Drumlanrig Root Rats Coaching Monday 31st August

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS WEEK'S YOOFS SESSION AND IT'S RACE TIME AGAIN THIS THURSDAY Root Rats coaching is on this Monday for both the Sprogs and Yoofs groups.  It is business as usual for the Sprogs, who will start at 1715 and finish at 1830 at the Castle.  However, this week's Yoofs session will be held at Mabie Forest and the arrangements for Yoofs are as follows.  Meet at just outside the Mabie Forest Bike Shop at 1830, finish at the same location at 2000.   Please note that car parking is restricted outside the Mabie Bike Shop, but plenty of parking is available in the Forestry car park just down the hill.  The session will focus on the Mini DH course that will used in Thursday's race, but we intend to take the opportunity to hit the Mabie trails for at least part of the session. This week sees the last race in the D&G Youth MTB series take place at Mabie Forest.    As usual, we are looking forward to a really strong turnout from the Root Rats, many of whom are looking to clinch the top spots in their respective series. Registration starts at 17:45 on Thursday just outside the Mabie Forest bike shop and more details of the event can be found on the Root Rats Blog.

Mabie Forest Mini DH - Thursday 2nd September 2010

Here are the details for D&G Youth MTB Series Round 5 which takes place this Thursday at Mabie Forest.  Mabie Forest is  a few miles south of Dumfries on the road to New Abbey.   Please keep an eye on the Stepping Stanes web-site for updates.

Drumlanrig Root Rats Coaching Monday 23rd August

PLEASE NOTE - NEW 1830 START TIME FOR YOOFS

Coaching sessions are on as normal for the Sprogs group next Monday running 1715-1830.  However, due to the nights beginning to draw in, the Yoofs group will now start at 1830 and finish at 2000.   The theme this week is descending as we are now in the run up to the final race of the D&G Youth MTB Series, the Mabie Forest Mini Down Hill (DH) on the 2nd September.

Please also note, Yoofs riders @co, that we are planning to run the 30th September session at Mabie Forest in order to get some quality practise on the DH course.   I will send out more details of where and when to meet at the end of next week.

Scottish Cycling Events Update - 17th August 2010

19^th August: Glasgow Riderz Dirt Crit at Pollock Park , Glasgow .

This is the last in the summer series and is a fantastic place to come and race with the series so far proving to be very popular and competitive.

Further details can be found here: http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/23262/Glasgow-Riderz-Dirt-Crit

Saturday 21^st August: SCOTTISH CYCLING CIRCUIT RACE CHAMPIONSHIP

Erskine Harbour, Kilpatrick Drive

Saturday 21 August 2010 11am - 4pm

This is a great opportunity to race around the town centre on closed roads and see the best starts from around the country going head to head. 

Sunday 22^nd August:

Why not stay over after the Circuit Championships and come along to the Glasgow SkyRide and meet the one, the only, Sir Chris Hoy.

More details can be found here: http://www.goskyride.com/city/details.aspx?cityid=5

22^nd August: Kids Push-up DH Series, Innerleithen.

If Chris Hoy doesn’t interest you but racing fast downhill does then give this event a go at the world famous Innerleithen trails.

More details can be found here: http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/23744/Kids-Push-Up-DH-Series

Sunday 5^th September: Scottish BMX Open Championships

Come and race the sports most explosive discipline with a large prize pot. Don’t have a BMX? Why not enter on your MTB in the Cruiser Class. Please get in touch for more details.

Sunday 12^th September: The Discovery junior Cycling Club are please to be running the Scottish Cycling Youth Madison Championship at the Autumn Meeting on 12th September at Caird Park .

The meeting also includes the North East of Scotland 5-mile and Sprint Championships. There will be an Omnium event for seniors/Juniors & Women as well as a Youth Omnium, the last event in the Skinny Tyres Series. On line entry is now available through the following link:  http://discoveryjcc.co.uk/120910.htm

Root Rats Coaching Monday 16th August

Coaching sessions are on as normal next Monday running 1715-1830 and 1900-2030 respectively for the Sprogs and Yoofs groups. 

