Report: Sussex Track League 8th June

Vern McClelland writes …  Sunny but cold conditions were the order of the day for the 9th Sussex Track League meeting at Preston Park on Wednesday 8th June. 73 riders signed on with 26 for the senior races and 47 for the youth events.

It was looking close in the B league, in week 8 Steve Kane achieved his 4th win of the season and was looking for his 5th to clinch the B league title and move up to the A league. Mark Grigg had secured his 3rd win in week 8 to keep the pressure on Steve.

The opening senior race saw Ashley Dennis come home in front of Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Jack Hoyle. The U16/U14 opener saw Connor Murphy win and close the gap to Jake Deakin at the top of the U16’s while first U14 home Spencer Thomas continued to add to his lead at the top of the U14’s.

In the U8’s 1 lap scratch Samuel Jacques continued his winning run but Archie Sloan managed to get the better of Rory Burke for second place. For the U10’s scratch Bradley Burke came home first from George Sloan in second place and Christian Bright third and in the U12 scratch Noah Ridgway-Brown chalked up another victory coming home in front of Isaac Wright and Ben Tucker.
The three senior handicap heats saw Lee Povey, Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Sara Gent qualify in the first heat, Jack Hoyle, Richard Bailey and Matthew Wise qualify in the second heat, Mark Emsley, Ashley Dennis and Alan Cooper qualify in the third heat.

In the U16/U14 handicap, Spencer Thomas scored an impressive win with Mark Jacobs second and Connor Murphy third. Archie Sloan took the U8 handicap from George Abbott-Stacey in second and Samuel Jacques third. The U10 handicap saw a win for Christian Bright with first time rider Harry Makepeace in second and Lloyd Costello third.

In the senior handicap final the early leader was Matthew Wise but a storming ride from scratchman Lee Povey saw him take first place from Ashley Dennis and Brock Duncumb-Rogers. With the large number of U12 riders it was decided to run two handicaps which saw Ben Tucker win the first and Noah Ridgway-Brown take the second.

A lively U16/U14 points race saw 7 different riders scoring points and it was Connor Murphy on 13 points who took the victory from Olly Priddle on 12 points and Megan Lewis on 10 points.
The senior B devil saw Mark Grigg take his fourth victory and draw level on wins with Steve Kane who could only manage third place behind Paul Flynn. The senior A devil saw Brock Duncumb-Rogers lead home Ashley Dennis and Paul Barnard.
Samuel Jacques took his second victory of the evening in the U8 200 metre sprint with Rory Burke second and Archie Sloan third. The U10 field was split for two 300 metre sprints with Bradley Burke taking the first and Rahul Fortescue-Talwar taking the second.

A 3 lap scratch for the U12’s saw the victory go to Noah Ridgway-Brown with Isaac Wright second and Joe Hill third. Connor Murphy took the U16 dash while first U14 was Spencer Thomas.

So next up the senior B dash and would there be an overall winner with both Steve Kane and Mark Grigg on 4 victories each. The race was all together for the first lap and then Steve Kane made a bold bid  with just over a lap to go. Coming into the last 200 metres and Steve still had a gap which he managed to hold until the finish and so win the B league and gain promotion to the A league. Coming home in second place was a disappointed Mark Grigg and in third place Jack Priddle. Steve becomes the fastest winner of the B league since the change of format. The senior A dash saw Lee Povey take his second victory of the evening with Brock Duncumb-Rogers second and Ashley Dennis third.

The U16/U14 Hare and Hounds saw the hares manage to hold off the hounds who never looked as though they would get on terms. Megan Lewis took the victory from Amy Smith and Mark Jacobs.

The final event of the evening was an 18 lap scratch race for the seniors and after a fairly steady start a break of three managed to establish a good lead. The three riders were Ashley Dennis, Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Paul Barnard and they steadily increased the lead working well together. Two primes were both taken by Brock and with the gap increasing the offer of £20 to the break to lap the field saw the pace of both the break and the bunch go up. Paul was dropped from the break as Ashley and Brock gradually overhauled the bunch and took the lap. At the finish it was Brock leading Ashley over the line while Paul held on to finish third.

RESULTS

Event 1 Seniors Scratch 8 Laps
1st  Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
2nd  Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
3rd  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
4th  Richard BAILEY Un-attached
5th  Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
6th  Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator

Event 2 U16 Scratch 4 Laps
1st  Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
2nd  Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
3rd  Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
4th  Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC

Event 2 U14 Scratch 4 Laps
1st  Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
2nd  Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
3rd  Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
4th  Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
5th  Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
6th  Joshua FANNER Unattached

Event  U8 Scratch 1 Lap
1st  Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
2nd  Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd  Rory BURKE PPYCC
4th  George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC

Event 4 U10 Scratch 1 Lap
1st  Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd  George SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd  Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
4th  Michael WICKENS PPYCC
5th  Sam BUCHANAN PPYCC
6th  George TURNER PPYCC

Event 5 U12 Scratch 2 Laps
1st  Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd  Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd  Ben TUCKER PPYCC
4th  Joe HILL PPYCC
5th  Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th  Oliver NIXON PPYCC

