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Report: Sussex Track League

Event: 25th May 2011
Promoted by: SCRL
Venue: Preston Park Cycle Track
Report: Vern McClelland
Event Details

A sunny evening saw 82 riders signing on for the first championship evening of the season, with scratch races to be decided across all the categories.

First on the track were the seniors for a 20 lap race. The first action came from Ben Miller who put daylight between himself and the bunch with 17 laps to go but after four laps of freedom he was back in the bunch. Mid race saw a lull in the pace which continued until six to go when Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Ashley Dennis went off the front, followed a lap later by Matthew Hill. This looked a promising move as they were joined by Paul Barnard and Nick Smith, however the rest of the field were not going to let them get away and it was all back together with a lap to go. At the line it was Brock Duncumb-Rogers taking the win from Oliver Pepper. Third place was initially given to Jack Hoyle but on checking the video of the finish it turned out that Ashley Dennis had taken third place.

The U16/U14 combined scratch over 8 laps was a pretty poor affair, the only move of note coming from Callum Oliver mid race. It seemed as though none of the riders were confident enough to make a race of it and so coming into the last lap it was anyone's race with the complete field together. An early break for home by Imogen Farlie saw her leading the field into the finishing straight and she managed to hold her lead and cross the line in first place followed by Kim English and Laura Cheesman to give the girls a 1,2,3 in the U16 category. First of the U14's was OllyPriddle with George Jary second and Megan Lewis third.

The U8 event over 2 laps saw league leader Samuel Jacques come out on top with Archie Sloan in second place and Rory Burke third. In the U10 scratch over 3 laps it was victory for Bradley Burke from George Sloan and Michael Wickens.

The U12 race over 5 laps saw Noah Ridgway-Brown get the better of U12 leader Isaac Wright for the win with Thomas Burnett completing the podium positions in third place. The Senior B dash saw Steve Kane in first place to take his third victory of the season. Second place went to Paul Flynn with Mark Grigg third. In the A dash Ashley Dennis took a fairly comfortable win from Stuart Bettis and Jack Hoyle.

In the first of the handicaps (U16/U14) Callum Oliver fought his way through from a midway position to hold off Connor Murphy who had started 31 metres behind Callum. Coming home in third place was Amy Barnes.

In the U8 handicap it saw George Abbott-Stacey make the most of his allowance to take his first victory of the season. Archie Sloan took his second runner-up slot of the evening with Samuel Jacques in third place. The U10 handicap was won by George Sloan with new rider George Turner taking second place from Christian Bright.

The U12 handicap turned into a judge's nightmare with the entire field coming together in the finishing straight. The winner was Stan Abbott-Stacey from Bethany Lewis and Oliver Nixon.

Paul Flynn took his first win in the B senior devil edging out Mark Grigg and Mark Turner. In the A devil Brock Duncumb-Rogers took his second victory of the evening to keep the pressure on league leader Ashley Dennis. In second place was Jack Hoyle with Paul Barnard in third.

In the U8 sprint over 200 metres Samuel Jacques was first with Rory Burke second and Archie Sloan third. The U10 300 metre sprint was run as two separate events due to the number of riders. In the first event Christian Bright was first over the line followed by Rahul Fortescue-Talwar and Lloyd Costello. In the second event Georgina Burnett got the better of Bradley Burke and George Sloan.

The U12's were next up for their final event of the evening, a devil which saw Isaac Wright victorious, Noah Ridgway-Brown taking second place with Thomas Burnett third.

The U16/U14 final event was a Hare and Hounds over 5 laps. The Hounds who were half a lap down at the start worked hard together to get on terms but the Hares were also working hard to stay away. At the finish the first three riders had come from the Hares group with first over the line Amy Smith with Mark Jacobs taking second place and George Jary third. First of the Hounds in sixth place was Callum Oliver.

Final event of the evening was a 10 lap scratch for the seniors and as usual this was a fairly brisk affair. At the finish Brock Duncumb-Rogers took the win to crown a successful evening for him with three victories. In second place was Jack Hoyle followed by Oliver Pepper in third place.

