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Day 1 - 21 August 2011

The six day long National Youth & Junior Track Championships kicked off at the Manchester Velodrome on Sunday with the Under 12 boys and girls Omniums and the Under 16 boys Individual Pursuit.

The Under 12 girls Omnium opened proceedings and it was Jessica Roberts of Towy Riders who took the honours - her time of 2:11.291 seeding her first for the Sprint competition later. Second placed Charlotte Cole-Hossain of VC Londres was over a second back with a 2:12.525 but there was then a four second margin to third placed Sophie Williams of Newport Velo.

The Under 12 boys Omnium saw the expected head-to-head battle between Tomos Owens of Mid-Shropshire Wheelers and Fred Wright of VC Londres - and it was Owens that came out on top with a time of 2:03.362, a second or so up on Wright's 2:04.534. A whopping eight seconds separated the two leaders from third placed James Tillett of Newport Velo. In the girls Sprint round, Roberts, Cole-Hossain and Williams won their heats easily with Emily Tillett (Newport Velo) Lauren Murphy (Team Milton Keynes) and Carys Harland (Eastlands Velo) progressing to the semi-finals through the Repechages.

The boys' heats were anything but straightforward with failed gear checks being successfully appealed and heat 1 being run twice. Owens just held off Cameron Thomson of Palmer Park Velo (in both the Heat 1's) with Thomson making through his Repechage. Wright easily won heat 2 and Harry Yates (Lichfield City CC) and Thomas Humphrey (Wakefield Junior CC) joined in the semi-final by virtue of winning their heats. The remaining places went to Josh Fitton (Eastlands Velo), James Tillett (Newport Velo), Benjamin Hardwick (Wolverhampton Wheelers) and Halley Woods (Eastlands Velo).

In the girls' semi-finals, Roberts, Cole-Hossain and Williams progressed and the final also went to form with Roberts taking a close win from Cole-Hossain with Williams a little way behind. The boys' semi-finals saw Owens, Wright and Humprey through but, this time, it was Wright that took the win to tie the overall competition. The final event of the Omnium was the 500m Time Trial and, although Roberts won again - and clinched the overall Omnium title - with a time of 41.636, this time round it was Williams that took second with a 43.116. Cole-Hossain took third, though, on 43.247 which, with her two second places from the Pursuit and Sprint was enough to secure second overall, behind Roberts and ahead of Williams.

In the boys event it was Owens on top again, which was enough to secure the overall title from Wright. Tillett moved ahead of Humphrey to claim the Bronze.

The Under 16 boys Individual Pursuit was held in two sessions - either side of the Under 12 Omnium Sprint Repechages - and it was Tristan Robbins of Cardiff JIF's time of 2:24.711 that led for most of the 10 heat first session, before being pipped in heat 9 by Oliver Wood of Aire Valley RT who clocked a sensational 2:20.917.

In the second session, Wood's time went largely unchallenged until the final heat. Tao Geoghan-Hart (CC Hackney) and Luc Hall (Kuota-Spinergy-GSG) came closest with a 2:21.279 and a 2:21.767 respectively. But it wasn't until the final heat that Christ Lawless of Maxgear RT set off at a blistering pace in the final heat and kept to going for the full eight laps. His opponent in the final heat - Jacob Ragan of Teamwallis CHH RT was the only other rider to dip under 2:22 with a 2:21.784 - but Lawless cross the line three tenths up on Wood with a stunning 2:20.600.

The final was evenly matched, with both Wood and Lawless down on their times from qualifying - but where there was less than half a second between them in the heats, Lawless opened out almost two seconds as he took the Gold with a time of 2:21.130 to Wood's 2:22.906. Geoghegan-Hart had qualified third and held on to the Bronze medal in the minor final. The fifth to eighth rides saw a change from the qualifying order with Woolf leapfrogging May to take sixth behind Ragan with Robbins staying eighth.

A 12 hour session tomorrow sees the boys and girls Under 14 Omniums, the Under 16 girls Sprint and the Under 16 boys Scratch.