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 1 1 Lap
1st  Lee POVEY Team Terminator
2nd  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
3rd  Sara GENT Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
4th  Sam CHEESMAN OneLife-Fuga
5th  Imogen FARLIE VC Jubilee
6th  Adrian HOYLE Brighton Excelsior

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 2 1 Lap
1st  Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
2nd  Richard BAILEY Un-attached
3rd  Matthew WISE Brighton Excelsior
4th  Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
5th  Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
6th  Ben GERREY Brighton Excelsior

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 3 1 Lap
1st  Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior
2nd  Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd  Alan COOPER Brighton Excelsior
4th  Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator
5th  Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
6th  Robert PAYNTER Brighton Excelsior

Event 7 U16/U14 Handicap 1 Lap
1st  Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
2nd  Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
3rd  Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
4th  Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
5th  Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th  Joshua FANNER Unattached

Event 8 U8 Handicap 1 Lap
1st  Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
2nd  George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
3rd  Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
4th  Rory BURKE PPYCC

Event 9 U10 Handicap
1st  Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd  Michael WICKENS PPYCC
3rd  George SLOAN VC Jubilee
4th  Sam BUCHANAN PPYCC
5th  Ben BATTLE PPYCC
6th  George TURNER PPYCC

Event 9 U10 Handicap
1st  Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
2nd  Harry MAKEPEACE PPYCC
3rd  Lloyd COSTELLO PPYCC
4th  Miranda WRIGHT PPYCC
5th  Rahul FORTESCUE TALWAR PPYCC
6th  Oliver BROOKER VC Jubilee

Event 10 Seniors Handicap Finals 1 Lap
1st  Lee POVEY Team Terminator
2nd  Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
4th  Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior
5th  Alan COOPER Brighton Excelsior
6th  Richard BAILEY Un-attached

Event 11 U12 Handicap 1 Lap
1st  Ben TUCKER PPYCC
2nd  Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd  Nicholas WICKENS PPYCC
4th  Stan ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
5th  Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th  Douglas MCCAULEY PPYCC

Event 11 U12 Handicap 1 Lap
1st  Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd  Joe HILL PPYCC
3rd  Richard HOYLE VC Jubilee
4th  Matthew DEACON PPYCC
5th  Sam BOOTH PPYCC
6th  Oliver NIXON PPYCC

Event 12 U16 Points
1st  Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
2nd  Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
3rd  Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
4th  Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC

Event 12 U14 Points
1st  Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
2nd  Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
3rd  Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
4th  Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
5th  Joshua FANNER Unattached
6th  Zak CORUM-HAINES VC Jubilee

Event 13 Seniors B Devil
1st  Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
2nd  Paul FLYNN Unattached
3rd  Steve KANE Brighton Excelsior
4th  Mark TURNER Science in Sport
5th  Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
6th  Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior

Event 13 Seniors A Devil
1st  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd  Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd  Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
4th  Richard BAILEY Un-attached
5th  Andrew PARLE Brighton Mitre
6th  Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator 1

Event 14 U8 Sprint 200m
1st  Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
2nd  Rory BURKE PPYCC
3rd  Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
4th  George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC

Event 15 U10 Sprint 300m
1st  Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd  Michael WICKENS PPYCC
3rd  Rahul FORTESCUE TALWAR PPYCC
4th  Sam BUCHANAN PPYCC
5th  Lloyd COSTELLO PPYCC
6th  Milo HOSKINS PPYCC

Event 15 U10 Sprint 300m
1st  Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
2nd  George SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd  Evelyn PARLE PPYCC
4th  Miranda WRIGHT PPYCC
5th  Ben BATTLE PPYCC
6th  George TURNER PPYCC

Event 16 U12 Dash 3 Laps
1st  Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd  Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd  Joe HILL PPYCC
4th  Oliver NIXON PPYCC
5th  Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th  Ben TUCKER PPYCC

Event 17 U16 Dash 3 Laps
1st  Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
2nd  Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
3rd  Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
4th  Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC

Event 17 U14 Dash 3 Laps
1st  Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
2nd  Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
3rd  Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
4th  Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
5th  Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th  Zak CORUM-HAINES VC Jubilee

Event 18 Seniors B Dash 3 Laps
1st  Steve KANE Brighton Excelsior
2nd  Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
3rd  Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
4th  John ASTON Unattached
5th  Mark TURNER Science in Sport
6th  Alan COOPER Brighton Excelsior

Event 19 Seniors A Dash 3 Laps
1st  Lee POVEY Team Terminator
2nd  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
3rd  Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
4th  Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator
5th  Andrew PARLE Brighton Mitre
6th  Paul BARNARD Team Terminator

Event 20 U16/U14 Hare and Hounds 7 Laps
1st  Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
2nd  Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
3rd  Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
4th  Zak CORUM-HAINES VC Jubilee
5th  Joshua FANNER Unattached
6th  Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee

Event 21 Seniors Scratch 18 Laps
1st  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd  Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd  Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
4th  Richard BAILEY Un-attached
5th  Mark TURNER Science in Sport
6th  Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee

Primes  Name Club
1st  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd  Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad

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