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An excellent evenings racing with fine weather and a massive attendance of senior riders. George Olive with a fine finishing burst from 200m out was too quick for Tony Gibb in the opening 10 lap scratch for A riders. Tony made amends in the Devil and then took the 10 lap Block Handicap from Lewis Atkins and fast improving Phil Lisher. Andrew Elderfield took the opening Group B 10 lap scratch plus the points race which gained him the pleasure of promotion to the A group for the next few weeks along with Laurie Bone who has been consistently notching up points in the Senior B group. The senior 10 mile was run at a frantic but steady pace until 5 riders escaped with 7 laps to go – this was reduced to three - Tony Gibb, Lewis Atkins, Digby Symons - with 5 to go. Symons lost contact and was swallowed up by the bunch leaving Tony Gibb to win alone with Lewis Atkins a worthy second while George Olive took the bunch sprint for 3rd place – winning time was 21.03. In the youth races Ben Bailey cleaned up in Youth A while Ryan Owens did the same in Youth B. First timer Ed Ballan (West Suffolk Whs) showed remarkable speed in the Youth C events battling it out with a plethora of local Welwyn riders. Senior 10 lap A – George Olive (VC ST Raphael) Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven) John McClelland (Agiskoviner) Block Handicap A – Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven) Lewis Atkins (Agiskoviner) Phil Lisher (Team Welwyn) Devil – Tony Gibb (Plowman Carven) John McClelland (Agiskoviner) Lewis Atkins (Agiskoviner) 10 lap B – Andrew Elerfield (VC Revolution) Adrian Grimwood (West Suffolk Whs) Neville Smith (PCA Ciclos Uno) 10 lap Block Pursuit – Brian Evans (Agiskoviner) Laurie Bone (PCA Ciclos Uno) Neil Fraser (Hitchin Nomads) 10 lap Points B – Andrew Elderfield (VC Revolution) Ian Coles (North Road CC) Phil Wilkinson (Rockingham Forest) 10 mile – Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven) Lewis Atkins (Agiskoviner) George Olive (VC St Raphael) Youth A 5 lap – Ben Bailey (PalmerPark Velo) Andrew Street (Welwyn Whs) Tom Gallacher (Welwyn Whs) 500m Handicap – Ben Bailey (Palmer Park) Mark Smith (Welwyn Whs) George Bateman (Welwyn Whs) 5 lap Points – Ben Bailey, Tom Gallacher, Mark Smith Youth B 4 lap – Ryan Owens (Welwyn Whs) Oran Fraser (Hitchin Nomads) Alan Trolove (West Suffolk) 500m H’Cap – Ryan Owens (Welwyn Whs) Alan Trolove (West Suffolk) Ollie Plumley (Welwyn Whs) 1 lap Dash – Ryan Owens, Alan Trolove, Oran Fraser (Welwyn Whs) Youth C 3 lap – Ed Ballam (West Suffolk Whs) Bethany Hayward (Welwyn Whs) Archie Wishart (Welwyn Whs) 500m H’cap – Gemma Parry, Jack Plumley, Bethany Hayward, (all Welwyn Whs) 4 lap H’Cap/Points – Jack Plumley (Welwyn) Ed Ballam (West Suffolk) Sophie Scott (Welwyn) Combined B/C 4 lap H’cap- Alan Trolove (West Suffolk) Bethany Hayward (Welwyn) Archie Wishart (Welwyn Whs)
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