RESULTS

Event Seniors Championship Scratch 20 Laps
1st Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Oliver PEPPER The Kinesis Morvélo Project
3rd Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
4th Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
5th Nicholas SMITH VC Jubilee
6th Richard BAILEY Un-attached

Event U16 Championship Scratch 8 Laps
1st Imogen FARLIE VC Jubilee
2nd Kimberley ENGLISH Welwyn Wheelers
3rd Laura CHEESMAN PPYCC
4th Sara GENT Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
5th Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
6th Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
7th Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
8th Oliver MOORS VC Jubilee
9th Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC
10th Callum OLIVER Rapha Condor CC

Event U14 Championship Scratch 8 Laps
1st Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
2nd George JARY VC Londres
3rd Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
4th Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
5th Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
6th Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee

Event U8 Championship Scratch 2 Laps
1st Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
2nd Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd Rory BURKE PPYCC
4th George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC

Event U10 Championship Scratch 3 Laps
1st Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd George SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd Michael WICKENS PPYCC
4th Georgina BURNETT PPYCC
5th Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
6th Ben BATTLE PPYCC

Event U12 Championship Scratch 5 Laps
1st Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd Thomas BURNETT PPYCC
4th Oliver NIXON PPYCC
5th Douglas MCCAULEY PPYCC
6th Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee

Event Seniors B Dash 3 Laps
1st Steve KANE Brighton Excelsior
2nd Paul FLYNN Unattached
3rd Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
4th Mark TURNER Science in Sport
5th Matthew WISE Brighton Excelsior
6th Imogen FARLIE VC Jubilee

Event Seniors A Dash 3 Laps
1st Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
2nd Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator
3rd Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
4th Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
5th Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
6th Oliver PEPPER The Kinesis Morvélo Project

Event U16/U14 Handicap 1 Lap
1st Callum OLIVER Rapha Condor CC
2nd Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
3rd Amy BARNES VC Jubilee
4th Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
5th George JARY VC Londres
6th Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee

Event U8 Handicap 1 Lap
1st George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
2nd Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
4th Rory BURKE PPYCC

Event U10 Handicap 1 Lap
1st George SLOAN VC Jubilee
2nd George TURNER PPYCC
3rd Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
4th Joe HILL PPYCC
5th Bradley BURKE PPYCC
6th Michael WICKENS PPYCC

Event U12 Handicap 1 Lap
1st Stan ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
2nd Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
3rd Oliver NIXON PPYCC
4th Douglas MCCAULEY PPYCC

Event Seniors B Devil
1st Paul FLYNN Unattached
2nd Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
3rd Mark TURNER Science in Sport
4th Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
5th Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior
6th Steve KANE Brighton Excelsior

Event Seniors A Devil
1st Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
3rd Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
4th Nicholas SMITH VC Jubilee
5th Oliver PEPPER The Kinesis Morvélo Project
6th Richard BAILEY Un-attached

Event U8 Sprint
1st Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
2nd Rory BURKE PPYCC
3rd Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
4th George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC

Event U10 Sprint Heat 1
1st Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
2nd Rahul FORTESCUE TALWAR PPYCC
3rd Lloyd COSTELLO PPYCC
4th George TURNER PPYCC
5th Michael WICKENS PPYCC
6th Joe HILL PPYCC

Event U10 Sprint Heat 2
1st Georgina BURNETT PPYCC
2nd Bradley BURKE PPYCC
3rd George SLOAN VC Jubilee
4th Ben BATTLE PPYCC
5th Miranda WRIGHT PPYCC
6th Evelyn PARLE PPYCC

Event U12 Devil
1st Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
2nd Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
3rd Thomas BURNETT PPYCC
4th Nicholas WICKENS PPYCC
5th Oliver NIXON PPYCC
6th Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee

Event U16/U14 Block Handicap
1st Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
2nd Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
3rd George JARY VC Londres
4th Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
5th Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th Callum OLIVER Rapha Condor CC

Event Seniors Distance
1st Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
3rd Oliver PEPPER The Kinesis Morvélo Project
4th Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
5th Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
6th Mark TURNER Science in Sport