Eamonn Deane writes … Round 3 of the Bournemouth track league enjoyed near-perfect conditions at the Ensbury Park venue
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Report & Results – Bournemouth Track League 3 (photos here)
A calm, still evening and an endless setting sun provided the backdrop for some absorbing racing. Gareth Rose (Bournemouth Arrow) continues to impress in the B league with Rose winning the opening 8 lap scratch, biding his time while Rob Ellis (VC ST Raphael) wasted energy off the front.
Rose also won a 20 lap Course-des –Primes scratch (points mean prizes) with a good turn of speed. However he had to settle for third in the Elimination race, Guy Bolton’s (Bournemouth Arrow) determination, effort & good luck earning a round of applause.
In the A league, honours were shared as Richard Eastham (Bournemouth Jubilee Wh) took the 8 lap scratch, counter attacking with three to go. Frank Kilsby (VC ST Raphael) deservedly won the 20 lap affair, attacking first, then winning the sprint after his earlier ambitions were thwarted.
Oliver Hitchens (Peter Hansford Racing) kept out of the way till it mattered as he took the “Devil†edging out Dave Gilham (Bournemouth Arrow). The final race of the evening an “All up 30 lap scratch†saw Eastham go for a flyer on the first lap, before quickly deciding it was too fast & too soon!
The next fifteen laps were something of a procession before, first, Theo Webb (VC VENTA) then Rose livened things up. Rose looked to have the race in the bag but blew with two to go, James Brightwell (Performance Cycle Coaching) took his chance and even had time to sit up. Numbers were down on previous weeks with many of the younger riders saving their legs for the Youth Omnium at Reading the following day.
RESULTS
B LEAGUE 8 LAP SCRATCH
1, GARETH ROSE (BOURNEMOUTH ARROW)
2, GUY BOLTON (BOURNEMOUTH ARROW)
3, BARRY WATKINSON (BOURNEMOUTH ARROW)
A LEAGUE 8 LAP SCRATCH
1, RICHARD EASTHAM (BOURNEMOUTH JUBILEE)
2, JAMES BRIGHTWELL (PERFORMANCE CYCLE COACHING)
3, DAVID GILHAM (BOURNEMOUTH ARROW)
B LEAGUE 20 LAP COURSE-DES-PRIMES
1, GARETH ROSE
2, BARRY WATKINSON
3, GARETH LLEWELLYN (POOLE WH)
A LEAGUE 20 COURSE-DES-PRIMES
1, FRANK KILSBY(VC ST RAPHAEL)
2, DAVE GILHAM
3, THEO WEB (VC VENTA)
B LEAGUE ELIMINATION RACE
1, GUY BOLTON
2, PAUL CANHAM (BOURNEMOUTH ARROW)
3, GARETH ROSE
A LEAGUE ELIMINATION RACE
1,OLLIVER HITCHENS (PETER HANSFORD RACING)
2,DAVE GILHAM
3, WILL CLARK (POLE WH)
30 LAP ALL UP SCRATCH
1, JAMES BRIGHTWELL
2, RYAN WESTON (POOLE WH)
3,DAVE GILHAM
YOUTH RACES
5 LAP HANDICAP
1 DIGBY LLEWELLYN (POOLE WH)
2, ROWAN SCULLY (BOURNEMOUTH ARROW)
3, OSCAR WARRINGTON (SOLENT PIRATES)
3 LAP HANDICAP
1, ROWAN SCULLY
2, OSCAR WARRINGTON
3, ISAAC WARRINGTON (SOLENT PIRATES)
5 LAP SPRINT
1, ROWAN SCULLY
2 OSCAR WARRINGTON
3, ISAAC WARRINGTON
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