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Tour De France fever struck track league this week, with lots of attacking riding resulting in some very fast racing. With Symon Lewis away racing at the Guildford Criterium, Bryan Taylor took full advantage, winning all of the bunch races on the night. This took Bryan’s overall lead to a remarkable 49 points!

Before the adult racing kicked off, it was the youth’s turn. The Under 12’s racing was very competitive in the absence of Freddie Wright, with different race winners. Isaac Brown took the win in the scratch and the devil, but was beaten into second place by Alexander Dmochowski in the handicap sprint. Sutton CC’s Andrew Bradshaw dominated proceedings in the over 12’s racing taking 3 wins and even managed second in the handicap sprint, just behind Eleanor Holden. George Jary and Chris McGovern battled it out for second place on the night. The highlight of the night was the human powered derny race. After a tough 8 laps Bradshaw managed to power past the early leader Josh Cole-Hossain, who held off the chasing pack for 2^nd. In the under 12’s race after some clever tactical riding all girl pacer/rider team Melissa Bury and Georgie Hopkins pulled away from the field to win in style.

After the excitement of the Youth racing the adults were eager to get under way. Keith Coffey attacked from the gun in the opening race, setting the tone for the evening. The sprint for the line was won by Bryan Taylor, leading in Jason Cattermole & Iain Cook in a sprint clocked at 60kmph. Some of the favourites seemed to be caught out by the pace of the race with fast finisher Miles Stovold only managing 5^th despite overtaking many riders in the closing 200 metres and a disgruntled James Solly rolling in 7^th just outside the points.

Next up were the Devils with Graham Piece taking the honours in the B category event ahead of super youth Euan Cattermole. The A event was a fast and furious affair with Chris Goodman setting a thundering pace for the opening laps. Taylor dominated the sprint in the final lap, with Yasuyuki Sakurai, second, and James Solly, third. The devils were followed by points races for both categories. Pierce doubled his money with another good performance and a comfortable win ahead of the other B riders. Week 7 crash victim Daniel Casado marked his return to racing with a third place in the points. The A cats race stayed together for the first few sprints with Stovold proving he could hack the pace of the endurance riders and making the most of his opportunity to take some points. In the closing stages many of the stronger riders really put the hammer down, blowing the field to pieces. Taylor and Solly made the most of this, mopping up the remaining points and claiming first and second respectively.

The Sprint events for the night were the handicap sprint and the over 50’s and women’s match sprint. The calibre of the over 50’s & women’s sprint was the highest it has been in weeks with 2 under 16 riders Zoe Lewis and, all the way from Manchester, Mellissa Bury showing the experienced riders how it was done. Bury, who is the Rollapaluza National Champion and record holder, demonstrated she could convert high leg speed into victory on the track, beating Lewis and over 50 Andy Knight. Phil Watkins took the win in the handicap, moving himself into the top in the league overall.

The much awaited track stand competition gave the riders a break from the intensity of the racing and provided a great spectacle. Riders had to complete 2 minutes track standing normally, then 1 minute one handed, the next minute no handed and then if anyone was still standing no handed one footed for the remainder of the challenge. Five riders were still left after 3 minutes, but once forced to balance no handed Matt Theobalds and Iain Cook quickly fell, leaving Sakurai and brothers Jason and Euan Cattermole to contest the victory. The three made a no handed track stand look easy, even managing to stay balanced for a while with just one foot on the pedals. Sakurai was first to crack taking a respectable 3^rd with Jason outlasting his younger brother to take an epic victory.

After extra recovery time, provided by the track stand, the riders were ready for the finale of the evening, the 20k scratch. Described afterwards as ‘totally mental’ and the ‘hardest one this year’ this was a very tough race. Approaching the first prime Keith Coffey attacked with Cook on his wheel. Cook took the prime and the two kept the move going. They were subsequently joined by Solly, Keir Apperly, Jules Birks and Stuart Hourigan. After a few laps Cook couldn’t hack the intensity of the breakaway and returned to the main bunch. The lead 5 stayed away for a further 15 laps before being reeled in by the chasing bunch. The riders could have been forgiven for easing up and waiting for the sprint, but many still had strength in their legs. After more attacks from different riders it was Bryan Taylor who finally broke the elastic, riding away from the bunch with 2 laps to go. Cook won the bunch sprint ahead of Phil Watkins in third.

