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Brooks Cycles Track League July 22

Story posted July 26, 2010; by Chris Pyatt | Lyme Valley Stadium (Staffordshire)

After last weeks meeting was cut short due to rain, the forecast did not look good for the July 22 round of the Brooks Cycles Track League at Newcastle Staffs. The rain however never came and the good turnout of riders across all leagues saw a full nights racing. The highlight of the night was the “Neil Potter sponsored handicap league” where there was a blanket finish as the judges had their work cut out to place all six riders.

Coming from a back mark, A-Class leader Matthew Rotherham (Sportcity Velo) showed a great turn of speed to take a narrow win from the improving Tim Hull (Lyme RC) and Jess Wieckoski (Team Nemisis). Matt dominated the A Class events as he won the opening 8 lap Scratch and the 10 mile Scratch along with being a member of the winning Team Sprint team.

The B Class races saw Ryan Whatmough extend his lead in the overall table which now looks unassailable. He won the Course de primes and the 10 mile Scratch along with a second place in the Devil. Other B-Class wins came from Sam Birchall (Lyme RC) in the Devil and Neil Cummins taking the 8 lap Scratch. The youth events saw a great turnout of 17 riders with the Points spaced out over a large number of riders. Louis Preston (Lyme RC) won the opening 200m TT and Alex Braybrooke (Sportcity Velo) held on in fine style to take the block handicap race.

Joel Partington (Lyme RC) won the Devil and he was also a member of the winning team sprint team. The Freewheelers as usual produced some spirited riding with some great bike skills displayed from the young riders. Top points scorers in each league were as follows;

Group 1  Joel Partington  Lyme RC
Group 2  Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
Group 3  Emilia Brownson  Lyme RC

FREEWHEELERS RESULTS

Group 1

Race 1
1st Joel Partington  Lyme RC
2nd Ashleigh Williams  Lyme RC
3rd Megan Wynn  Lyme RC

Race 2
1st Megan Wynn
2nd Ashleigh Williams
3rd Sam Pattison  Lyme RC

Race 3
1st Joel Partington
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Ashleigh Williams

Race 4
1st Joel Partington
2nd Ashleigh Williams
3rd Sam Pattison

Group 2
Race 1
1st Aleshia Mellor  Eastlands Velo
2nd Bradley Hill   Lyme RC
3rd Megan Williams  Lyme RC

Race 2
1st Megan Williams
2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
3rd Megan Williams

Race 3
1st Brandon McMillan
2nd Bradley Hill
3rd Megan Williams

Race 4
1st Brandon McMillan
2nd Megan Williams
3rd Aleshia Mellor

Group 3
Race 1
1st Dylan Brownson  Lyme RC
2nd Andrew Williams
3rd Ambrose Morris  Lyme RC

Race 2
1st Heidi Simpson  Lyme RC
2nd Emilia Brownson  Lyme RC
3rd Dylan Brownson

Race 3
1st Emilia Brownson
2nd Ambrose Morris
3rd Dylan Brownson

Race 4
1st Olivia Braybrooke  Eastlands Velo
2nd Emilia Brownson
3rd Isabel Mellor

MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 200m TT
1st Louis Preston  Lyme RC
2nd Sean Mayer   Lyme RC
3rd Alex Webb   Lyme RC

A Class 8 lap Scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
2nd Paul Whatmough  Shepherd Cycles
3rd Tom Powell   Newcastle RC 2001

B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Neil Cummins  PM
2nd Ryan Whatmough  Shepherd Cycles
3rd Sam Birchall   Lyme RC

Youth Block Handicap
1st Alex Braybrooke  Sportcity Velo
2nd Sean Mayer
3rd Paige Millward  Lyme RC

Neil Potter handicap series
1st Matthew Rotherham
2nd Tim Hull   Lyme RC
3rd Jess Wieckowski  Team Nemisis
4th Steve Cronshaw  Brereton Wheelers
5th Ryan Whatmough
6th Alex Taylor   Sportcity Velo