Root Rats Coaching Monday 9th August

Coaching sessions are on as normal next Monday running 1715-1830 and 1900-2030 respectively for the Sprogs and Yoofs groups.  This week's session for the Yoofs will be the first to be led by our new Regional Development Coach, Alan Denman, so get yourselves along to take maximum advantage of his expert input.

Drumlanrig Dirt Crit Results - 5th August 2010

Well done to everyone who took part in last night's racing at Drumlanrig Castle and thanks to the marshals and Scotish Cycling for their help.  Here are the race results and a summary report of the event.    Revised series standings can be found at http://rootrats.blogspot.com/2010/06/d-youth-mtb-series-standings.html.

Drumlanrig Dirt Crit Results 5th August 2010

Under 8 Boys PLACE RIDER Club
1st Callum Reid Wallace Warriors
2nd Kyle Colchester Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
3rd Campbell Hiddleston Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
4th Findlay Young Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
5th Murray Colchester Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
6th Adam Crawford Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club
7th Reuben Crawford Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club

Under 8 Girls PLACE RIDER Club
1st Emily Young Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
2nd Trinity Coombs Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats

Under 10 Boys  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Fergus Hiddleston Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
2nd William McCartney Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club
3rd Ryan Mundell Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
4th Archie Nicholson Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
5th Jean – Luc Diggins Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club
6th Stewart Terris

Under 10 Girls  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Polly Henderson Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club
2nd Eloise Coombs Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
3rd Ariana Willoughby Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
4th Siobhan Crawford Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club

Under 12 Boys  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Jamie Willoughby Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats
2nd Adam Burgoyne Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club
3rd Fraser Morton Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats

Under 12 Girls  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Lizzie McCreadie Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club

Under 14 Boys  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Rian Hill Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats

Under 16 Boys  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Jordan Crawford Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club

Junior Boys  PLACE RIDER Club
1st Scott Ridge

The following report written by Alan Denman, our Scottish Cycling Regional Development Coach will appear on the Scottish Cycling web-site soon:

Round 4 of the Dumfries and Galloway MTB race series was held on Thursday 5th August. Beautiful weather greeted the 26 youngsters, with the only problem being the midges. Andrew Taylor and Rik Alsopp from the Root Rats club designed a superb course for the event, which included some lovely flowing single track, some tricky technical sections, a killer climb and of course lots of rooty sections.

The under 8’s & 10’s used a slightly shorter course and with entry numbers high separate races were held for each age group. In the under 8’s race the promoting club’s rider Kyle Colchester lost his 100% record and was beaten into second place by Wallace Warrior visiting rider Callum Reid. Emily Young won the under 8’s girls race closely followed by Trinity Coombs.

The Under 10’s race continued to be a closely fought battle with The Root Rats Fergus Hiddleston just getting the better of William McCartney from the Stepping Stanes club this time. Polly Henderson continued her 100% record of wins in the girls race.

The under 12’s, 14’s, 16’s & 18’s races on the longer circuit. Jamie Willoughby just came out on top after a hard fought battle with Adam Burgoyne, while G & G sponsored rider Lizzie McCreadie from Stepping Stanes notched up another win in the girls event.   The under 14’s event was won by rapidly improving Rian Hill, the under 16’s by Jordan Crawford and the under 18’s by Scott Ridge from Ayr.

The overall series is now becoming very close and with only one round remaining, a mini downhill race at Mabie Forest on Thursday 2nd September, it promises to be an exciting climax to the series. If you fancy getting involved with a cycling club in the D&G area, the Drumlanrig Root Rats meet on a Monday evening at Drumlanrig Castle, 5pm for the youngsters/beginners group and 7pm for the more experienced group and the Stepping Stanes club meet on a Thursday evening at 6.45pm at Heath Hall forest, Dumfries, next to the aviation museum.

More info on the clubs at:

http://www.rootrats.blogspot.com/

http://www.steppinstanes.co.uk/