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• Overall League Table (Senior)
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• Overall League Table (Youth)

A scorching night for racing certainly helped make for fast and close racing. Tonight saw a Madison added to the programme to allow for some practice before the coming weekends event Brixton CC Super Madison Open.

The night began with the Youth riders starting a little slower than usual, possibly due to the summer heat. With only a select few riders signed on for the over twelve’s all riders rode together.

The under twelves saw Max Bergin having a great night with two wins in the Sprint and Scratch. Freddie Wright didn’t allow for total domination from Bergin and won the Points and got 2^nd places and in many of the over twelve events. Stanley Sorrel also had a really good night placing high in all events.

Over Twelve riders has a shock from the under twelve’s this week as the younger riders got the opportunity to ride up. Andrew Bradshaw was the only rider in the over twelve’s to win all but one event over his rival Arben Zilci.

Senior racing saw a return from Jason Cattermole proving that he is racing well again with a cool 2^nd place in the warm up race and a 4th in the last points race. Symon Lewis was seemingly below par due to illness and struggled with the pace tonight. However, with cunning tactics still managed to get decent points with a 2^nd in the final points race after spending much of the race holding onto the bunch!

The big race of the night was the Madison race - 15 laps for riders to regain their technique. Straight from the gun Kieth Coffey shot away taking no time to get things rolling. Before any time at all a small group formed by Lewis/Taylor, Cook/Solly, Hart/Bunns and Nelson/Sakurai. Each change seemed to ramp up the pace. Lewis and Taylor put in a good effort in the final stages and gained a big enough gap to hold on for the win. Cook and Solly were closing fast but just didn’t have enough laps.

The senior B events, as with most weeks had a different winner for each event - Chris Dick being the most consistent rider of the evening. We also saw great rides from Eli Lassman in the Devil and Kristian Borbley in the short 5-lap scratch.

The last race of the night was a 30-lap points race. Lewis looked off the pace again but managed to score in three sets of points. Taylor scored in every sprint meaning he ran away with the win and Hart, whom many forget is still under 16 scored in most sprints to claim a strong 3^rd place. Jason Cattermole, in his first meeting back for a few weeks due to illness pushed hard and positioned well in the right part of the race to gain valuable points. In the closing laps of the race an unfortunate crash near the front of the bunch brought down four riders. St Johns Ambalance were on the scene and did a great job to patch up the road rash. Euan Cattermole was taken to hospital to be checked over, but was discharged with a clean bill of health.

