Rotherham Impresses Again The latest round of the Brooks Cycles Track League at the Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle, Staffs saw another great nights racing under warm blue skies. The next round of the season long Keirin League saw six riders fight their way through the qualifying heats to the final. As the Derny pulled off with 400m to go former World Masters Champion Steve Cronshaw launched an impressive attack which saw him gain a 10 metres lead on his rivals. With 20m to go it looked as though Steve was going to hold on for the victory however Matthew Rotherham of Sportcity Velo pulled back the lead and took the lead as he entered the home straight to go on to win the event. Declan Byrne of Brooks Cycles came second from a fast finishing Robert Lambton also of Brooks Cycles. The final 10 mile scratch event saw the B Class riders hold on gainfully to their 2 ½ lap advantage until 8 laps to go whereby Sam Lowe tried to repeat his move of last week with a superb attack. However this time the other riders reacted and caught him after 4 laps away. There was then a sprint for the line by the remaining 12 riders in the race whereby Robert Lambton produced a fantastic sprint to take the race by over a bike length. The B races saw three different riders take wins with Martyn Shaw of Lyme RC taking two victories and six points on the night. League leader Joe Turner of Eastlands Velo maintained his lead in the table. After a slow start he picked up a second place in the points race and win in the 10 mile event. The C Class and ladies event of a 600m handicap saw long marker John Jackson of Macclesfield Wheelers take a great win from the closing Sarah Byrne and Mike Stubbs of Newcastle RC 2001. The Youth field was slightly smaller than normal due to four riders going down to Newport for the following days DHL Sprint School. However the remaining 10 riders put on a fine display of riding with Alex Taylor of Sportcity Velo particularly impressive in winning the opening 400m time trail , devil and as well as being a member of the winning team sprint quartet. The Freewheelers event saw a healthy twenty riders compete with the top points scorers in each group as follows: Group 1 George Edwards and Joel Partington with 7 points Group 2 Luke Mansfield with 8 points Group 3 Georgina Clewlow with 6 points FREEWHEELERS RESULTS Group 1 Race 1 1st George Edwards Lyme RC / Swinnerton Cycles 2nd Joel Partington Eastlands Velo Race 2 1st George Edwards 2nd Joel Partington Race 3 1st Joel Partington 2nd George Edwards Race 4 1st Joel Partington 2nd George Edwards Group 2 Race 1 1st Luke Mansfield Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass 2nd Ashley Williams Lyme RC/ Swinnerton Cycles 3rd Sallie Birchall Lyme RC/ Swinnerton Cycles Race 2 1st Megan Wynn Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles 2nd Sallie Birchall 3rd Luke Mansfield Race 3 1st Luke Mansfield 2nd Sallie Birchall 3rd George Shaw Lyme RC/Swinnerton cycles Race 4 1st George Shaw 2nd Megan Wynn 3rd Sallie Birchall Group 3 Race 1 1st Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles 2nd Aleshia Mellor 3rd Oscar Crooks Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles Race 2 1st Georgina Clewlow Lyme RC/Swinnerton cycles 2nd Brandon McMillan Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles 3rd Sadie Jones Race 3 1st Sadie Jones 2nd Georgina Clewlow 3rd Brandon McMillan Race 4 1st Ambrose Morris 2nd Ellie Ecclestone 3rd Bradley Hill Lyme RC/Swinnerton cycles MAIN LEAGUE Youth 400m TT 1st Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo 2nd Ryan Whatmough Shepards Cycles 3rd Joe Evans Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass A Class 10 Lap Scratch 1st Adrian Adgar Go Sport Spex RT 2nd Alex Simmons Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles 3rd Alan Peet VC St Raphael B Class 8 Lap Scratch 1st Phil Houlton Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass 2nd Paul Askey Lichfield CCC 3rd Martyn Shaw Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles Youth Block H’cap 1st Luke Mansfield 2nd Thomas Rotherham Eastlands Velo 3rd Imogen Crooks Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles B Class Devil 1st Martyn Shaw 2nd Ryan Whatmough 3rd Ian Moore Deeside Olympic A Class Devil 1st Declan Byrne Brooks Cycles 2nd Alan Peet 3rd Adrian Adgar Youth Team Sprint 1st Luke Mansfield Alex Webb Lyme RC/Swinnerton Cycles Joel Partington Alex Taylor Sportcity Velo Keirin League Final 1st Matthew Rotherham Sportcity Velo 2nd Declan Byrne 3rd Robert Lambton Brooks Cycles 4th Peter Boyd VC St Raphael 5th Steve Cronshaw Brereton Wheelers 6th Alan Peet C Class and Ladies 1st John Jackson Macclesfield Wheelers 2nd Sarah Byrne PM 3rd Mick Stubbs Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass A Class Course de primes 1st Adrian Adgar 2nd Tom Powell Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass 3rd Matthew Rotherham B Class Points 1st Martyn Shaw 2nd Joe Turner Eastlands Velo 3rd Neil Clarke PM Youth Devil 1st Alex Taylor 2nd Joel partington 3rd Joe Evans Newcastle RC 2001/Poly Print/Modern Glass B Class 10 mile Scratch 1st Joe Turner 2nd Ian Moore 3rd Ryan Whatmough A Class 10 mile scratch 1st Robert Lambton 2nd Alan Peet 3rd Sam Lowe Go Sport Spex RT
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