Result/Report: Scottish Cyclo-Cross League (Callander Park)

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Grant Ferguson, Gary McCrae & Eileen Roe just some of the winners at round 2 of the Scottish Cyclo-Cross League (Callander Park) where there was a record entry

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Report  - Thanks John McComisky

Round two of the Ridley Scottish Cyclocross Series moved to the autumnal and picturesque setting of Callendar Park this weekend. Event organisers Franco Porco and a David Lines put on an incredibly challenging and exciting course, which crammed just about every conceivable obstacle in the way of the record breaking 388 rider field.

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The course held up well to heavy overnight rain and after a few pre race tweaks, Callendar Park filled with an enthusiastic and vocal crowd from all over Scotland.

In the Senior event, World Cup Mountain biker Grant Ferguson (Superior-Brentjens) was the man that everyone wanted to finish second to. Ferguson grabbed the race by the scruff of the neck from the get go, and proceeded to slam the opposition into the greasy, slippery parcour with a solid and intelligent ride.

The fluidity of Ferguson was truly something to behold, and an example of how far Scottish Cyclocross has grown in stature over the last few years. Behind all this display of cross genius, came a hunting pack that had Iain Paton(Ben Wyvies Cycles) and a fast starting Simon Kirkness (Tri-Centre), dishing out the pain to the rest of the 90 strong field.

Paton faltered and this allowed Kirkness to steadily pull away from his rivals, in a mature and controlled effort to snatch second place by mid race. But with one lap to go Paton recovered his zeal to take second spot on the podium from a delighted Kirkness, with solid riding from single speed devotee Colin May (Velo Club Edinburgh), and a returning from running Neil Walker (Walkers Cycles) who opened his season points tally with fifth.

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The Veteran 40 class also had a very strong field despite the no show of John McCafferty (Leslie Bikes/BB) who is still recovering from illness. His team mate Gary McCrae made up for all of this, and was able to race to the win in front of team owner Andy Hain, despite having raced to second in the “Hairy Coo” Mountain Bike event the day before, Gary and his legs did all the talking.

Always lurking and taking a race to the Leslie Bikes riders this year, Glasgow United filled the rest of the podium with James Melville and Stevie Jackson. Of note was the ride of course organiser Franco Porco put in, who despite setting up the course from 7am, he still placed fourth.

The Veteran 50/ Women/Junior race was again the domain of Harry Johnston (Team Thomson’s Cycles), Jamie Mason (West Lothian Clarion) and Connor Nally (Hardie Bikes).  The young wrecking crew safely managed to keep a truly inspiring ride by first Veteran 50 rider Brendan Roe, as well as his Scottish Championship winning Daughter Eileen Roe (Ronde) at bay.

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With respect to the Women’s class, a record breaking thirty racers took to the line, which is an all time participation record for a Cyclocross race in Scotland, and despite finishing second, VC Moulin race ace Maddy Robinson did her series effort no harm at all by seeing off a very impressive ride from first time crosser Kerry McPhee (Rock and Road), who had initially led proceedings until an untimely encounter with a course hurdle.

In the Kids and Youth events, a fantastic turnout took on the course in the morning, with the victory spoils in the Under Eight Class going to a fiery ride from Gavin Gronkowski who got a wriggle on right from the start, first of the girls came in the shape of Daisy Taylor, who also managed third overall. The best thing about the first kids races is they just give it their all on all manner and shape of bikes, a heartening sight to see for the onlooker.

In the Under 12 class, Jamie Johnston (Thomsons Cycles) simply owned it and put on a very mature display for the full race, this lad already has a skill set developing and was very impressive in lapped traffic, as well as taking on the challenge of the slippery knoll at the far end of the Callendar Park course. Niamh Docherty again posted a top ride amongst the boys with a fine win for herself placing ninth overall.

Wrapping up the full race schedule were the Youth events and a great top step from Joe Nally (Hardie Bikes), and a spirited ride from Emma Borthwick (Tri-Centre) who is more than capable of mixing it with the strongest Youth males in Scotland.

After all the mud had stopped flying, the organisers were quick to acknowledge the support of Ridley, Lazer Helmets and Madison in supporting the event. There is also a lot of credit due to Garry Nichol and his team at Falkirk Community Trust who liaised with a great team of ground staff to help put on for now a Scottish Series race, but possibly with an eye on bringing a National Trophy race to Scotland one day. Now would that not be a tantalising thought?.

Anthony Robson images of the days racing here.

