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Report: Brooks Cycles Track League
Event: 2nd June 2011
Promoted by: NTCA
Venue: Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs
Report: Chris Pyatt
Event Details
The Brook Cycles Track League event on the 2nd June 2011 saw 10 new riders make their first appearance at the league this year which added to the quality of the racing. The warm sunny conditions were a welcome change from last week's event, which was cancelled due to rain.
In the A Class endurance league events the points were spread across a number of riders with Paul Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles, top scoring with 7 as he won the 12 lap points race and the devil in fine style. Luke Boulton, Team Wallis, won the opening 10 lap scratch producing a strong last lap that saw the field well spread.
The A Class sprint events saw some fantastic racing across their three events. In the opening Neil Potter sponsored 500m handicap, the 14 riders all came roaring down the home straight at the end with the judges just managing to place the top six in an exciting race. Sean Mayer, Lyme RC, came from a middle mark to take a very good win from long marker Ellie Coster, Bush Healthcare CRT and Dave Smith Stafford RC. The team sprint saw a very fast time winning with Dave Smith, Neil Potter and Barney Swinnerton Science in Sport.com winning this 600m event in 42.52. The six riders who made the Keirin final battled hard for the win with Barney Swinnerton surging over the line to take maximum points from Steve Cronshaw, Brereton Wheelers and Ryan Whatmough.
The B Class events saw first-time rider at the league Dane Walker, Blueleaf B.Smithy, score 8 points with his win coming in the Course de Primes. Christian Braybrooke, Team Velocity, won the opening 8 lap scratch before being moved up to the A Class league. The other B race was the devil which was won by Dave Fearon of Weaver Valley CC.
The Youth events saw some very close races with Sallie Birchall, Lyme RC taking the opening block handicap race followed by Joel Partington taking good wins in the Devil and the 6 lap scratch races which helped him top score in this league with 7 points to retain his overall lead.
The final race of the night was the usual 10 mile handicap race with the A Class riders only catching the B's with 8 laps to go. With four laps to go Ryan Whatmough, Will Thomas and Christian Braybrooke escaped and looked like they would contest the top three places. However James Notley produced a fast 1 1/2 laps effort which closed the gap to the three leaders at the bell. Ryan still had plenty left in his legs though as he attacked again to take an impressive win from Christian. Veteran rider Adrian Adgar, Balanced performance, took a good third place from the closing bunch sprint.
The Freewheelers races saw 11 riders compete and the top point's scorers were as follows in each group;
Group 1 James Duncalf Lyme RC
Group 2 Holly Mulroy
Group 3 Edward Mulroy
RESULTS
Freewheelers Results
Group 1
Race 1
1st Megan Williams Lyme RC
2nd James Duncalf Lyme RC
3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC
Race 2
1st Brandon McMillan Lyme RC
2nd Olivia Braybrooke Eastlands Velo
3rd James Duncalf
Race 3
1st James Duncalf
2nd Megan Willians
3rd Olivia Braybrooke
Race 4
1st Bradley Hill
2nd Brandon McMillan
3rd Olivia Braybrooke
Group 2
Race 1
1st Holly Mulroy
2nd Sophie Bassett Lyme RC
3rd Samuel Hall
Race 2
1st Holly Mulroy
2nd Samuel Hall
3rd Sophie Bassett
Race 3
1st Samuel Hall
2nd Holly Mulroy
3rd Sophie Bassett
Race 4
1st Samuel Hall
2nd Holly Mulroy
3rd Sophie Bassett
Group 3
Race 1
1st Natasha Sandbach
2nd Edward Mulroy
3rd Evie Davis
Race 2
1st Edward Mulroy
2nd Evie Davis
Race 3
1st Evie Davis
2nd Edward Mulroy
3rd Natasha Sandbach
Race 4
1st Edward Mulroy
2nd Natasha Sandbach
3rd Evie Davis
Main League
Youth Block Handicap
1st Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
2nd Imogen Crooks Lyme RC
3rd Ashleigh Williams Lyme RC
A Class Endurance 10 lap scratch
1st Luke Boulton Team Wallis
2nd Will Thomas Team Velocity
3rd Doug Williams Newport CC
A Class Sprinters Neil Potter Handicap League
1st Sean Mayer Lyme RC
2nd Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare CRT
3rd Dave Smith Stafford RC
4th Debbie Capewell Brooks Cycles
5th Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001
6th Ryan Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
B Class 8 lap scratch
1st Christian Braybrooke Team Velocity
2nd Dane Walker Blueleaf B. Smithy
3rd Alan Sheldon Blueleaf B. Smithy
Youth Devil
1st Joel Partington Lyme RC
2nd Thomas Rotherham Sportcity Velo
3rd James Risk Weaver Valley
A Class Endurance Points Race
1st Paul Whatmough Shepherd Cycles
2nd Adrian Adgar Balanced Performance
3rd James Notley Planet X
A Class Team Sprint
1st Barney Swinnerton Science in Sport.com
Neil Potter PM
Dave Smith Stafford RC
B Class Devil
1st Dave Fearon Weaver Valley
2nd Neil Clarke VC Nottingham
3rd Jack Fearon Weaver Valley
Youth Team Sprint
1st James Duncalf Lyme RC
Imogen Crooks
Sallie Birchall
Conner Fearon Weaver valley
James Risk Weaver Valley
Thomas Rotherham
A Class endurance Devil
1st Paul Whatmough
2nd Luke Boulton
3rd James Notley
B Class Course de Primes
1st Dane Walker
2nd Phil Braybrooke Sportcity Velo
A Class Keiren Final
1st Barney Swinnerton
2nd Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers
3rd Ryan Whatmough
4th Steve Pulford Bush Healthcare CRT
5th Neil Potter
6th Geoff Cooke Bush Healthcare CRT
Youth Scratch
1st Joel Partington
2nd James Risk
3rd Alex Braybrooke Team Velocity
10 mile Scratch
1st Ryan Whatmough
2nd Christian Braybrooke
3rd Adrain Adgar
B's
1st Alan Sheldon
2nd Dane Walker
3rd Jack Fearon
League Table at 2nd June 2011 (Word Doc)
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.
