Welwyn Track Laegue 2008

By lcs

Despite the threat of rain there was a good attendance of senior riders for this weeks Welwyn Track League however the Youth numbers were somewhat lower than the previous week as a number of riders were due in Portsmout the following day for the BC Youth Omnium series.

In the opening Senior A 10 lap scratch a lone attack with just over a lap to go by Phil Lisher (Team Welwyn) opened up a gap which he held on to the finish for a well earned victory. He tried the same tactics again in the 10 lap Block Pursuit but was caught on the line by Joel Stewart and Lewis Atkins.

William Hare continued to dominate the Senior B group picking up wins in the 10 lap scratch and Devil while Adrian Grimwood opened his account with a win in the 10 lap Handicap.

The senior 10 mile was run at a cracking pace but six riders escaped with 15 laps remaining – the Agiskoviner trio of Lesis Atkins, Joel Stewart and John McClelland plus Mike Broadwith, Robert Cox and Phil Lisher – they built up a useful lead and with 5 to go Broadwith punctured and Atkins and Stewart attacked and opened up a gap over the remaining trio. At the line Atkins and Stewart crossed the line together with McClelland taking third spot for an Agisko clean sweep.

The youth racing was as keen as ever with six different winners in the B and C series as riders prepared for the second round of the Youth Omnium series at Welwyn on Saturday May 10th.

Senior
10 lap A – Phil Lisher (Team Welwyn) John McClelland (Agiskoviner) Lewis Atkins (Agiskoviner)
Block Pursuit A – Joel Stewart (Agiskoviner) Lewis Atkins (Agiskoviner) Phil Lisher (Team
Welwyn)
10 lap Points – Lewis Atkins (Agiskoviner) Joel Stewart (Agiskoviner) Robert Cox (Cambridge)

10 lap B – William Hare (Spalding) Richard Mead (CC Luton) Laurie Bone (PCA Ciclos Uno)
10 lap Block Handicap – Adrian Grimwood (West Suffolk Whs) Laurie Bone (PCA Ciclos Uno)
Ian Coles (North Road)
Devil B – William Hare (Spalding) Laurie Bone (PCA Ciclos Uno) Ed Checkley (Welwyn Whs)

10 mile – Lewsi Atkins, Joel Stewart, John McClelland (all Agiskoviner)

Youth A
5 lap – Ben Bailey (PalmerPark Velo), Mark Smith (Welwyn Whs)

Youth B
4 lap – Ryan Owens (Welwyn Whs) Oliver Fensom (Spalding) Oran Fraser (Hitchin Nomads)
500m H’Cap – Oran Fraser (Hitchin N) Ryan Owens (Welwyn Whs) Joseph Fry (Welwyn Whs)
A/B Points – Ben Bailey (Palmer Park) mark Smith (WelwynWhs) Joseph Fry (Welwyn Whs)

Youth C
3 lap – Bethany Hayward, William Street, Chloe Evans (all Welwyn Whs)
500m H’cap – William Street, Bethany Hayward, Tom Street (all Welwyn Whs)
Devil/H’Cap – Chloe Evans, William Street, Tom Street

Combined B/C 4 lap H’cap- Joseph Fry, William Street, Bethany Hayward