Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
Event: 6 April 2013
Report: Snowdon Sports
Second in last weekend’s Norma Bains Memorial road race, Matt Cronshaw (IG-Sigma Sport) went one better to open his account for the season with victory in the feature race of the Lewis Balyckyi Memorial Crits on the Palatine Circuit in Blackpool.
Cronshaw got the better of Dillon Byrne (Champion Systems-Maxgear-Base) in a hard-fought sprint with a gap of 24 seconds to Richard Hepworth (Node4 Giordana Racing), who led in a four-man group battling for third place with the rest of the field a lap down.
“It’s the first win of the year for me and I’m really happy to have done it remembering an awesome guy,” said 25-year-old Cronshaw.
The supporting senior race ended in a bunch sprint won by Dan Spashett (Team Wheelguru).
James Ellmore (Mid Shropshire Wheelers) soloed to a 17-second victory in the Youth A race, while the other age group races were split between Bolton Hot Wheels CC, with wins for Theo Hartley and Benjamin Peatfield, and Mossley CRT who landed a double through brothers Robert and James Donaldson.
The event was run in memory of late age-group champion Lewis Balyckyi who died, aged 18, two years ago in an accident while training.
Results:
E/1/2/3:
1 Matt Cronshaw IG-SigmaSport 57:11.8
2 Dillon Byrne Champion System/Maxgear/Base 0.154
3 Richard Hepworth Node4 24.514
4 Chris Sherriffs Team Leapfrog 24.546
5 Craig Adams GJS Cruise Racing 24.652
6 Giles Drake Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes.com 25.91
7 Ross Edgar IG-SigmaSport 1 Lap
8 Tom Bracegirdle Biketreks Racing Academy 1 Lap
9 Craig Anderson Blackhawk Bikes 1 Lap
10 Joshua Hunt Team UK Youth (UCI Team) 1 Lap
11 Perry Bowater MG-Maxifuel Pro Cycling 1 Lap
12 Jordan Rigby Teamwallis CHH Racing Team 1 Lap
13 John Didsbury Salt Ayre Cog Set 1 Lap
14 Steve Smith Champion System/Maxgear/Base 1 Lap
15 James Anderson Blackhawk Bikes 1 Lap
16 Andy Warren Base2Race 1 Lap
17 Martin Woffindin Cycle Sport Pendle 1 Lap
18 Samuel Jackson Overplay.net Racing Team 1 Lap
19 Paul Cheetham Team iOPTIX.co.uk 1 Lap
20 Mark McGavock Southport CC 1 Lap
21 Scot Bullivant Rock And Road Cycles 3 Laps
3/4/W:
1 Dan Spashett Team Wheelguru 44:46.2
2 Martin Usher Time RT 0.358
3 Mike Farwell Port Sunlight Whls CC 0.4
4 Richard Haughton Cleveleys RC 0.622
5 Ryan McGillick Mossley CRT 0.635
6 Karl Weatherall Hinckley Cycle Racing Club 0.802
7 Matthew Pearce Bronte Wheelers/Neophix Engineering 0.817
8 Dean Higham H.Middleton CC 0.983
9 Mitchell Cross Team Wheelguru 1.133
10 Nick Hall Bury Clarion Cycling Club 1.413
11 Adrian Reynolds Somerset RC - Bicycle Chain 1.415
12 Mark Westwood 1.575
13 Tim Wilcock Tyneside Vagabonds CC 1.599
14 Oliver Payton Cycle Sport Pendle 1.671
15 Richard Walker Sowerby Brothers CRT 1.752
16 Jack Humphreys Team Wheelbase.co.uk 2.144
17 Callum Belfield West Pennine RC 2.252
18 Martin Bretherton Unattached 2.364
19 Joshua Vincent 2.833
20 Connor French Cycle Sport Pendle 3.203
21 Ian Fagan 3.23
22 Kevin McCann Liverpool Century RC 3.536
23 Ashton Payne Team Hope Factory Racing 3.856
24 Joe Westwood Cycle Sport Pendle 3.862
25 Richard Sagar NLRC 3.944
26 Colin Hodgson St Helens CRC 4.059
27 Anthony Windle Dave Hinde Racing Team 4.233
28 Samuel Turton Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 4.545
29 Sean Hoban VC Cumbria / Lakeland Sprinters 4.753
30 Kevin Ainsworth North Lancashire RC 6.089
31 Christopher Waters Ribble Valley Juniors 8.001
32 David Allonby Overplay.net Racing Team 10.569
33 Ian Kendall Liverpool Century RC 14.842
34 Rory Fowler Polocini Test Team 15.05
35 Chris Vaughan Vanillabikes.com 16.294
36 Clayton Howard Cycle Sport Pendle 17.959
37 Graham McMurray Cleveleys RC 30.289
38 Steven Wood Mossley CRT 42.994
39 James Dent 1 Lap
40 Robert Longden North Cheshire Clarion 1 Lap
41 Ian Seymour Port Sunlight Wheelers 1 Lap
42 David Reece Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 1 Lap
43 Jamie Leung Manchester Whlrs Club 1 Lap
44 Paul Wilkinson North Cheshire Clarion 2 Laps
45 Mike Cleary Manchester Whlrs Club 2 Laps
46 Jonathan Taylor BikeTreks Racing Acadamy 2 Laps
47 Darren French Cycle Sport Pendle 2 Laps
