It was Dalbeattie for the 6th of our ten handicap races where the top seven results count. John Moir was fastest with a time of 23:16. Neil Pearson was second at 24:29 and Mike Thompson third with a time of 25:19.
Other results were:
Rob Mc Callay 28:03, Adrian Garret 28:25, Donald McCalley 27:44, Alex Ure 27:27, Graeme Kerr 27:08, Alec Barclay 27:24, Jim McConnachie 26:23, Colin Little 26:35, Neil Henderson 26:28, Alan Crieghton 25:24, Chris Prichard 27:01 PB, Wullie McCubbin 25:43, John Patterson 25:25,
PB denote personnel best at this distance, that occurred once where Chris back from injury claimed the ten points as a result, despite a headwind on the way out.
These 10 mile time trials are handicapped races which gives every member a chance to win points. The seven best from ten are taken into account. John Patterson appeared despite feeling the worse for wear after the flu. As a result he didn’t claim as many points as Mike and John and they were able to close the gap at the top.
With John Moir, now on holiday there’s a chance to open a gap and for someone else to get 1st place! (PS John is in France, where he has a hidden bike that he will be training hard on for two weeks!).
Thanks to all our helpers and especially John Sturgeon who looked after the riders at a gravelled u-turn.
Now the bad news, with only 4 events left and a maximum of 40 points available any one below Alec Barclay can’t win the handicap league. Only pride to play for?
Only seven riders turned up for Loch Ken for a 25 mile time trial on the 17th July. It was the club’s last visit to the Loch for this season. John Moir was first with a time of 59:19. Jim McConnachie second at 67:23 and Wullie McCubbin third at 67:45.
Other results were:
Colin Little 68:45 and Alan Crieghton 67:49.
With Donald McCalley failing to finish that left us waiting for one rider. All the riders, time keepers, officials and Norman Ferguson (who came along to help out, then drove out to the course to see what had happened to the last competitor) started to show concern in case there was an accident!
At the end Captain Chaos himself – Dave Moss, to set a new course record of 1 hour and 35 minutes for the longest time. Turns out Dave lost heart in the time trial and decided to cheat by taking a short cut. The short cut turned out longer than the course route.
Other results were:
Colin Little 68:45 and Alan Crieghton 67:49.
With Donald McCalley failing to finish that left us waiting for one rider. All the riders, time keepers, officials and Norman Ferguson (who came along to help out, then drove out to the course to see what had happened to the last competitor) started to show concern in case there was an accident!
At the end Captain Chaos himself – Dave Moss, to set a new course record of 1 hour and 35 minutes for the longest time. Turns out Dave lost heart in the time trial and decided to cheat by taking a short cut. The short cut turned out longer than the course route.
Our last visit to park farm to Park Farm for an 18 mile time trial took place on the 8th July. John Moir was first with a time of 42:37. That was well ahead of second place John Patterson 45:05 and Neil Pearson third at 45:49.
Other results were:
Davy Thompson 53:13, Alex Ure 51:36, Graeme Kerr 52:01, Alan Crieghton 48:57, Neil Henderson 49:57, Kenny Hogg 49:55, Dave Martin 51:07, Robert Mc Callay 54:06.
Only 11 riders turned up, which was disappointing but we are entering the holiday period. We have a visit to Loch Ken before we turn our attention to the very competitive 10 mile handicaps.
Dave Martin was out with me on Sunday, mountain biking in the rain – bang goes the theory of Dave being a fair weather cyclist!
Other results were:
Davy Thompson 53:13, Alex Ure 51:36, Graeme Kerr 52:01, Alan Crieghton 48:57, Neil Henderson 49:57, Kenny Hogg 49:55, Dave Martin 51:07, Robert Mc Callay 54:06.
Only 11 riders turned up, which was disappointing but we are entering the holiday period. We have a visit to Loch Ken before we turn our attention to the very competitive 10 mile handicaps.
Dave Martin was out with me on Sunday, mountain biking in the rain – bang goes the theory of Dave being a fair weather cyclist!
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