Herne Hill Derny Fest & Womens Omnium
May 30th; Herne Hill
Thanks to David Jack (Active Life Logistics)
Photos: thanks to Adam Roberts (adam@jamjarsessions.net)
Note: Results from the DernyFest as well as the Women's Omnium are further down the page.
Women's National Omnium Series
Above: Lucy Garner, winning the Women's Omnium.
For the second week in a row the weekend’s weather has been superb for racing and this weekend saw the opening round of the National Women’s Omnium Series. A field of 19 starters took to the venue that was originally built back in 1891 and hosted the 1948 Olympic Games.
The 500m TT was just over a lap of the track for this event and, with a strong breeze on the penultimate bend, it was the stronger and more powerful riders that were able to blast through and post the best times. Defending omnium series champion Janet Birkmyre set the fastest time, by about 2 seconds, with 39.146 from relative newcomer Cassie Gledhill, 41.073 and one of British Cycling’s real future stars, Lucy Garner on 41.205.
The 8km Scratch Race saw a more tactical game being played, as the more experienced riders stayed in the bunch, knowing that a 2k pursuit was next. Harriet Owen though, decided mid race to break away and held a nice 100 metre lead at one point, but with the strong breeze and a chase from the bunch, she eventually chose to sit up and wait.
At this point another relative newcomer to track racing, Jayne Paine, attacked with one of the Rollapaluza regulars, Estelle Rogers, and they opened up a nice lead, sharing the work. The main field seemed content to watch the moves from fast finisher Janet Birkmyre and so it was Paine who out sprinted Rogers for the win. Birkmyre remained heavily marked and led out into the strong breeze, being passed on the line by several riders, including Harriet Owen, who showed she still had something left after her attack to claim third from Lucy Garner.
The 2km Pursuit saw the riders complete four and a half laps of the track from two stations and it was Jayne Paine who showed that she has great stamina after her scratch race win, as she produced the fastest time of 2min 49.5secs from Lucy Garner, 2min 51.5 and Janet Birkmyre 2min 52.6. Harriet Owen was a further 2 seconds back for fourth, but this kept her close to the leaders in the overall omnium standings: at this stage it was Garner on 9 points, Birkmyre and Paine on 10 pts with Owen on 11pts.
The Sprint competition was run as a heats, semi’s and finals with qualifying and seeding based on the 500 TT results. Birkmyre, Owen, Garner and Gledhill all made the semi’s easily, with Owen then pipping Birkmyre and Garner beating Gledhill to determine the finals. In these, Birkmyre beat Gledhill in the minor final by half a wheel and Garner showed just too much speed for Owen in the main final.
With the sprint results in, Garner was leading overall with 10 pts, from Birkmyre and Owen on 13 and Gledhill on 20 pts. Paine, having won two races and placing 10th in the Sprint and 8th in the 500TT was now also on 20 pts. The Points Race is always the last event and usually decides the top placings, many times the top three changed positions and it was going to be close again today.
With the chief commissaire choosing to have sprints every second lap, as opposed to the normal every 4 laps, this made for a harder race with several riders not finishing. Early points were shared amongst the top 5 riders, with top three rider Janet Birkmyre puncturing early on, getting a fast bike change but missing out on a couple of sprints as she got back into the race.
It was then with 12 laps left to run Jayne Paine set off on her own, putting her head down to create almost half a laps lead on the field and she held this gap, picking up points all the time. The main contenders were happy to let her to go, knowing that they were not in danger of her overtaking them in the overall standings. It was a good move, as she eventually finished with 24 points, two more than Harriet Owen, who had taken early points and then added to them regularly. Siobhan Mullen had given chase late on and notched up enough points to take fourth place, behind Lucy Garner, with Cassie Gledhill 5th and Janet Birkmyre 6th.
This meant Lucy Garner won this opening round with 13 points, from Harriet Owen on 15 points and Janet Birkmyre on 19. Jayne Paine, although winning three of the 5 events would finish 4th and Cassie Gledhill 5th. A super days racing, well organised by Graham Bristow and with a healthy crowd of over 50 supporters, it was an excellent day all round. The next Omnium is the Dudley Grand Prix at Halesowen track on Saturday the 11th of July.
