Sunday, 26 April 2009

Park Farm that turned into Brownhall

Park Farm (for an 18 mile time trial) was the planned route for our first change from the ten mile time trials we have been doing up to now. However road works on the 22nd April on our planned route meant a last minute change of venue and a return to Brownhall for a 13 mile time trail.
It was nice to see Colin Little returning to the time trials after his long term off with work and illness.
I was unable to attend due to work commitments at an area close to the Linwood Studios where the sun was shining whilst the filming of “The Clash Of The Titans” is taking place.
My reports were that the 17 riders were not so lucky with the weather with a cold windy night, however our own Clash of the Titans continues as John Moir winning run continues with a time of 31:23. Ben Smith second at 32:53 and Mike Thompson third at 33:59.
Other results were: Colin Little 38:00, Davy Thompson 40:22, Ron Love 40:36, Donald McCalley 37:27, Davy Docherty 35:26, Alastair Johnson 38:54, Nick Prichard 36:35, Wullie McCubbin 36:05, Guy Graham 36:05, Alan Crighton 35:39, Neil Henderson 36:36, John Patterson 34:17 and Graham Kerr 39:08.

PS. John Patterson likes to ride time trials whilst listening to his MP3 player. His choice of music leaves a lot to be desired. Neither Fiona nor Yvonne could concentrate to the sound of “My baby takes the morning train he works from 9 till 5 a day” coming from his MP3. Apparently it was his dad’s MP3 player. Yeah – what young guy listens to his dad’s MP3 player?
Saturday, 18 April 2009

Lockerbie 15th April TT


Lockerbie 15th April was the venue for the 2nd ten mile time trial of our season. I picked the right night to forget my gear. The journey out was fine but coming back was a cold head wind that resulted in a drop in times from the previous weeks.
The turnout was again excellent with yet another good night with over 25 riders.
A few errors in the time keeping have been corrected. J Moir and Mike Thompson’s time were better than announced. It didn’t affect first place but Mike should have been second. I apologies for the errors.
We are working hard to try and eliminate errors so please bear with us (but please continue to point out errors, to ensure the accuracy of our handicap league).
John Patterson is leading the way from Mike Thompson. Both have the same points but as JP has scored a 10 I thought he deserved to remain at the top. He will need to keep improving as early season form indicates Mike Thompson will not give up the championship easily. John Moir’s performance has moved him into third place.
A noticeable addition to our league table is Ashley Kerr. I am assuming this will mean bragging rights belong to Ashley in the Kerr household?

The sheets show the result of race 2 and a table showing current league positions. Check website.
Saturday, 11 April 2009

TT 8th April

We were all back at Lockerbie on the 8th April where the Time Trial season got underway for real.
Again we had 25 riders and again we had as many PB’s (These are highlighted in blue on club website here )
Some of you will have noticed that the times from and including number 9 have 15 seconds added to the time. This is a correction due to a time keeping error.
John Moir was first for the second week running, Mike Thompson second swapping places from last week with Neil Pearson.
John Patterson is leading the way collecting the full 10 points for the handicap. Mike Thompson is looking to retain the championship collecting the 9 points whilst Davy Docherty is in third with 7 points.

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Lockerbie 1st April

Time Trial Pictures, Images and Photos
In glorious sunshine our cycling season finally kicked off at Lockerbie on the 1st April. This was only a 10 mile practice season prior to the first race on the 8th April.

The warm weather left little excuse for getting a poor time so thanks to Alfie my time was highlighted and resulted in a rather excessive amount of slagging.

P.S. At least I brought ALL my equipment and didn’t forget the helmet!

Back to business.
Many thanks to all the 25 riders who turned up, including those who didn’t finish. Also I can’t recall so many PB in one event.

John Moir PB was first with a time of 22:49. Does anyone know where he trains? Neil Pearson PB second at 23:49 with Mike Thompson third 25:08.
Other results were:
Alan Mair 30:10, Dave Thompson 28:32, Robert McCalley 28:57, Ron Love 29:37, Goggs Johnston 32:37, Donald McCalley 27:34, Colin McCann 26:41, Alastair Johnston 28:49, Nick Prichard PB 25:55, Adrian Garrett PB 28:23, Alan Crieghton 26 :11, Alec Barclay 27:52, Alex Ure 29:08, Jim McConnachie 26:40, John Patterson PB 25:34, Neil Henderson 26:36, Davy Docherty 26:53, Wullie McCubbin 26:11, Matt Wallace 25:45, Mike Rennie 31:58, Sam Ewart 29:27.
PB denote personnel best at this distance

This result does not effect the handicap league, however it does effect the handicap system. The revised figures are included on the Club Website here