East Lancs Ride Report

East Lancs at the Track Championships at the National Cycle Centre in Manchester

Last weekend the East Lancs held their Track Championships at the National Cycle Centre in Manchester.

A four hour programme was filled with a variety of different races to test the riders abilities.

The events included a 250 metre 'flying lap', a 1km time trial and a pursuit, all of which are timed events and a massed start 'devil' race in which the last rider over the finish line every lap is eliminated.

The event was controlled by British cycling coaches from the Velodrome to ensure the timetable was adhered to and all the races were completed in the time available.

There were 30 riders competing in various categories including youth, junior, ladies, senior men and veterans.

The winners in the various categories were Jack Millar and Noah Codling equal first in the youth category, Oliver Huszar in the junior category, Georgina Cape in the ladies category, Ben Trippier in the senior mens and David Trippier in the veterans category.

Overall winner and Track BAR for the East Lancs in 2015 went to junior rider Oliver Huszar who excelled and showed off his track experience by recording the best times in every race for a superb performance.

With plenty of tired legs from the track racing, the Sunday club runs consolidated and a large group enjoyed a steady ride over the moors to Slaithwaite near Huddersfield and back over Standedge.

The junior squad went their own way and rode over to Whitworth, Sharneyford to Hebden Bridge for a brief stop before riding up Cragg Vale, down to Ripponden, up Ripponden Bank and back over to Denshaw for a testing climbing ride.