See you there.
Derny Fest Photos
WOMENS OMNIUM RESULTS
500m Time Trial
Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles 39.146
Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles 41.073
Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC 41.205
Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT 41.253
Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT 41.601
Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles 42.333
Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC 42.593
Jayne PAINE Willesden CC 43.065
Cheryl OWENS GS Metro 43.451
Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo 43.456
Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers 43.729
Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC 44.184
Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC 44.512
Bryony DARBON VC Londres 45.211
Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles 45.537
Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar 46.564
Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres 47.041
Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC 47.495
Maria DAVID Dulwich Paragon CC 48.475
SCRATCH RACE
Jayne PAINE Willesden CC 1
Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC 2
Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT 3
Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC 4
Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles 5
Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles 6
Bryony DARBON VC Londres 7
Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles 8
Cheryl OWENS GS Metro 9
Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers 10
Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT 11
Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles 12
Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC 13
Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo 14
Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC 15
Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC 16
Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres 17
Maria DAVID Dulwich Paragon CC 18
Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar 19
2000m Individual Pursuit
Jayne PAINE Willesden CC 2.49.583
Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC 2.51.564
Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles 2.52.641
Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT 2.54.371
Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles 2.55.118
Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC 2.55.922
Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers 2.58.836
Bryony DARBON VC Londres 2.59.714
Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles 3.00.098
Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo 3.01.716
Cheryl OWENS GS Metro 3.02.476
Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles 3.04.145
Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT 3.05.811
Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC 3.11.855
Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC 3.13.975
Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC 3.17.905
Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar 3.26.806
Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres 3.32.695
Maria DAVID Dulwich Paragon CC 5.00.00
Sprint 1st Round Result
Heat 1
26 Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles 1
24 Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC 2
27 Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC 3
Heat 2
32 Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles 1
33 Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers 2
29 Bryony DARBON VC Londres 3
Heat 3
44 Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC 1
38 Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo 2
25 Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles 3
Heat 4
43 Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT 1
36 Cheryl OWENS GS Metro 2
28 Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar 3
Heat 5
42 Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT 1
37 Jayne PAINE Willesden CC 2
45 Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres 3
Heat 6
39 Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC 1
34 Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles 2
41 Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC 3
Sprint Semi Final Results
Semi Final A
43 Harriet OWEN
44 Lucy GARNER
26 Janet BIRKMYRE
Semi Final B
32 Cassie GLEDHILL
39 Estelle ROGERS
42 Siobhan MULLAN
Finals Result
Final
44 Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC
43 Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT
Minor Final 1
26 Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles
32 Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles
Minor Final 2
42 Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT
