The sun shone all around for the Winterton show grass track
meeting organised by Scunthorpe Poly CC.
The riders were few in quantity with a lot of the riders opting to
watch the Tour De France in London,
however there was certainly quality in the riding.
The first event was the national short distance endurance series,
with last years winner Neith Withington looking to regain his title along with
the joint current leader of this year Adam Duggleby. Adam was like the rest of the riders
frustrated with the recent weather in the area and was looking forward to a
work out. He and Neil easily made their way through the first round along with
Jason Benham, John McClelland, Richard Lambert and Bryan Pool. The rest of the
riders had to make their way through the repecharges with Leigh Haigh showing
his grass track experience to ease into the final along with Matthew Fenton.
The final was a close fought affair with no one wanting to lead
the race on, John McClelland was fed up of the first 100m easy pace and
attacked in the back straight, Adam Duggleby was onto his wheel with Neil
Withington boxing him in. The race
stayed steady for the next lap and with a lap to go everyone was jostling for a
place at the front. Richard Lambert then
took it on himself to have a go but it ended with John McClelland showing his
strength going into the final two bends shoulders locked with Neil Withington,
it was neck and neck into the home straight with Neil just getting the verdict
from John, Adam eventually got out of the box and went on to take 3rd
place from Richard Lambert in 4th.
Neil then took over the custody of the Winterton Cup from last year’s
winner John McClelland.
The youth event saw three riders making their debuts at Winterton
Show, brothers Jamie and Callum Rogers riding for Scunthorpe Poly and Bradley
Burliegh – Doncaster wheelers. The first event was a two lap time trial with
Jamie winning from Callum then Bradley.
The youngsters being told what their instructions are by a former
grass track national champion Michael Boreman.
The next youth event was a handicapped 3 lap race with Jamie
getting the verdict from Bradley and then Callum.
The last event for the youths was a paced handicap 2 lap
race. Senior riders Nicholas Gordon,
Roger Barton and Dave Park volunteered to pace the youngsters around the track,
it was like watching three tandems go around Winterton showground. With the win going to Callum Rogers followed by Bradley Burleigh then
Jamie Rogers.
This meant the winner of the juvenile omnium went to Jamie Rogers
with Callum in second place and Bradley in third. All riders went home suitably
tired and vowed to be back again next year.
The next senior event was a devil takes the hindemost for which
was run off at a rapid pace with Adam Duggleby leading from the front. The wind was making the conditions hard for
the riders with it hitting them in the final corner and down the home straight
but Adam proved his strength training had paid off with a superb win over John
McClelland and Bryan Pool who was making his debut on the Winterton track, with
Richard Lambert taking his 2nd 4th place of the day.
The course de primes saw a few riders take home lap prizes, Jamie
Rogers, Leigh Haigh, Bryan Pool, Neil Withington, Roger Barton and Gavin Daley
all picking up prizes.
The last event was the national series endurance league held over
30 laps. This showed Richard Lambert attacking from the gun and taking the race
to the rest of the riders, Leigh Haigh responded along with Adam Duggleby and
Jason Benham. This was to stay the break away riders for the next few laps then
Adam took the race into his own hands, he attacked leaving no one able to hold
his wheel, with a group of 5 riders nearly a lap down with no reply. Adam then stayed at the back of the bunch for
the next 10laps to the end. He went onto
to take a well-deserved win in front of an appreciative crowd. The sprint for second showed John McClelland
take it from Bryan Pool and Gavin Daley taking a well deserved 4th
place.
The Winterton show committee enjoyed the racing that took place
today and the weather held out superbly for a grand day of grass track
racing. Hopefully we will see more
riders turn out next year.
Hopefully the fortunes have turned on North
Lincolnshire and we now have racing commencing again after the
terrible weather conditions of recent weeks.
If today’s racing was anything to go by the next few weeks will be
thrilling racing.
Report and Photos by Julie Benham
Results
Winterton Mid Summer Cup (National short distance series)
1. Neil Withington Andersons Racing Team
2. John McClelland Agiskoviner.com
3. Adam Duggleby BC Private member
4. Richard Lambert Cottingham Coureurs
5. Jason Benham Scunthorpe Poly CC
6. Leigh Haigh Victoria CC
Youth Omnium
1. Jamie Rogers Scunthorpe Poly CC
2. Callum Rogers Scunthorpe Poly CC
3. Bradley Burleigh Doncaster Whs
Senior Devil takes the hindemost
1. Adam Duggleby BC Private member
2. John McClelland Agiskoviner.com
3. Bryan Pool Andersons RT
4. Richard Lambert Cottingham Coureurs
5. Matthew Fenton Cottingham Coureurs
6. Neil Withington Andersons RT
National Endurance series 8km
1. Adam Duggleby BC Private Member
2. John McClelland Agiskoviner.com
3. Bryan Pool Andersons RT
4. Gavin Daley VC Lincoln
5. Leigh Haigh Victoria CC
6. Matthew Fenton Cottingham Coureurs
