Race Report for SXC3

The venue for yesterday's 3rd round SXC mountain bike race was Laggan Wolftrax near Newtonmore in the northern reaches of Perthshire. The course consisted of a 2 mile climb on a mixture of forest road and natural singletrack followed by an equally long singletrack descent punctuated by large sections of rock slab pavement requiring commitment from the riders.

Ewan Clark was first off for the Drumlanrig Riks Bike Shed team. Wearing the yellow series leader number board, Ewan was out to consolidate his position as top Junior. However, Sunday's race saw on form rider Kenta Gallagher take first place with an outstanding performance leaving Ewan to take a well earned second place and strengthen his position as the series lead.

Next off were Jack (pictured, centre) and Ally Taylor in the U16 Youth category. Jack was standing in the ditch when the race was set off meaning that he had to sprint hard to catch the last place rider. A solid effort from there on meant that Jack had made it back up to seventh place, his eventual finishing position at the end of the three lap race. Coming back after some time off the bike, brother Ally rode a steady race from start to finish coming in just off the pace. Meanwhile, veteran campaigner Graeme Scott had to retire from the race after his chain had snapped.

The Drumlanrig Root Rats were represented in the Primary School races by lone rider, Cameron Scott. Cameron showed his strength by powering into the race lead on the first climb and fought hard throughout the higly competitive race to secure a well earned fourth place.