Updated 07 August 2015
Many thanks to Martin Mulholland & Stephen Hilbourne for providing detailed updates and images throughout the competition in Manchester.
Day 4 Round Up
The penultimate day of competition at the British Youth & Junior Track Championships in Manchester was a busy day for Scottish riders, with yet more medals won for the young Scottish riders.
In the U16 boys Scratch race, there were three tough qualifying heats, with the top 8 riders progressing from each heat. With four Scottish riders drawn in the first heat, Stephen Dent (Nevis Cycles), Lewis Stewart (Glasgow Riderz) and Danny Mulholland (Johnstone Wheelers CC) all progressed into the final. In the final heat, Jonathon Hilbourne (Glasgow Riderz) was just pipped at the line to take 9th place. In the final, there were bold moves from Dent and Mulholland to get away early in the race, with Mulholland away from the pack for a half dozen laps before being caught with four to go. Lewis Stewart took 4th place at the finish, in a photo finish.
Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club) set a new PB in the U16 girls 2k Pursuit with a time of 2:36.101 which saw her progress into the 5th-8th place final. From there, she finished 6th overall.
In the Junior men’s Keirin championships, Jack Carlin (Glasgow Sprint TCT) won his heat , and put in a strong ride to see him finish 4th in the final.
The final race of the night was the Junior men’s 30km Points race, with Andy Brown (Glasgow Cycle Team), Angus Claxton (Glasgow Cycle Team) and Kyle Johnstone (East Kilbride Road Club) all in the mix. After the second points sprint, Claxton moved clear of the bunch, with all the Scottish boys fortunately avoiding a crash, and Claxton working with two others to take a lap. With 9 to go, Brown flew off the front of the bunch making a decisive move to take a lap. Going into the bell lap, Brown was tied on points with Bostock in 3rd place, and one sprint left to claim a British medal. As the 49.24kmph race crossed the line, Brown edged out Bostock to take the Bronze medal!
Competition concludes today (Friday 7th of August), with the following events and Scottish riders:
Male Junior Sprint – Jack Carlin (Glasgow Sprint TCT)
Female Junior 2k Pursuit – Lulu Bartlett (the Racers), Sarah Bradford (Johnstone Wheelers CC), Rosa Martin (PH-MAS VCUK)
U16 boys 500m TT – Stephen Dent (Nevis Cycles), Jonathon Hilbourne (Glasgow Riderz), Joe Nally (Hardie Bikes, Lewis Stewart (Glasgow Riderz)
U16 girls 500m TT – Rhona Callendar (Stirling Bike Club), Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club), Amber King (Stirling Bike Club), Ellie Park (billy Bisland Cycles), Gemma Penman (Johnstone Wheelers CC).
Full results can be found here.
Day 3 Round Up
As the competition continued at the British Youth & Junior Track Championships in Manchester, there were yet more medal successes for Scottish riders, and many gutsy performances throughout the categories.
The U16 girls were in action twice, with the Points race and the Sprint titles both being decided. In the points race heats, Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club) qualified first from her heat with her team mate Rhona Callendar joining her from the other heat. Rhona put in an impressive performance in the final, sat joint second with two sprints remaining, although was just edged out to take a respectable 4th place.
In the U16 girls Sprint conclusion Amber King (Stirling Bike Club)won the her semi final in two heats, teeing her up for the final race to decide the top two positions. In the final, Amber was beaten by half a bike length and claimed a brilliant silver medal.
The U16 boys were contesting the 2k Individual Pursuit titles. Joe Nally (Hardie Bikes) took a massive four seconds off his PB, and recently set Scottish record, to set a time of 2:20.925 to see him place 8th from the 55 riders! The winning time was a new British record set by Rhys Britton who recorded an outstanding time of 2:14.590.
Rebecca Dornan (The Racers) won her heat in the Junior Women’s Keirin to progress into the final later that evening, where she rode strongly and won the silver medal, her second of the competition! The Junior women were also taking part in the final of the points race, full results to follow.
The final competition of the day was the Junior Men’s Scratch race final, with Andy Brown (Glasgow Cycle Team), Angus Claxton (Glasgow Cycle Team) and Kyle Johnstone (East Kilbride RC) all in action. Full results of that event to follow.
Competition continues today (Wednesday 5th of August), with the following events and Scottish riders:
U16 boys 10km Scratch Race – Stephen Dent (Nevis cycles RT), Jonathon Hilbourne (Glasgow Riderz), Danny Mulholland (Johnstone Wheelers CC), Joe Nally (Hardie Bikes), Lewis Stewart (Glasgow Riderz)
U16 girls 2k Individual Pursuit – Rhona Callendar (Stirling bike Club), Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club), Ellie Park (Billy Bisland Cycles)
Junior Boy’s Keirin – Jack Carlin (Glasgow Sprint TCT), Kyle Johnstone (East Kilbride RC)
Junior Boy’s 30km Points Race – Andy Brown (Glasgow Cycle Team), Angus Claxton (Glasgow Cycle Team), Ben Forsyth (Spokes RT), Danny Hedley (Moray Cycle RT), Kyle Johnstone (east Kilbride RC), Fraser Knox (Glasgow Cycle Team), Ewan Mathieson (Glasgow Cycle Team), Lewis Mulholland (Glasgow Cycle Team)
Junior Girl’s 10km Scratch Race – Lulu Bartlett (The Racers), Sarah Bradford (Johnstone Wheelers CC)
Day 2 Round Up
The second day of the British Youth & Junior Track Championships got underway with the Under 16 girls Sprint qualifying, with Amber King (Stirling Bike Club) and Gemma Penman (Johnstone Wheelers CC) both setting PBs with times of 12.2 and 13.008 respectively, Amber qualifying in 2nd place. Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club), Gemma Penman and Amber King won their ensuing heats, with Ellie Park progressing into the repechages. From there, Amber, Gemma and Jenny made it into the quarter finals. With a long day of racing, the young girls showed no let up despite numerous heats with Amber through to the semi final and Gemma and Jenny contesting the minor final, which Gemma won. The semi finals and finals will take place on Wednesday where we’ll find out the conclusion of that event.
