Peebles riders are just champion

More than 500 riders from across the country took part in the the penultimate race of the Scottish Cyclocross series

In the Women's senior event Lucy Grant of the Peebles Cycle Club managed to forge ahead from her two closest rivals, Anne Ewing (WV Breda) and Jane Barr (Velocity 44), closely watching each other. This was the formula for the race with Grant stretching her lead all the time and taking the title by almost a minute and a half after racing for over 45 minutes.

In the Veteran Men category, an army of four PCC riders also battled up the course: Crawford Carrick-Anderson, 8th, Matt Smith, 26th, Andrew Isherwood 30th and Roy Richardson, 56th.

In the Under 14 Females it was Anna Flynn from Edinburgh RC who took the gold medal spot, followed by Pedal Power RT’s Eva Young in second place followed by Elena McGorum from Peebles CC who came home in the bronze medal position.

In the Under 16 Females Elena´s sister, Anna McGorum (Peebles CC) pulled away from Anna Shackley (Glasgow Riderz) and Ishbel Strathdee (Edinburgh RC) and got an over two minutes lead over them. These three top riders ended by completing an extra lap to finish in this podium order.

The Senior Open event was the last race of the day. Grant Ferguson (Betch.NL-Superior-Brentjens MTB RT) having won the British Under 23 Championships in January, Ferguson was keen to get his first senior title in Scottish ‘Cross and what better place to do it than on the course at Irvine! Up against him was David Lines (Velosure Starley Primal) and Rab Wardell (Unattached). Wardell was the defending champion but having recently won the Race the World event in America his opportunities to ride ‘cross this year were non-existent.

True to form, having rained heavily earlier on, the dark clouds blew in from the west just as the race started and a war of attrition began, Fighting the at-times gale force gusts the riders were now cutting up several sections of the course which earlier on had proved no problem at all. The off-camber sections began to get really slick and a number of riders slid out on the slopes. The section coming into the finish straight turned into mud and it was a real test of bike handling skills to negotiate it successfully and at speed.

Ferguson steadily pulled away from Lines just as the Velosure man steadily pulled away from Wardell. The Betch.NL rider eventually finished two and a half minutes up on Lines. Wardell finished a further minute back to take the bronze medal position.

Finishing in 4th was the course designer himself Neil Walker (Walkers Cycling) putting the revival of his racing down to his running. Not too far behind, and boding well for the future, were Harry Johnston (Pro Vision) and Calum Magowan (Peebles CC).

Results:

Senior:

1 Grant Ferguson (Betch.NL-Superior-Brentjens MTB Racing Team) 48:15:00

2 David Lines (Velosure Starley Primal) 50:41:00

3 Robert Wardell (Unattached) 51:38:00

4 Gary MacDonald (Hope Factory Racing) 51:55:00

5 Neil Walker (Hope Factory Racing Walkers Cycling Club) 52:38:00

6 Harry Johnston (Pro Vision Cycle Clothing) 52:57:00

7 Calum Magowan (Peebles CC) 54:01:00

8 Michael Nicolson (www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk) 54:23:00

9 Allan Clark (Velocity 44 Stirling) 56:44:00

10 Ryan Fenwick (Team Moda-Anon) 57:13:00

Junior Men:

1 John MacLeod (Spokes Racing Team) 43:09:00

2 Craig Gow (Tyneside Vagabonds CC) 43:50:00

3 Calum Shackley (Glasgow Riderz) 44:58:00

Veterans 40-49:

1 Gary McCrae (Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique) 41:54:00

2 Hans Forhaug (Glasgow United CC) 42:24:00

3 Alister Watt (Granite City RT) 43:28:00

4 Stephen Jackson (Glasgow United CC) 43:53:00

5 Graeme Cross (The Bicycle Works) 44:24:00

6 John McCaffery (Pedal Power RT) 44:36:00

7 James Melville (Glasgow United CC) 44:45:00

8 Crawford Carrick-Anderson (Peebles CC) 44:53:00

9 Wayne Barr (Velocity 44 Stirling) 45:09:00

10 Franco Porco (Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique) 45:17:00

Senior Women:

