8/7/22
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| Riders listening to the race briefing |
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| A bucolic scene in Hackney Downs |
The finale of this years league had to move from the Velopark road circuit to hackney Downs to accommodate the upcoming Commonwealth Games. No matter we had great racing with a grass track event of a different kind from the previous two rounds. This time all the events were team events with the boys and girls from each year group riding as a four up team for their schools.
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| Riders resting in the shade on a very hot day. |
First up we 3 lap team time trials or the pursuit as its commonly called. --- schools were taking part so we set off the teams in two heats. In the first heat for the year 4s we had Hoxton Gardens at 3minutes and 1 second, Orchard at 2mins 56 seconds and Benthal at 2 mins 32 secs. In the second y4 heat we had Rushmore at 2:55 mins, Southwold 2:25 mins, Millfields 1:50 mins and Gayhurst 1:54mins.
For the year 5 3 lap TTT we had Rushmore at 3.23, Orchard at 2:19, Millfields 1:48, Benthal 2:07, Gayhurst 1:56, Southwold 2:53.
The y6 TTTs went Southwold 2:18, Orchard 2:19, Gayhurst 1:53, Millfields 1:40.
The next set of races were team sprints for 1 lap with the leading rider of each quartet pulling over after quarter of a a lap. Year 4s results were Benthal -51secs, Hoxton gardens 48.58 secs, Rushmore 46.16 secs, Orchard 45 seconds, Southwold 38.3 seconds, Gayhurst 37.85 secs, and Millfields 35 secs.
year 5 sprints were Rushmore 55secs, Southwold 47 secs Hoxton gardens 45 secs, Benthal and Orchard both on 37 seconds, Gayhurst 36 secs and Millfields 33 secs.
The year 6 sprints were Orchard 43 secs, Southwold 38 secs, Rushmore 36.7 secs, Gayhurst 33.5 secs and Millfields 33 secs.
We finished off with a longest lap race for all competitors - some pretty good track stands going on there.
Overall then the results were Millfields 1st, Gayhurst 2nd, Southwold Benthal Orchard Hoxton Gardens Rushmore 8th.
Final league positions for the year are below -
So once again Millfields retain the YHPSCL shield. Hope you all have a great summer holiday with lots of cycling - I'll be watching the Tour de France and wondering if any of our riders here will ride it in the future.