Week 10 Results - 23/05/2010
Race 1		Youth Under 12	Sprint Heat 1	League Points
1st	Y11	Max	Bergin
2nd	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell
3rd	Y14	Ned	O’Regan
		Youth Under 12	Sprint Heat 2
1st	Y7	Freddie	Wright
2nd	Y25	Alexander	Dmochowski
Race 2		Youth Over 12	Sprint Heat 1
1st	Y17	Aidan	Woolven	4
2nd	Y2	Abi	Van Twisk	3
		Youth Over 12	Sprint Heat 2
1st	Y19	Arben	Zilci
2nd	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw
Race 3		Youth Under 12	Scratch
1st	Y11	Max	Bergin	6
2nd	Y7	Freddie	Wright	5
3rd	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	4
4th	Y14	Ned	O’Regan	3
5th	Y25	Alexander	Dmochowski	2
Race 4		Youth Over 12	Scratch
1st	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	6
2nd	Y7	Freddie	Wright
3rd	Y11	Max	Bergin
4th	Y14	Ned	O’Regan
5th	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell
6th	Y25	Alexander	Dmochowski
Race 5		Youth Under 12	Points Race
1st	Y7	Freddie	Wright	6
2nd	Y11	Max	Bergin	5
3rd	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	4
4th	Y14	Ned	O’Regan	3
5th	Y25	Alexander	Dmochowski	2
Race 6		Youth Over 12	Points Race
1st	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	6
2nd	Y7	Freddie	Wright
3rd	Y17	Aidan	Woolven	4
4th	Y11	Max	Bergin
5th	Y14	Ned	O’Regan
6th	Y25	Alexander	Dmochowski
Race 7		Youth Under 12	Sprint Final
1st	Y11	Max	Bergin	6
2nd	Y7	Freddie	Wright	5
3rd	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	4
4th	Y14	Ned	O’Regan	3
5th	Y25	Alexander	Dmochowski	2
Race 8		Youth Over 12	Sprint Final
1st	Y19	Arben	Zilci	6
2nd	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	5
Race 9		Senior A+B	Warm-Up Race
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S6	Jason	Cattermole	5
3rd	S83	Scott	Nelson	4
4th	S17	Tony	Allen	3
5th	S11	James	Solly	2
6th	S37	Tom	Phillips	1
Race 10		Youth	Block Handicap
1st	Y7	Freddie	Wright	6
2nd	Y11	Max	Bergin	5
3rd	Y2	Abi	Van Twisk	4
4th	Y1	Eleanor	Holden	3
5th	Y14	Ned	O’Regan	2
6th	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	1
Race 11		Senior B	Reverse Win Out
1st	S82	Tomas	Ballhatchet	0.6
2nd	S23	Kristian	Borbely	0.5
3rd	S91	Chris	Dick	0.4
4th	S79	Patrick	Hawkins	0.3
5th	S59	Paul	Butler	0.2
6th	S67	Simon	Schmidt	0.1
Race 12		Senior A	Reverse Win Out
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S3	Iain	Cook	5
3rd	S11	James	Solly	4
4th	S28	Yasuyuki	Sakurai	3
5th	S6	Jason	Cattermole	2
6th	S	#N/A	#N/A	1
Race 13		Senior B	Devil
1st	S73	Eli	Lassman	0.6
2nd	S91	Chris	Dick	0.5
3rd	S82	Tomas	Ballhatchet	0.4
4th	S64	Keir	Apperly	0.3
5th	S29	Andy	Powers	0.2
6th	S9	Euan	Cattermole	0.1
Race 14		Senior A	Devil
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S3	Iain	Cook	5
3rd	S1	Symon	Lewis	4
4th	S6	Jason	Cattermole	3
5th	Sx52	Keith	Coffey	2
6th	S5	Stuart	Hourigan	1
Race 15		Over 50’s + Women	3 Lap Dash
1st	S67	Simon	Schmidt	0.6
2nd	S88	Wojciech	Dmochowski	0.5
3rd	S2	Doug	Conroy	0.4
Race 16		Senior A + B	Scratch Madison
1st	S1	Symon	Lewis	6
	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S3	Iain	Cook	5
	S11	James	Solly	5
3rd	S69	Tao	Geoghegan-Hart	4
	S16	Conor	Bunn	4
4th	S83	Scott	Nelson	3
	S28	Yasuyuki	Sakurai	3
5th	S6	Jason	Cattermole	2
	S9	Euan	Cattermole	2
6th	S5	Stuart	Hourigan	1
	Sx52	Keith	Coffey	1
Race 17		Senior B	5 Lap Scratch
1st	S23	Kristian	Borbely	0.6
2nd	S77	Calum	Gillespie	0.5
3rd	S91	Chris	Dick	0.4
4th	S17	Tony	Allen	0.3
5th	S64	Keir	Apperly	0.2
6th	S82	Tomas	Ballhatchet	0.1
Race 18		Senior A	Devil
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S67	Simon	Schmidt	5
3rd	S37	Tom	Phillips	4
4th	S28	Yasuyuki	Sakurai	3
5th	S11	James	Solly	2
6th	S54	Matthew	Theobalds	1
Race 19		Senior A+B	30 lap Points Race
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	£15
2nd	S1	Symon	Lewis	£12
3rd	S69	Tao	Geoghegan-Hart	£8
4th	S6	Jason	Cattermole	£5
5th	S28	Yasuyuki	Sakurai
6th	S11	James	Solly
Results, photos and report at www.hernehillvelodrome.com/trackleague