1 Lucy Grant (Peebles CC) 46:56:00

2 Anne Ewing WV Breda) 48:20:00

3 Jane Barr (Velocity 44 Stirling) 48:23:00

4 Madeleine Robinson (Velo Club Moulin) 50:45:00

5 Ruth Fraser-Moodie (Pedal Power RT)

6 Kate Carmichael (Hervelo Cycling) 

7 Morven Brown (Dales Cycles Racing Team Scotland) 

8 Elizabeth Adams (Glasgow Green Cycle Club) 

9 Amanda Tweedie (Velocity 44 Stirling) 

10 Gillian Palmer (Sandy Wallace Cycles) 

Junior Women:

1 Rhona Callander (Stirling Bike Club) 50:47:00

2 Ella Conolly (Contessa Scott Syncros) 

3 Jenny Holl (Stirling Bike Club) 

Veteran women:

1 Janet Erskine (Ayr Roads Cycling Club) 42:41:00

2 Marie Meldrum (Nevis Cycles Racing Team) 44:50:00

3 Caroline Harvey (Unattached) 46:12:00

4 Lorna Sloan (Walkers Cycling Club) 46:24:00

5 Lindsay Branston (RC Cumbernauld & Kilsyth) 46:44:00

6 Ainsley Turbitt (Velo Club Moulin) 48:59:00

7 Sian Tovey (www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk) 49:43:00

8 Brenda Callander (Stirling Bike Club) 50:59:00

9 Diane Clayton-Chisholm (West Lothian Clarion CC) 52:33:00

10 Elisa Smith (Velo Club Moulin) 52:58:00

Veteran 50:

1 Kenny Kentley (Velocity 44 Stirling) 45:41:00

2 Brendan Roe (Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique) 45:54:00

3 Gary Beall (Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique) 48:25:00

4 Graeme Gow (Tyneside Vagabonds CC) 48:32:00

5 Mark Barnett (Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique) 49:08:00

6 Colin Shearer (Velo Club Moulin) 49:08:00

7 Gregor Grant (Moray Firth Cycling Club) 49:29:00

8 Robert Bloor (Edinburgh RC) 49:47:00

9 Malcolm Dunlop (Velo Club Edinburgh) 50:00:00

10 Neil Raitt (Angus Bike Chain) 50:06:00

Veteran 50 Women:

1 Elizabeth Clayton (Stirling BC) 45:03:00

2 Anne Chisholm (Perth United Cycling Club) 48:11:00

3 Catherine Logan (Walkers Cycling Club) 49:19:00

Veteran 60:

1 Alexander McAllister (Ayr Roads Cycling Club) 50:49:00

2 John Walker (Walkers Cycling Club) 47:31:00

3 Sandy Wallace (Fife Century RC) 48:00:00

Youth Male:

1 Cameron Mason (Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique) 34:00:00

2 Charlie Johnston (Pro Vision Cycle Clothing) 34:54:00

3 Struan Pryde (Deeside Thistle CC) 35:23:00

Youth Female:

1 Anna McGorum (Peebles CC) 40:45:00

2 Anna Shackley (Glasgow Riderz) 42:52:00

3 Ishbel Strathdee (Edinburgh RC) 43:45:00

Under 14 Male:

1 Jamie Johnston (Pro Vision Cycle Clothing) 36:01:00

2 Rory McGuire (Perth City Cycles) 37:24:00

3 Callum Reid (Rock And Road Cycles) 38:02:00

Under 14 Female:

1 Anna Flynn (Edinburgh RC) 42:21:00

2 Eva Young (Pedal Power RT) 

3 Elena McGorum (Peebles CC) 

Under 12 Male:

1 Ben McMullen (Pro Vision Cycle Clothing) 14:36

2 Frederick Fuller (Edinburgh RC) 14:40

3 Alfie Atterton (Edinburgh RC) 15:50

Under 12 Female:

1 Imani Pereira-James (Glasgow Riderz) 16:06

2 Eilidh Shaw (Stirling Bike Club) 16:10

3 Skye Donnelly (Glasgow Riderz) 

Under Eight Male:

1 Nicholas Jackson (KICC) 04:23

2 Angus Fraser-Moodie (Unattached) 05:02

3 Gareth Davies (Unattached) 05:05

Under Eight Female:

1 Daisy Wilkinson (Unattached) 05:34

2 Nina Padmanabhan (Falcons Cycling Club Bishopbriggs) 05:35