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Report: 2011 Meadowbank GP
11 & 12 June 2011
Report: Colin Renton | Images: Brian Annable
Two new names were etched on the Meadowbank Grand Prix silverware as youth had its day in an engrossing programme of racing for the 40th anniversary staging of the meeting that was condensed into a single session after a washout on Saturday.
Teenager John Paul emerged as victor in the DHL international sprint with a confident performance that saw him oust Itmar Esteban in a tense finale. In blustery conditions, the Catalan - winner of the event in 2008 - posted the quickest time in qualifying when he clocked 11.39 seconds, with Paul, racing in the City of Edinburgh colours, two hundredths slower. Paul's team mate Bruce Croall and Matt Rotherham (Science in Sport) completed the top four.
That quartet progressed through the first round of three-up contests, then were joined by Dutchman Hylke van Grieken and Barnaby Swinnerton (Science in Sport) who advanced via the repechages.
Esteban and Paul chalked up wins over Swinnerton and van Grieken respectively, while Rotherham got the better of Croall. A rep win for van Grieken booked a place in the semi finals where he went down 2-0 to Esteban, and Paul posted a similar result against Rotherham.
The opening leg of the final was tight, with Paul showing his guile to track Esteban before ducking below his opponent and pouncing off the final bend to take a narrow win. The second ride was even closer, with Esteban making a long run for home and Paul allowing him to open a gap of around three bike lengths at the bell before powering around the final circuit to snatch the win by a tyre's width.
"It's gone really well and I'm really happy", said a delighted Paul, who was racing for the first time since the Good Friday meeting. "It was pretty cold and windy so my qualifying time wasn't particularly fast. But once I had done that, I just put it behind me and focused on the racing."
And conceding that he had misjudged his opponent in the second leg of the final, he added, "I wasn't really observant enough. I thought he might go and it was a long one. I think the wind helped me a bit in getting back."
The 18 year old, who raced for Scotland at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, has further representative action in his sights this summer.
"My main targets for the season are the Junior Europeans and the Junior World Championships and my ultimate goal for the season is to make it onto the Olympic Academy programme in Manchester", he explained.
If Paul's mature performance was impressive, then the efforts of Ellie Coster (Bush Healthcare) were even more noteworthy. The 15 year old dominated proceedings in the women's omnium, winning three of the four disciplines on the way to seeing off a strong field that included Commonwealth Games medallist Charline Joiner, who was competing on her home track.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Pancratz (Beeline Bicycles RT) landed the impressive Meadowbank Grand Prix trophy after he raced away in the latter stages of the 10 mile event. The German, who is a student at Oxford University, made his move with five laps to go and, with his rivals watching each other, quickly built a 30 metre lead which he still held at the bell. And, although the pursuers narrowed the gap over the final circuit, Pancratz held on to clinch the victory from John McClelland (Agiskoviner) and Dave Martin (Bicycleworks).
It was a fruitful trip north for McClelland, who also chalked up a win in the derny paced event, staging a late charge that took him past his team mate Alex Wyse.
Other winners on a day of tight finishes were Croall, in the 8 kilometre scratch, Scott McRae (Leslie Bike Shop), who bagged top spot in the 8 kilometre points race from James Notley (Planet X) and Greg Brown (Dooleys RT), winner earlier in the afternoon of a gruelling elimination race featuring 24 starters, while Pete Cullen (Stirling BC) led from the gun as he prevailed in the 500 metres handicap.
