Welwyn Youth Omnium

Cycling Weakly

Welwyn Youth Omnium takes place on Saturday 17th May. I suggest as many of our youth riders enter as possible.

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/101613/Welwyn-Youth-Omnium#entry

This is one of the few opportunities in the year for our youth riders to ride a full range of track races (e.g. points race, time trial, scratch, sprint, elimination race) rather than just handicaps at the track league. Unless recent entrants aren't appearing on the website yet, we only have one rider entered from the entire club - Sophie L in the U12s.

Anyone who has ridden the Lee Valley Velo Park or Welwyn track cluster sessions (or Welwyn track league last year) already has the track skills required. It's great experience for a young rider.

Closing date is tomorrow, and there are no entries on the day, so if you've been thinking about entering now is the time to hit the button.

Any queries, just whisper or email me.

Mark F

Cycling Weakly

Here's my report of last year's event: http://www.ccaforum.co.uk/comments.php?DiscussionID=2964


Start of the 1 lap TT


Time trial




Beginning of the scratch race


Scratch race


Can't remember - probably points race

Cycling Weakly

Well done Adam & Gareth for stepping forward. If you want any info to help prepare for the event just let me know.

Cycling Weakly

Good luck to all our youth members riding their first omnium tomorrow.

Slighty

4 youth riders represented CC Ashwell on Saturday at Welwyn Youth Omnium. An event which saw 120+ youth riders in all categories from U8/10s up to U16 from clubs across the South East region. It was a scorching day, with riders often having to resort to Formula 1 style pre-race tactics – see photo below. CC Ashwell were definitely one of the smaller clubs, with clubs such as Welwyn, VC Londres, Preston Park (Brighton) and Cycling Club Hackney, often fielding several riders in each of the age categories. Though saying that, CC Ashwell were determined not to be intimated, and all the CCA youth riders did their club proud!




Those taking part were:
- Gareth Lewis – U14 boys
- Holly Proctor – U14 girls
- Adam Lightfoot – U12 boys
- Sophie Lewis – U12 girls

The race took the format of:
- 1 lap time trial of the 500m track (2 laps for U14s)
- Elimination race – last rider (or often 2 riders) are removed each lap – until a battle for the line takes place
- Scratch – a simple first across race
- Sprint – 1 lap sprint (between groups of 4 riders)
- Points – sprint every other lap with points being awarded to the first 4 positions, ending in a big sprint for the line


Results:
Boys U14 – Yth B:
1 Noah Ridgway-Brown Preston Park Youth CC
2 Max Cheatle VC Londres
3 Theo Modell East London Vélo
4 Ethan Vernon Welwyn Wheelers CC
5 Simon Bird LVYCC
6 William Raymond Welwyn Wheelers
7 Finley Newmark VC Londres
8 Callum Bulley LVYCC
9 Kareem Akinnibi VC Londres
10 Thomas Gloag VC Londres
11 Nicholas Gill Sutton Cycling Club/De Ver Cycles
12 Frank Moore Cycling Club Hackney
13 Louis Bilyard LVYCC
14 Samuel Asker West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon
15 Gareth Lewis Cycle Club Ashwell
16 Reece Pollen Cycling Club Hackney
17 George Sloan VC Jubilee
18 Jamie Dene Welwyn Wheelers CC
19 Ben Selfe LVYCC
20 Finlay Wellings VC Londres
21 Leo Hayter VC Londres
22 Christian Manzi Welwyn Wheelers CC
23 Finlay Jenner VC Londres
24 Artie O’Regan Cycling Club Hackney


Girls U14 – Yth B
1 Millie Gage Welwyn Wheelers CC
2 Josie Griffin Welwyn Wheelers CC
3 Sophie Holmes Team Terminator
4 Emily Knight LVYCC
5 India Gloag VC Londres
6 Elspeth Grace Welwyn Wheelers CC
7 Megan Panton Woolwich CC
8 Holly Proctor Cycle Club Ashwell
9 Georgina Burnett Preston Park YCC
10 Molly Lloyd Cycling Club Hackney
11 Bethany Lewis Palmer Park Velo RT
12 Sophie Saberton St Ives CC
13 Naomi Holt Welwyn Wheelers CC

Boys U12 – Yth C
1 Oliver Stockwell Welwyn Wheelers CC
2 Oscar Nilsson-Julien VC Londres
3 Innes Harvey VC Londres
4 Joe Kiely Welwyn Wheelers CC
5 Adam Lightfoot Cycle Club Ashwell
6 Sammy Gage Welwyn Wheelers CC
7 Billy Gilbey VC Londres
8 George Lewis Hillingdon Slipstreamers
9 Joseph Latham Welwyn Wheelers CC
10 Sam Buchanan Preston Park Youth CC
11 Rahul Fortescue Talwar Preston Park Youth CC
12 Benjamin Griffin Welwyn Wheelers CC
13 Kai Watts Cycling Club Hackney
14 Ritchie Selfe LVYCC
15 Stanley Platts VC Londres
16 Oliver Partner Colchester Rovers CC
17 Tom Sharples Welwyn Wheelers CC
18 Dexter Mansel-Thomas Colchester Rovers CC
19 Frederick Newman Preston Park Youth CC
20 Harry Towning Welwyn Wheelers CC
21 Alistair Canning Redhill CC
22 Kye Lewis Willesden Cycling Club
23 Archie Sloan VC Jubilee
24 Rudy Knight LVYCC
25 Kiron James Medina VC Londres

Girls U12 – Yth C
1 Becky Surridge VC Londres
2 Jenna Miles Welwyn Wheelers CC
3 Imogen Chastell Welwyn Wheelers CC
4 Sophie Lewis Cycle Club Ashwell
5 Natalie Bloomer VC Londres
6 Hannah Johnson VC Londres

I’m sure either Sophie, Gareth or Holly (or their one of their parents) will update with further details & photos (Gareth’s mum was seen taking some snaps?)… Adam was really chuffed with his result, I think only missing out on 4th by a point or 2. I think Sophie was really unlucky to miss out on 3rd overall in the last race. …Overall I was really impressed by the skill and track discipline all our riders displayed, I think all those track cluster sessions they’ve have attended over previous months gave them the confidence when riding in big bunches. Well done all!

Steve L

Stef

well done Gareth, Holly, Adam and Sophie. Sounds like it was a fantastic day, and you all rode really well.

Cycling Weakly

Well done all of you - a great example to all of our youth riders. Let's review how the event went and plan what would help make the next one even better.

Speaking of which:-

The second event in the series is VC Londres Youth Omnium on 01/06/14. Entries close soon.

The third and final event is the Preston Park Youth Omnium on 14//06/14.

Don't forget that the top 5 finishers overall in each category qualify for the National Final on 13/07/14 at our "home ground", Welwyn.

Mark F

Sopholly

All Ashwell riders had great time and were very competetive against strong opposition. Holly was chuffed to get 8th in her first event of this size (before event her aim was to not finish last!!). The competition in races was very close and just a small swing in points moves you up or down leaderboard. All Ashwell riders were fantastic. Holly can't wait for next event.

tduckett

Well done all thats superb and great to see Holly in the top 10!