Gold for Mould in National Derny Championship

Posted by Admin on 23 November 2009 | 0 Comments

In a stunning display of derny racing, Jon Mould (Agiskoviner) destroyed the field to take the Elite National Derny Championship. It was almost no contest as Jon Mould was by far the strongest rider, winning by over a lap from Jamie Rogers and Tony Gibb. The start by contrast saw John McClelland (Agiskoviner)  paced by Sean Bannister take the early lead before an attack by Mould saw him come from the back of the group to take the lead at speed, and after only a few laps was in the same straight as the leaders. As Mould started to get on the back of the main group, the pace at front was increased and Mould was distanced for a few laps before making the junction and taking the lap.

 

Tony Gibb attacked and Mould reacted well to join him. With 70 laps to go, Rogers and James Holland-Leader (Agiskoviner) broke clear of Gaywood and soon Mould was doing his best to go clear of Gibb again. Rogers then started his run for a medal and joined Gibb and Mould and went past them to unlap himself. Mould was having none of that though and he went off in pursuit of Rogers dropping Gibb in the process and catching Rogers.

The National Derny Title was Jon's first senior title as an individual following on from his Team Pursuit title with Agiskoviner the year before. In what was a dominant performance by the Agiskoviner track squad, James Holland-Leader finished just out of the medals in fourth, with John McClelland in eighth.