Vern McClelland writes …Â Sunny but cold conditions were the order of the day for the 9th Sussex Track League meeting at Preston Park on Wednesday 8th June. 73 riders signed on with 26 for the senior races and 47 for the youth events.
It was looking close in the B league, in week 8 Steve Kane achieved his 4th win of the season and was looking for his 5th to clinch the B league title and move up to the A league. Mark Grigg had secured his 3rd win in week 8 to keep the pressure on Steve.
The opening senior race saw Ashley Dennis come home in front of Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Jack Hoyle. The U16/U14 opener saw Connor Murphy win and close the gap to Jake Deakin at the top of the U16’s while first U14 home Spencer Thomas continued to add to his lead at the top of the U14’s.
In the U8’s 1 lap scratch Samuel Jacques continued his winning run but Archie Sloan managed to get the better of Rory Burke for second place. For the U10’s scratch Bradley Burke came home first from George Sloan in second place and Christian Bright third and in the U12 scratch Noah Ridgway-Brown chalked up another victory coming home in front of Isaac Wright and Ben Tucker.
The three senior handicap heats saw Lee Povey, Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Sara Gent qualify in the first heat, Jack Hoyle, Richard Bailey and Matthew Wise qualify in the second heat, Mark Emsley, Ashley Dennis and Alan Cooper qualify in the third heat.
In the U16/U14 handicap, Spencer Thomas scored an impressive win with Mark Jacobs second and Connor Murphy third. Archie Sloan took the U8 handicap from George Abbott-Stacey in second and Samuel Jacques third. The U10 handicap saw a win for Christian Bright with first time rider Harry Makepeace in second and Lloyd Costello third.
In the senior handicap final the early leader was Matthew Wise but a storming ride from scratchman Lee Povey saw him take first place from Ashley Dennis and Brock Duncumb-Rogers. With the large number of U12 riders it was decided to run two handicaps which saw Ben Tucker win the first and Noah Ridgway-Brown take the second.
A lively U16/U14 points race saw 7 different riders scoring points and it was Connor Murphy on 13 points who took the victory from Olly Priddle on 12 points and Megan Lewis on 10 points.
The senior B devil saw Mark Grigg take his fourth victory and draw level on wins with Steve Kane who could only manage third place behind Paul Flynn. The senior A devil saw Brock Duncumb-Rogers lead home Ashley Dennis and Paul Barnard.
Samuel Jacques took his second victory of the evening in the U8 200 metre sprint with Rory Burke second and Archie Sloan third. The U10 field was split for two 300 metre sprints with Bradley Burke taking the first and Rahul Fortescue-Talwar taking the second.
A 3 lap scratch for the U12’s saw the victory go to Noah Ridgway-Brown with Isaac Wright second and Joe Hill third. Connor Murphy took the U16 dash while first U14 was Spencer Thomas.
So next up the senior B dash and would there be an overall winner with both Steve Kane and Mark Grigg on 4 victories each. The race was all together for the first lap and then Steve Kane made a bold bid with just over a lap to go. Coming into the last 200 metres and Steve still had a gap which he managed to hold until the finish and so win the B league and gain promotion to the A league. Coming home in second place was a disappointed Mark Grigg and in third place Jack Priddle. Steve becomes the fastest winner of the B league since the change of format. The senior A dash saw Lee Povey take his second victory of the evening with Brock Duncumb-Rogers second and Ashley Dennis third.
The U16/U14 Hare and Hounds saw the hares manage to hold off the hounds who never looked as though they would get on terms. Megan Lewis took the victory from Amy Smith and Mark Jacobs.
The final event of the evening was an 18 lap scratch race for the seniors and after a fairly steady start a break of three managed to establish a good lead. The three riders were Ashley Dennis, Brock Duncumb-Rogers and Paul Barnard and they steadily increased the lead working well together. Two primes were both taken by Brock and with the gap increasing the offer of £20 to the break to lap the field saw the pace of both the break and the bunch go up. Paul was dropped from the break as Ashley and Brock gradually overhauled the bunch and took the lap. At the finish it was Brock leading Ashley over the line while Paul held on to finish third.