In the U16 boys sprint qualifying, Lewis Stewart (Glasgow Riderz) qualified second with a time of 11.265 for his flying 200m.
He progressed through the heats and into the semi-final where he narrowly missed out, leaving him in the bronze medal ride off. Needing just two heats, Lewis Stewart took the bronze medal from Jake Stewart, claiming yet another medal for the Scottish contingent.
The Junior boys were up in the Individual Pursuit where five riders from Glasgow Cycle Team: Lewis Mulholland (PB), Andy Brown (PB), Fraser Knox (PB), Ewan Mathieson and Angus Claxton were joined by Danny Hedley (Moray Cycle RT) and Kyle Johnstone (East Kilbride Road Club). Angus Claxton progressed through qualifying setting a time of 3:24.369 to be in the bronze medal ride off. Andy Brown was in the 5th place ride off, where he took 8th place overall.
Then it was onto the final, riding perfectly to his schedule, Angus Claxton took the bronze medal, with an impressive ride.
The Junior girls were competing in the 500mTT with Sarah Bradford (Johnstone Wheelers CC) the first rider on the track and setting a time of 40.655. Rebecca Dornan (The Racers) took 4th place!
All in all, it was another very successful day for the Scottish riders, with yet more medals on a British stage!
Competition continues today (Wednesday 5th of August), with the following events and Scottish riders:
U16 Girls 15km Points Race – Rhona Callendar (Stirling Bike Club), Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club), Ellie Park (Billy Bisland Cycles)
U16 Girls Sprint ½ & Final – Amber King (Stirling Bike Club)
U16 boys 2k Pursuit – Stephen Dent (Nevis Cycles RT), Jonathon Hilbourne (Glasgow Riderz), Joe Nally (Hardie Bikes)
Junior Girl’s Keirin – Rebecca Dornan (The Racers), Amber King (Stirling Bike Club)
Junior Men’s 20km Scratch Race – Ben Forsyth (Spokes RT), Danny Hedley (Moray Cycles RT), Kyle Johnstone (East Kilbride RC), Fraser Knox (Glasgow Cycle Team), Ewan Mathieson (Glasgow Cycle Team), Lewis Mulholland (Glasgow Cycle Team), Andy Brown (Glasgow Cycle Team), Angus Claxton (Glasgow Cycle Team)
Junior Girl’s 15km Points Race – Lulu Bartlett (The Racers), Sarah Bradford (Johnstone Wheelers CC)
Day 1 Round Up
A strong contingent of Scottish riders travelled to Manchester this week for the British Youth & Junior Track Championships. The week-long competition will see some of Britain’s best young riders battle it out in the hope of being crowned British Champion.
On Monday (day 1 of competition) there has already been Scottish success! Recently crowned British Youth Crit Champion, Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club) repeated the feat by claiming the Youth Girls Scratch race title. Her team mate, Rhona Callendar had also made it through to the final.
In a thrilling Youth boys Points race final, Joe Nally (Team Hardie Bikes) won the bronze medal. Rebecca Dornan (The Racers) made it into the Junior girls Sprint minor final where she overcame her opponent and also won a bronze medal.
In the Junior boys Kilo TT final, there were a multitude of PBs for Scottish riders! Angus Claxton, Fraser Knox, Lewis Mulholland, Kyle Johnstone and Danny Hedley all achieved their best times in this event.
Full day 1 results can be found here.
Competition continues today (4th August), with events and Scottish riders below:
Junior boys 3k Pursuit – Andy Brown (Glasgow Cycle Team), Angus Claxton (Glasgow Cycle Team), Danny Hedley (Moray Cycle RT), Kyle Johnstone (East Kilbride Road Club), Fraser Knox (Glasgow Cycle Team), Ewan Mathieson (Glasgow Cycle Team), Lewis Mulholland (Glasgow Cycle Team)
Junior girls 500m TT – Sarah Bradford (Johnstone Wheelers), Rebecca Dornan (The Racers)
U16 boys Sprint – Lewis Stewart (Glasgow Riderz)
U16 girls Sprint – Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club), Amber King (Stirling Bike Club), Ellie Park (Billy Bislands Cycles), Gemma Penman (Johnstone Wheelers CC)
Mixed Para Pursuit
