Cyclocross race results

The last two weeks have seen some outstanding performances from Drumlanrig riders in cyclocross races up and down the country. First of all, Jamie Willoughby became the Scottish U12 Cyclocross Champion at Glenrothes. Ariana won the race for the U10 girls. This weekend saw Cameron Scott take a convincing win in the third round of the South of Scotland Youth Cyclocross League at Heathhall. This second win secured his overall victory in U12 series. Meanwhile, Jack Taylor made the trip to Mull for the final two rounds of the Scottish Cyclocross and continued with his run of excellent results in his first season as a Junior to seal his victory in the overall Scottish series. Well done to everyone - the picture below shows Jamie on the podium in Glenrothes lofting his trophy.

Drumlanrig Root Rats Coaching 10th December

This Thursday night is the last of our floodlit coaching sessions before the Christmas holidays. The session will start at 19:00 and last until 20:30 and as ever will be supported by Richard Lord from Scottish Cycling. This will be the highlight of our series of floodlit sessions on cyclocross and we are aiming to cover the full micro cyclocross circuit including the bank and the descent. Please note that this session is open to both the Sprogs and Yoofs age groups.

Don't forget that this Saturday is the Stepping Stanes round of the South of Scotland Youth Cyclocross Series. Full details of this race can be found at the Stepping Stanes web-site at http://www.steppingstanes.co.uk/. Even more reason to come along and Thursday and brush up on your skills.

The Scottish cyclocross championships were held last Sunday at Glenrothes and the club were represented by the Willoughbies and Taylors. A full report will be posted on the blog (www.rootrats.blogspot.com) with some photos, but the big news is that Jamie and Ariana both won their age group races making them the Scottish Champions.

Stepping Stanes Youth Cyclo Cross Race

December 12th sees the final round of the South of Scotland Youth Cyclo Cross series. We have a great course lined up at Heathhall, Dumfries. Under 16's only, races for under 10, under 12, under 14 and undeer 16, boys and girls. All welcome. see www.steppingstanes.co.uk for details.

Note. race HQ is the old runway opposite the Air Museum on Tinwald Downs Road. NOT at the Pines golf centre as previously advised.

Drumlanrig Root Rats Coaching Thursday 26th November

Our second floodlit coaching session takes place this Thursday at Drumlanrig from 7pm to 8:30pm. Following on from the brilliant session that we had two weeks ago, we'll be continuing on the theme of cyclocross with help from Richard Lord of Scottish Cycling. Everyone is welcome.

Well done to everyone who entered the race last Saturday - a full set of results is available on the blog at www.rootrats.blogspot.com . The Drumlanrig highlight of an excellent days racing has to be Cameron Scott's victory in the U12 age group. The next race in the series is at Heathall on the 12th December - more details can be found on the blog.

Drumlanrig Youth Cyclocross Race Results

Here are the results and a few photographs from today's race. Well done to everyone who participated in this second round of the South of Scotland Youth Cyclocross Series at Drumlanrig Castle and thanks to Rik's Bike Shed for sponsoring the race. The weather was kind to the Under 8 racers, but deteriorated from there on for the remainder of the 30 race entrants with heavy rain for the last race of the day making for some memorable "cyclocross" conditions.

Don't forget that the next race of the series will be hosted by the Stepping Stanes in Dumfries on the 12th December.

Under 8 Boys (10min + 1lap):
1st Calum Johnson 5 laps
2nd Callum Reid 5 laps
3rd Jamie Magowan 4 laps

Under 8 girls (10min + 1 lap):
1st Kirsty Reid 1 Lap

Under 10 boys (10min + 1 lap):
1st Tom Aitkin 6 laps
2nd Ewan Mackay 6 laps
3rd Cameron Mason 6 laps
4th William Macartney 5 laps

Under 12 Boys (15min + 1 lap):
1st Cameron Scott 8 laps
2nd Jamie Mason 7 laps

Under 12 Girls (15min + 1 lap):
1st Erika Allen 8 laps
2nd Katherine Malone 6 laps
3rd Katie Allen 6 laps
4th Lizzie McCreadie 6 laps

Under 14 boys (25min + 1 lap):
1st Morgan McConnel 8 laps (Would have been 3rd overall)
2nd Calum Magowan 8 laps
3rd Adam Hughes 8 laps
4th Sean Noon 7 laps
5th Hamish McCreadie 6 laps
6th Ben Forsyth 6 laps
7th Rory Perkins 6 laps

Under 14 Girls (25 min + 1 lap):
1st Jenna Fenwick 7 laps

Under 16 boys (25min + 1 lap):
1st Scott Lindsey 8 laps
2nd Stuart McCluskey 8 laps
3rd Craig Owen 8 laps
4th Ewan Jenkins 8 laps
5th Jordan Crawford 6 laps
6th Daniel Wright 6 laps
DNF Ross Green
DNF Tom Arnstein