Reports

Palmer Park was bathed in sunshine for round 10 of the Reading Track League. The first event of the night was the trackcycling Senior B and Ladies 10 lap scratch race.

Photos : Jun Aishima

The hottest day of the year so far saw Scunthorpe Poly promoting the annual Trophy Meeting at Quibell Park Stadium.

The sun was out for the start of the 6^th Bordeaux-Paris meeting at Reading’s Palmer Park and a strong field lined up for this unique event in the National Hard Track Endurance Series which features a 20k Scratch Race as a qualifier for a 30k Derny paced event – the top 9 riders from the Scratch moving through to the Derny Final.

Photo galleries

New Plymouth's Cottam family went home with all the silverware and the majority of Burkes Cycles and Armstrong Sports prizes that were on offer at track cycling's Laykold Cup carnival held at Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai on Sunday December 2. 

Mark Christian and Simon Yates of 100% Me fought off a determined effort from Alex Dowsett of Sky and Tom Murray of IG Sigma Sport to take Gold in a very fast paced National Madison Championship at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. The afternoon session crowd were also treated to Future Stars Madison races and the qualifying session from the Sprint competition.

A packed programme at Palmer Park would see the six Derny Paced races interleaved with a Women’s Omnium to provide an afternoon of non-stop entertainment - with a thrilling twist at the end.

Results & photo gallery

With the May Day Bank Holiday weather reliably unreliable, the organizers of the Reading Track League Bordeaux-Paris meeting have two or three backup dates - stretching out to late September - pencilled in every year. And most years they get to use a couple of them.

Not this year, though. A strong, gusty wind made rear wheel and gear selection a challenge - and sapped the riders' strength - but the sun shone throughout and the meeting went off without a hitch.

Full results and picture gallery.

The Dernies were out for the first time this season at Palmer Park. The A and B Derny Paced championships are run on different nights throughout the season the Senior As had the honour of kicking things off - and the packed programme meant that the Bs had a relatively quiet night.