2010 Christmas Cracker - Stepping Stanes Youth Cyclocross Race

Sunday Muddy Sunday for U12 Group - 24th October

Good news for the Sprogs (U12) group! 

Rik is running a Sunday Muddy Sunday ride / coaching session this Sunday morning from 10:00 until 11:30.  Just turn up outside the Bike Shed at the Castle.   This is Sunday the 24th October and the session will involve a short ride together with some work on gear selection. 

Parents and carers are invited to bring their bikes along and participate in the session.  If you don't have a bike and would like to join in or help out, Rik is offering half price rental for the duration of the session.  This is a fantastic way to find out a little more about what we do in the sessions and a chance to hone your bike handling skills.

Cyclocross Racing

I am writing this note to attract your attention to two cyclocross races that are coming up soon within a reasonable distance of our area.  

Cyclocross is a form of off-road racing that pre-dates mountain biking, although it is possible to compete on mountain bikes.  Laps of a cyclocross course are very short, so cyclocross is one of the most enjoyable forms of cycle sport to participate in and watch.   More information about cyclocross can be found on the British Cycling web-site. 

Last week was the start of the Scottish Cyclocross season with the first taking place atMeadowmill (click here for race report) near Prestonpans.  The season runs from now until the middle of December with the majority of the races taking place in the central belt.  As with the SXC MTB series that came to the Castle last month, there are races for all ages and abilities.  The closest races to our area are at Strathclyde Country Park on the 17th October and Irvine Beach on the 5th December.  This is a great chance for club members to go along and see a race in progress, or to compete, so go on - get yourselves along!

Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

Mountain Bike Racing at Drumlanrig Sunday 19th September

Round 7 of the Scottish Cross-country Mountain Bike (SXC) series takes place at Drumlanrig a week on Sunday.  This is the deciding round of our national series and promises to be a really exciting event with races on for all ages and abilities from hard fought but fun primary schools races to the top-level elite category.  Pre-registration is possible for U14 age groups upwards and more details of the event and how to enter can be found on the SXC web-site. 

We would like to see as many club members as possible entering the races.  Even if you haven't raced before, or are feeling a bit rusty, there is a race category that you could enter.  So, go on, why not just go for it and enter.  Feel free to get in touch if you would like any more details.   

If you are not planning to race, why not come along to watch?  The action starts at 11am on Sunday the 19th and runs through to about 4pm.    As with previous years, we are looking for club members to volunteer to help with the marshalling.  This is not a difficult job and it is a great way of spectating.  Need further encouragement - marshals get to operate two-way radios and wear an official bib!  If you would be able to help out, please get in touch with Rik - see our contact page for details of how.

Drumlanrig Root Rats Coaching Monday 6th September

This weeks coaching is on at the usual times of 1715-1830 for the Sprogs group and 1830-2000 for the Yoofs group.  We are returning to our normal venue at Drumlanrig and the theme for the session will be to look back at the Mabie Forest Mini DH.  Talking of which, well done to everyone who took part and many thanks to parents and carers for being so good as to get all the riders along.  The results and final series standings are now available on the Root Rats blog at http://rootrats.blogspot.com/.

I am afraid that for the Yoofs, we are rapidly running out of light and this Monday will be the last of our evening sessions.  Sprogs will continue for the time being and we will be in touch soon with details of our autumn / winter program.

D&G Youth MTB Series Final Standings

D & G Grassroots Race Series Final Overall Standings 2010

Best 4 results count for the final overall score.

Points awarded 10 down to 1 for 1^st place to 10^th place.

	Rider	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Overall
	Under 8 Boys
1st	Kyle Colchester	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	10	10	10	9	9	39
2nd	Campbell Hiddleston	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	9	9	9	8	8	35
3rd	Sam Godfrey	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	8	8	7		6	29
4th	Murrey Colchester	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	6	7	8	6	3.5	24
5th	James Hunter	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	7	6			2	15
6th	Owen Halliday	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		5			7	12
7th	Callum Reid	Wallace Warriors				10		10
8th	Aaron Grieson	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats					10	10
9th	Findlay Young	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats				7		7
10th	Adam Crawford	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club				5		5
11th	Jamie Ramsay	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats					5	5
12th	Reuben Crawford	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club				4		4
13th	Oscar Denman-Gould	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					3.5	3.5
	Under 8 Girls
1st	Emily Hunter	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	10	9			9	27
2nd	Lara Grey	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		10	10			20
3rd	Emily Young	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats				10		10
4th	Cara Ramsey	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats					10	10
5th	Trinity Coombs	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats				9		9
6th	Millie Voce	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					8	8
7th	Poppy Voce	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					7	7
	Under 10 Boys
1st	Fergus Hiddleston	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	10	9	7	10	9.5	39.5
2nd	Archie Nicholson	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		10	9	7	8	34
3rd	William McCartney	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club			10	9	9.5	28.5
4th	Dugald McGregor	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		8	8			16
5th	Jean – Luc Diggins	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		7		6		13
6th	Sam Prince	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats			6		6	12
7th	Dill Maycroft	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		4			7	11
8th	Ryan Mundell	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats				8		8
9th	Alex Livingstone			6				6
10th	Arron Hossack			5				5
11th	Stwart Terris					5		5
	Under 10 Girls
1st	Polly Henderon	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	10	10	10	10	10	40
2nd	Siobhan Crawford	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		6	8	7	8	29
3rd	Nocole Grey	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		9	9		9	27
4th	Ariana Willoughby	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	8	7		8		23
5th	Eloise Coombs	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	9			9		18
6th	Emma Livingstone	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		8				8
	Under 12 Boys
1st	Adam Burgoyne	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	9	10	10	9	10	39
2nd	Fraser Morton	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats				8	5.5	13.5
3rd	Jamie Willoughby	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats				10		10
4th	Ewan McKay	Peebles CC	10					10
5th	William McCartney	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					9	9
6th	Rory Blundell		8					8
7th	Fergus Hiddleston	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	7					7
8th	Luke Clark	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					7	7
9th	Stanley Earthrowl-Gould	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					5.5	5.5
	Under 12 Girls
1st	Lizzie McCreadie	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		10	10	10	8	38
=2nd	Katie Allen		10					10
=2nd	Polly Henderson	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					10	10
=4th	Beth Halliday	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		9				9
=4th	Katherine Malone	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club					9	9
	Under 14 Boys
1st	Ryan Hill	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	6		10	10	7	33
=2nd	Connor Holland	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	9				10	19
=2nd	Rory Perkins	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	7	7			5	19
=2nd	Ewan Fletcher	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	5	6			8	19
=2nd	Craig Gault	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		10			9	19
6th	Hamish McCreadie	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		9			6	15
7th	Adam Hughes		10					10
8th	Guy Palmer	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats	8					8
9th	Cameron Scott	Drumlanrig/Riks Bike Shed Root Rats		8				8
10th	Connor O’Neil	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	4					4
	Under 14 Girls
1st	Erika Allen	Wallace Warriors	10					10
	Under 16 Boys
1st	Jordan Crawford	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	7	10	10	10	10	40
2nd	Robbie Gault	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club		9			9	19
3rd	Ben Sinden	Stewartry Wheelers	10					10
4th	Douglas Halliday	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	9					9
5th	Dan Wright	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	8					8
	Junior Boys
1st	Ruidh McCleod	Stepping Stanes Youth Cycling Club	10	10				20
2nd	Scott Ridge					10		10