Race Reports

The start of the new season is all most upon us.

The first 4 rounds are on consecutive Monday nights, starting April 20th.
Fortnightly from round 5, 25th May.
Back to consecutive from Monday Aug 3rd.

Full details are in the Calendar.....

<strong><u>Final Round 12</u></strong>
The last round of this years series had the lowest total of riders only 48. This mainly due to holidays, weather (wet) and National Championships (Tanfield's)
However excellant racing again two spills in the TT and Saffron Shields on her new bike knocking 99 seconds of her PB.
Some facts
120 different riders
780 rides
average per night = 65
Fastest time trial Harry Tanfield 67.83 seconds
58 riders did PB's in the TT

<strong><u>Round 11</u></strong>
50 riders for the penultimate round of this years League 2000. A couple of age categories are sorted as far as the winners are concerned but lesser places are still up for grabs.

<u>Round 10</u>
55 riders for the League 2000 on a misty damp evening the least number this series. However the racing was too an excellant standard. in the long RR Matthew Worton held off the 'train' to win the race. Kelly Plunkett was the biggest improvement in the TT by 27 seconds.

<u>Round 9</u>
66 Riders for round 9 of The League 2000. Alex Hopper won the time trial round, where Carys Thompson had the biggest improvement 22 secs.
Congratulations to Charlie Tanfield on becoming the U12 National RR Champion on Saturday in Preston. Brother Harry finished as Silver Medalist in the U14's

<u>Round 8</u>
70 riders for round 8 of this years series. Ben Partridge was biggest improvement in the TT a massive 72 seconds.
See you this Monday

<u>Round 7</u>
73 riders for Round 7 of the League 2000 on warm summer evening. The age groups are starting to take shape with the normal contenders at or near the top.
104 different riders have taken part as of this round, 492 seperate rides ave 70 riders per night

Please note that they're new changes at the signing on for the League 2000

Numbers<strong> 1-35</strong> will be allocated to the<strong> U12, U14, and U16</strong> age groups

Numbers <strong>36 upwards</strong> to the <strong>Under 10's</strong> and <strong>Under 8's.</strong>

PLEASE ASSIST AT THE SIGNING ON AND ENSURE YOUR CHILDREN ARE SIGNED ON IN THE RIGHT NUMBER BRACKETS. This will apply even if you have children in the different groups.

Many Thanks

Steve

67 riders for<strong> round 6</strong> of the League 2000 on what turned out to be a warm evening, we are now half way through the series...The racing was again fast and furious with Alex Bottomley losing skin in the TT. William Ford was the greatest improvement nealy 26 seconds.

72 riders for <strong>round 5</strong> of the League 2000 on a warm but breezy evening. A headwind finish for the riders..
36 riders doing personnel best times in the one lap TT, biggest improvement was Aaron Brown by 44 seconds, with matthew Fall beating his PB by .04 seconds.

58 riders rode <strong>round 4</strong> of the League 2000. The bank holiday keeping the numbers down. The wind was a strong headwind in the back straight which caused some unusual results. Biggest Time Trial improvement was Roshan Parker-Mian 16 secs., however 11 riders did manage to beat their PB's

77 riders for round 3 of the League 2000 which makes 228 rides in 3 rounds, and 91 different riders. The weather was fairly cool for the entrants and spectators.

75 riders for round 2 of the 'League 2000' The only change in the age group winners from round 1 was in the Under 14's with Josh Teasdale coming out on top.
The biggest improvement in the Time Trial goes to Roshan Parker-Mian with a whopping 64 second improvement.
Congratulations also to Harry and Charlie Tanfield in winning the North East Youth Championships on Sunday.

Next round 12th May.

72 riders rode this round on a cold windy night at South Bank (nothing changes)

The leaders on night 1 were William Brown, Harry Tanfield, Charlie Tanfield, Matthew Worton and aaron Preston.

See you all this Monday.

regards

Steve

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69 riders on the last night of this years League 2000, with a record 30 riders in the under 8 group. The under 14 was the last group to be confirmed with James Rowland coming out as winner as brother Alistair lost points as it is the best 10 rides during the season for the trophy.

A record total of 776 rides with a record average of 65 riders per night, with 79 riders the most and 46 on the worst night. 124 different riders during the season.

Another night of history of sorts was that the Tanfield brothers failed to win their age category on the night for the first time in 3 years. However Harry (broken shoulder) and Charlie (crashed during warm up, damaged wrist) both have won their age groups overall with Toby 2nd in under 8's

Congratulations to All winners and see you all at the
presentation Sept 21st Southlands Centre 7pm

Summer holidays helped in limiting the numbers to 46 tonight. On a windy night with a strong head wind finish only 6 riders did best times in the TT with Lucas Pedley knocking 6 secs off his time.

Only the Under 14 age group to sort out with brothers James and Alistair Rowland on equal points.

Commisations to Harry Tanfield who missed for the first time in 2 years after breaking his shoulder in the Scunthorpe track league on Friday 10th.

Final round <strong><u>Tuesday</u> 28th August</strong>