]]> http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/23-06-10-track-league-10/feed http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/mid-season-track-league-statistics http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/mid-season-track-league-statistics#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:00:10 +0000 admin http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/?p=946 To mark the halfway point in this years track league, stats fans Iain Cook and Jason Cattermole have put together some interesting breakdowns of the results so far. There’s still plenty of time for all to change though!

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After a few border-line rainy weeks, where riders were put off but the racing still went ahead, Herne Hill Velodrome was treated to a glorious evening; blue skies all round-produced fantastic racing. Back to claim their title of Kings of the (Herne) Hill – Bryan Taylor and Symon Lewis once again battled it out with close super fast racing. At the moment they both seem to leave everyone else for dead.

Tonight saw sprint events added to the programme to the delight of the regular riders who love to embrace all disciplines on the track (see http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/whats-on/special-sunday-training-track-league-sessions for dates of when special events are planned). Miles away, Miles Stovold and Miles Annon our resident Team Terminator sprinters didn’t seem to fancy the prospect of stretching their muscles against the likes of Taylor, Lewis and Cook.

Racing kicking off at 6:30pm seeing the youth riders demonstrate to the seniors that they will need to watch out in the next few years.

Max Bergin kicked off the night showing Freddie Wright he wont be having it all his own way with Charlotte Cole-Hossain pulling out all the stops to claim third just ahead of Stanley Sorrel.

Racing was very close tonight and has been all year so far. Andrew Bradsaw claims top stop at the half way point of the year with fellow Sutton CC/De Ver rider Chris Mcgovern in second place. In the under 12s, Freddie Wright is running away in the standings with a scorching 160 points over the ever improving Charlotte Cole-Hossain.

Senior racing kicked off Symon Lewis’ campaign against Bryan Taylor scoring an early victory in the first warm up race edging Taylor to the line. Super Youth Euan Cattermole finished 4^th showing his is well on the way back to recovery after a long virus stopping play. Zoe Lewis - another of our super youths managed to finish every race against all of the B men.

Sprints dominated the programme tonight and with our local sprinters away in the gym it was left to Simon Schmidt who unfortunately crashed out in the Semi final. Lewis, Taylor and none other than Matthew Theobalds - who must be one of our most improved riders - fought it out in the final. A very close sprint saw Taylor just edge Lewis to the line after a lead out from Theobolds. Minor final was taking easily by Iain Cook over Chris Cole.

Corrine Hall on fine form at the moment not only winning the B points race but destroying all her opposition! By being on the attack for most of the race Corrine really showed gutsy determination, and then went on to win the +50 and women’s dash.

Senior B devil looked to be taken by Euan Cattermole but in the final moments Carlos Conceicao put it in 5^th gear and pushed hard to the line to take victory form Euan. Tony Allen, with a few good results over the last few weeks is climbing the standings very fast with a 3^rd in the B devil.

The A point’s race was the closest race of the year, a great spectacle to watch. Taylor looked to have this race in the bag but a well-timed attack from Lewis saw him gain 6 points easily. Jules Birks went with this break claiming 3 points and it looked like they may stay away, especially once Taylor bridged the gap to join them. However, with this weeks windy conditions the three were brought back quickly. It was down to the final sprint between Lewis and Taylor in the middle of the bunch for last lap placing rather than more points. Taylor well placed again, just edging Lewis to the line.

Right from the gun of the last event - an Unknown distance scratch race - Yasu Sakurai pre-empted Jim Robertson’s traditional move, and attacked! He gained a huge gap before the bunch remembered there two primes up for grabs and started picking up the pace to bring him back. A few efforts did look promising including a break with Warren, Lewis, Taylor, Birks and Sakurai the stronger riders in the field but these efforts came to nothing.

