Brooks Cycles Newcastle Track League

August 29, 2009; Staffordshire; Thanks to Chris Pyatt

The penultimate round of the Brooks Cycles sponsored Newcastle Track League in Staffordshire saw the use of floodlights for half of the meeting as the nights start to close in on us again. A good turnout of 52 riders competed on the night with some great racing witnessed by the watching spectators and parents.

The highlight of the night was the final 10 mile scratch event in which track regular Adrian Adgar of Go Sport Spex RT put up a £20 first prize for any rider that won the event in under 21 minutes. This sponsorship came via his company, AA Installations Ltd.  As a result, the pace of the event was high throughout with the A Class riders maintaining a high speed with race winner Andrew Magnier crossing the line in a time of 20 minutes 44 seconds, to take the prize money. Adrian Adgar just failed to take the money himself as he finished a wheel length down in second place.

Andrew Magnier also won the 8 lap scratch, course de primes and the devil and in doing so has now taken over the overall lead with one race to go of the A class league. In the B class events, Martyn Shaw of Lyme RC extended his lead in the overall table due to the absence of second place Joe Turner.  Martyn won the devil and placed second in the course de primes and two third places in the 8 lap and 10 mile scratch.

In the Youth League, Sam Birchall joint top scored with Alex Taylor on 6 points as Sam was joint winner of the 200m time trial, team sprint and came second in the devil.  Alex was also joint winner of the 200m time trial and he won the devil event. In the final round of the Brooks Cycles sponsored handicap league, Tom Powell of Newcastle RC won in a close finish and so sealed second place in the overall league table.  Absent Joffy Houlton already had an unassailable lead in this competition and is a worthy winner of this season long competition.

In the Freewheelers League, the numbers were back up to just under 20 riders as the school holidays come to an end.  The top points scorers in each group are as follows:

Group 1 Joel Partington Eastlands Velo
Group 2 Sallie Birchall Lyme RC
              Luke Mansfield Newcastle RC 2001
Group 3 Megan Williams Lyme RC

All riders who competed throughout this year and any newcomers are invited to come along to the final meeting which takes place next Thursday, 3rd September, for the season’s finale which again will see the use of the floodlights.

Freewheelers League

Group 1

Race 1
1st Joel Partington  Eastlands Velo
2nd George Edwards  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles

Race 2
1st Joel Partington 
2nd George Edwards 

Race 3
1st George Edwards
2nd Joel Partington

Race 4
1st Joel Partington 
2nd George Edwards

Group 2

Race 1
1st Ashleigh Williams Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Sallie Birchall  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Megan Wynn  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles

Race 2
1st Luke Mansfield  Newcastle RC 2001 /Modern Glass
2nd Megan Wynn
3rd Sallie Birchall

Race 3
1st Sallie Birchall
2nd Luke Mansfield
3rd Megan Wynn

Race 4
1st Luke Mansfield
2nd Sallie Birchall
3rd Ashleigh Williams


Group 3

Race 1
1st Bradley Hill  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
 Oscar Crooks  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles

Race 2
1st Heidi Simpson
2nd Megan Williams  Lyme RC /Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Harrison Barber  NTCA

Race 3
1st Heidi Simpson
2nd Megan Williams
3rd Sophie Purton

Race 4
1st Megan Williams
2nd Sophie Purton
3rd Georgina Clewlow Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles

MAIN LEAGUE

Youth 200m TT
1st Alex Taylor   Sportcity Velo
 Sam Birchall  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Joe Evans   Newcastle RC 2001/Modern Glass

A Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Andrew Magnier  Planet X
2nd Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo
3rd Robert Lambton  Brooks Cycles

B Class 8 Lap Scratch
1st Phil Houlton  Newcastle RC 2001/Modern Glass
2nd Neil Clarke   PM
3rd Martyn Shaw  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles

Youth H’cap
1st Imogen Crooks  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
2nd Leone Davis  Newcastle RC 2001/Modern Glass
3rd Luke Mansfield  Newcastle RC 2001/Modern Glass
Brooks Cycles Handicap League
1st Tom Powell   Newcastle RC 2001/Modern Glass
2nd  Dave Smith  Brereton Wheelers
3rd Tony Brooks  Brooks Cycles
4th Sarah Reynolds  Team Wallis
5th Andrew Magnier

B Class Devil
1st Martyn Shaw
2nd Matt Jennings  Stone Wheelers
3rd Phil Houlton

A Class Course De Primes
1st Andrew Magnier
2nd Steve Clayton  Planet X
3rd Stuart Clayton  Lichfield CCC

Youth Team Sprint
1st Ashleigh Williams Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
 Thomas Rotherham Eastlands Velo
 Imogen Crooks
 Leone Davis
 Sam Birchall
 Joe Evans

A Class Devil
1st Andrew Magnier
2nd Alex Simmons  Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles
3rd Robert Lambton

B Course De Primes
1st Matt Jennings
2nd Martyn Shaw

Youth Devil
1st Alex Taylor
2nd Sam Birchall
3rd Joe Evans

B Class 10 Mile
1st Paul Barber  Scunthorpe Poly
2nd Phil Houlton
3rd Martyn Shaw
A Class 10 Mile
1st Andrew Magnier
2nd Adrian Adgar Go Sport Spex RT
3rd Declan Byrne Brooks Cycles