Dalbeattie 22nd July

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?