Practice laps over Peel Park course last Saturday certainly paid dividends for Keighley’s Chris Young and Tom Moses.

Young won the veterans’ 40-49 race the following day at the Bradford venue, while Moses was second in the junior men’s race behind Dan McLay but both results were good enough to secure them the National Trophy series title with a race to spare.

Moses (Team Wallis-CHH Racing Team) fell off twice but still finished the junior men’s race with a smile on his face because of his overall triumph.

There was no repeat of his heroics of last January at the same venue, when he won the national junior title.

But Moses had a 40-point lead – a whole-race win – over Luke Gray heading into the race, so only needed to finish in front of the Hargroves Cycles rider to take the honours.

And his finish two places ahead of Gray meant the crown was guaranteed without having to worry about the sixth round at Rutland Water on January 17.

Moses said: “I had two falls, with the second coming as I was trying hard to get back to Dan.

“I didn’t like the course as much this time – I won on it last time so I am bound to say that! – but I have to thank Chris Young for helping me with what lines to ride when we practised together on Saturday.”

McLay soon opened up a small gap over the head of the pack but was joined at the business end by Moses before the opening lap was over.

Josh Papworth was battling for third with Gray but Moses piled the pressure on McLay on lap two and looked as if he was about to break his rival.

However, they crossed the start-finish line together and McLay proved the stronger on lap three, when Moses’ first fall put some distance between them.

Another Moses fall stretched the margin beyond half a minute and the final difference was 47 seconds, with Pap-worth third and Gray fourth.

Keighley’s Paul Young (Glendene Cycle Club) was 11th at 2min 33sec.

His father, Chris (JD Cycles Ilkley), won an excellent veterans’ race after biding his time at the start.

It wasn’t until the third lap that Darren Atkins (Coventry RC) and Young began to pull clear, and by the end of that they held an 11-second lead over the chasers.

The course was chewed up by now, and the last lap was a mini-classic, the crowd following the duo round the course, aided by the tannoy commentary of BBC cycling correspondent Hugh Porter.

Atkins was just behind as they reached the finishing straight, Young holding on for a popular win by five seconds.

Bingley’s Rob Jebb (Wheelbase.co.uk) finished fourth in the senior men’s race – 45 seconds behind overall winner Jody Crawforth (Arctic-Premier RT Elite).

Bingley’s Rob Watson (Paul Milnes RT/Bradford Olympic) only came out of hospital nine days before the race after suffering a swollen knee and infection after being thrown off a horse.

Under orders to take things steady, although delighted there was no knee-cap break, Watson finished 52nd at one lap, but was the tenth under-23 home to maintain his bid to qualify for the overall standings.

In the youth race, Bradley’s Edward McParland (JD Cycles Ilkley) was eighth at 1min 54sec, Joe Moses (Bronte Wheelers/Neophix Engineering) coming 17th at 3min 18sec.

McParland is third in the standings on 178 points, with Moses seventh on 121.