This Sunday saw the completion of the fifth stage of the Scottish Cross Country race series at Cathkin Braes on the outskirts of Glasgow. This was riders first chance to race on a course that has been prepared for the 2014 Commonwealth Games when they come to Glasgow. The course turned out to be extremely tough with a series of almost never ending climbs followed by steep technical descents. The steepest descent was just on the edge of the "race village" with a large crowd watching every riders move. The picture to the left shows the view of the finish line and beyond being occupied by some of the local Police force.Congratulations are due to the four Root Drumlanrig Root Rats in the Primary Schools Racing. Ariana Willoughby came second in her P1-3 race whilst brother Jamie came home third in the ever more competitive P4-5 race after recovering from a start line crash. Cameron Scott shrugged off most of the competition to record an excellent second place in the P6-7 race. Well done everyone.
Ewan Clark (below) continued his run of good form to take a convincing victory in the Junior race. This keeps Ewan in the series lead. Meanwhile, Jack Taylor had his best result of the series to date coming in fifth in the Youth race, with brother Ally putting in a solid performance to come in eleventh. Finally, the Drumlanrig Rik's Bike Shed team were represented by Richard Cantillon in the Veterans category. Unfortunately, Richard was forced to retire from the race after experiencing his second puncture.
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