Results

Under 12 Girls

Omnium - Overall

1. Jessica Roberts Towy Riders Cc 3
2. Charlotte Cole-Hossain Vc Londres 7
3. Sophie Williams Newport Velo 8
4. Lauren Murphy Team Milton Keynes 13
5. Rachel Jary Vc Londres 16
6. Eleanor Davies Royal London 360 19
7. Emily Tillett Newport Velo 20
8. Carys Harland Eastlands Velo 24
9. Sophie Taylor Newport Velo 25
10. Katie Hellsby Eastlands Velo 30

1500m Individual Pursuit

1. Jessica Roberts Towy Riders Cc 2:11.391
2. Charlotte Cole-Hossain Vc Londres 2:12.525
3. Sophie Williams Newport Velo 2:16.445
4. Rachel Jary Vc Londres 2:20.026
5. Lauren Murphy Team Milton Keynes 2:20.634
6. Eleanor Davies Royal London 360 Isle Of Man 2:22.722
7. Emily Tillett Newport Velo 2:22.775
8. Sophie Taylor Newport Velo 2:28.103
9. Carys Harland Eastlands Velo 2:29.222
10. Katie Hellsby Eastlands Velo 2:34.791

Sprint

1. Jessica Roberts Towy Riders Cc
2. Charlotte Cole-Hossain Vc Londres
3. Sophie Williams Newport Velo
4. Lauren Murphy Team Milton Keynes
5. Rachel Jary Vc Londres
6. Carys Harland Eastlands Velo
7. Eleanor Davies Royal London 360
8. Emily Tillett Newport Velo
9. Sophie Taylor Newport Velo
10, Katie Hellsby Eastlands Velo

500m Time Trial

1. Jessica Roberts Towy Riders Cc 41.636
2. Sophie Williams Newport Velo 43.116
3. Charlotte Cole-Hossain Vc Londres 43.247
4. Lauren Murphy Team Milton Keynes 44.999
5. Emily Tillett Newport Velo 45.118
6. Eleanor Davies Royal London 360 45.747
7. Rachel Jary Vc Londres 46.011
8. Sophie Taylor Newport Velo 49.194
9. Carys Harland Eastlands Velo 49.578
10. Katie Hellsby Eastlands Velo 51.462

Under 12 Boys

Omnium - Overall

1. Tomos Owens Mid Shropshire Wheelers 4
2. Fred Wright VC Londres 5
3. James Tillett Newport Youth Velo 11
4. Thomas Humphrey Wakefield Junior Tri Club 12
5. Harry Yates Lichfield City CC 18
6. Cameron Thomson Palmer Park Velo 18
7. Benjamin Hardwick Wolverhampton Wheelers 18
8. Samuel Tillett Newport Youth Velo 24
9 Josh Fitton Eastlands Velo 28
10. Halley Woods Eastlands Velo 32
11. Luke Cheetham Eastlands Velo 32
12. Oscar Mingay Newport Youth Velo 36
13. William Draper Royal London 360 Isle of Man 36
14. Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC 42
15. Tiras Waterman Kirkless CA 44

1500m Individual Pursuit

1. Tomos Owens Mid-Shropshire Wheelers 2:03.362
2. Fred Wright Vc Londres 2:04.534
3. James Tillett Newport Velo 2:12.376
4. Benjamin Hardwick Wolverhampton Wheelers 2:14.605
5. Thomas Humphrey Wakefield Junior Tri Club 2:15.752
6. Harry Yates Lichfield City Cc 2:16.052
7. Samuel Tillett Newport Velo 2:17.066
8. Cameron Thomson Palmer Park Velo 2:17.952
9. Luke Cheetham Eastlands Velo 2:22.124
10. William Draper Royal London 360 Isle Of Man 2:22.290
11. Josh Fitton Eastlands Velo 2:23.754
12. Halley Woods Eastlands Velo 2:24.218
13. Oscar Mingay Newport Velo 2:24.963
14. Tiras Waterman Kirklees Ca 2:28.019
15. Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme Rc 2:35.695