RESULTS
Event 1 Seniors Scratch 8 Laps
1st Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
2nd Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
3rd Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
4th Richard BAILEY Un-attached
5th Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
6th Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator
Event 2 U16 Scratch 4 Laps
1st Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
2nd Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
3rd Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
4th Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC
Event 2 U14 Scratch 4 Laps
1st Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
2nd Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
3rd Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
4th Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
5th Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
6th Joshua FANNER Unattached
Event U8 Scratch 1 Lap
1st Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
2nd Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd Rory BURKE PPYCC
4th George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
Event 4 U10 Scratch 1 Lap
1st Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd George SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
4th Michael WICKENS PPYCC
5th Sam BUCHANAN PPYCC
6th George TURNER PPYCC
Event 5 U12 Scratch 2 Laps
1st Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd Ben TUCKER PPYCC
4th Joe HILL PPYCC
5th Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th Oliver NIXON PPYCC
Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 1 1 Lap
1st Lee POVEY Team Terminator
2nd Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
3rd Sara GENT Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
4th Sam CHEESMAN OneLife-Fuga
5th Imogen FARLIE VC Jubilee
6th Adrian HOYLE Brighton Excelsior
Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 2 1 Lap
1st Jack HOYLE Team Terminator
2nd Richard BAILEY Un-attached
3rd Matthew WISE Brighton Excelsior
4th Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
5th Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
6th Ben GERREY Brighton Excelsior
Event 6 Seniors Handicaps Heat 3 1 Lap
1st Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior
2nd Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd Alan COOPER Brighton Excelsior
4th Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator
5th Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
6th Robert PAYNTER Brighton Excelsior
Event 7 U16/U14 Handicap 1 Lap
1st Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
2nd Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
3rd Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
4th Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
5th Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th Joshua FANNER Unattached
Event 8 U8 Handicap 1 Lap
1st Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
2nd George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
3rd Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
4th Rory BURKE PPYCC
Event 9 U10 Handicap
1st Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd Michael WICKENS PPYCC
3rd George SLOAN VC Jubilee
4th Sam BUCHANAN PPYCC
5th Ben BATTLE PPYCC
6th George TURNER PPYCC
Event 9 U10 Handicap
1st Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
2nd Harry MAKEPEACE PPYCC
3rd Lloyd COSTELLO PPYCC
4th Miranda WRIGHT PPYCC
5th Rahul FORTESCUE TALWAR PPYCC
6th Oliver BROOKER VC Jubilee
Event 10 Seniors Handicap Finals 1 Lap
1st Lee POVEY Team Terminator
2nd Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
4th Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior
5th Alan COOPER Brighton Excelsior
6th Richard BAILEY Un-attached
Event 11 U12 Handicap 1 Lap
1st Ben TUCKER PPYCC
2nd Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd Nicholas WICKENS PPYCC
4th Stan ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
5th Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th Douglas MCCAULEY PPYCC
Event 11 U12 Handicap 1 Lap
1st Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd Joe HILL PPYCC
3rd Richard HOYLE VC Jubilee
4th Matthew DEACON PPYCC
5th Sam BOOTH PPYCC
6th Oliver NIXON PPYCC
Event 12 U16 Points
1st Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
2nd Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
3rd Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
4th Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC
Event 12 U14 Points
1st Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
2nd Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
3rd Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
4th Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
5th Joshua FANNER Unattached
6th Zak CORUM-HAINES VC Jubilee
Event 13 Seniors B Devil
1st Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
2nd Paul FLYNN Unattached
3rd Steve KANE Brighton Excelsior
4th Mark TURNER Science in Sport
5th Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
6th Mark EMSLEY Brighton Excelsior
Event 13 Seniors A Devil
1st Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
4th Richard BAILEY Un-attached
5th Andrew PARLE Brighton Mitre
6th Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator 1
Event 14 U8 Sprint 200m
1st Samuel JAQUES PPYCC
2nd Rory BURKE PPYCC
3rd Archie SLOAN VC Jubilee
4th George ABBOTT-STACEY PPYCC
Event 15 U10 Sprint 300m
1st Bradley BURKE PPYCC
2nd Michael WICKENS PPYCC
3rd Rahul FORTESCUE TALWAR PPYCC
4th Sam BUCHANAN PPYCC
5th Lloyd COSTELLO PPYCC
6th Milo HOSKINS PPYCC
Event 15 U10 Sprint 300m
1st Christian BRIGHT Redhill Raiders
2nd George SLOAN VC Jubilee
3rd Evelyn PARLE PPYCC
4th Miranda WRIGHT PPYCC
5th Ben BATTLE PPYCC
6th George TURNER PPYCC
Event 16 U12 Dash 3 Laps
1st Noah RIDGWAY-BROWN PPYCC
2nd Isaac WRIGHT PPYCC
3rd Joe HILL PPYCC
4th Oliver NIXON PPYCC
5th Bethany LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th Ben TUCKER PPYCC
Event 17 U16 Dash 3 Laps
1st Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
2nd Gabriel PARLE PPYCC
3rd Jake DEAKIN PPYCC
4th Jocelyn HUNTER PPYCC
Event 17 U14 Dash 3 Laps
1st Spencer THOMAS PPYCC
2nd Olly PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
3rd Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
4th Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
5th Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
6th Zak CORUM-HAINES VC Jubilee
Event 18 Seniors B Dash 3 Laps
1st Steve KANE Brighton Excelsior
2nd Mark GRIGG Cult Racing
3rd Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
4th John ASTON Unattached
5th Mark TURNER Science in Sport
6th Alan COOPER Brighton Excelsior
Event 19 Seniors A Dash 3 Laps
1st Lee POVEY Team Terminator
2nd Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
3rd Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
4th Stuart BETTIS Team Terminator
5th Andrew PARLE Brighton Mitre
6th Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
Event 20 U16/U14 Hare and Hounds 7 Laps
1st Megan LEWIS VC Jubilee
2nd Amy SMITH VC Jubilee
3rd Mark JACOBS VC Jubilee
4th Zak CORUM-HAINES VC Jubilee
5th Joshua FANNER Unattached
6th Connor MURPHY VC Jubilee
Event 21 Seniors Scratch 18 Laps
1st Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Ashley DENNIS VC Jubilee
3rd Paul BARNARD Team Terminator
4th Richard BAILEY Un-attached
5th Mark TURNER Science in Sport
6th Jack PRIDDLE VC Jubilee
Primes Name Club
1st Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
2nd Brock DUNCUMB-ROGERS Progressive Cycle Coaching Dev Squad
