Brighouse Town Centre Circuits

Ben reports again about his exploits in the Brighouse Town Centre races:

Tuesday 26th June. It was a cool night in Brighouse Yorkshire were the circuit race was going to take place. Senior race was first then the youth race. At 7 o'clock we all took to the line and it was all out from the whistle with attacks going left, right and centre, with 1 lap to go a rider from Bradford took to the front and on the second to last corner crashed in front of everyone following. All the riders managed to avoid the fallen rider and the race continued. A swift attack came after the crash and i followed it which led me out perfectly and I out sprinted my rivals to take the win quite comfortably. What made the night was the presentation on the podium afterwards, that was special! Plenty of prizes, flowers for Mum but no kiss from a podium beauty !! (next time maybe).

Check-out the British Cycling website for further coverage and some great pics of Ben in action here.

National Youth Circuit Championships

Report from Ben of the National Youth Circuit Championships:

Saturday 16th June, Curborough, Staffs. Sunshine and heavy showers. 80 Youth A competitors - two heats - top 20 from each heat through to final. Came 10th in heat - circuit dry. Final - crashed in group of 5 riders on first corner. Bent front wheel. Blood and grazes. Race restarted. 1Hr race - last 5 laps in heavy downpour. Further 8 rider fall - avoided this one. Nearly lost it (wheels slipped out) as paced hotted up on last two laps. Cautious finish in bunch. 19th overall. Better chance next year when a 2nd year Youth A. Top ten in under 15's

Linc's R.R. League Race 6

Round 6 of the Lincolnshire Road Race League was held at Harlaxton near Grantham. A dry warm but windy evening greeted a slightly smaller than usual Velosport/GCM Landscapes team. Riding on the night where, Scoff, Jay, Steve, Owen, Andy and Ben with many of the other members missing due to work commitment's this was going to be a tough race to control! As the groups started to come together and the miles rolled by it was down to Velosport/GCM super domestique Owen Sparnon to drive the field along in pursuit of the leading group and try to force a group sprint finish for either Andy or Ben to take advantage of. With 2km to go Owen buried himself with Andy and Ben on his wheel catching the leading group. As the wind up for the sprint began it was down to Ben to try for the win, but with a couple of hard charging sprinters in the group it just wasn't to be, having to settle for yet another 3rd place. Andy, Owen and the rest of the team once again finished safely in the bunch pleased with yet another top 3 placing for the team!

We are awaiting confirmation, but we are now sure Ben is leading the league at the moment.

Next up is our 'home' race at North Coates on July 4th, hope to see you there!

Lindsey Roads Road Race No. 2

Tuesday 12th June. Andy Johnson, Jamie Ward, Jez Walton, Owen Sparnon & Graham Clark of Team VeloSport GCM lined up in the second round of the Lindsey Roads series. Run on a very fast Fulstow circuit the pace was hectic from the start. All the groups came together towards the end of the last lap (except Gra who failed to get on the back of group 4 as it came by!) with Andy taking first in the sprint and Jamie bagging second. Owen showed too for a very strong seventh. The event was marred by a crash in the closing stages with several riders hitting the tarmac and five ending the evening in hospital! Luckily no one was seriously injured although one of the riders was kept in for almost a week. Despite this it was a great result for Andy who's been there or thereabouts all season. Full results here.