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Report: Sussex Track League Race 5

Event: 11th May 2011
Promoted by: SCRL
Venue: Preston Park, Brighton
Report: Vern McClelland
Event Details

After last week's chilly conditions the weather was decidedly warmer for week 5 of the Sussex Track League at Preston Park. Once again numbers were good with 80 riders signing on, 32 for the senior events and 48 for the youth races.

The opening senior scratch race went to Brock Duncumb-Rogers (Progressive Cycle Coaching) from Ashley Dennis (VC Jubilee) and Oliver Pepper (The Kinesis Morvélo Project). Next for the seniors was the first handicap of the season. The first two riders from each of 5 heats would move into the final. In the final it was a one two for Team Terminator, with Mark Burgess just failing to go past the complete field and having to give best to his teammate Jack Hoyle, with Oliver Pepper taking his second third place of the evening. The B seniors points race saw 9 different riders scoring but coming into the final lap the win could go to one of two riders, Steve Kane (Brighton Excelsior) on 12 points or Mark Grigg (Cult Racing) on 11. Neither rider was able to take the win which went to Alan Cooper (Brighton Excelsior), but with Mark Grigg taking take third place and Steve Kane not managing to score the victory with 13 points went to Mark with Steve second on 12 and Alan Cooper third with 10 points thanks to two wins. The A seniors devil saw the first two places from the opening scratch race repeated with Brock Duncumb-Rogers winning from Ashley Dennis with Jack Hoyle in third place. The ladies then lined up for a 500 metre time trial and this saw Imogen Farlie (VC Jubilee) take a fairly convincing win from Sara Gent (Progressive Cycle Coaching) and Emily Barnes (Rapha Condor CC). With light once again failing there was only time for a couple of dashes for the seniors and in the B race Steve Kane came out best from Alan Cooper and Mark Turner (Science in Sport). The A race wrapped up the evening and saw Jack Hoyle first over the line, Ashley Dennis second and Stuart Bettis (Team Terminator) third. After 5 weeks of racing the A category is led by Ashley Dennis who has increased his lead over Brock Duncumb-Rogers to 25 points with Jack Hoyle moving up to joint third with Team Terminator's Paul Barnard. In the B seniors Steve Kane leads on points but with the B winner being decided by the first rider to score five wins it is Mark Grigg leading with two wins to Steve Kane's one.

In the Youth A and B races Jake Deakin (Preston Park Youth) came out best in the opening scratch race from Connor Murphy (VC Jubilee) and Spencer Thomas (Preston Park Youth). The handicap went to Oliver Moors (VC Jubilee) with Mark Jacobs (VC Jubilee) second and Jake Deakin third. The points race was a close run event with Jake Deakin and Connor Murphy both on 18 points but Jake took the overall win with third on the final lap, Connor taking fourth. Third overall was David Barnes (Condor Cycles) on 14 points. The final event a 3 lap dash saw Connor Murphy get the better of Jake Deakin with David Barnes again taking third place. Overall the Youth A is led by Jake Deakin from Connor Murphy with Gabriel Parle (Preston Park Youth) in third place. In the B's Spencer Thomas has an 18 point lead with Olly Priddle (VC Jubilee) in third.

In the Youth C races Noah Ridgway-Brown (Preston Park Youth) won the opening scratch race from Isaac Wright (Preston Park Youth) and Ben Tucker (Preston Park Youth). With no handicap this week a second scratch race saw the same result as the first race. Finally in a hectic devil with eliminations every half lap victory went to Isaac Wright from Noah Ridgway-Brown and Bethany Lewis (VC Jubilee). The overall is led by Isaac Wright by three points from Noah Ridgway-Brown who has ridden one week less than Isaac with Bethany Lewis in third.

In the Youth D events Bradley Burke managed a clean sweep of victories. In the opening scratch he won from Rahul Fortescue Talwar and Michael Wickens all Preston Park Youth. In the second race Bradley was followed home by Christian Bright (Redhill Raiders) and Georgina Burnett (Preston Park Youth). The final event a points race saw George Sloan (VC Jubilee) finish second to Bradley with Christian Bright third. Overall Bradley has a commanding lead of 54 points with Rahul Fortescue Talwar second and Michael Wickens third.

