 4
1st Natasha Sandbach
2nd Farley Barber
3rd Chloe Tennant
Group 3
Race 1
1st Mark Adamson
2nd Izaak Curtis Lyme RC
3rd Jessica Hughes
Race 2
1st Jessica Hughes
2nd James Adamson
3rd Mark Adamson
Race 3
1st Mark Adamson
2nd Izaak Curtis
3rd Jessica Hughes
Race 4
1st Cameron O'Neil Lyme RC
2nd Jessica Hughes
3rd Mark Adamson
Main League
Youth 200m Time Trial
1st Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
2nd Joe Swinnerton Lyme RC
3rd James Brayford Lyme RC
500m Handicap Sponsored by Neil Potter
1st Geoff Cooke Bush Healthcare RT
2nd Joel Partington Sportcity Velo
3rd Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare RT
4th Louis Preston Lyme RC
5th Sam Birchall Velocity RT
6th Steve Cronshaw Brooks Cycles
A Class Endurance 10 lap Scratch
1st Joe Evans Velocity RT
2nd Ryan Whatmough Shepherds Cycles
3rd Paul Whatmough Shepherds Cycles
B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Matthew Walls Velocity RT
2nd Thomos Owens Brooks Cycles
3rd Max Gethin Glebe House Coalport RC
Youth Devil
1st Sallie Birchall
2nd Joe Swinnerton
3rd James Brayford
A Class Endurance 12 Lap Points
1st Robert Lambton Brooks Cycles
2nd Joe Evans
3rd Adrian Adgar Balanced Performance
A Class Sprinters Team Sprint
1st Ellie Coster
Joel Partington
Sean Mayer Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Tony Brooks Brooks Cycles
Steve Cronshaw
Chris Pease Manchester Wheelers
3rd Geoff Cooke
Louis Preston
Phil Houlton Brooks Cycles
B Class Team sprint
1st Dave Williams Lyme RC
Sam Birchall
Robert Standring Team V Sprint Racing
Alex Webb Lyme RC
Matthew Walls
Victor Triggor Crewe Clarion
Youth Team Sprint
1st Sam Hall Lyme RC
Megan Williams Lyme RC
James Brayford
Sallie Birchall
A Class Endurance Devil
1st Paul Whatmough
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Joe Evans
B Class Win and Out
1st Max Gethin
2nd Robert Standring
3rd Matthew Walls
Keiren Final
1st Sean Mayer
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Steve Cronshaw
4th Chris Pease
5th Louis Preston
6th Phil Houlton
Youth Scratch
1st Sallie Birchall
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
3rd Joe Swinnerton
10 Mile Scratch
1st Andy Leigh Velocity RT
2nd Ryan Whatmough
3rd Adrian Adgar
B's
1st Alex Webb
2nd Matthew Walls
3rd Steve Hall Lyme RC