It was a good day for the Backstedt Racing – Hot Chillee team as they took the top step of the podium in both the senior Male and Female races with two of their high flying Junior racers. Fresh from his Junior Paris Roubaix victory, Lichfields Lewis Askey took off initially in a small group before continuing alone after a devastating attack out of the bottom hairpin for a hard fought win from local man Dave Griffiths from Oswestry.
Shrewsbury Junior Ellie Russell is no stranger to the Shrewsbury Sports Village Circuit and she combined well with Staffordshires Phoebe Martin who was despatched in a spirited sprint finish. A disappointingly small field for the Women’s race made smaller when Vicki Boddice slipped down the central grass bank watching her son and broke her wrist!
The main focus of the day was the West Midlands Youth Circuit Series with a fantastic turnout in pretty much all categories, despite losing riders who could not make this rearranged date after the original March date was snowed off.
Mid Shropshire Wheelers youngsters again shone as befits home circuit advantage with the White brothers taking wins in the under 8s and under 10s and Joshua Jackson taking the top step in the under 12s. with the club recording plenty of other top 10s. Special mention must go to Aelwen Davies of The Bulls who almost beat the boys in the tightest of sprint finishes in the combined under 10s race and to Under 16 boys winner, Lichfields, Matthew Kingston who was so close to lapping the whole field but as a favour to the judges, took his foot off the gas to come in just adrift of a seething bunch sprint.