Disability Grand Prix of Wales 2006

3rd of May, 2006;

Sponsored by Federation Disability Sport Wales & Welsh Cycling

Dave Mellor, GB Paralympic Team Manager, talks to the organiser Neil Smith and Welsh Minister for sport Alun Pugh. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

The Newport velodrome in Wales last night was host to many of the Worlds Best Paralympic cyclists as Great Britain and Australia came head to head in front of a host of VIPs including Alun Pugh (Welsh Minister for Sport) and the Mayor of Newport. A warm up event to the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester on Friday, there were World and British records as the riders didn't hold back in a long night of racing.

Barney Storey and Anthony Kappes are presented with their trophy at the end if the nights racing. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

At the end of the night, the honours seemed pretty even between Great Britain and Australia which is a credit to the riders from Down Under who have had little time to acclimatise and get over the jet lag before being thrown into a competition against a formiable Great Britain squad. Two of the highlights for the Brits were the World Record to Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey in the flying 200 (10.578) and then the British record to a swimmer dipping his toe into the world of cycling, Jody Cundy, who recorded a 1.14.110 for the Kilometre. The latter is a possible future addition to the Great Britain Cycling and will get another chance to shine on Friday at the World Cup.

The Irish go for a long one but GB's Barney & Anthony use their record breaking speed to get them on the line. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

Finishing at gone 11pm, the over riding memory was the kinship between the riders of all the nations competing which also including Ireland and Wales. Most of the racing comprised of time trials but there were some rider-on-rider contests like the Mens tandem where Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey took on Mark Kehoe & Malcolm Goggin of Ireland.

The British World record holders took the event two nil and their World Record in the qualifying showed how good their form is prior to Friday. After the event, Barney calmly described how the tandem started to slip a little on the track as they sped around it at 70kph adding that with more grip at Manchester, who knows whether the record will be broken again...perhaps. Barney then paid tribute to the progress that his stoker Anthony has made in the past year since arriving on the scene prior to last years Paralympic World Cup.

In the Women's Tandem, multi Athens medallists Aileen McGlynn (MBE) & Ellen Hunter came up against an Aussie team that also had success in Athens, Lindy Hou and Janelle Lindsay. The Brits triumphed 2:0 as they tactically held the Aussies on their hip around the steep bankings before unleashing their record breaking power to get to the line first in both heats.

The Aussies, expert riders in the handicap event, hold on to beat the two teams from GB in one of the final events of the night. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

The other multi rider event was a Scratch race and what an entertaining event that was. It may have only been 20 laps but perhaps that's why so many riders were willing to have a go. In the end though, a British rider who resides in the States, Mark Bristow held off the challenge of Aussie Peter Brooks in a side by side sprint.

It was a fine warm-up to the World Cup on Friday night at the Manchester Velodrome (http://www.visaparalympicworldcup.com/).

The field in the Scratch race, final event of the night, get under way with the race being won by Mark Bristow. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

There are a large squad of Aussies on hand to take on the Brits and the Irish. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

Another trophy for Athens Paralympic star, Darren Kenny who's after some rainbow strips this year .... More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

Australia's Jane Armstrong on her way to a winner's trophy at Newport.  More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

Australia's Kieran Modra & Robert Crowe. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

The very swish looking plates awarded to the winners on the night. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.

Presentation by Alun Pugh, Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter of tandems to young stars of the future. More pictures in the galleries -- links at the top of the page.


KEY TO CATEGORIES
- Loco Motive amputees (LC), ride standard bikes
- Cerebral Palsy (CP),  ride standard bikes
- Visually Impaired (VI), ride tandems
- Spinal Injuries (Hand cycling), tricycle

RESULTS

Trophy Winners (British unless noted)
VI (Men): Anthony Kappes/Barney Storey
VI (Women): Aileen McGlynn/ Ellen Hunter
LC1 (Men): Peter Brooks (Australia)
LC2(Men): Jody Cundy
LC3(Men): Matthew Plested

LC2 (Women): Angela Fleming (Australia)
LC3 (Women): Jane Armstrong (Australia)
CP3 (Men): Darren Kenny
CP4 Men: Christopher Scott (Australia)
5k Scratch: Mark Bristow
Spirit Award: Simon Richardson