39 Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC
Minor Final 3
34 Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles
33 Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers
36 Cheryl OWENS GS Metro
37 Jayne PAINE Willesden CC
38 Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo
24 Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC
Minor Final 4
29 Bryony DARBON VC Londres
25 Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles
28 Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar
45 Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres
27 Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC
41 Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC
30 Maria DAVID Dulwich Paragon CC
Points Race Result
Jayne PAINE Willesden CC 24pts 1
Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT 22pts 2
Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC 18pts 3
Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT 10pts 4
Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles 7pts 5
Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles 6pts 6
Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC 5pts 7
Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC 5pts 8
Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo 2pts 9
Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles 0pts 10
Cheryl OWENS GS Metro 0pts 11
Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers 0pts 12
Bryony DARBON VC Londres 0pts 13
Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles 0pts 14
Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC 0pts 15
Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC 0pts 16
Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar 0pts 17
Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres DNF 18
Final Result :Overall Points ,TT, Scratch, Pursuit, Sprint, Points
Lucy GARNER Leicestershire RC 13, 3 ,4 ,2, 1, 3
Harriet OWEN Palmer Park Velo RT 15, 4 ,3, 4, 2, 2
Janet BIRKMYRE XRT-ElmyCycles 19, 1 ,6, 3, 3 ,6
Jayne PAINE Willesden CC 21, 8, 1, 1, 10, 1
Cassie GLEDHILL DNA Cycles 25, 2 ,5, 9 ,4, 5
Estelle ROGERS Rollapaluza CC 28, 7 ,2 ,6, 6, 7
Siobhan MULLAN AKO Ducati Course WCT 38, 5, 11, 13, 5, 4
Emily HOGGE DNA Cycles 43, 6, 8, 12, 7, 10
Natalie HILL Hillingdon Slipstreamers 48, 11, 10, 7, 8, 12
Cheryl OWENS GS Metro 49, 9, 9, 11, 9, 11
Emma PATTERSON London Dynamo 54, 10, 14, 10, 11, 9
Bryony DARBON VC Londres 55, 14, 7, 8, 13, 13
Rohan BATTISON DNA Cycles 60, 15, 12, 5, 14, 14
Sarah ATKINSON Dulwich Paragon CC 71, 13, 16, 14, 12, 16
Kate BUTLER Dulwich Paragon CC 72, 12, 13, 15, 17, 15
Melissa WADAMS Dulwich Paragon CC 75, 18, 15, 16, 18, 8
Rebecca CHARLTON Team Mule Bar 84, 16, 19, 17, 15, 17
Anna GLOWINSKI VC Londres 86, 17, 17, 18, 16, 18
DERNY FEST
Heat 1
1. Ian Cooper Planet X Doug Pinkerton 1
2. Simon Lewis Vc Londres Mick Lewis 2
3. Sam Sturgeon Team Terminator Clive Sturgeon 3
4. Yasuyuki Sakurai Brixton Cycles Malcolm Freeman 4
5. Keith Bugden Pearson Cycles Scott Bugden 5
6. Mike Diggins Gregarios Cycliste Keith Elliot 6
7. Mario Manelfi Ad Cycles George Gilbert 7
Heat 2
1. Matt Gittings Aw Cycles George Gilbert 1
2. Bryan Taylor Vc Londres Colin Denman 2
3. Boyd Roberts Planet X Graham Bristow 3
4. Johannes Roux Climb On Bikes Rob Jefferies 4
5. Philip Glowinski Vc Londres Derek Marloe 5
6. Alex Christians London Pheonix Clive Sturgeon 6
7. Gavin Mitchell Twickenham Cc Graham Bristow 7
8. Anthony Bristow San Fairy Anne Cc Graham Bristow 8
Heat 3
1. John Mcclelland Agiskoviner Sean Bannister 1
2. James Holland-Leader Agiskoviner Scott Bugden 2
3. Robert Cox Cambridge Cc Keith Elliot 3
4. Clive Burr Vc Londres Derek Marloe 4
5. Jeff Baird Gs Metro Doug Pinkerton 5
6. Miles Stovold Dulwich Paragon Cc Rob Jefferies 6
7. Joanne Mcrae Vc Londres Colin Denman 7
Minor Final
1. Philip Glowinski Vc Londres Derek Marloe 1
2 Miles Stovold Dulwich Paragon Cc Rob Jefferies 2
3. Jeff Baird Gs Metro Doug Pinkerton 3
4. Alex Christians London Pheonix Clive Sturgeon 4
5. Gavin Mitchell Twickenham Cc Sean Bannister 5
6. Keith Bugden Pearson Cycles Scott Bugden 6
7. Mario Manelfi Ad Cycles George Gilbert 7
8. Joanne Mcrae Vc Londres Colin Denman 8
9. Anthony Bristow San Fairy Anne Cc Graham Bristow 9
10. Mike Diggins Gregarios Cycliste Keith Elliot Dnf
Final Result
1. Matt Gittings Aw Cycles George Gilbert 1
2. Bryan Taylor Vc Londres Colin Denman 2
3. Ian Cooper Planet X Doug Pinkerton 3
4. Sam Sturgeon Team Terminator Clive Sturgeon 4
5. John Mcclelland Agiskoviner Sean Bannister 5
6. James Holland-Leader Agiskoviner Scott Bugden 6
7. Simon Lewis Vc Londres Mick Lewis 7
8. Yasuyuki Sakurai Brixton Cycles Malcolm Freeman 8
9. Boyd Roberts Planet X Graham Bristow 9
10. Clive Burr Vc Londres Derek Marloe 10
11. Robert Cox Cambridge Cc Keith Elliot 11
12. Johannes Roux Climb On Bikes Rob Jefferies 12
