Podium place for Lola in British U12 Girls Individual Championship
HETHERSETT HAWKS / YELLOW BRICK MORTGAGES had three riders taking part in the British Individual Championships weekend and they had mixed fortunes. Lola Martin repeated her podium place of last season with a third place in the Under-12 Girls at Wednesfield. She rode consistently in all her heats while other fancied riders had races they would wish to forget. This is a good achievement in her first year at this age group.
Glyn Morgan came away from Leicester a bit disappointed as he just missed out on a podium pace, finishing fourth in the Over-60s while Mason Martin came through qualifiers at Wednesfield in the Under-16s to take his place in the Final at Birmingham. Competition was intense and the top 10 riders were all covered by six points. Mason’s 12 points included a win in his final race and earned him joint 8th place overall – again his first year at that age group.
Meanwhile British Under-10 Champion Luca El Labany consolidated his lead in the British Youth & Junior League Grand Prix Series by winning the third National Round in the Under-10s at Newport in Wales. With three wins already recorded he is favourite to lift the series title at the final round at Astley & Tyldesley in September.
In the fourth round of the Norfolk Grand Prix for older categories held at Harford Park Lola Martin won the Under-16s ahead of Yeva Makieieva while Paul Delaiche won the Senior category with Mason Martin runner-up and Dave Martin fourth.
The Hawks get back to League action by welcoming Great Blakenhaam to the Memorial Playing Field on Sunday (2 p.m.) for Division 2 and Youth League fixtures. The previous day several Hawks will travel to East London for a South-East Grand Prix and the next Norfolk Grand Prix for the younger age groups is at Harford Park on Wednesday 7th.