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Stockport hosted the second of the Manchester League Individual
Championship nights on Wednesday.
There was a good turn out of 14 riders for the U-13 category, racing on
a grippy track with the threatening rain fortunately not materialising.
Matt Turner took a crucial win in heat 1, with Joel Partington taking 3
laps to get past Callum Smith, which left him with too much to do
to catch the leader. Adam Phillips, Reece Pollitt and Matt Turner all
won their opening two races. Phillips took an assured win over Turner in
heat 9, whilst Pollitt took another win in heat 10, with Partington
winning his second and third races to keep up the pressure. Turner took
the win in heat 13 to move onto 15 points, with James Elston keeping out
Pollitt for his first dropped points. Phillips, Partington and Turner
all won their next races, before Phillips clinched the title with a fine
20 points maximum after heading home Partington in heat 19. Adam
Phillips was also presented with the trophy for winning the U-13 Grand
Prix series held earlier in the season.
Once again, great performances by A & T riders, in taking three of the
top four places, as happened in the U-10 event at Bury. Max Evans was an
unfortunate faller whilst leading his first race, otherwise he would
have been up in 5th place.
Manchester League U-13 Individual Final result
Adam Phillips (A & T) 20, Matt Turner (Stockport) 19, Joel Partington (A
& T) 18, Reece Pollitt (A & T) 16, James Elston (Bury) 15, Callum Smith
(Stockport) 14, Georgina Healey (Stockport) 13, Tom Spencer (Bury) 12,
Alex Green (A & T) 11, Ross Green (A & T) 11, Max Evans (A & T) 11, Jack
Hart (Bury) 9, Jamie Chester (Bury) 9, Jack Speak (Bury) 8.
Referee - Mike Hack.
Just seven riders lined up for the U-19 event, but this turned out to be
a hard fought event. A couple of showers of rain left the gates slippery
and this caused a few upsets with riders spinning on the gate in several
races. Heat 1 saw an exclusion to Jack Lush as he dived hard under Luke
Jamson with both riders falling on the outside of the pits bend. In the
re-run Jamson fell as he tried to go round Jake Read, who took the win,
with Jamson re-mounting for 2nd. Ben Higham and Dylan Radcliffe won
their opening races, then Higham and Jamson won the next two. Radcliffe
moved on gate 1 in heat 6 and was excluded, gifting Lush the win.
Radcliffe beat Read in the next race, followed by wins to Jamson, Higham
and Read, to keep up their challenges. Heat 11 turned out to be the
deciding race. Radcliffe took the win, with Higham concentrating on
keeping Jamson behind him for the 3 points necessary to retain the U-19
title he won last year.
Manchester League U-19 Individual Final result
Ben Higham (Stockport)
15, Jake Read (Stockport) 14, Luke Jamson (A & T) 13, Dylan Radcliffe
(Stockport) 12, Jack Lush (Stockport) 11, Joe Pickford (Stockport) 11,
Matt Turner (Stockport) 10.
Referee - Mike Hack
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