48 Joseph Earley Liverpool Century RC 3 Laps
49 Alex Nurse Liverpool Century RC 3 Laps
50 David Yeoman North Cheshire Clarion 4 Laps
51 Raymond Cassar Lancs Fire Racing 4 Laps
52 Adam Wilkinson North Cheshire Clarion 5 Laps
Youth A:
1 James Ellmore Mid Shropshire Whls 56:14.3
2 Owen Line Stourbridge Velo 17.36
3 Robert Armstrong Epic Cycles RC 17.388
4 Ewan Grivell-Mellor Mid Shropshire Whls 17.654
5 Joseph Peatfield Bolton Hot Wheels CC 17.758
6 Joseph Baldwin Salt Ayre Cog Set 17.813
7 James Helsby Eastlands Velo 17.903
8 Robert Scott East Bradford CC 18.108
9 Timothy Jones Cycle Sport Pendle 18.291
10 Reece Player Mossley CRT 18.395
11 Bailey Payne Cycle Sport Pendle 19.339
12 Harry French Cycle Sport Pendle 19.709
13 David Tudor Rhyl Cycling Club 21.141
14 Jack Fillingham Pedalsport Cycling Club 29.648
15 Harry Pate North Lancashire RC 2 Laps
16 Lewis Collins Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 2 Laps
17 Joshua Carr Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 5 Laps
18 Ryan Harrison Bury Clarion Cycling Club 7 Laps
Youth B Boys/Youth AB Girls:
1 Theo Hartley Bolton Hot Wheels CC 42:45.3
2 Thomas Humphrey Sportcity Velo 0.55
3 Alistair Leivers Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 0.705
4 Brad Dransfield North Midlands Youth Squad 1.05
5 Nathan Hawthorn Eastlands Velo 1.24
6 Daniel Gibson Liverpool Century RC 1.591
7 James Farrington Eastlands Velo 1.922
8 Joseph Armstrong Border City Wheelers CC 1.987
9 Luke Cheetham Eastlands Velo 2.451
10 Benjamin Moody Achieve-Skinnergate Racing 2.765
11 Lucy Lee Marsh Tracks Race Team 2.944
12 Shay Casey Manchester BMX Club 3.177
13 Cory Edmondson Cycle Sport Pendle 3.831
14 Corinne Side Bolton Hot Wheels CC 4.318
15 Dexter Sparrow Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 4.384
16 Andrew Hathaway Bolton Hot Wheels CC 10.157
17 Katie Helsby Eastlands Velo 13.281
18 Harrison Cooper-Oldroyd Kirklees Cycling Academy 1 Lap
19 Sam Rathbone Eastlands Velo 1 Lap
20 Joely Side Bolton Hot Wheels CC 2 Laps
21 Georgia Savory Eastlands Velo 2 Laps
22 Brendan Thompson Liverpool Century RC 2 Laps
23 Anna Hulme Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 3 Laps
24 Thomas Longden Manx Mountain Bike Club 4 Laps
25 Rebecca Gregson Ribble Valley Juniors 4 Laps
26 Lydia Dixon Ribble Valley Juniors 5 Laps
27 Sarah Gregson Ribble Valley Juniors 6 Laps
Youth C:
1 Robert Donaldson Mossley CRT 29:06.6
2 Thomas Bates Mossley CRT 0.633
3 Isaac Peatfield Bolton Hot Wheels CC 0.831
4 Addam Hathaway Bolton Hot Wheels CC 3.094
5 Ava Oxley Wakefield Tri 3.306
6 Ben Lewis VC Melyd 3.562
7 Finlay Cooper-Oldroyd Kirklees Cycling Academy 6.29
8 Anna Armstrong Border City Wheelers CC 6.736
9 Thomas Wood Mossley CRT 10.821
10 James Ince Kirklees Cycling Academy 12.201
11 George Ball Furness Future Flyers 01:19.1
12 Matthew Wearing Ribble Valley Juniors 1 Lap
13 Holly Stanyer Blackpool Youth Cycling Association 2 Laps
14 Jacob Wolstencroft Bolton Hot Wheels CC 2 Laps
15 Alfie Payne Cycle Sport Pendle 2 Laps
16 Adam Hulme Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC 3 Laps
Youth D:
1 Benjamin Peatfield Bolton Hot Wheels CC 09:30.5
2 James Higham Eastland's Velo 0.309
3 Kyle Braun Mossley CRT 45.372
4 Samuel Kendall Liverpool Century RC 01:58.6
5 Thomas Bickerstaffe Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 02:24.4
6 Ella Hampson Huddersfield Star Whlrs 1 Lap
7 Spencer Unsworth Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 1 Lap
8 Thomas Weatherall Hinckley Cycle Racing Club 1 Lap
9 Evelina Black Chester Go-Ride Cycling Club 1 Lap
Youth E:
1 James Donaldson Mossley CRT 06:40.8
2 Deetry Jarrett Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 2.639
3 Joel Sargeant Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 12.529
4 Noah Burt Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 01:11.1
5 Trayden Jarrett Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 01:11.7
6 Saul Ashton Blackpool Youth Cycle Association 01:32.3
7 Imogen Peatfield Bolton Hot Wheels CC 01:33.5
8 Ephraim Ashworth Cycle Sport Pendle 02:42.4
9 Charlotte Kendall Liverpool Century 1 Lap
10 Robyn Fairhurst Unattached 1 Lap
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