Simon Lewis was very active throughout the race claimed 2^nd overall and the two primes. Taylor stormed to victory with Cook claiming 3^rd followed by Birks and Cole.

Thanks goes to Redmond CC for supplying the generous prize money for the evening.

Week 9 Results - 16/06/2010
Race 1		Youth Under 12	Scratch	League Points
1st	Y11	Max	Bergin	6
2nd	Y7	Freddie	Wright	5
3rd	Y5	Charlotte	Cole-Hossain	4
4th	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	3
5th	Y15	Isaac	Brown	2
6th	Y3	Freddie	Argent	1
Race 2		Youth Over 12	Scratch
1st	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	6
2nd	Y6	Josh	Cole-Hossain	5
3rd	Y16	Chris	McGovern	4
4th	Y22	George	Jary	3
5th	Y17	Aidan	Woolven	2
6th	Y4	Oliver	Cliff	1
Race 3		Youth Under 12	Devil
1st	Y7	Freddie	Wright	6
2nd	Y11	Max	Bergin	5
3rd	Y3	Freddie	Argent	4
4th	Y15	Isaac	Brown	3
5th	Y5	Charlotte	Cole-Hossain	2
6th	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	1
Race 4		Youth Over 12	Devil
1st	Y16	Chris	McGovern	6
2nd	Y17	Aidan	Woolven	5
3rd	Y22	George	Jary	4
4th	Y6	Josh	Cole-Hossain	3
5th	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	2
6th	Y1	Eleanor	Holden	1
Race 5		Youth Under 12	Handicap Sprint
1st	Y5	Charlotte	Cole-Hossain	6
2nd	Y21	Niklas	Pusey	5
3rd	Y11	Max	Bergin	4
4th	Y3	Freddie	Argent	3
5th	Y7	Freddie	Wright	2
6th	Y28	Stanley	Sorrell	1
Race 6		Youth Over 12	Handicap Sprint
1st	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	6
2nd	Y6	Josh	Cole-Hossain	5
3rd	Y1	Eleanor	Holden	4
4th	Y4	Oliver	Cliff	3
5th	Y16	Chris	McGovern	2
6th	Y17	Aidan	Woolven	1
Race 7		Senior A+B	Warm-Up Race
1st	S1	Symon	Lewis	6
2nd	S27	Bryan	Taylor	5
3rd	S7	Philip	Watkins	4
4th	S9	Euan	Cattermole	3
5th	S3	Iain	Cook	2
6th	S5	Stuart	Hourigan	1
Race 8		Youth Under 12	Human-Powered Derny
1st	Y7	Freddie	Wright	6
2nd	Y11	Max	Bergin	5
3rd	Y5	Charlotte	Cole-Hossain	4
4th	Y15	Isaac	Brown	3
5th	Y21	Niklas	Pusey	2
6th	Y3	Freddie	Argent	1
Race 9		Youth Over 12	Human-Powered Derny
1st	Y16	Chris	McGovern	6
2nd	Y6	Josh	Cole-Hossain	5
3rd	Y8	Andrew	Bradshaw	4
4th	Y22	George	Jary	3
5th	Y17	Aidan	Woolven	2
6th	Y1	Eleanor	Holden	1
Race 10		Senior A+B	Sprint Heat 1
1st	S9	Euan	Cattermole
2nd	S1	Symon	Lewis
3rd	S30	Toby	Blackman
4th	S13	Jim	Robertson
		Senior A+B	Sprint Heat 2
1st	S67	Simon	Schmidt
2nd	S27	Bryan	Taylor
3rd	S37	Tom	Phillips
4th	S55	Noah	Samuels
		Senior A+B	Sprint Heat 3
1st	S5	Stuart	Hourigan
2nd	S18	Michael	Cooper
3rd	S4	Anthony	Bristow
4th	S42	Andy	Knight
		Senior A+B	Sprint Heat 4
