Janet Birkmyre Wins Darley Moor Team Series Race
August 30, 2009; Source: Jon Miles
Photo: Jeff Baird
Janet Birkmyre (above), guesting for DNA Cycles, won the penultimate round of the Women's Team Race Series event at a wind swept Darley Moor proving that her track legs work just as well in the longer distances, just beating the Max Gear RT duo of Harriet Owen and Marianne Britten to the finish line. A fuller field than normal faced 22 laps of the motorcycle racing circuit near Derby, generously sponsored by Farmers Skoda of Nottingham (www.farmersskoda.co.uk/nottingham/) and My Team Giordana (www.myteamgiordana.co.uk) and organised by the Asfield RC's Arthur Gamble and Ray Stuart.
With its open fields leaving the circuit well exposed to the elements, it was the strong wind that cancelled out the early breaks of Iona Sewell, Kelly Moore both of Squadra Donne/Bikefood/Luciano Cycles and Charlotte Colclough riding for Mischief Card.com. A crash with 13 laps to go involving Lisa Scarlett (London Dynamo) and Nikki Wheeler (Surrey League) gave them a lap out but fortunately without any physical damage.
The final attack of the day was by Nicola Juniper, BCF Eastern who lept clear with three laps to go and although she stayed away for almost one and a half laps, again it was doomed not to be successful and eventually the race came down to a bunch kick with Janet taking a well deserved win.
Photos from Dave O'Nyons (sportspictorial@blueyonder.co.uk)
Cheryl Owens makes a dash for freedom
Harriett Owen on the move
Result
1. Janet Birkmyre DNA Cycles
2. Harriet Owen Max Gear RT
3. Marianne Britten Max Gear RT
4. Cheryl Owens Impsport Team A
5. Charlotte Colclough Mischief Card.com
6. Cassie Gledhill DNA Cycles
7. Emma Patterson London Dynamo
8. Penny Rowson Mischief Card.com
9. Monica Eden Impsport Team A
10. Emily Hogge DNA Cycles
11. Miriam Freemantle Impsport Team A
12. Helen Gutteridge Mischief Card.com
13. Hannah Walker Mischief Card.com
14. Claire Beaumont London Dynamo
15. Nicola Juniper BCF Eastern
16. Rachel Przbyiski Surrey League
17. Alex Tyrer Twickenham CC
18. Rohan Battison DNA Cycles
19. Estelle Rogers Surrey League
20. Karen Price Surrey League
21. Alison Mischief Card.com
22. Sarah King Impsport Team A
23. Caroline Harding BCF Eastern
24. Iona Sewell Squadra Donne/Bikefood/Luciano Cycles
25. Sarah Byrne Mischief Card.com
26. Lisa Scarlett London Dynamo
27. Angie Thorp BCF Eastern
28. Jackie Garner Max Gear RT
29. Nikki Wheeler Surrey League
30. Gail Aspden Squadra Donne/Bikefood/Luciano Cycles
31. Tracey Corbett London Dynamo
32. Kirsty Bishop PSUK
33. Linda Hubbard Welland Valley RT
33. Leona Kadir Surrey League
35. Louise Eden Max Gear RT
36. Mathilde Matthijsse Impsport Team A
37. Jenny Milsom PSUK
38. Elizabeth Clayton Mischief Card.com
39. Helen Clayton Mischief Card.com
40. Tina Reid Twickenham CC
41. Hannah Bussey Max gear RT
42. Jayne Payne DNA Cycles
43. Stephania Magri Squadra Donne/Bikefood/Luciano Cycles
44. Fiona Telford-Brunton Impsport team B
45. Kate Evans Impsport Team B
46. Anna Grundy BCF Eastern
47. Carrie Bedingfield Max Gear RT
48. Vicky Ware Squadra Donne/Bikefood/Luciano Cycles
49. Emma Grant DNA Cycles
50. Wiesia Kurzaj Twickenham CC
51. Lisa West Twickenham CC
TEAM POINTS
1. DNA Cycles 322 points
2. Max Gear RT 290 points + Sprint Points = 19 = 309
3. Mischief Card.com 251 points
4. Impsport Team A 243 points + Sprint Points = 10 = 253
5. London Dynamo 165 points + Sprint Points = 3 = 168
6. Surrey League 134 points
7. BCF Eastern 106 points
8. Squadra Donne 70 points
9. Twickenham CC 58 points
10. PSUK 39 points
11. Welland Valley RT 21 points
12. Impsport Team B 19 points
