2008 National Senior Track Championships

16-20 September 2008, Manchester Velodrome

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DAY 5 - Thurs, Sept 20

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EVENING SESSION

The podium girls for the week long Track Championships, three of the many volunteers who made the week possible, Abbie Collins, Claire Rutherford and Stacey Jackson.

Women's Keirin

Victoria Pendleton has brought some star quality to these championships and it was great to see her taking on the best of the younger British riders again in the Keirin. Her victory in the final was completely expected but no less breath-taking as she blasted clear in the last lap and left the others standing. Anna Blyth took second just ahead of Jess Varnish. In some ways the rivalry between Blyth and Varnish promises to be one of the features of the next couple of seasons, as these two talented young riders seek to match Pendleton and become genuinely world class at senior level, having proved themselves at Junior level.

Victoria Pendleton leads Anna Blyth at the bell.

Earlier, in the first round of the women's Keirin, Heat 2 was the one to watch with European Champion Jess Varnish taking on GB team-mate Anna Blyth. With the top two going through to the final of right, these two made a move as soon as the derney had pulled off and although Charline Joiner showed a good turn of speed in chasing them down, Blyth and Varnish had enough in hand to qualify comfortably. In the first heat Victoria Pendleton cruised round on the front, with only Helen Scott able to stay with her and these two crossed the line well clear of the other three riders. Charline Joiner, then made amends for her earlier near miss with a fine ride to go through via the repechage, holding off Alex Greenfield.

Women's Keirin

 

Heat 1
1 Victoria Pendleton SiS
2 Helen Scott Halesowen A & CC
3 Caroline Gammell XRT Elmy cycles
4 Louise Satherley Yasumitsu Schlapp
5 Rusine Airstone VC St Raphael

Heat 2
1 Anna Blyth VC St Raphael
2 Jess Varnish Halesowen A & CC
3 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh
4 Alex Greenfield Pinarello RT
5 Jo-Anne Harmon Yasumitsu Schlapp

Repechage
1. Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh
2. Alex Greenfield Pinarello RT
3. Rusine Airstone VC St Raphael
4. Caroline Gammell XRT Elmy cycles
5. Jo-Anne Harmon Yasumitsu Schlapp
6. Louise Satherley Yasumitsu Schlapp

Final
1. Victoria Pendleton SiS
2. Anna Blyth VC St Raphael
3. Jess Varnish Halesowen A & CC
4. Helen Scott Halesowen A & CC
5. Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh

Minor Final
6 Rusine Airstone VC St Raphael
7 Caroline Gammell XRT Elmy cycles
8 Jo-Anne Harmon Yasumitsu Schlapp
9 Louise Satherley Yasumitsu Schlapp

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Women's Pursuit

History was made in the women's pursuit finals, with Sarah Storey demolishing the opposition to claim the title. In her ride off for gold, she was three seconds up at the 1km point and on a charge, well inside her qualifying time. Her opponent, Emma Trott, had no answer to the Paralympic champion and the catch was inevitable and came at just over three minutes. Storey, who had such a remarkable Paralympics, smashing her p.b. to claim gold in the pursuit, is the first paralympic athlete to win an individual gold medal in a senior track championship in this country.

The bronze medal ride off was a very close affair, with Hamel going off very quickly, but being pegged back by Sadler-Andrews. Both were well inside their qualifying times ate every time check. It wasn't until the final kilometre that Hamel dragged herself into a winning position as Sadler-Andrews began to fade, but even at the very end the gap was coming back down again, reflecting a very close hard-fought race. Hamel went ton to win by just under 2 seconds.

Sarah Storey

Gold medal final
Sarah Storey VC St Raphael
caught
Emma Trott Team Halfords Bikehut

Bronze medal final
Lynn Hamel thegreenroom.com 3.55.761
beat
Ella Sadler-Andrews Leisure Lakes RT 3.57.344

 

Lynn Hamel and Emma Trott

5th & 6th Place Ride-off
Rachel Turner Birmingham Uni CC 4.07.665
caught
Emilie Fisher XRT - elmycycles

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Men's Keirin

The final of the men's Keirin was Matt Crampton's chance to win a fourth national titles at this championships. As defending champion, he was a clear favourite ahead of the slightly off-colour Craig MacLean. The race was a full blooded affair, with Ivor Reid the first to kick. He was brought back by MacLean and Hill, who collided with MacLean and only just held the resulting twitch. Then Crampton surged over the top of everyone at 300m to go and although MacLean got his wheel, the Scot had no answer to the SiS rider, who did indeed cap a great week with a fourth national title. Christian Lyte took the bronze medal.

Matthew Crampton leads at the bell and the positions of the top three stayed the same all the way to the line.

Earlier, the first men's Keirin semi went to Matt Crampton who held back till the other riders committed themselves, then simply turned on the gas with two laps to go and was a couple of lengths clear of Christina Lyte and Steven Hill at the line, these three going through to the final.

The second semi was controlled by Croag MacLean, who sat on the front and kept himself out of trouble. He was joined in qualifying for the final by David Daniell, who left his surge for the line quite late, and Ivor Reid who simply kept his head down in MacLean's wake. Surprise non-qualifier was Peter Mitchell, who allowed himself to get blocked at the back of the field and couldn't quite match Daniell's over-the-top surge to the line.

