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Wolverhampton Wheelers Track League

Story posted June 29, 2010, Dave Brookes | Event June 23

There was a larger field for the night’s racing with a lot more passion in that racing on an evening that was billed as a ‘Sprint’ night. The Freewheeler races, of course never lack passion and they did not disappoint with the Group A Sprint Handicap being particularly close: Joshua Horsfield taking first, Ben Hardwick second, Matt Lewis third, Georgia Hilleard forth and Seb Bacon fifth.

The Scratch races were a prelude to the Sprints and proved very entertaining with much changing of positions during the races as different riders put in great efforts and a variety of race tactics developed.  Martin Pockett from Halesowen took the Senior B final while Jack Hibberd from MJS Racing took the Senior A. 

After a series of one lap heats, the climax of the night’s events came with the Sprint finals. Jack Hibberd (again) took the Senior A race closely followed by Adam Lewis and Stephen Croggon took the Senior B event. The Youth races  provided their own form of excitement with Jack Escritt continuing to ride with crowd pleasing flair closely followed by his main rival of the night; Emily Nelson.

The finale of the evening was once again the 10 km Handicap with an Intermediate Sprint at 5 km.  The Intermediate was taken by Andy Jones who then went on to take a sixth place after the full 10 km.  Overall victory went to Jack Hibberd (yet again), second Jess Wieckowski and third Adam Lewis.

RESULTS

Youth, Block Handicap, 4 laps    
1  Jack Escritt  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Emily Nelson  Lichfield City CC  
3  James Ireson  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Ryan Phillips  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Jessie Ansell  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Ewan Grivell-mellor  Mid Shropshire Wheelers  
    
Youth, Sprint, Heat 1    
1  Jack Escritt  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Ryan Phillips  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Ashley Britton  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Youth, Sprint, Heat 2    
1  Emily Nelson  Lichfield City CC  
2  James Ireson  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Jessie Ansell  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Youth, Devil    
1  Jack Escritt  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Emily Nelson  Lichfield City CC  
3  Jessie Ansell  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Ryan Phillips  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Ashley Britton  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Joshua Nelson  Lichfield City CC  
    
Youth, Sprint, Final    
1  Jack Escritt  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Emily Nelson  Lichfield City CC  
3  James Ireson  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Ryan Phillips  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Ashley Britton  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Jessie Ansell  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior B, Scratch Race, 8 laps    
1  Martin Pockett  Halesowen A&CC  
2  Adrian Ravenscroft  Birmingham CC  
3  Stephen Croggon  Beacon RCC  
4  Martin Hayes  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Andy Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Richard Walkerdine  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior B, Sprint, Heat 1    
1  Martin Pockett  Halesowen A&CC  
2  Nigel Albutt  Halesowen A & CC  
3  Alan Hilleard  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior B, Sprint, Heat 2    
1  Stephen Croggon  Beacon RCC  
2  Andy Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Steve Sanders  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior B, Sprint, Heat 3    
1  Adrian Ravenscroft  Birmingham CC  
2  Martin Hayes  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Pete Hoggetts  Halesowen A & CC  
    
Senior B, Devil    
1  Stephen Croggon  Beacon RCC  
2  Andy Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Adrian Ravenscroft  Birmingham CC  
4  Josh Burke  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Pete Hoggetts  Halesowen A & CC  
6  Steve Sanders  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior B, Sprint, Final    
1  Stephen Croggon  Beacon RCC  
2  Martin Pockett  Halesowen A&CC  
3  Martin Hayes  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Nigel Albutt  Halesowen A & CC  
5  Andy Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Adrian Ravenscroft  Birmingham CC  
    
Senior A, Scratch Race, 8 laps    
1  Jack Hibberd  MJS Racing  
2  Adam Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Luke Grivell-mellor  Mid Shropshire Wheelers  
4  Alan Davies  Psuk CC  
5  Jason Colledge  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Richard Walkerdine  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior A, Sprint, Heat 1    
1  Richard Walkerdine  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Lee Aris  Wednesfield Aces CSC  
3  Alan Davies  Psuk CC  
    
Senior A, Sprint, Heat 2    
1  Jack Hibberd  MJS Racing  
2  Adam Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Jason Colledge  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior A, Devil    
1  Jack Hibberd  MJS Racing  
2  Adam Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Jess Wieckowski  Team Nemesis  
4  Lee Aris  Wednesfield Aces CSC  
5  Craig Ansell  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Luke Grivell-mellor  Mid Shropshire Wheelers  
    
Senior A, Sprint, Final    
1  Jack Hibberd  MJS Racing  
2  Adam Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Lee Aris  Wednesfield Aces CSC  
4  Jason Colledge  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Richard Walkerdine  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Alan Davies  Psuk CC  
    
Senior A,B & Selected Youth, Handicap - Intermediate Sprint, 5km Intermediate sprint (of 10km total)    
1  Andy Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Adrian Ravenscroft  Birmingham CC  
3  Alan Hilleard  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Tim Metcalfe  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Nick Jeggo  Newport  
6  Steve Sanders  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Senior A,B & Selected Youth, Handicap, 10km    
1  Jack Hibberd  MJS Racing  
2  Jess Wieckowski  Team Nemesis  
3  Adam Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Richard Walkerdine  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Luke Grivell-mellor  Mid Shropshire Wheelers  
6  Andy Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers, Block Handicap, 2 laps    
1  Sam Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Matthew Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Ben Hardwick  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Claire Fielding  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Alice Hopkins  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Dan Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers Group B, Sprint Handicap, 1 lap    
1  Kate Britton  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Dan Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Claire Fielding  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Dominic Horsfield  MSW  
5  Alice Hopkins  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Sam Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers Group A, Sprint Handicap, 1 lap    
1  Joshua Horsfield  MSW  
2  Ben Hardwick  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Matthew Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Georgia Hilleard  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Sebastian Bacon  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Sam Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers Group A, Keirin    
1  Ben Hardwick  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Matthew Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Georgia Hilleard  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Sam Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Sebastian Bacon  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Rebecca Simmons  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers Group B, Keirin    
1  Alice Hopkins  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Sam Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Claire Fielding  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Kate Britton  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Dominic Horsfield  MSW  
6  Dan Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers Group A, Devil    
1  Matthew Lewis  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Ben Hardwick  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Georgia Hilleard  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
4  Joshua Horsfield  MSW  
5  Sebastian Bacon  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Sam Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
    
Freewheelers Group B, Devil    
1  Sam Jones  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
2  Claire Fielding  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
3  Dominic Horsfield  MSW  
4  Dan Morris  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
5  Kate Britton  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC  
6  Alice Hopkins  Wolverhampton Wheelers CC