17th August – A good evenings racing at the Welwyn Track League apart from a crash which resulted in a broken collarbone for Nigel Stephens
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Peter Waghorn writes … A good evenings racing at the Welwyn Track League apart from a crash just after the start of the senior group A 10 lap Block Pursuit – three riders came – the worst injury being to Nigel Stephens with a broken collar bone plus broken ribs. Tony Gibb won the 10 lap scratch plus a second in the re-run of the Block Pursuit losing out to Lewis Atkins.
In the Senior B group honours were spread around in some well contested events – the scratch group in the 10 lap Handicap finally reeled in the leaders with a lap to go and Simon Howes used his experience to lead in the sprinters.
The closing 10 mile whittled the field down to around a dozen riders with three laps to go – Simon Hime attacked alone with two laps remaining and the field spent a lap watching each other leaving Simon to establish a good lead which he held to the finish to score a well deserved victory– Gibb led the bunch in and the camera was needed to sort out the next three riders with third spot going to Joe Fry by a tyre width
Louis Modell making a rare appearance at Welwyn was in good form in the Youth A events but Luke Morgan pressed him hard in all 4 races. The Youth B/C produced a good battle between Cameron Gutteridge and Connor Woodford with the latter still leading the series overall.
Top performance in the small group of C/D/E riders was the one lap sprint win by the diminutive Kye Lewis who outsprinted his two opponents with an impressive burst of speed up the home straight.
Senior A
10 lap scratch
1. Tony Gibb (Metaltek)
2. Kristian Woolf (Prestige)
3. Lewis Atkins (Twenty3c-Orbea)
10 lap Block Pursuit
1. Lewis Atkins (Twenty3c-Orbea)
2. Tony Gibb (Metaltek)
3. Kristian Woolf (Prestige)
10 mile
1. Simon Hime (Finchley RT)
2. Tony Gibb (Metaltek)
3. Joe Fry (Welwyn Whs)
Senior B
10 lap scr
1. Barry Neal (Ciclos Uno)
2. Ben Smith (Welwyn Whs)
3. Simon Howes (Spirit RT)
10 lap Handicap
1. Simon Howes (Spirit RT)
2. Anthony Morrs (CC Ashwell)
3. Martin Meades (Ciclos Uno)
Devil
1. Anthony Morris (CC Ashwell)
2. Ben Smith (Welwyn Whs)
3. Glen O’Brien (CC Luton)
Youth A
8 lap scratch
1. Luke Morgan (Welwyn)
2. Jack Plumley ( Welwyn)
3. Louis Modell (East London Velo)
Devil
1. Louis Modell (East London Velo)
2. Dan Maynard (Welwyn)
3. Luke Morgan (Welwyn)
8 lap points
1. Louis Modell (East London Velo)
2. Luke Morgan (Welwyn)
3. Jon Chapman (CC Ashwell)
7 lap Handicap
1. Louis Modell (East London Velo)
2. Luke Morgan (Welwyn)
3. Jack Plumley (Welwyn)
Youth B/C
5 lap scr
1. Cameron Gutteridge (Welwyn)
2. Connor Woodford (Willesden)
3. Josh Roberts (Welwyn)
Devil
1. Cameron Gutteridge (Welwyn)
2. Connor Woodford (Willesden)
3. Josh Roberts (Welwyn)
6 lap Points
1. Cameron Gutteridge (Welwyn)
2. Connor Woodford (Willesden)
3. Josh Roberts (Welwyn)
5 Lap handicap
1. Josh Roberts (Welwyn)
2. Connor Woodford (Willesden)
3. Michael Parry (Welwyn)
Youth C/D/E
3 lap Scratch
1. Owen Williams (Lee Valley)
2. Alexi Edwards (Welwyn)
3. Olivia Howard (Welwyn)
3 lap Ha’Cap
1. Olivia Howard,
2. Harry Towning,
3. Alexi Edwards (all Welwyn)
500m Scratch (B)
1. Kye Lewis (Hillingdon)
2. Harry Towning (Welwyn)
3. Olivia Howard (Welwyn)
500m Scratch (A)
1. Alexi Edwards (Welwyn)
2. Owen Williams (Lee Valley)
The Olympic success of Laura Trott who started her amazing career at Welwyn has activated large numbers of youth riders who have booked in for the forthcoming Saturday morning track taster sessions
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