1st	S15	Jules	Birks
2nd	S54	Matthew	Theobalds
3rd	S11	James	Solly
4th	S28	Yasuyuki	Sakurai
		Senior A+B	Sprint Heat 5
1st	S12	Chris	Cole
2nd	S60	Simon	Warren
3rd	S16	Conor	Bunn
4th	S77	Calum	Gillespie
		Senior A+B	Sprint Heat 6
1st	S3	Iain	Cook
2nd	S7	Philip	Watkins
3rd	S98	Andrew	Gibson
4th	S106	Wesley	Campbell
Race 11		Senior B	10 Lap Points
1st	S47	Corrine	Hall	0.6
2nd	S9	Euan	Cattermole	0.5
3rd	S17	Tony	Allen	0.4
4th	S59	Paul	Butler	0.3
5th	S20	James	Clark	0.2
6th	S90	Ben	Spurrier	0.1
Race 12		Senior A	12 Lap Points
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S1	Symon	Lewis	5
3rd	S11	James	Solly	4
4th	S15	Jules	Birks	3
5th	S3	Iain	Cook	2
6th	S37	Tom	Phillips	1
Race 13		Senior B	3 Lap Dash
1st	S9	Euan	Cattermole	0.6
2nd	S77	Calum	Gillespie	0.5
3rd	S20	James	Clark	0.4
4th	S97			0.3
5th	S78	Carlos	Conceicao	0.2
6th
Race 14		Senior A	3 Lap Dash
1st	S60	Simon	Warren	6
2nd	S27	Bryan	Taylor	5
3rd	S67	Simon	Schmidt	4
4th	S3	Iain	Cook	3
5th	S18	Michael	Cooper	2
6th	S37	Tom	Phillips	1
Race 15		Senior A+B	Sprint Semi 1
1st	S1	Symon	Lewis
2nd	S12	Chris	Cole
3rd	S60	Simon	Warren	2
4th	S18	Michael	Cooper	1
		Senior A+B	Sprint Semi 2
1st	S54	Matthew	Theobalds
2nd	S3	Iain	Cook
3rd	S9	Euan	Cattermole	2
DNF	S67	Simon	Schmidt	1
		Senior A+B	Sprint Semi 3
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor
2nd	S5	Stuart	Hourigan
3rd	S15	Jules	Birks	2
4th	S7	Philip	Watkins	1
Race 16	S	Senior B	Devil
1st	S78	Carlos	Conceicao	0.6
2nd	S9	Euan	Cattermole	0.5
3rd	S17	Tony	Allen	0.4
4th	S20	James	Clark	0.3
5th	S47	Corrine	Hall	0.2
6th	S30	Toby	Blackman	0.1
Race 17		Senior A	Devil
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S1	Symon	Lewis	5
3rd	S15	Jules	Birks	4
4th	S11	James	Solly	3
5th	S28	Yasuyuki	Sakurai	2
6th	S3	Iain	Cook	1
Race 18		Over 50’s + Women	3 Lap Dash
1st	S47	Corrine	Hall	0.6
2nd	S13	Jim	Robertson	0.5
3rd	S42	Andy	Knight	0.4
4th	S2	Doug	Conroy	0.3
5th	S98	Andrew	Gibson	0.2
Race 19		Senior A+B	Sprint Minor Final
1st	S3	Iain	Cook	4.5
2nd	S12	Chris	Cole	4
3rd	S5	Stuart	Hourigan	3.5
		Senior A+B	Sprint Final
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	6
2nd	S1	Symon	Lewis	5.5
3rd	S54	Matthew	Theobalds	5
Race 20		Senior A+B	Unknown Distance (35 laps)
1st	S27	Bryan	Taylor	£15
2nd	S1	Symon	Lewis	£10
3rd	S3	Iain	Cook	£5
4th	S15	Jules	Birks
5th	S12	Chris	Cole
6th	S5	Stuart	Hourigan
Prime 1	S15	Jules	Birks	£5
Prime 2	S3	Iain	Cook	£5
Results, photos and report at www.hernehillvelodrome.com/trackleague

