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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