Chris Pyatt writes … The Brooks Cycles Newcastle Track League event on the 9th June completed a full programme of events despite the forecast of rain. The evening started with the usual Freewheelers league where we saw the largest turnout of the year with 24 youngsters taking part. The large group of supporting parents witnessed some great racing with the top point’s scorers in each group as follows;
Group 1      Megan Williams         Lyme RC
Group 2      Ambrose Morris         Lyme RC
Group 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Luca Annese
Edward Mulroy
The A Class Endurance races saw league leader Robert Lambton, Brooks Cycles, extend his lead at the top of the table as he won two events in the course de primes and the final 10 mile scratch. He was also a member of the winning team pursuit squad along with Alex Simmons, Lyme RC, Doug Williams, Newport CC, Dave Cummins, PM and Rob Bishop MTS Racing. The other A class event was won by local time trial expert Barry Charlton, Lyme RC who showed he is becoming pretty good at this branch of the sport as he won the opening 10 lap scratch race.
The A Class sprint events saw a smaller field this week however the racing was very close in all races with the judges being tested on a number of occasions with some very tight finishes. Barney Swinnerton of Science in Sport.com took two good victories in the keiren and the sprint final. The 200m dash saw league leader Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd cycles take his win of the night in a very close race with Louis Preston, Lyme RC.
In the B Class league youth a rider George Edwards continued to show how well he is developing as a rider as he top scored with eight points. He won the opening 8 lap scratch and took two solid second places in the devil and the points race. Other winners were fellow youth a rider Alex Webb, Lyme RC in the devil and Dave Fearon, Weaver Valley in the points race. The final 10 mile race saw Tom Rotherham, Sportcity velo take an excellent victory in the B class event.
The youth races saw a great turnout of 14 riders with league leader Joel Partington extending his lead with wins in the Devil, points and the final 6 lap scratch event. The other win in this series came from Paige Millward, Lyme RC who used her middle mark to its full advantage to take a good victory in the opening block handicap from the ever improving Becky Gray, Lyme RC.
RESULTS
Freewheelers
Group 1
Race 1
1st   James Duncalf            Lyme RC
2nd   Megan Williams            Lyme RC
3rd   Sam Pattison            Lyme RC
Race 2
1st   Bradley Hill               Lyme RC
2nd   Liam Zwetschnikow         Lyme RC
3rd   Olivia Braybrooke            Eastlands Velo
Race 3
1st   Megan Williams
2nd   Olivia Braybrooke
3rd   Brandon Mc Millan         Lyme RC
Race 4
1st   Brandon McMillan
2nd   Liam Zwetschnikow
3rd   Olivia Braybrooke
Group 2
Race 1
1st   Holly Mulroy
2nd   Andrew Williams
3rd   Harrison Barber            NTCA
Race 2
1st   Ambrose Morris            Lyme RC
2nd   Sophie Bassett            Lyme RC
3rd   Andrew Williams
Race 3
1st   Ambrose Morris
2nd   Holly Mulroy
3rd   Harrison Barber
Race 4
1st   Samuel Hall               Lyme RC
2nd   Ambrose Morris
3d   Andrew Williams
Group 3
Race 1
1st   Luca Annese
2nd   James Scott               Lyme RC
3rd   Natasha Sandbach
Race 2
1st   Joe Barber               NTCA
2nd   Heidi Simpson            Lyme RC
3rd   Enrico Annese
Race 3
1st   Edward Mulroy
2nd   Joe Barber
3rd   Luca Annese
Race 4
1st   Edward Mulroy
2nd   Luca Annese
3rd   Natasha Sandbach
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth Block handicap
1st   Paige Millward         Lyme RC
2nd   Becky Gray            Lyme RC
3rd   Conner Fearon         Weaver Valley CC
A Class Endurance 10 lap scratch
1st   Barry Charlton         Lyme RC
2nd   Sasson Emadi         Tunstall Wheelers
3rd   Andrew Jackson         i Optix RT
A Class Sprint Keiren
1st   Barney Swinnerton      Science in Sport.com
2nd   Ryan Whatmough         Shepherd Cycles
3rd   Steve Cronshaw         Brereton Wheelers
4th   Sean Mayer            Lyme RC
5th   Louis Preston         Lyme RC
B Class 8 lap scratch
1st   George Edwards         Lyme RC
2nd   Alex Webb            Lyme RC
3rd   Dave Fearon         Weaver Valley CC
Youth Devil
1st   Joel Partington         Lyme RC
2nd   Joe Pattison            Lyme RC
3rd   James Risk            WeaverValley CC
A Class Endurance Team Pursuit
1st   Robert Lambton         Brooks Cycles
Alex Simmons         Lyme RC
Doug Williams         Newport CC
Neil Cummins         PM
Rob Bishop            MTS Racing
B Class Devil
1st   Alex Webb
2nd   George Edwards
3rd   Jack Fearon            Lyme RC
Youth Points
1st   Joel Partington
2nd   James Risk            Weaver Valley CC
3rd   Paige Millward
A Class Endurance Course de Primes
1st   Robert Lambton
2nd   Sasson Emadi
3rd   Adrian Adgar         Balanced Performance
A Class Sprint Final
1st   Barney Swinnerton
2nd   Sean Mayer
3rd   Steve Cronshaw
B Class points
1st   Dave Fearon
2nd   George Edwards
3rd   Alex Webb
A Class Sprint 200m Mass standing start
1st    Ryan Whatmough
2nd   Louis Preston
3rd    Steve Cronshaw
Youth 6 lap Scartch
1st   Joel Partington
2nd   James Risk
3rd   Joe Pattison
A Class 10 mile Scratch
1st   Robert Lambton
2nd   Ryan Whatmough
3rd   Adrian Adgar
B Class
1st   Tom Rotherham         Sportcity velo
2nd   Dave Fearon
3rd   Jack Fearon