Results
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
1 John Paul City of Edinburgh RC
2 Itmar Esteban Spain
3 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands
4 Matthew Rotherham Science in Sport
5 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport
6 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
7 Kim van Leemput Belgium
8 Kenny Ayre City of Edinburgh RC
9 Tom Baker Halesowen CAC
10 Alexander James Halesowen CAC
11 Michael Veen Netherlands
12 Nils van`t Hoenderdaal Netherlands
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
200m Qualifying Time Trial Result
12 fastest to qualify
1 Itmar Esteban Spain 11.39
2 John Paul City of Edinburgh RC 11.41
3 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC 11.59
4 Matthew Rotherham Science in Sport 11.64
5 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands 11.72
6 Kim van Leemput Belgium 11.87
7 Kenny Ayre City of Edinburgh RC 11.91
8 Tom Baker Halesowen CAC 11.93
9 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport 12.09
10 Alexander James Halesowen CAC 12.15
11 Michael Veen Netherlands 12.23
12 Nils van`t Hoenderdaal Netherlands 12.29
13 Dempster Wintersberger Netherlands 12.38
14 Jeroan Hoekstra Netherlands 12.43
15 John Coolahan Team Terminator 12.58
16 Jack Webb CC Cardiff 12.67
17 Toby Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC 12.72
18 Sean Mayer Lyme RC 13.1
19 Geoff Cooke Bush Healthcare 13.3
20 Paul Gittins Ferryhill Wh 14.17
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
Round 1 Result
Qualification: Winners to Round 2, losers to Repechage
Heat 1
Name Surname Club Time
1 Itmar Esteban Spain 12.30s
2 Tom Baker Halesowen CAC
3 Nils van`t Hoenderdaal Netherlands
Heat 2
1 John Paul City of Edinburgh RC 12.20s
2 Michael Veen Netherlands
3 Kenny Ayre City of Edinburgh RC
Heat 3
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC 12.13s
2 Alexander James Halesowen CAC
3 Kim van Leemput Belgium
Heat 4
1 Matthew Rotherham Science in Sport 11.71s
2 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands
3 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
Round 1 Repechage Result
Qualification: Winners to Round 2
Heat 1
1 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands 12.03s
2 Kim van Leemput Belgium
3 Tom Baker Halesowen CAC
4 Kenny Ayre City of Edinburgh RC
Heat 2
1 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport 12.12
2 Michael Veen Netherlands
3 Nils van`t Hoenderdaal Netherlands
4 Alexander James Halesowen CAC
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
Round 2 Result
Qualification: Winners to Semi-Finals, losers to Repechage
Heat 1
Number Name Surname Club Time
1 Itmar Esteban Spain 13.19s
2 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport
Heat 2
1 John Paul City of Edinburgh RC 11.76s
2 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands
Heat 3
1 Matthew Rotherham Science in Sport 11.65
2 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
Round 2 Repechage Result
Qualification: Winner to Semi-Finals, losers to 5/6 ride off
Heat 1
1 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands 11.70s
2 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
3 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
Semi Final Result
Qualification: Winners to Final, losers to 3/4 ride off
Heat 1
Number Name Surname Club Match A Time
1 Itmar Esteban Spain x 11.82
2 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands
Heat 2
1 John Paul City of Edinburgh RC x 11.55
2 Matthew Rotherham Science in Sport
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
5th / 6th ride off Result
1 Barnaby Swinnerton Science in Sport 12.02
2 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
GP of Edinburgh Sprint
Final Result
3rd/4th
1 Hylke van Grieken Netherlands x 12.07 x 11.69
2 Matthew Rotherham Science in Sport
1st/2nd
1 John Paul City of Edinburgh RC x 11.65 x 12.09
2 Itmar Esteban Spain
10 miles Scratch - Result
1 Sebastian Pancratz Beeline Bicycles RT 22m17.11
2 John McClelland Agiscoviner
3 David Martin www.Bicycleworks.com
4 Chris Bush VC St Raphael
5 James Notley Planet X
6 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles
7 James Solly VC Londres
8 Scott Macrae Leslie's Bike shop
9 James Rutherford Science in Sport
10 Alex Wise Agiscoviner
11 Finlay Young Equipe Velo Ecosse
12 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
13 Iain Cook VC Londres
Womens Omnium Results Final Table
1 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare 5
2 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 10
