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Biggleswade Sports Grass Track Meeting
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, July 13, 2002
On the Grass
by Trevor Reade
24 Riders took part in the 2002 edition of the Biggleswade Sports Grass Track meeting under a clear blue sky.
Although last years star performer Andy Stuart (Mildenhall CC) had entered the event work committments in Italy prevented him from returning to the UK in time to compete.
James Holland Leader of the Scunthorpe Polytechnic Cycling Club took home the lions share of the 250GBP prize list with wins in the 400 metre handicap, devil take the hindmost and the premier event of the afternoon the five mile scratch.
The bunch remained complete on the hard and fast 350 metre grass track during the early laps of the five mile scratch. After just 7 of the 25 laps a crash brought down three riders and the race was stopped while the medical crew attended to Ali Smith (Chesterfield Coureurs), who landed heavily. Smith was not seriously hurt but did not take the restart.
After a number of fruitless attacks by Guy Cook (Chesterfield Coureurs) and Simon Layfield (Team Welywn) Holland-Leader attacked with five laps to go and quickly opened up a 100 metre lead which, despite hard work by the remanants of the bunch, he held to take the victory.
Guy Cook outsprinted Neil Lewis (North Road CC) for second.
Sarra Whelan (Eastern Region Velo) took a clean sweep of the Ladies events.
Results
Dans Cycle Workshop 400 metre handicap 1 James Holland-Leader (Scunthorpe Polytechnic CC) 2 Simon Layfield (Team Welwyn) 3 Nigel Cameron (North Road CC) 4 Daniel Hopkins (Hitchin Nomads CC) 5 Max Pendleton (Mildenhall CC) 6 Paul Kelley (Hitchin Nomads CC) Wesley J West 800 metre handicap 1 Simon Layfield (Team Welwyn) 2 Max Pendleton (Mildenhall CC) 3 Neil Lewis (North Road CC) 4 Ian Clarke (Fenland Clarion CC) 5 Chris Last (JE James RT) 6 Ali Smith (Chesterfield Coureurs ) City Cycle Centre one mile scratch 1 Guy Cook (Chesterfield Coureurs) 2 James Holland-Leader (Scunthorpe Polytechnic CC) 3 Simon Layfield (Team Welwyn) 4 Paul Kelley (Hitchin Nomads CC) 5 Chris Last (JE James RT) 6 Martin Kemp (Mildenhall CC) Bob Jackson Cycles Devil take the hindmost 1 James Holland-Leader (Scunthorpe Polytechnic CC) 2 Simon Layfield (Team Welwyn) 3 Guy Cook (Chesterfield Coureurs) 4 Ian Clarke (Fenland Clarion CC) 5 Neil Lewis (North Road CC) 6 Chris Last (JE James RT) Hardcastle Burton five mile scratch 1 James Holland-Leader (Scunthorpe Polytechnic CC) 2 Guy Cook (Chesterfield Coureurs) 3 Neil Lewis (North Road CC) 4 Max Pendleton (Mildenhall CC) 5 Chris Last (JE James RT) 6 Simon Layfield (Team Welwyn) Ladies Four lap scratch 1 Sarra Whelan (Eastern Region Velo) 2 Karen Last (JE James RT) 3 Sophie Bruton (Welwyn Wheelers) 4 Jayne Bevitt (Fenland Clarion CC) Ladies Two lap handicap 1 Sarra Whelan (Eastern Region Velo) 2 Jayne Bevitt (Fenland Clarion CC) 3 Karen Last (JE James RT) 4 Sophie Bruton (Welwyn Wheelers) Ladies Keirin 1 Sarra Whelan (Eastern Region Velo) 2 Karen Last (JE James RT) 3 Sophie Bruton (Welwyn Wheelers) 4 Jayne Bevitt (Fenland Clarion CC) Ladies 400 Metre scratch 1 Sarra Whelan (Eastern Region Velo) 2 Jayne Bevitt (Fenland Clarion CC) 3 Sophie Bruton (Welwyn Wheelers) 4 Karen Last (JE James RT) Ladies Unknown distance 1 Sarra Whelan (Eastern Region Velo) 2 Karen Last (JE James RT) 3 Sophie Bruton (Welwyn Wheelers) 4 Jayne Bevitt (Fenland Clarion CC)
