LAST Saturday, Southport Cycling Club hosted the British Cycling North West Region Youth Championships on the Victoria Park circuit, where a remarkable total of one hundred and ten riders were competing for the honour of Regional Champion and a gold medal in their respective age group races, writes Paul Mayor.
With racing getting underway at a little after 12pm, there was a risk that the forecast rain for the afternoon would really put a damper on proceedings but fortunately it remained dry throughout and conditions could have hardly been better for the ten championship races for boys and girls, U8s, U10s, U12s,U14s and U16s.
Three riders taking part were 2007 champions, Laura Allen, New Brighton CC, U14girls; Jacob Ragan, Eastlands Velo, U12boys; and Kim Baptista, Eastlands Velo, U8 girls.
Laura Allen and Jacob Ragan have both moved up a category for 2008 to U16 and U14 respectively with Kim remaining at U8 for the last time. All three went on to take victory again this year.
The recent Terry Dolan sponsored race series, which was completed only two weeks previously, provided some indication of which riders were currently in good form and there were no major surprises in any of the groups, apart maybe in the U16 boys, where Adam Yates, of Sports City Velo, had won the recent Terry Dolan series.
He was pushed into the silver medal position by non-other than twin brother, Simon, who rode away strongly in the closing stages of their 45km race to win by a margin of 11secs and claim the title of best regional schoolboy.
Round three of the Thursday evening 10-mile time trial series saw Preston CC rider P Johnstone take his third successive win, posting a time of 23mins 05secs from a field of 26 riders, which encouragingly saw a total of 14 riders from the Southport club taking the start.
Bill Sedgewick took the points towards the club 10-mile championship with a time of 24mins 19secs and Bill Lloyd headed the Veterans on Standard for the third week with a +6mins 34secs clocking an actual of 25mins 26secs. Bill also posted a creditable 25mins 04secs, his season’s best, in Wigan Wheelers 10mile TT last Saturday afternoon.
The weekend clubruns will depart as usual from the Plough bus stop, Preston New Road. The Saturday run leaves at 9.30hrs. The Sunday run leaves at 9.00hrs. The weekday runs also depart from the Plough bus stop; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all now at 9.30hrs. The Saturday and weekday runs are covered at a more comfortable pace, so if you’re new to cycling these runs are the way to start.
Download the full results of the BCNW Region Youth Championships by clicking Download file.
RESULTS
British Cycling North West Region Youth Championships: U16 boys, 1st Simon Yates, Sports City Velo; 2nd Adam Yates, Sports City Velo; 3rd Chris Sherriffs, Sports City Velo. U16 girls, 1st Laura Allen, New Brighton CC; 2nd Sophie Gore, Sports City Velo; 3rd Alicia Corlett, Scottish Provident IoM. U14 boys, 1st Jacob Ragan, Eastlands Velo; 2nd Chris Latham, Eastlands Velo; 3rd Josh Penrice, Eastlands Velo. U14 girls, 1st Melissa Bury, Sports City Velo; 2nd Hannah Leyland, Mossley CRT; 3rd Jess Anderson, Sports City Velo. U12 boys, 1st Sam Turton, Ribble Valley Juniors CRC; 2nd Matthew Davies, Scottish Provident IoM; 3rd Leon Mazzone, Scottish Provident IoM. U12 girls, 1st Claire Gore, Red Rose Olympic; 2nd India Penrice, Eastlands Velo; 3rd Jessica Wilkinson, Birkenhead North End CC. U10 boys, 1st Matthew Draper, Scottish Provident IoM; 2nd Leighton Sharman, Liverpool Century RC; 3rd Matthew Walls, Eastlands Velo. U10 girls, 1st Emma Nicholson, Scottish Provident IoM. U8 boys, 1st Dan Gibson, Liverpool Century RC. U8 girls, 1st Kim Baptista, Eastlands Velo; 2nd Olivia Braybrooke, Eastlands Velo.
Thursday PM 10-mile TT (April 24): P Johnstone, Preston CC, 23mins 05secs; P Mason, Ashurst BC, 23mins 50secs; R Kettle, Ashurst BC, 23mins 55secs; M Wallis, Ribble Valley, 24mins 14secs; B Sedgewick, Southport CC, 24mins 19secs; J Henderson, Southport CC, 24mins 24secs; R Hurst, Southport CC, 24mins 40secs; P Leonard, Southport CC, 24mins 42secs; C Baldwin, Southport CC, 24mins 52secs; K Turner, Southport CC, 25mins 06secs; N Stirzaker, Preston Whs, 25mins 16secs; J Fewtrell, Southport CC, 25mins 19secs; C Wadsworth, TheGreenRoomGroup, 25mins 21secs; B Lloyd, Southport CC, 25mins 26secs; D Unsworth, Southport CC, 26mins 04secs; D Mason, Fleetwood RC, 26mins 12secs; B Gore, Lancs RC, 26mins 23secs; R Pye, Red Rose Olympic, 26mins 48secs; C Ross, Southport CC, 27mins 06secs; S Blackburn, Red Rose Olympic, 27mins 30secs; Sarah Charnock, Ashurst BC, 27mins 33secs; A Howarth, Southport CC, 28mins 19secs; J Keenan, Southport CC, 28mins 25secs; D Peacock, Southport CC, 29mins 13secs; M Newton, Ribble Valley, 30mins 07secs; A Stark, Southport CC, 31mins 17secs.
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