The Youth E races saw Samuel Jacques (Preston Park Youth) triumph in all three events taking the 1 lap scratch the 200 metre sprint and the 2 lap scratch. In each race second and third places were taken by Rory Burke (Preston Park Youth) and Archie Sloan (VC Jubilee). In the overall just two points separate first and second place

Results

Event 1 Seniors Scratch
1st Brock Duncumb-Rogers Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Ashley Dennis VC Jubilee
3rd Oliver Pepper The Kinesis Morvélo Project
4th Nicholas Smith VC Jubilee
5th Sam Cheesman OneLife-Fuga
6th Richard Bailey Un-attached

Event 2 U16 Scratch
1st Jake Deakin PPYCC
2nd Connor Murphy VC Jubilee
3rd Gabriel Parle PPYCC
4th Oliver Moors VC Jubilee
5th Jocelyn Hunter PPYCC

Event 2 U14 Scratch
1st Spencer Thomas PPYCC
2nd Olly Priddle VC Jubilee
3rd David Barnes Condor Cycles
4th Amy Smith VC Jubilee
5th Zak Corum-Haines VC Jubilee
6th Mark Jacobs VC Jubilee

Event 3 U8 Scratch
1st Samuel Jaques PPYCC
2nd Rory Burke PPYCC
3rd Archie Sloan VC Jubilee
4th George Abbott-Stacey PPYCC

Event 4 U10 Scratch
1st Bradley Burke PPYCC
2nd Rahul Fortescue Talwar PPYCC
3rd Michael Wickens PPYCC
4th George Sloan VC Jubilee
5th Georgina Burnett PPYCC
6th Lloyd Costello PPYCC

Event 5 U12 Scratch
1st Noah Ridgway-Brown PPYCC
2nd Isaac Wright PPYCC
3rd Ben Tucker PPYCC
4th Bethany Lewis VC Jubilee
5th Matthew Deacon PPYCC
6th Oliver Nixon PPYCC

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 1
1st Mark Emsley Brighton Excelsior
2nd Ashley Dennis VC Jubilee
3rd Richard Bailey Un-attached
4th Alan Cooper Brighton Excelsior
5th Stuart Bettis Team Terminator
6th Laura Cheesman PPYCC

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 2
1st Brock Duncumb-Rogers Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Sara Gent Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
3rd Andrew Parle Brighton Mitre
4th Matthew Wise Brighton Excelsior
5th Mark Turner Science in Sport
6th Emily Barnes Rapha Condor CC

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 3
1st Mark Burgess Team Terminator
2nd Sam Cheesman OneLife-Fuga
3rd Paul Flynn Unattached
4th Benjamin Miller Brighton Excelsior CC
5th Robert Paynter Brighton Excelsior
6th Charlie Booth Brighton Mitre

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 4
1st Oliver Pepper The Kinesis Morvélo Project
2nd Paul McCarthy Un-attached
3rd Imogen Farlie VC Jubilee
4th Paul Barnard Team Terminator

Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 5
1st Jack Hoyle Team Terminator
2nd John Aston Unattached
3rd Jack Priddle VC Jubilee
4th Mark Grigg Cult Racing
5th Ian Craig VC Etoile
6th Ben Gerrey Brighton Excelsior

Event 7 U16/U14 Handicap
1st Oliver Moors VC Jubilee
2nd Mark Jacobs VC Jubilee
3rd Jake Deakin PPYCC
4th Gabriel Parle PPYCC
5th Connor Murphy VC Jubilee
6th Spencer Thomas PPYCC

Event 8 U8 Sprint
1st Samuel Jaques PPYCC
2nd Rory Burke PPYCC
3rd Archie Sloan VC Jubilee
4th George Abbott-Stacey PPYCC