B Class Devil
1st Sam Birchall 
2nd Neil Clarke   VC Nottingham
3rd Lisa Daly   Sportcity Velo

A Class Devil
1st Paul Whatmough
2nd Matthew Rotherham
3rd Jess Wieckowski

Youth Team Sprint
1st Megan Wynn
 Matthew Braybrooke  Eastlands Velo
 Sallie Birchall   Lyme RC
 Thomas Rotherham  Sportcity Velo
 Alex Webb
 Joel Partington
 George Edwards   Lyme RC
 Will Thomas   Sportcity Velo
 Sean Mayer

B Course De Primes
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Sam Birchall
3rd Neil Cummins

A Team Sprint
1st Joffie Houlton  Lyme RC
 Shaun Fletcher  Eastlands Velo
 Calum Fletcher  Eastlands Velo
 Matthew Rotherham

Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington
2nd George Edwards
3rd Will Thomas

10 Mile scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham
2nd Joffie Houlton
3rd Jess Wieckowski

B Class
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Neil Cummins
3rd Sam Birchall

July 15 Meeting
This round of the Brooks Cycles Track League at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire was heavily disrupted by rain with the Freewheelers races held fully after rain delays and there were only two races in the main league before the rain returned to bring an early close to the nights racing. In the main league,  there was only the Youth 200m TT where Louis Preston of Lyme RC took the fastest time followed by Alex Webb in second and Joel Partington and George Edwards tied for third, all for Lyme RC.

The only senior race was a combined A & B race with A Class leader Matthew Rotherham of Sportcity Velo winning from Ryan Whatmough and Paual Whatmough of Shepherd Cycles. The Freewheelers races saw 13 riders take part with Ashleigh Williams, Lyme RC the top scorer in Group one as she took 11 points from  her 3 wins. In the Group 2 races Bradley Hill, Lyme RC scored 11 points also as he showed great form as he won 3 races also. In Group 3 Dylan Brownson, Lyme RC top scored with the popular score of 11 points as he won 3 races.

Freewheelers League

Group 1
Race 1
1st Megan Wynn   Lyme RC
2nd Joel Partington  Lyme RC
3rd Ashleigh Williams  Lyme RC

Race 2
1st  Ashleigh Williams
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd  Joel Partington

Race 3
1st  Ashleigh Williams
2nd  Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd  Megan Wynn

Race 4
1st  Ashleigh Williams
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd  Megan Wynn

Group 2
Race 1
1st  Bradley Hill  Lyme RC
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC
3rd Megan Wiliams           Lyme RC

Race 2
1st Bradley Hilll
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd Aleshia Mellor  Eastlands Velo

Race 3
1st Liam Zwtschnikow
2nd Bradley Hill

Race 4
1st Liam Zwtschnikow
2nd Bradley Hill

Race 5
1st Bradley Hill
2nd Liam Zwetschnikow

Group 3
Race 1
1st Ambrose Morris   Lyme RC
2nd Heidi Simpson    Lyme RC
3rd Isabel Mellor

Race 2
1st Dylan Brownson   Lyme RC
2nd Heidi Simpson
3rd Ambrose Morris

Race 3
1st Dylan Brownson
2nd     Heidi Simpson
3rd     Ambrose Morris

Race 4
1st  Dylan Brownson
2nd Holly Mulroy
3rd Heidi Simpson

Race 5
1st Dylan Morris
2nd Emilia Brownson
3rd Dylan Brownson

MAIN LEAGUE
Youth 200m TT
1st Louis Preston  Lyme RC
2nd Alex Webb  Lyme RC
3rd Joel Partington  Lyme RC
    George Edwards
 
A & B Class 10 Lap Scratch
1st Matthew Rotherham  Sportcity Velo
2nd Ryan Whatmough  Shepherd Cycles
3rd  Paul Whatmough  Shepherd Cycles

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