It was raining heavily in most places in Staffordshire on Thursday 21st July 2011 except at the Lyme Valley Velodrome, Newcastle under Lyme, where skies stayed clear and rain free.
The riders who attended the latest round of the Brooks Cycles sponsored track League were rewarded with a full programme of racing. In the A Class endurance League, current league leader Robert Lambton, Brooks Cycles dominated in winning the 10 lap scratch, course de primes and the final 10 mile scratch where he produced his usual explosive sprint to take the victory from Sprinter Ryan Whatmough, Shepherd Cycles.
The A Class Sprinters league saw Ryan Whatmough reassert his lead in the league due to Barney Swinnerton being unable to ride through illness as he won the sprint and was a member of the winning team sprint team with Dave Smith, Stafford RC and Sean Mayer, Lyme RC. The other sprint event, the 2 up TT went to Tom Powell, Newcastle RC 2001 and Dave Smith. Dave is showing some great form lately which bodes well for the European masters next month in Italy.
The B group of riders put in some spirited racing with Neil Cummins winning the 10 lap scratch and the point’s race. Alex Webb Lyme Rc was the top scored though as he won the devil and placed second in the 10 mile, points and 10 lap scratch.
The youth events saw a good turnout of riders where Joel Partington, Lyme RC took 9 points with wins in the scratch and the devil. James Risk Weaver Valley CC also had a good night as he won the points race and placed second in the devil and the scratch.
The Freewheelers league continues to grow with 3 more new riders making a fantastic total of 50 registered riders this years which is well up on last years final total of 34. The top point’s scorers in each group were as follows;
Group 1      James Brayford                8 points
Group 2      Sam Hall                  6 points
Group 3      Cameron O’Neil               7 points
Freewheelers Results
Group 1
Race 1
1st   Megan Williams         Lyme RC
2nd   James Brayford
3rd   Bradley Hill            Lyme RC
Race 2
1st   James Brayford
2nd   Brandon McMillan         Lyme RC
3rd   Megan Williams
Race 3
1st   Bradley Hill
2nd   James Brayford
3rd   Brandon McMillan
Group 2
Race 1
1st   Andrew Williams
2nd   Sam Day
3rd   Holly Mulroy
Race 2
1st   Lauren Scott
2nd   Sam Hall
3rd   James Scott         Lyme RC
Race 3
1st   Sam Hall
2nd   James Scott
3rd   Ambrose Morris      Lyme RC
Group 3
Race 1
1st   Orlanda Jones
2nd   Lucca Annese
3rd   Sebastian Booth
Race 2
1st   Jack Scott            Lyme RC
2nd   Edward Mulroy
3rd   Lucy-Anne Scott         Lyme RC
Race 3
1st   Cameron O’Neil
2nd   Enrico Annese
3rd   Natasha Sandbach
Race 4
1st   Rebecca Newman
2nd   Jack Scott
3rd   Edwrad Mulroy
Race 5
1st   Cameron O’Neil
2nd   Natash Sandbach
3rd   Enrico Annese
MAIN LEAGUE
Youth Block Handicap
1st   Sallie Birchall   Lyme RC
2nd   Becky Gray   Lyme RC
3rd   Nick Fotheringham         Weaver Valley CC
A Class Sprinters 2 up TT
1st   Tom Powell            Newcastle RC 2001
Dave Smith            Stafford RC
2nd   Sean Mayer            Lyme RC
Ryan Whatmough         Shepherd Cycles
3rd   Phil Houlton            Newcastle RC 2001
Joffie Houlton            PM
A Class Endurance 10 lap Scratch
1st   Robert Lambton         Brooks Cycles
2nd   Paul Whatmough         Shepherd Cycles
3rd   Alex Simmons            Lyme RC
B Class 10 Lap Scratch
1st   Neil Cummins            PM
2nd   Alex Webb            Lyme RC
3rd   Sam Birchall            Team Velocity
Youth Devil
1st   Joel Partington         Lyme RC
2nd   James Risk            Weaver Valley CC
3rd   Paige Millward         Lyme RC
A Class Sprinters Team sprint
1st   Sean Mayer
Ryan Whatmough
Dave Smith
A Class Endurance Team Pursuit
1st   Robert Lambton
Alex Simmons
Neil Cummins
B Class Devil
1st   Alex Webb
2nd   Louis Preston            Lyme RC
3rd   Sam Birchall
Youth Points Race
1st   James Risk
2nd    Joel Partington
3rd   Alex Braybrooke         Team Velocity
A Class Endurance Course de primes
1st   Robert Lambton
2nd   Paul Whatmough
3rd   Christian Braybrooke         Team Velocity
B Class points Race
1st   Neil Cummins
2nd   Alex Webb
3rd   Steve Hall            PM
A Class Sprinters Final
1st   Ryan Whatmough
2nd   Phil Houlton
3rd   Sean Mayer
Youth 8 lap Scratch
1st   Joel Partington
2nd   James Risk
3rd   Paige Millward
10 Mile Scratch
1st   Robert Lambton
2nd   Ryan Whatmough
3rd   Paul Whatmough
B Class
1st   Joel Partington
2nd   Alex Braybrooke
3rd   Alex Webb