]]> http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/16-06-10-track-league-9/feed http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/chris-evans-radio-2-breakfast-show-at-herne-hill http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/chris-evans-radio-2-breakfast-show-at-herne-hill#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:55:23 +0000 admin http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/?p=920 Earlier this week Chris Evans brought his breakfast show’s Sporting Challenge to Herne Hill. Chris and co-host Jonny Saunders were given a taster session by Olympic Gold medalist Jamie Staff MBE, before being pitted head to head in a two lap dash. Watch the video at the link below to see the results and pictures - needless to say, it wasn’t the most tactically astute race!

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The racing this week was he most open it has been in a long time, with only 3 of the op 10 of the overall league turning up to race. Rain all afternoon made it seem unlikely that the racing would go ahead, but many riders still turned up and were welcomed with a full programme of racing including the much anticipated individual pursuit.

The youth races on the night were also affected by the absence of some of the main contenders, with Aiden Woolven taking the win in the opening scratch race and the sprint. Chris McGovern placed well all evening picking up wins in the points race and he keirin. The 200m time trial was won by Charlott Cole-Hossain in an impressive 16.09, nearly as fast as some of the seniors the previous week.

On a night where many of his competitiors for a high placing in the league were away, James Solly was expected to dominate procedeedings. He looked very powerful in the scratch race, leading out from a lap to go, but faded slightly down the home straight allowing Stuart Hourigan to sprint round him to take the win ahead of Keith Coffey and Neil Irons.

Next up for the seniors was the devil. This proved to be a lively race spiced up by the addition of Herne Hil’s resident sprinters: Miles Stovold, Miles Annon and Simon Schmidt. It was Solly who lead the riders through at the bell with Stovold and Cook on his wheel. The riders didn’t start to wind up the sprint until they were just 100 metres from the finish, with Cook just getting the better of Stovold and Solly in the lunge for the line.

The Devil was followed by the highlight of the evening, the 6 lap indiviual pursuit. After his win in the scratch race Hourigan was clearly fired up and at one point looked as though he would catch all four of the other riders in the opening heat, setting the the time to beat at 3:38.28. Strong rides from Solly and pursuit specialist Simon Warren threatened Hourigan’s time, but just fell short. It wasn’t until the final heat that the opening time was beaten. After a restart to the heat, due to a rider puling his foot out, Keith Coffey stormed round the 6 laps to win by just a second.

With the addition of the sprinters the 3 lap dashes were very lively. The B category race was won by Eli Lassman after a well fought sprint with Will McFarland, second, and Graham Pierce, third. The A event was a very tentative affair with riders trying to calculate the best way to outwit the sprinters and come away with the win. On the last lap VCL rider Chris Goodman tried to take the initiative and surprise the others, but Stovold was quick to chase him down. As in the devil it was Stovold and Cook fighting it out in the approach to the line, but this time Stovold comfortably held on to take the win.

The final event of the night was a thirty lap scratch race. Goodman attacked from the start of the race and built a good lead for a few laps, before giving in to the chasing group. As he was caught the whistle blew for the first prime and the race really began to hot up. After a strongly contested sprint, won by Keith Coffey, a small group began to form off the front of the main bunch encouraged by Hourigan’s cries of “Keep it going - we’ve got the gap”! The breakaway included many of the strongest riders in the race such as Simon Warren, Hourigan, Coffey and Chris Cole. The lead group was strengthened further when Solly bridged the gap on his own to join the leaders. It looked as though the race was over for those who missed the break until Cook put in a hard turn on the front of the bunch to pull the break back. The race stayed together despite many more attacks and the riders began to prepare themselves for a bunch sprint. As the riders took the bell Warren sprinted off the front of the group with Coffey on his wheel and built a good gap. These two stayed away with Coffey taking a well deserved win after being the most aggressive rider throughout the race.

• Overall League Table (Senior)
• Overall League Table (Youth)

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