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Seniors
1 Grant Ferguson 58:57.9
2 Iain Paton 02:32.3
3 Simon Kirkness 02:43.2
4 Colin May 02:49.2
5 Neil Walker 03:00.3
6 Steven Halsall 03:21.4
7 Tom Owens 04:15.4
8 Paul McInally 04:32.5
9 Stephen Couper 05:04.6
10 Sean Clark 05:11.2
11 David Lines 05:52.4
12 Graeme Warren 06:00.9
13 Scott Logan 06:12.2
14 Douglas Shearer 06:23.7
15 Roger Campbell-Crawford 07:00.8
16 Barry Wilson 07:04.0
17 Paul Carmichael 07:31.2
18 Sean Gordon 07:57.1
19 Brendan Milliken 08:46.5
20 Scott Lindsay 09:30.5
21 Addy Pope 1 lap
22 Craig Adams 1 lap
23 Simon Fairfull 1 lap
24 Allan Love 1 lap
25 Ian Dunlop 1 lap
26 Euan Lindsay 1 lap
27 Andrew Hood 1 lap
28 Graeme Cross 1 lap
29 Ally Wight 1 lap
30 Finlay Strivens 1 lap
31 Neil McKenzie 1 lap
32 James McPake 1 lap
33 David Hamill 1 lap
34 Gordon Mackenzie 1 lap
35 Brian McCardle 1 lap
36 Gary Robson 1 lap
37 Andrew Isherwood 1 lap
38 Scott Kerr 1 lap
39 David Switzer 1 lap
40 Owen Philipson 1 lap
41 Stuart Dun 1 lap
42 Fraser Law 1 lap
43 Jason Barnes 1 lap
44 Neil Scott 1 lap
45 Paul Gibson 1 lap
46 Graeme Kelly 1 lap
47 Mike Richmond 1 lap
48 Peter Ross 1 lap
49 Dermot Bailie 1 lap
50 Andrew Hale 1 lap
51 Daniel Clarke 1 lap
52 Jonathan Herbert 1 lap
53 Jonathan Goldstraw 1 lap
54 Blair Martin 1 lap
55 Greig Baird 1 lap
56 Dan Gates 1 lap
57 Ian Hockey 1 lap
58 Gary Nicol 1 lap
59 Alex Robertson 1 lap
60 Stephen Malaney 1 lap
61 Peter Ward 1 lap
62 Ross Laidlaw 1 lap
63 Russell Duncan 1 lap
64 Paul Petrie 1 lap
65 Lorne Ralston 1 lap
66 stuart Allan 1 lap
67 Colin Moulson 2 laps
68 Thomas Downie 2 laps
69 Gordon Macrae 2 laps
70 John McCracken 2 laps
71 Alan Knox 2 laps
72 Saul Ayton 2 laps
73 Jamie Carchrie 2 laps
74 David MacNeil 2 laps
75 Jack Davison 2 laps
76 Chris Di Placito 2 laps
77 Ali Turner 2 laps
78 David Armitt 2 laps
79 Calum Lorimer 2 laps
80 Barry McCleery 2 laps
81 Darren McLean 2 laps
82 Kenny Malaney 2 laps
83 Alasdair Anderson 2 laps
84 Darren Ridout 2 laps
85 Cristian Iannozzi 3 laps
86 Chad Butz 3 laps

VETERANS
1 Gary McCrae 44:34.9
2 James Melville 21.175
3 Stephen Jackson 28.39
4 Franco Porco 01:37.7
5 Hans Forhaug 02:05.4
6 Alan Lamont 02:16.2
7 John Woodrow 02:26.1
8 Colin Bain 02:37.6
9 Simon Muir 02:58.8
10 Ronald Barker 03:02.3
11 Andy Turnbull 03:12.9
12 Michael Nally 03:40.9
13 Gavin May 03:48.3
14 Gordon Chisholm 03:54.4
15 Alister Watt 03:55.1
16 Gordon Traynor 04:15.8
17 Mark Barnett 04:28.1
18 Derek Martin 04:45.3
19 Gary Beall 05:21.7
20 Gordon Dornan 05:30.3
21 Martin Ferry 05:31.4
22 John Reid 05:32.2
23 Andrew Strathdee 05:47.4
24 Adrian Wallis 05:55.7
25 Keith Mailer 05:59.7
26 Kenny Kentley 06:11.3
27 Michael Martin 06:36.8
28 Stephen McDowall 06:44.8
29 Alan Picken 06:44.9
30 Ross Black 06:49.0
31 Scott Anderson 06:49.8
32 Graham Munro 06:51.5
33 Fraser Moore 06:58.8
34 Gordon Dickson 07:13.0
35 George Roberts 07:13.8
36 Wim Chalmet 07:21.0
37 John Grant 07:23.3
38 Alastair Little 07:31.0
39 Fraser Waters 07:34.4
40 Graeme Short 07:37.1
41 Nigel Holl 07:43.9
42 Andrew Bell 07:45.2
43 Anthony Jones 08:11.2
44 Steve Boyd 08:19.2
45 Jason Lindsay 09:22.6
46 Matt Cother 09:37.8
47 John McComisky 1 lap
48 Chris Duncan 1 lap
49 Steve Field 1 lap
50 Jerome Finlayson 1 lap
51 Iain McMullen 1 lap
52 Gary Johnstone 1 lap
53 Scott Russell 1 lap
54 Stuart Punton 1 lap
55 Andy Johnston 1 lap
56 Mark Forrest 1 lap
57 Ian Churcher 1 lap
58 Paul Anderson 1 lap
59 Russell Mowat 1 lap
60 Bryan Donnelly 1 lap
61 Chris Tomlin 1 lap
62 Stephen Dickson 1 lap
63 Martin Steele 1 lap
64 Graham Farr 1 lap
65 David Borland 1 lap
66 Neil Raitt 1 lap
67 Alasdar McGill 1 lap
68 James Goldie 1 lap
69 Cameron Weir 1 lap
70 Derek Simpson 1 lap
71 Stephen Begen 1 lap
72 Gordon Watt 1 lap
73 Paul Lynch 1 lap
74 David Carlin 1 lap
75 Alan Linstead 1 lap
76 Paul Davies 1 lap
77 Mike Christie 1 lap
78 Neil Mackay 1 lap
79 Iain Pryde 1 lap
80 Barry Garner 1 lap
81 Reuben Millward 1 lap
82 Timothy Clilvero 2 laps
Bryan Shedden dnf