EVENT BY EVENT

EVENT 1
LC CP BVI Women Flying 200
Aileen McGlynn & Ellen Hunter BVI 12.017
Lindy Hou & Janelle Lindsay BVI 12.022
Angela Fleming (LC2) 17.022
Jane Armstrong (LC3), 17.254

Event 2 LC CP BVI Men Flying 200
Simon Richardson, LC2 13.543

Mark Bristow LC1, 11.916
Peter Brooks LC1, 12.626
Russell White LC1, 13.385

Christoper Scott CP4, 12.677
Rik Waddon CP4, 12.854
Richard Davies CP4, 15.396

Darren Kenny CP3, 12.591
Andrew Pannazzolo CP3, 13.738

Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey BVI 10.578 (WR)
Kieran Modra & Robert Crowe BVI, 11.117
Mark Kehoe & Malcolm Goggin BVI 12.266

EVENT 3 TT, LC1, 1km
Peter Brooks, 1.12,748
Mark Bristow, 1.12.819
Cathal Miller, 1.18.083
Russell White, 1.20.364

EVENT 4 TT LC2
Jody Cundy, 1.14.110 (BR)
Simon Richardson, 1.21.663
Angela Fleming, 43.972 (500m)

EVENT 5 TT LC3
Matthew Plested, 1.26.479
Jane Armstrong, 47.819

EVENT 6 & 9 (match sprint final)
Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey bt Mark Kehoe & Malcolm Goggin
Aileen McGlynn & Eleen Hunter bt Lindy Hou & Janelle Lindsay

EVENT 7 TT CP4
Christopher Scott, 1.14.242
Rik Waddon, 1.15.464
Richard Davies, 1.29.513

EVENT 8 TT CP3
Darren Kenny, 1.15.308
Andrew Pannazzolo, 1.20.303

EVENT 10 & 11 Pursuits
HT 1
I Thomas 6.08.320
P Brooks 5.04.437 (calc)

HEAT 2
C Miller 5.24.852
R White 5.35.112

HT 3
S Richardson 5.46.582

EVENT 15 Pursuit CP4
Christopher Scott, 3.47.440
Rik Waddon 4.02.004
Richard Davies, 4.45.827

EVENT 16 Pursuit CP4
Darren Kenny 4.12.461
Andrew Pannazzolo, 4.19.570

EVENT 17 TT BVI 1km
Kieran Modra & Robert Crowe, AUS 1.08.624

EVENT 18 Pursuit LC3
Jane Armstrong, 4.46,265

EVENT 19 Handcycling
Steve Shortland, 1.03.157

EVENT 20 Handicap (TANDEMS)
1. Lindy Hou & Janelle Lindsay
2. Aileen McGlynn & Eleen Hunter
3. Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey

EVENT 21
1. Mark Bristow, GB
2. Peter Brooks, AUS
3. Darren Kenny, GB
4. Christopher Scott, AUS
5. Russel White, GB
6. I Thomas, GB
7. Rik Waddon  GB

START SHEET
1. Aileen McGlynn & Eleen Hunter  GB BVI
2. Lindy Hou & Janelle Lindsay  AUS BVI
3. Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey  GB BVI
5. Kieran Modra & Robert Crowe  AUS BVI
6. Mark Kehoe & Malcolm Goggin  IRL BVI
7. Gary Williams  GB LC1
8. Mark Bristow  GB LC1
9. Peter Brooks  AUS LC1
10. Cathal Miller  IRL LC1
11. Russel White  GB LC1
12. Jody Cundy  GB LC2
13. Simon GB LC2
14. Matthew Plested  GB LC3
16. Angela Fleming  AUS LC2
17. Jane Armstrong  AUS LC3
18. Darren Kenny  GB CP3
19. Andrew Panazzolo  AUS CP3
20. Rik Waddon  GB CP4
21. Christopher Scott  AUS CP4
23. Richard Davies  GB CP4
24. Steve Shortland GB HC
25. Marc Poolman GB HC
26. Kevin Papworth GB HC