Close finish for minor final

Men's Keirin

 

Semi Final 1
1. Matthew Crampton Science In Sport.com
2. Christian Lyte Sport City Velo
3. Steven Hill Brooks Cycles
4. Kian Emadi Tunstall Whlrs
5. Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
6. Kevin Stewart City of Edinburgh RC

 

Semi Final 2
1. Craig MacLean Plowman Craven RT
2. David Daniell Cleveland Wheelers CC
3. Ivor Reid Clachnacuddin CC
4. Peter Mitchell Team Terminator
5. Anthony Gill Yasumitsu Schlapp
6. Matt Haynes City of Edinburgh RC

Final
1. Matthew Crampton Science In Sport.com
2. Craig MacLean Plowman Craven RT
3. Christian Lyte Sport City Velo
4. David Daniell Cleveland Wheelers CC
5. Steven Hill Brooks Cycles
6.  Ivor Reid Clachnacuddin CC

 

Minor Final
7. Anthony Gill Yasumitsu Schlapp
8. Kian Emadi Tunstall Whlrs
9. Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
10. Peter Mitchell Team Terminator
11. Kevin Stewart City of Edinburgh RC
12. Matt Haynes City of Edinburgh RC

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Team Pursuit

The Team Pursuit final saw a great ride by the Agiskoviner squad, who looked really well drilled and well-matched. They caught their opponents, VC st Raphael, in fine style after just over three and half minutes, before going on to record a time of just over 4 minutes 31 seconds, well inside their qualifying time from the afternoon. They even did an extra lap before they realised they were finished, such was their tunnel vision! Perhaps it was a lap on honour. Whatever, they deserved their medals.

The bronze medal final was close on paper and the race itself lived up to it. Scunthorpe kept edging ahead through the first three km, only to be brought back. They had a 0.7 second lead at one point, but suddenly they went down to 3 men at the 3km point. MJS kept themselves together far better in the closing three laps to win by almost 8 tenths in the end. It was a classic see-saw encounter, with both teams bettering their qualifying time and really riding to their limits.

Gold Medal Final
Agiskoviner (James Boyman, Jon Mould , Christopher Richardson, Joel Stewart) 4.31.453
caught
VC St Raphael (Benedict Elliott , Alan Peet, Thomas Price, Jason Streather)

Bronze Medal Final
MJS Racing (George Bate , Jack Hibberd, Martin Osman, Ben Stockdale) 4.40.213
beat
Scunthorpe Poly CC (Anthony Nash , Jason Benham, John Brearley, Jamie Rogers) 4.40.981

 

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AFTERNOON SESSION

Men's Keirin

Round 1

Heat 1
1. Matthew Crampton Science In Sport.com
2. Matt Haynes City of Edinburgh RC
3. Rhydian Page CC Cardiff
4. Thomas Powell Newcastle RC 2001
5. Andrew Hewitt Brooks Cycles
6. Maher Al-Ausi VC St Raphael
10.827s

Heat 2
1. David Daniell Cleveland Wheelers CC
2. Steven Hill Brooks Cycles
3. Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
4. Michael Partridge CC Cardiff
5. Dave Heald VC St Raphael
6. Joseph Allen Evans Cycles
11.339s

Heat 3
1. Christian Lyte Sport City Velo
2. Ivor Reid Clachnacuddin CC
3. Josh Hargreaves Sport City Velo
4. Dave Readle Science In Sport.com
5. Jamie Bremner City of Edinburgh RC
6. Chris Pritchard Stealth RT
Chris Pritchard relegated for illegally entering the Sprinters Lane during the final sprint
11.913s

Heat 4
1. Craig MacLean Plowman Craven RT
2. Kian Emadi Tunstall Whlrs
3. Peter Mitchell Team Terminator
4. Kevin Stewart City of Edinburgh RC
5. Callum Skinner City of Edinburgh RC DNF
6. Anthony Gill Yasumitsu Schlapp DNF
11.252s

Repechage Results

Rep 1
1. Peter Mitchell Team Terminator
2. Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
3. Josh Hargreaves Sport City Velo
4. Dave Heald VC St Raphael
5. Jamie Bremner City of Edinburgh RC
6. Rhydian Page CC Cardiff
7. Andrew Hewitt Brooks Cycles
11.275s

Rep 2
1. Kevin Stewart City of Edinburgh RC
2. Anthony Gill Yasumitsu Schlapp
3. Chris Pritchard Stealth RT
4. Michael Partridge CC Cardiff
5. Joseph Allen Evans Cycles
6. Dave Readle Science In Sport.com
7. Maher Al-Ausi VC St Raphael
8. Thomas Powell Newcastle RC 2001
12.197s

Female Pursuit Qualification

Sarah Storey VC St Raphael 3m 46.696s
Emma Trott Team Halfords Bikehut 3.49.122
Ella Sadler-Andrews Leisure Lakes RT 4.00.714
Lynn Hamel thegreenroom.com 4.00.928
Rachel Turner Birmingham Uni CC 4.08.821
Emilie Fisher XRT - elmycycles 4.14.806

Team Pursuit Qualification

Agiskoviner (John McClelland, Jon Mould , Christopher Richardson, Joel Stewart) 4m 35.103s
VC St Raphael (Benedict Elliott , Alan Peet, Thomas Price, Jason Streather) 4.38.769 
Scunthorpe Poly CC (Anthony Nash , Jason Benham, John Brearley, Jamie Rogers) 4.44.769 
MJS Racing (George Bate , Jack Hibberd, Martin Osman, Ben Stockdale) 4.46.782
Solihull CC  (Ian Cowan, James Cowan, Tom Hibberd) 4.55.444