Location: Knighton Sports and Social Club, Knighton, Staffordshire
Event: 3 May 2013
Report: Snowdon Sports
Victory in the opening round of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Cycling Clubs’ Road Race League went to Stephen Lynn (West Midlands Police CRT) on Thursday evening.
The 41-year-old from near Wolverhampton took the ten point haul ahead of 17-year-old Ben Manfield-Yorke (Wolverhampton Wheelers) while third spot was taken by Jonathan Mills-Keeling (Clee Cycles).
The Thursday night series is run over 13 weekly rounds through to July 25th, with a final race on Sunday, July 28, at the Knighton Sports and Social Club in Staffordshire.
Run on a handicapped basis, the races are open to riders of any category from elite to fourths and juniors, and take in 35 miles, or one hour for circuit race.
Results:
1 Stephen Lynn (West Midlands Police CRT)
2 Ben Manfield-Yorke (Wolverhampton Wheelers)
3 Jonathan Mills-Keeling (Clee Cycles)
4 Lewis Commins (Wolverhampton Wheelers)
5 John Cooke (unattached)
6 Joseph Hobbs (Fred Williams Cycles)
7 Ewan Caird (Paramount CRT)
8 David Owen (Stourbridge Velo)
9 Philip Llewellyn (Paramount CRT)
10 Nick Morris (Clee Cycles)
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British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.