3 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 17
4 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC 17
5 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC 19
6 Cassie Gledhill XRT-Elmy Cycles 20
7 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 29
8 Nicci Meadows AW Cycles 36
9 Anselma Gallinat VC St Raphael 40
10 Rachel Mitchell Eurocycles 41
11 Julie Dominguez West Lothian Clarion 43
12 Anna Harris Angus Bike Chain 45
13 Fiona Walker Walkers CC 50
14 Emma Baird City of Edinburgh RC DNF
Womens Omnium 500m TT (Event 1)
Results
1 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC 38.63
2 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare 39.01
3 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 39.11
4 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 39.25
5 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC 39.71
6 Emma Baird City of Edinburgh RC 40
7 Cassie Gledhill XRT-Elmy Cycles 40.19
8 Julie Dominguez West Lothian Clarion 42.31
9 Nicci Meadows AW Cycles 42.85
10 Rachel Mitchell Eurocycles 44.02
11 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 44.58
12 Anna Harris Angus Bike Chain 45.3
13 Anselma Gallinat VC St Raphael 47.51
14 Fiona Walker Walkers CC 49.67
Womens Omnium
8km Scratch (Event 2) - Result
1 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare
2 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC
3 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC
4 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles
5 Cassie Gledhill XRT-Elmy Cycles
6 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC
7 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles
8 Anselma Gallinat VC St Raphael
9 Nicci Meadows AW Cycles
10 Rachel Mitchell Eurocycles
11 Fiona Walker Walkers CC
12 Anna Harris Angus Bike Chain
13 Julie Dominguez West Lothian Clarion
Womens Omnium
Sprint (Event 3) - Heats - Result
Winners to Semi-Finals
2nd places to Minor Final A
3rd places to Minor Final B
Heat 1
Number Name Surname Club Time
1 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare 14.39s
2 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles
3 Anna Harris Angus Bike Chain
Heat 2
Number Name Surname Club Time
1 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 14.43s
2 Nicci Meadows AW Cycles
3 Anselma Gallinat VC St Raphael
Heat 3
Number Name Surname Club Time
1 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC 14.02s
2 Cassie Gledhill XRT-Elmy Cycles
3 Julie Dominguez West Lothian Clarion
Heat 4
Number Name Surname Club Time
1 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 13.97s
2 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC
3 Rachel Mitchell Eurocycles
4 Fiona Walker Walkers CC
Womens Omnium
Sprint (Event 3) - Semi-Finals - Result
Winners to Final A
Heat 1
1 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare 13.19s
2 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles
Semi-Final B
1 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 13.63s
2 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC
Womens Omnium
Sprint (Event 3) - Finals - Result
Minor Final B
1 Julie Dominguez West Lothian Clarion 9
2 Rachel Mitchell Eurocycles 10
3 Anselma Gallinat VC St Raphael 11
4 Anna Harris Angus Bike Chain 12
5 Fiona Walker Walkers CC 13
Minor Final A
1 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC 5
2 Cassie Gledhill XRT-Elmy Cycles 6
3 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 7
4 Nicci Meadows AW Cycles 8
Final B
1 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC 3
2 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 4
Final A
1 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare 1
2 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 2
Womens Omnium
8km Points Race (Event 4) Final Start List
1 Ellie Coster Bush Healthcare 18
2 Cassie Gledhill XRT-Elmy Cycles 8
3 Kayleigh Brogan City of Edinburgh RC 6
4 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 5
5 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 4
6 Charline Joiner City of Edinburgh RC 3
7 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC 0
8 Anselma Gallinat VC St Raphael 0
9 Anna Harris Angus Bike Chain 0
10 Nicci Meadows AW Cycles 0
11 Rachel Mitchell Eurocycles 0
12 Fiona Walker Walkers CC -20
13 Julie Dominguez West Lothian Clarion -20
Derny Paced Finals - Results
1 John McClelland Agiscoviner Derek Marloe
2 Alex Wise Agiscoviner David Urquhart
3 Chris Bush VC St Raphael Alex Wharton
4 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles Allistair Watson
