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Report: National Tandem Sprint Champs/Youth Omnium

Event: 22nd May 2011
Promoted by: NTCA
Venue: Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Report: Paul Barber
Full Results

More: Tandem Sprint pilot Barney Storey's post-event blog.

Despite a few showers and threatening weather we had a fantastic day of outdoor track racing at the Newcastle under Lyme track with some great racing all sponsored by 3-IN-ONE Oil. Over 70 riders took to the track in a packed programme of over 45 events to see where the best riders on the day. The event was a mixture of youth and experience, with seasoned riders in the exciting tandem sprint, along with stars of the future in the youth races.

3-IN-ONE sponsored National Tandem Sprint Championship

Barney Storey VC St Raphael and Anthony Kappes of YASUMITSU SCHLAPP came out on top to win the 3-IN-ONE sponsored National Tandem Sprint Championship after some very close racing. The pairing qualified fasted and held off brothers Ben and Rowan Elliot of VC St Raphael in the final 2-0 to add the National Tandem Sprint Championship to their long list of wins that include a Gold medal from the Beijing Paralympics. Seasoned riders and former champion Pete Boyd and David Heald of VC St Raphael came third beating ever green John Saysell and former National Junior Sprint Champion from 1988 John Munns 2-0

The crowds were wowed by a master class of close fast, exciting tandem riding from all the riders.

RESULTS

1 ANTHONY KAPPES YASUMITSU SCHLAPP 11.23 1
2 BARNEY STOREY VC St RAPHAEL 1
3 BEN ELLIOTT VC St RAPHAEL 11.38 2
4 ROWAN ELLIOTT VC St RAPHAEL 2
5 JOHN SAYSELL NORTH ROAD CC 11.85 4
6 JON MUNNS BC PM 4
7 PETER BOYD VC St RAPHAEL 11.28 3
8 DAVE HEALD VC St RAPHAEL 3
9 PAUL WHATMOUGH SHEPHERD CYCLES 12.47 5
10 SOPHIE THORNHILL SPORTCITY VELO 5

Under 16 Boys

A big field of 26 under 16 boys battled over 5 omnium events with some fast and furious racing as soon as event 1 the scratch race started. Chris Lawless was taking no prisoners as he went on the attack as soon as the gun fired to help rip the field to shreds. Lawless, along with Ollie Wood Aire Valley RT, Leon Gledhill Planet X and Newcastle regular Ryan Whatmough Shepherds Cycles put on an excellent display of riding ahead of their years to give the crowd some excellent racing that made my legs ache just watching. We have some real talent here for the future.

U16 YOUTH A BOYS

1 CHRIS LAWLESS MAXGEAR RT 10pts
2 OLLIE WOOD AIRE VALLEY RT 15pts
3 LEON GLEDHILL PLANET X 17pts
4 RYAN WHATMOUGH SHEPHERDS CYCLES 22pts
5 JACOB SCOTT PLANET X 29pts
6 JAKE WOMERSLEY AIRE VALLET RT 38pts
7 WILL THOMAS VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT 40pts
8 JOE DAVISON FERRYHILL WHS 41pts
9 LUC HALL KUOTA 45pts
10 CHRISTIAN BRAYBROOKE VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT 48pts

Under 16 Girls

Melissa Lowther WAKEFIELD Jnr TRI CLUB gave a dominant display of riding in the under 16 girls scratch, points, elimination, Keirin and 800m time trial winning all 5 events to get the lowest possible score of 5 in her omnium events. Team mate Lauren O'Brien claimed second place just holding off Megan Boyd Sportcity Velo in third place.

U16 YOUTH A GIRLS

1 MELISSA LOWTHER WAKEFIELD Jnr TRI CLUB 5pts
2 LAUREN O'BRIEN WAKEFIELD Jnr TRI CLUB 13pts
3 MEGAN BOYD SPORTSCITY VELO 15pts
4 SASKIA HOOK HEANOR CLARION CC 21pts
5 JESSICA O'BRIEN WAKEFIELD Jnr TRI CLUB 23pts
6 ROBYN BOLLAND LIVERPOOL MERCURY CC 28pts
7 ANA GILL HEANOR CLARION CC 35pts

Under 14 Boys

Newcastle Track regular Thomas Rotherham Sportcity Velo showed he had put in the hard training over winter to follow in his brother's tyre tracks with success in the under 14 boys category. Thomas came out on top in all 5 events with a dominant display of riding to beat ever improving James Risk Weaver Valley and VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT's Alex Braybrooke.

U14 YOUTH B BOYS

1 THOMAS ROTHERHAM SPORTCITY VELO 5pts
2 JAMES RISK WEAVER VALLEY CC 11pts
3 ALEX BRAYBROOKE VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT 18pts
4 REECE WOOD AIRE VALLEY RT 19pts
5 MATTHEW WALLS VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT 27pts
6 DAVID PULLAN EAST BRADFORD CC 31pts
7 ROBERT HARPER WAKEFIELD Jnr TRI CLUB 31pts
8 ADAM HARTLEY EASTLANDS VELO 38pts

Under 14 Girls

There was a real three-way fight in the under 14 girls category. After three events, three riders were in equal 1st place. However, after wins in the Kerin and 800m Time Trial Grace Garner Leicestershire RC showed her all round class and pulled away from 2nd place Abby-Mae Parkinson and home rider Paige Milward Lyme Racing Club.

U14 YOUTH B GIRLS 

1 GRACE GARNER LEICESTERSHIRE RC 8pts
2 ABBY-MAE PARKINSON AIRE VALLEY RT 10pts
3 PAIGE MILWARD LYME RACING CLUB 12pts
4 ELEANOR DICKINSON BORDER CITY WHS CC 20pts
5 SALLIE BIRCHALL LYME RACING CLUB 27pts
6 HARMONIE WATERMAN KIRKLEES CYCLING ACADEMY 28pts
7 ASHLEIGH WILLIAMS LYME RACING CLUB 35pts

Under 12 Boys and Girls

It's always great to see a field of under 12 riders racing and this was no exception. These stars of the future battled away spinning little gears and all had big smiles on their faces. Thomas Humphrey came out on top with 5 wins in five races to score the lowest possible score of 5 in his races. Whilst local rider Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme Racing Club (known to everyone as Liam Z for obvious reasons) got better as the day went on, moving up the rankings to take a fine 2nd place overall from Thomas Lowe of Eastlands Velo.

U12 YOUTH C BOYS & GIRLS

1 THOMAS HUMPHREY WAKEFIELD JUNIOR TRI CLUB 5pts
2 LIAM ZWETSCHNIKOW LYME ROAD CLUB 14pts
3 THOMAS LOWE EASTLANDS VELO 19pts
4 CALUM SHACKLEY GLASGOW RIDERZ 19pts
5 TIRAS WATERMAN KIRKLEES CYCLING ACADEMY 20pts
6 LEWIS HARTLEY EASTLANDS VELO 28pts
7 JAMES DUNCALF LYME ROAD CLUB 35pts
8 BRADLEY HILL LYME ROAD CLUB 40pts

A BIG thank you to our sponsor 3-IN-ONE Oil for providing financial support to help us make the event happen and provide some great 3-IN-ONE products as prizes for the riders. Thank you also to all the officials and helpers who supported the event, and to the riders for making a great day of incident free exciting track racing.

We race at Newcastle under Lyme Track every Thursday from 6.15pm for freewheelers and 7.15 for the main track league, with training sessions every Monday and Tuesday evening. See the website for more information www.newcastle-track.org.uk

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.