Dumfries Cycling Club 14th July

Despite the heavy rain and mud all over the road at Loch Ken for our 25 mile time trial, John Paterson managed a PB and his first local time below the hour. It wasn’t enough to beat John Moir but it did get him the full ten points and as a result he can still beat John Moir in the handicap league. However, if my calculations are correct JP needs the full ten points!
(Remember only 4 races count – best 4 from 7)
The results were: John Moir 1st 58:53, John Paterson PB 2nd 59:31, Alan Creighton 3rd 66:58, Davy Doherty 68:23, Colin Little 69:08, Alex Ure 69:28 and Donald McCalley 72:15.
The last in the 18-25 mile races is Beattock on the 11th August. Hopefully this will be after the holiday period and the turnout will be better. Maybe the Sun will be back by then!

Dumfries Cycling Club 7th July

Our last visit to Park Farm on a windy but sunny night saw John Moir extend his lead at the top. He can now only be caught by John Paterson, however JP needs to score max points on the next two 25 mile TT races and hope JM doesn’t get a runners up place. (Remember only 4 races count – best 4 from 7)

A excellent night was also recorded by “the Heckler” Colin Little who recorded a PB
How did he do that?

John Moir’s 1st place was achieved in 42:56, 2nd was John Paterson with a time of 46:25 and 3rd was Wullie McCubbin at 48:41.
Other results are as follows:
Donald McCalley 52:51, Dave Thompson 55:23, Alex Ure 51:45, Neil Henderson 50:46, Colin Little 51:07 PB, Alan Creighton 49:33 and Matt Wallace 49:07.

Dumfries Cycling Club 24th June

First off all correction on the following event:

7th July Reads “ Collin 18TT Club 18-25 Handicap Round 5”

Should Read “Park Farm 18TT Club 18-25 Handicap Round 5”


We were at Beattock for the second time this season. Twelve riders finished and there were 2 PB’s but it was Neil Henderson who stole the show. The look on his face was a picture when he realised his keys were locked in the car! Thanks for the memories Neil, Fiona and I have just recently stopped laughing. Back to business –

A return from a 2 week absence and a PB were more than enough for John Moir to claim another 1st place, with a very impressive time of 57:51! 2nd was John Paterson with a time of 60:48. 3rd was Paul Crosbie with another PB and a time of 64:49.

Other results are as follows:
Donald McCalley 72:16, Dave Thompson 71:06, Alex Ure 68:50, Graham Kerr 76:11, (Not sure if the six and seven are the wrong way round Graham?), Neil Henderson 68:49, (You got the last laugh Neil beating me by one second. The next 2-up we do, I’m hiding your keys), Colin Little 69:30, Wullie McCubbin 66:16, Alan Creighton 66:26 and Mike Thompson 64:50.

That result means John extend his lead at the top, but with it being the best 4 from 7 he could still be easily caught.

Dumfries Cycling Club 16th June 2010 Lockerbie

On the best night of the season so far, surprisingly only 18 riders turned up for the 6th in the series of our10 ten mile handicap time trials. 17 of our riders managed to finish.

With John Moir absent, the fastest on the night was John Paterson with a 23:06 PB. It’s a shame JM wasn’t there as JP’s time equalled that of JM for this season. It also gave JP yet another ten points and a huge lead in the handicap league. 2nd was Rob Carey with a PB of 24:36. Neil Pearson was third at 24:45.

Other results were:

Reuben Hutton 30:01, Ron Love 28:39, Dave Thompson PB 26:42, Adrian Garrett 27:53, Ashley Kerr 31.01, Alex Ure PB 25:54, Alastair Johnson 27:14, Graham Kerr 27:39, Colin Little 27:12, Dave Moss PB 28:24, Neil Henderson 26:42, Rob McCallay PB 25:44, Alan Creighton 25:46, and Mike Thompson 24:53.
PB denote personnel best at this distance

There was a total of 6 PB’s not bad when you consider recent events:

Dave Thompson - He had done the Northern Rock recently but found the miles to be a bit too easy and decided to do some extra miles. He thought he was going really well because no one could catch him, turns out he was the only rider in the event going in that direction.

Alex Ure – He was attacked by 2 Jack Russells in Beattock. He was at the bottom of the crooked road searching for possible hill climbs, when he was surrounded by these huge beasts. Despite a valiant effort to fight them off (waiting for the traffic light to turn green) one of the blighters managed to bite into his leg (just a little).
Rob McCallay – Continuing his Jinx, hit the only pot hole in the course and slackened his handlebars as a result – otherwise his time would surely have been better?

Remember we have a new event “5TT Pie Eaters Handicap” to qualify to compete in this event each rider must complete 3 ten mile time trials in the one season. There are 4 ten mile time trials left so still plenty of time – but don’t forget!

Dumfries Cycling Club 9th June 2010 Loch Ken

Loch Ken was the venue for our one and only 2 up time trial. It was a 25 mile time trial around the Loch. First to finish were John Paterson and Bob Virgo with a time of 62:55. Second was Alan Crieghton (one his own) with a time of 67:21. Third were Brian Young and Owen Young with a time of 69:31.

Other times were:

Maire Young and Loughlin Young at 78:00, Jim Mc Connachie and Alison Mc Connachie at 72:59, Colin Little and Alastair Johnson at 69:55, Alex Ure and Neil Henderson 71:21.

Dumfries Cycling Club 26th May - Collin

23 riders turned out for our 5th 10 mile time trial of the season. It was a good night at Collin but the road was in a poor state.

John Moir, still struggling to better his best time was first at 23:09. John Paterson, closing the gap, was second at 23:20 and Mike Thompson 3rd at 24:32.

Other results were:

Alison McConnachie 31:01, Adrian Garrett 29:34, Dave Thompson 28:14, Alastair Johnston 27:33, Alex Ure 26:37, Ron Love 28:34 PB, Dave Niblock 27:35, John Andrew 28:46 PB, Dave Moss 29:14, Colin Little 27:12, Robert McCallay 26:05 PB, Jim McConnachie 27:21, Alan Crieghton 26:03, Colin McCann 25:08, Dave Barnes 24:55, Dave Martin 27:14, Neil Henderson 26:53, Paul Crosbie 25:34, Donald McCalley 28:27.

PB denote personal best at this distance
John Moir was seemingly followed by a car – either someone was checking his speed or trying to get some tips. (wonder who that was). Even the very slight uphill start couldn’t stop 3 PB’s and a near back to form time for the race secretary (Niblock where’s my pound?)

Dumfries Cycling Club 19th May - Park Farm

We were back at Park Farm for the 3rd race of the Club 18-25 competition. It was the second 18 mile time trial of the season.

John Moir still continues to dominate. 1st with a time of 43:16 but like everyone else he was down on his personnel best. 2nd with a time of 44:34 was John Paterson. 3rd was Mike Thompson 47:04.

Other results were:
Dave Thompson 57:52, Donald McCalley 53:00, Alex Ure 51:39, Colin Little 52:55, Neil Henderson 52:09, Dave Martin 52:10, Matt Wallace 50:10, Neil Pearson 48:18, Dave Barnes 49:07 and P. Crosbie 50:14.