Event: 20th May 2012 Promoted by: NTCA Venue: Lyme Valley Stadium, Newcastle-under-Lyme Report: Paul Barber

Full Results (see attached)

Summer was finally in the air and we had a fantastic day of outdoor track racing at the Newcastle under Lyme track with some great racing, all sponsored by Swinnerton Cycles. Over 91 riders took to the track in a packed programme of over 50 events and heats to see who were the best riders on the day. The event was a mixture of youth and experience, with 12 riders in the exciting tandem sprint, along with stars of the future in the youth races.

Swinnerton Cycles sponsored National Tandem Sprint Championship 2012

Barney Storey VC St Raphael and Neil Fachie Ythan CC came out on top to win the Swinnerton Cycles sponsored National Tandem Sprint Championship after some very close racing. The pairing qualified fasted and held off Bruce Croal and Kenneth Ayre City of Edinburgh in the final 2-0. This added the National Tandem Sprint Championship to their long list of wins that include a Gold medals from major Paralympic events. Seasoned riders John Saysell and Ben Elliott came third beating Pete Boyd and David Heald of VC St Raphael 2-1.

The crowds were wowed by a master class of close fast, exciting tandem riding from all the riders including Megan Boyd who had clearly learnt a trick or two from her father Peter Boyd.

RESULTS

 

Gold

NEIL FACHIE  YTHAN CC and BARNEY STOREY, VC St RAPHAEL 

Silver

BRUCE CROALL  CITY OF EDINBUGH and KENNETH AYRE , CITY OF EDINBUGH 

Bronze

BEN ELLIOTT ,VC St RAPHAEL and JOHN SAYSELL, NORTH ROAD CC 

4th

PETER BOYD , VC St RAPHAEL and DAVE HEALD VC St RAPHAEL 

5th

MEGAN BOYD, SPORTCITY VELO and SOPHIE THORNHILL, SPORTCITY VELO 

6th

PAUL WHATMOUGH and  RYAN WHATMOUGH, SHEPHERD CYCLES 

Swinnerton Cycles sponsored North Region Youth Omnium

Under 16 Boys

A big field of 34 under 16 boys battled over the 5 Swinnerton Cycles sponsored Omnium events, with some fast and furious racing as soon as the scratch race started. Charlie Tanfield from Velo 29 was the top rider on the day, taking a well deserved win from Leon Gledhill Planet X. With the fight for 3rd place being extremely close, 4 riders tied on 32 points, only separated by the way they finished in the final Time Trial.  All the riders are to be commended for an excellent display of riding ahead of their years.  They gave the crowd some excellent racing that made my legs ache just watching! We have some real talent here for the future in the North Region.

 

Points Placing 

1st CHARLIE TANFIELD   VELO 29                   10 

2nd LEON GLEDHILL PLANET X                      16

3rd  FABIO CLOSE  VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT    32 

4th  STUART BALFOUR, EDINBURGH RC       32

5th  CHRISTIAN BRAYBROOKE VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT  32 

6th  THOMAS ROTHERHAM SPORTCITY VELO      32

Under 16 Girls

Melissa Lowther Aire Valley RT gave a dominant display of riding in the under 16 girls scratch, points, elimination, Keirin and 800m time trial. Winning all 5 events to get the lowest possible score of 5 in her omnium events. Just as she did in 2011.   Lauren O’Brien RST Trigon claimed second place, again repeating her 2011 performance, holding off Victoria Kinrade in third place.

 

1st  MELISSA  LOWTHER  AIRE VALLEY RT       5

2nd LAUREN  O’BRIEN    RST TRIGON RT       15

3rd VICTORIA KINRADE  ROYAL LONDON     18

4th SALLIE BIRCHALL     LYME RC                   21

5th REBECCA GRAY       LYME RC                   24

6th AMY GORNALL   CYCLE SPORT PENDLE  28

 

Under 14 Boys

Newcastle Track regular Matthew Walls Velocity 3inONE showed he had put in the hard training over winter. He gave a dominant display of riding in the scratch, points, elimination, Keirin and time trial winning all 5 events to win the under 14 boys category. Reece Wood Aire Valley RT rode consistently to take 2nd place from Jake Dobson. 

1st MATTHEW WALLS  VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT   5

2nd REECE WOOD  AIRE VALLEY RT                   15

3rd  JAKE DOBSON NEWCASTLE PHOENIX        17

4th  OLIVER PECKOVER NOTTINGHAM CLARION 24

5th  ADAM HARTLEY VELOCITY 3in1 CNP RT      26

6th  JACK CROMBIE  CARNEGIE CYCLONES        30

 

Under 14 Girls

The 2 under 14 girls rode with the under 16 girls.  Eleanor Dickinson Beacon Wheelers won all her events and was also really competitive against the older age category on a smaller gear. 

1st ELEANOR DICKINSON  BEACON WHS      5 

2nd MADDY DEANE   EASTLANDS VELO      10

Under 12 Boys and Girls

It’s always great to see a field of under 12 riders racing and this was no exception. These stars of the future battled away spinning little gears and all had big smiles on their faces. Nathan Hawthorn Cycle Sport Pendle came out on top with 5 wins in five races to score the lowest possible score in his races. Whilst rider Luke Cheetham Eastlands Velo rode consistently, moving up the rankings to take a fine 2nd place overall from Euan Cameron East Bradford CC.

 

1st NATHAN HAWTHORN, CYCLE SPORT PENDLE     5

2nd LUKE CHEETHAM, EASTLANDS VELO                  16

3rd EUAN CAMERON,EAST BRADFORD CC               19

4th LEWIS HARTLEY, EASTLANDS VELO                    27

5th TOBY TANFIELD, CLEVELAND WHS                    27

6th ANNA ARMSTRONG, BORDER CITY WHS          30

Under 10 Boys and Girls

We had two under riders, with some close fought racing.  Lewis Steele came out on top on the day. 

1st  LEWIS STEELE, JOHNSTONE JETS YTH CYCLING     5

2nd SAMUEL HALL, LYME RC                                         7

 

A BIG thank you to our sponsor Swinnerton Cycles for providing financial support to help us make the event happen. Thank you also to all the officials and helpers who supported the event, and to the riders for making a great day of incident free exciting track racing.

Paul Barber