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Poole Crowned British U16's Club Champions
Event: 28th May 2011
Promoted by: Newport CSC
Venue: Newport CSC, Wales National Velodrome, Newport
Report: Jonathan Sidwick
Event Details
Poole CSC clinched the British U16's Club Championships this afternoon at windswept Newport defeating runners up Stockport CSC by five points with Ipswich clinching third and Horspath finishing in fourth place.
Semi Final 1 saw Stockport ease through to the final amassing 52 points with the team of five first passed the post in ten of the heats, reserve Joe Pickford getting three rides to score 11 points, also through to the final were Horspath, they finished on 42 points, Zak Payne and Lee Clarke scoring the bulk of their points.
Third place on 34 points were Wednesfield who up until heat fourteen were still in with a shout for second place until two exclusions in heats 15 & 16 put paid their chances were well lead by the impressive Matt Haddock. Fourth place went to Leicester; they scored 26 points with Lauren Davies scoring 8 points.
Results - Semi Final 1
Stockport 54: Ali Lam 12, Matt Lush 12, Joe Pickford 11, Jack Lush 11, Jake Read 8.
Horspath 42: Zak Payne 14, Lee Clarke 10, Livvy Horsley 7, Jordan Richardson 7, Jake Neighbour 4.
Wednesfield 34: Matt Haddock 14, Troy Allen 9, Jordon Holdcroft 8, Rhianna Brindley 2, Aarron O'Brien 1.
Leicester 26: Lauren Davies 8, Charlie Cooper 6, Luke Hartshorn 5, Liam Davies 5, Liam Doughty 2.
Semi Final 2 saw eventual winners Poole score 51 points, Matt Mildon looking quick & Arron Smith helping himself to 12 points, also through to the final went Ipswich, after a titanic battle with home side Newport, that never saw any more than three points between the sides, Ashley Hill & Charlie Rumbold starred for the East Anglians, Jack Harrold was unbeaten for the Welsh side ably supported by Oli Sidwick. East Newport finished fourth, fielding an inexperienced side it was always going to be a tough task, but each rider gave their best and the experience gained today can only benefit them in future years.
Results - Semi Final 2
Poole 51: Matt Mildon 15, Aaron Morgan 12, Arron Smith 12, Will Bristowe 9, Alex Lane 3.
Ipswich 46: Ashley Hill 13, Charlie Rumbold 11, Richard Fellgate 8, Lewis Roberts 8, Will Clarke 6.
Newport 44: Jack Harrold 16, Oli Sidwick 12, Jacob Soper 8, Dan Denny 6, Matt Trechmann 2.
East Newport 19: Josh Davies 6, Ethan Greenslade 5, Ieuan Payne 4, Tudor Coombs 4.
There was plenty of tension as the final got underway, heat 1 had to be re run twice due to a tape exclusion for Rumbold and a racing exclusion for Jack Lush, Mildon got the win for Poole. Hill then got a win for Ipswich before Morgan won for Poole and then Fellgate got another win for Ipswich, a quarter of the way through and Poole held a single point advantage over surprise packets Ipswich, Horspath on eight points and Stockport on six.
By the half way stage it was getting very tight, Stockport got their act together scoring three wins and a second to be tying with Poole on 21 points, Ipswich were just one behind with Horspath dropping off the pace, the next block of heats saw the South Coast side taking grid one and they responded with three heat wins and a third, Stockport consolidated with four second places, Ipswich dropped off the pace a little, three third place finishes affecting their challenge.
Horspath scored a heat win in race thirteen, Lee Clarke posting the win, but by heat fifteen the victory had all but been secured as Will Bristowe got an important second place ahead of Ali Lam to see Poole leading by three points, the last heat saw Arron Morgan complete his four ride maximum to lead the seasiders to a five point win over second placed Stockport with impressive Ipswich third and Horspath finishing in fourth.
Results - Final
Poole 47: Aaron Morgan 16, Matt Mildon 14, Arron Smith 10, Will Bristowe 7, Alex Lane Dnr.
Stockport 42: Matt Lush 12, Jake Read 12, Jack Lush 9, Ali Lam 9, Joe Pickford Dnr.
Ipswich 40: Ashley Hill 14, Lewis Roberts 9, Charlie Rumbold 8, Richard Fellgate 6, Will Clarke 3.
Horspath 26: Lee Clarke 10, Zak Payne 6, Livvy Horsley 4, Jordan Richardson 3, Jake Neighbour 3.
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.