Sprint

1. Fred Wright Vc Londres
2. Tomos Owens Mid-Shropshire Wheelers
3. Thomas Humphrey Wakefield Junior Tri Club
4. Cameron Thomson Palmer Park Velo
5. James Tillett Newport Velo
6. Benjamin Hardwick Wolverhampton Wheelers
7. Harry Yates Lichfield City Cc
8. Josh Fitton Eastlands Velo
9. Halley Woods Eastlands Velo
10. Samuel Tillett Newport Velo
11. Luke Cheetham Eastlands Velo
12. William Draper Royal London 360 Isle Of Man
13. Oscar Mingay Newport Velo
14. Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme Rc
15. Tiras Waterman Kirklees Ca

500m Time Trial

1. Tomos Owens Mid Shropshire Wheelers 40.172
2. Fred Wright VC Londres 40.968
3. James Tillett Newport Youth Velo 41.728
4. Thomas Humphrey Wakefield Junior Tri Club 42.559
5. Harry Yates Lichfield City CC 43.593
6. Cameron Thomson Palmer Park Velo 43.613
7. Samuel Tillett Newport Youth Velo 44.515
8. Benjamin Hardwick Wolverhampton Wheelers 44.724
9. Josh Fitton Eastlands Velo 45.812
10. Oscar Mingay Newport Youth Velo 46.122
11. Halley Woods Eastlands Velo 47.178
12. Luke Cheetham Eastlands Velo 48.057
13. Liam Zwetschnikow Lyme RC 48.345
14. William Draper Royal London 360 Isle of Man 48.452
15. Tiras Waterman Kirkless CA 50.013

Under 16 Boys

2km Individual Pursuit - Finals

Gold Chris Lawless Maxgear Rt 2:21.130
Silver Oliver Wood Aire Valley Rt 2:22.906
Bronze Tao Geoghegan-Hart Cc Hackney
4. Luc Hall Kuota-Spinergy-Gsg
5. Jacob Ragan Teamwallis Chh Rt
6. Kristian Woolf Kings Cliffe Flyers
7. Zachery May Cardiff Jif
8. Tristan Robbins Cardiff Jif

Qualifying

1. Chris Lawless Maxgear Rt 2:20.600
2. Oliver Wood Aire Valley Rt 2:20.917
3. Tao Geoghegan-Hart 2:21.279
4. Luc Hall Kuota-Spinergy-Gsg 2:21.767
5. Jacob Ragan Teamwallis Chh Rt 2:21.784
6. Zachery May Cardiff Jif 2:22.961
7. Kristian Woolf Kings Cliffe Flyers Cc 2:24.585
8. Tristan Robbins Cardiff Jif 2:24.711
9. Matthew Cross Towy Riders Cc 2:25.123
10. Owen James Towy Riders Cc 2:25.332
11. Tom Arnstein Ev Ecosse 2:25.483
12. Rob Westwood Cwmcarn Paragon Rc 2:25.500
13. Jake Kelly Royal London 360 Isle Of Man 2:25.586
14. Charlie Tanfield Velo29 Cycling Team 2:26.055
15. Jacob Scott Planet X 2:26.130
16. Dan Maslin Prestige Velo Club 2:26.227
17. Ashley Dennis Vc Jubilee 2:26.352
18. Jake Womersley Aire Valley Rt 2:26.590
19. William Thomas Velocity Rt 2:27.851
20 Andy Shackel I-Team Cc 2:27.880
21. James Shaw Heanor Clarion 2:29.494
22. Cameron Balfour Cnp Orbea 2:29.619
23. Sean Mcgovern Sportcity Velo 2:30.891
24. Gabriel Cullaigh Aire Valley Rt 2:30.913
25. Leon Gledhill Planet X 2:32.203
26. Geraint Manley Cardiff Jif 2:33.494
27. Joseph Crolla Palmer Park Velo 2:33.685
28. Christian Braybrooke Velocity Rt 2:33.858
29. Joseph Wiltshire Newport Velo 2:34.560
30. Jacob Kelly Lichfield City Cc 2:34.686
31. Alan Trolove West Suffolk Wheelers 2:34.778
32. George Edwards Lyme Rc 2:36.799
33. Joshua Dunham Star Bikes Rt 2:40.688
34. Marcus Gale Newport Velo 2:50.323