5 David Martin www.Bicycleworks.com Graeme Steen
6 Sebastian Pancratz Beeline Bicycles RT Tony King
Heats - Results
Heats to be run over 10km - Final over 15km
First 3 riders in each heat + fastest 4th place to Final
HEAT 1
Number Name Surname Club
1 John McClelland Agiscoviner 11m42.73
2 Sebastian Pancratz Beeline Bicycles RT
3 Scott Macrae Leslie's Bike shop
4 Simon Lewis Elite Edwardes Cycling 11m54.00
HEAT 2
Number Name Surname Club
1 David Martin www.Bicycleworks.com 11m33.65
2 Chris Bush VC St Raphael
3 Alex Wise Agiscoviner
4 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles 11m40.01
5 James Solly VC Londres
Elimination Race - Result
1 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles
2 Alex Wise Agiscoviner
3 James Notley Planet X
4 James Rutherford Science in Sport
5 David Martin www.Bicycleworks.com
6 Jeroan Hoekstra Netherlands
7 Simon Lewis Elite Edwardes Cycling
8 Sebastian Pancratz Beeline Bicycles RT
9 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
10 Chris Bush VC St Raphael
11 John McClelland Agiscoviner
12 Jack Webb CC Cardiff
13 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC
14 Toby Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC
15 Nick Yeats Musselburgh RCC
16 Finlay Young Equipe Velo Ecosse
17 Iain Cook VC Londres
18 John Bremner Angus Bike Chain
19 Neill Raitt Angus Bike Chain
20 James Solly VC Londres
21 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
22 Peter Cullen Stirling Bike Club
23 Colin MacKenzie Edinburgh RC
24 Paul Gittins Ferryhill Wh
500m Handicap Final - Result
1 Peter Cullen Stirling Bike Club 98 30.98s
2 Colin MacKenzie Edinburgh RC 87
3 Kenny Ayre City of Edinburgh RC 52
4 Jack Webb CC Cardiff 64
5 Toby Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC 62
6 Dempster Wintersberger Netherlands 55
7 Geoff Cooke Bush Healthcare 70
8 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles 74
500m Handicap
Heats - Results Qualification: First two in each heat to the final
HEAT1
Number Name Surname Club Time
1 Peter Cullen Stirling Bike Club 32.28s
2 Colin MacKenzie Edinburgh RC
3 Sean Mayer Lyme RC
4 Jeroan Hoekstra Netherlands
5 Nils van`t Hoenderdaal Netherlands
6 Kim van Leemput Belgium
7 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC
HEAT 2
1 Kenny Ayre City of Edinburgh RC 33.00s
2 Geoff Cooke Bush Healthcare
3 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
4 John Coolahan Team Terminator
5 Nick Yeats Musselburgh RCC
6 John Bremner Angus Bike Chain
HEAT 3
1 Dempster Wintersberger Netherlands 33.00s
2 Toby Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC
3 Neill Raitt Angus Bike Chain
4 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
HEAT 4
1 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles 32.73s
2 Jack Webb CC Cardiff
3 Michael Veen Netherlands
4 Paul Gittins Ferryhill Wh
8 Km Points Race
1 Scott Macrae Leslie's Bike shop 11 10m52.63
2 James Notley Planet X 9
3 Greg Brown Dooleys Cycles 8
4 James Rutherford Science in Sport 6
5 James Solly VC Londres 5
6 Finlay Young Equipe Velo Ecosse 2
7 Toby Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC 2
8 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC 1
9 Simon Lewis Elite Edwardes Cycling 0
10 John Bremner Angus Bike Chain 0
11 Nick Yeats Musselburgh RCC 0
12 Alex Wise Agiscoviner 0
13 Jack Webb CC Cardiff 0
14 Colin MacKenzie Edinburgh RC 0
15 Sean Mayer Lyme RC 0
16 Iain Cook VC Londres 0
17 David Martin www.Bicycleworks.com 0
18 Neill Raitt Angus Bike Chain DNF
19 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC DNF
20 Paul Gittins Ferryhill Wh DNF
21 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC DNF
22 Peter Cullen Stirling Bike Club DNF
23 Chris Bush VC St Raphael DNF
24 John McClelland Agiscoviner DNS
25 Sebastian Pancratz Beeline Bicycles RT DNS
26 Geoff Cooke Bush Healthcare DNS
27 Alexander James Halesowen CAC DNS
8km Scratch - Result
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
2 Michael Veen Netherlands
3 Jack Webb CC Cardiff
4 Scott Macrae Leslie's Bike shop
5 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
6 Toby Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC
7 Nils van`t Hoenderdaal Netherlands
8 James Rutherford Science in Sport
9 John Coolahan Team Terminator
10 Sean Mayer Lyme RC
11 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC
12 John Bremner Angus Bike Chain
13 Neill Raitt Angus Bike Chain
14 Peter Cullen Stirling Bike Club
15 Nick Yeats Musselburgh RCC
16 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
17 Dempster Wintersberger Netherlands
