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/