Event 9 U10 Scratch
1st Bradley Burke PPYCC
2nd Christian Bright Redhill Raiders
3rd Georgina Burnett PPYCC
4th George Sloan VC Jubilee
5th Lloyd Costello PPYCC
6th Michael Wickens PPYCC

Event 10 Seniors Handicap Finals
1st Jack Hoyle Team Terminator
2nd Mark Burgess Team Terminator
3rd Oliver Pepper The Kinesis Morvélo Project
4th Ashley Dennis VC Jubilee
5th Mark Emsley Brighton Excelsior
6th Brock Duncumb-Rogers Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad

Event 11 U12 Dash
1st Noah Ridgway-Brown PPYCC
2nd Isaac Wright PPYCC
3rd Ben Tucker PPYCC
4th Oliver Nixon PPYCC
5th Sam Booth PPYCC
6th Bethany Lewis VC Jubilee

Event 12 U16 Points
1st Jake Deakin PPYCC
2nd Connor Murphy VC Jubilee
3rd Gabriel Parle PPYCC
4th Oliver Moors VC Jubilee
5th Jocelyn Hunter PPYCC

Event 12 U14 Points
1st David Barnes Condor Cycles
2nd Spencer Thomas PPYCC
3rd Amy Smith VC Jubilee
4th Olly Priddle VC Jubilee
5th Zak Corum-Haines VC Jubilee
6th Megan Lewis VC Jubilee

Event 13 Seniors B Points
1st Mark Grigg Cult Racing
2nd Steve Kane Brighton Excelsior
3rd Alan Cooper Brighton Excelsior
4th Mark Turner Science in Sport
5th Jack Priddle VC Jubilee
6th Mark Emsley Brighton Excelsior

Event 14 Seniors A Devil
1st Brock Duncumb-Rogers Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Ashley Dennis VC Jubilee
3rd Jack Hoyle Team Terminator
4th Nicholas Smith VC Jubilee
5th Paul Barnard Team Terminator
6th Sam Cheesman OneLife-Fuga

Event 15 U8 Scratch
1st Samuel Jaques PPYCC
2nd Rory Burke PPYCC
3rd Archie Sloan VC Jubilee
4th George Abbott-Stacey PPYCC

Event 16 U10 Points
1st Bradley Burke PPYCC
2nd George Sloan VC Jubilee
3rd Christian Bright Redhill Raiders
4th Michael Wickens PPYCC
5th Georgina Burnett PPYCC
6th Lloyd Costello PPYCC

Event 17 U12 Devil
1st Isaac Wright PPYCC
2nd Noah Ridgway-Brown PPYCC
3rd Bethany Lewis VC Jubilee
4th Thomas Burnett PPYCC
5th Matthew Deacon PPYCC
6th Nicholas Wickens PPYCC

Event 18 U16 Dash
1st Connor Murphy VC Jubilee
2nd Jake Deakin PPYCC
3rd Oliver Moors VC Jubilee
4th Gabriel Parle PPYCC
5th Jocelyn Hunter PPYCC
6th

Event 18 U14 Dash
1st David Barnes Condor Cycles
2nd Olly Priddle VC Jubilee
3rd Spencer Thomas PPYCC
4th Zak Corum-Haines VC Jubilee
5th Amy Smith VC Jubilee
6th Amy Barnes VC Jubilee

Event 19 Womens 500 TT
1st Imogen Farlie VC Jubilee
2nd Sara Gent Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
3rd Emily Barnes Rapha Condor CC
4th Laura Cheesman PPYCC
5th Kimberley English Welwyn Wheelers

Event 20 Seniors B Dash
1st Steve Kane Brighton Excelsior
2nd Alan Cooper Brighton Excelsior
3rd Mark Turner Science in Sport
4th Paul Flynn Unattached
5th Mark Grigg Cult Racing
6th Jack Priddle VC Jubilee

Event 21 Seniors A Dash
1st Jack Hoyle Team Terminator
2nd Ashley Dennis VC Jubilee
3rd Stuart Bettis Team Terminator
4th Oliver Pepper The Kinesis Morvélo Project
5th Paul Barnard Team Terminator
6th Richard Bailey Un-attached