WOMEN/VETS 50+/JUNIORS
1 Harry Johnston 36:14.0
2 Jamie Mason 14.628
3 Conor Nally 02:10.7
4 Brendan Roe 02:26.4
5 Eileen Roe 02:49.1
6 William Young 03:15.7
7 Lewis Mulholland 03:19.3
8 Madeleine Robinson 03:22.7
9 Ruari Yeoman 04:08.6
10 Kerry MacPhee 04:16.1
11 Isla Short 04:38.0
12 Malcolm Dunlop 04:43.5
13 Robert Earp 05:14.0
14 Andy Brown 05:14.4
15 Sandy Wallace 06:46.7
16 William McCord 06:50.5
17 Alan Shanley 06:53.1
18 Kevin Sabiston 07:18.1
19 Jack Savage 07:31.0
20 Louise Borthwick 1 lap
21 Erika Allen 1 lap
22 Brenda Callander 1 lap
23 Elizabeth Adams 1 lap
24 Howard Perkins 1 lap
25 Bob Cherry 1 lap
26 John Gordon 1 lap
27 Morven Brown 1 lap
28 Terry Adison 1 lap
29 Lyndsey Carson 1 lap
30 Fiona Russell 1 lap
31 Gordon Scott 1 lap
32 George Welch 1 lap
33 Hamish Cooper 1 lap
34 Lorna Sloan 1 lap
35 Catherine Logan 1 lap
36 Denise Schofield 1 lap
37 James Maclaren 1 lap
38 John Newton 1 lap
39 Donna McHugh 1 lap
40 James Jackson 1 lap
41 Mike Ferguson 1 lap
42 Anne Chisholm 1 lap
43 Aileen Scott 1 lap
44 Emily Holl 1 lap
45 Fiona Walker 1 lap
46 Paula Wilson 1 lap
47 Emma Bean 1 lap
48 Sharon Oleary 1 lap
49 Stuart Green 1 lap
50 Ainsley Turbitt 1 lap
51 Kirsty Duncan 1 lap
52 Gary Smith 1 lap
53 Robert Armitage 1 lap
54 Joanne Hewitt 1 lap
55 Carina Convery 2 laps
56 Susan Pryde 2 laps
57 Nick McBain 2 laps
58 Trish Kenny 2 laps

YOUTH
1 Joseph Nally 29:22.4
2 Conner Johnstone 20.851
3 John MacLeod 24.816
4 Calum Shackley 01:09.9
5 Sean Flynn 01:30.6
6 Struan Pryde 02:47.3
7 Douglas Carchrie 02:51.0
8 Andrew Merry 03:43.8
9 Cameron Mason 04:24.3
10 Emma Borthwick 04:56.8
11 Charlie Johnston 05:12.1
12 Jenny Holl 05:37.8
13 Tormod Doherty 05:50.5
14 Anna McGorum 05:55.3
15 Sandy Holl 06:07.2
16 Ishbel Strathdee 06:16.7
17 Finley Atterton 06:19.8
18 Ewan Mathieson 06:26.6
19 Eleanor Strathdee 07:11.3
20 Sean Dupree 07:46.6
21 Oran McConville 08:21.4
22 Katie Allen 08:51.0
23 Jack Cruden 09:07.8
24 Conor Stevenson 09:42.8
25 Anna Shackley 1 lap
26 Christopher Hordon 1 lap
27 Emily Field 1 lap
28 Ruairidh Brown 1 lap
29 Daniel McGarrie 1 lap
30 Ross Field 1 lap
31 Robert Brewer 1 lap
32 Estelle Fuller 1 lap
33 Jack Nobile 1 lap
34 Aidan Carlin 1 lap
35 Alison Bryce 1 lap
36 Joseph Crawley 1 lap
37 Freya Duncan 1 lap

 

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