Barry Crumlish showed excellent early season form in taking 5th place in the Lake APR race, hosted by Glasgow Nightingale CC at the Trossachs. Wearing his new GRC colours, but keeping them covered by a black gillet due to the cold conditions, Barry made his presence felt at the vital moments, kicking off the attacks that led to the formation of the winning breakaway. The group was pushed on by a strong tailwind, working well together to hold the speed at 38mph and stave off the chasing groups behind, ultimately allowing Gary Hand (Herbalife) to take victory in the tough uphill sprint finish.

Full result:

1 Gary Hand Herbalife 01:57:49
2 Andrew Whitehall Velo Ecosse st
3 Peter Murdoch Paisley Velo st
4 Brian Widdison Moray Firth CC st
5 Barry Crumlish Glasgow Road Club st
6 Chris Stewart Classic Race Team 38
7 Jethro Dowell Glasgow Green Cycle Club 03:08
8 Neil Scott Aberdeen Uni 03:49
9 Martin Lonie Dooleys 04:25
10 Fraser Martin Perth United 04:27
11 Steven Cooper Glasgow United st
12 Zak Loney Ythan CC st
13 Derek Simpson Falkirk 04:29
14 Alex McAllister Ayr roads CC st
15 Keith Greenwood West Lothian Clarion st
16 Michael Curran Fullerton Wheelers st
17 Willie Laithwaite Ivy CC 04:46
18 Joe Shaw Falkirk Bike Club 04:53
19 Alistair Pell Nightingale CC 05:30
20 Robert Kelly Ayr Roads 05:34
21 Ross Clark Ivy CC 06:29
22 Neil Kemp Nightingale CC 07:36
23 Gary McDonald Unattached 08:11
24 Paul Hornby Ivy CC 08:13
25 Neil Brown Pedal Power CC 08:36
26 Chris Staples Fullarton Wheelers 09:01
27 Craig Kidd Dunfermline CC 12:32
28 Scott Bullivant Rock and Road 13:16
29 Mona Petrie DT CC 13:47
30 Tim Mackley DT CC 13:49
31 David Hamill Pedal Power RT 14:34
32 David Dalziel Nightingale CC st
33 Mark Skilling Ayr Roads 14:45
34 John Baxter Ayr Roads CC st
35 David Macklin Nightingale CC 16:28
36 Charles McCusker Johnstone Wheelers 17:28
37 Alan Maxwell Pedal Power st
38 Ashley Pearson DT CC 17:37
39 Kevin Lancaster Perth United st
40 Lynne Wardrop Ayr Roads 23:29
41 Jackie Laing Deeside Thistle 24.39
42 Denise Schofield Unattached 40.01

Scot Robertson began his indoor velodrome racing career in fine style, winning the B-Class Devil (Elimination) event from a strong and enthusiastic field tonight at the newly opened Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. This was the first track meeting held at the velodrome to allow riders to experience it before the upcoming Scottish Championships at the end of the month.

Glasgow Road Club’s fastman is hoping to carry his race winning form over to the Championships.

Glasgow Road Club promotes an afternoon of scintillating road racing...

Further information on the event available here:

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/80488/The-Kilmacolm-Kermesse

Glasgow Road Club’s Paul McSkimming won the VC Glasgow South Road Race today, showing great strength to take a tough uphill bunch sprint at the end of the final lap near Eaglesham. GRC’s Tommy Coyle came in an excellent 11th place too.

1 Paul McSkimming Glasgow Road Club 4th 02:27:09
2 Jack Beezer Leighton Buzzard Road Cycling Club 4th st
3 John Gartland GJS Racing Team 4th @ 3sec
4 Paul Hornby Glasgow Ivy CC 4th st
5 Scott Hawkins Glasgow Couriers 4th st
6 Malcolm Dunlop TheBicycleWorks.com 4th st
7 David Dalziel Glasgow Nightingale CC 4th st
8 Michael Paton Falkirk Bicycle Club 4th @ 6sec
9 Ronnie Burns VC Glasgow South 4th st
10 Colin McLellan Velo Club Edinburgh 4th st
11 Thomas Coyle Glasgow Road Club 4th @ 7sec
12 Terence McMahon Glasgow Ivy CC 4th st
13 David Hamill Pedal Power RT 4th st
14 Simon Kirkness TheBicycleWorks.com 4th st
15 Steve Macluskie VC Glasgow South 4th st
16 Thomas Aitchison Team Leslie Bike Shop – Right Move Windows 4th st
17 Georges Avraam Edinburgh RC 4th st
18 John Dunlop Loudoun RC 4th st
19 Gary Davidson VC Astar Anderside 4th @ 13sec
20 Thomas Martin Dundee Thistle 4th st

Read the full report (and see the video) at the following link to the British Cycling website:

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20120527-road-Road–McSkimming-wins-in-Glasgow-0

Gordon misses out on win for his late pal

LAST Wednesday night’s Roabie Robertson Memorial Time Trial saw Tam Gordon lose out on an emotional victory by the smallest of margins.

The final 10-mile time trial of the season saw Gordon, of Dooley’s Cycles RT, finish runner-up to Barry McGurk, of the Glasgow Couriers, by just ONE SECOND!

Gordon had been a close friend of Roabie, the late Glasgow Road Club member after whom the race is named, and he was gutted not to win the event in honour of his pal.

The front end of the field seemed to get the best of the conditions on the Westferry course, with several riders finishing with personal bests.

As the times were being relayed back to race headquarters, the tension increased as the seeded riders started out on their individual effort.

Gordon was off at number 50 and didn’t disappoint, storming home in a time of 21 minutes, four seconds.

Rumours were circulating and later confirmed that the other top seed, Jim Cusick, of the Glasgow Couriers, had punctured, which meant Gordon looked good for the win.

But McGurk had other ideas and managed to oust his rival by a solitary second.

Davie Gibson, of Dooley’s Cycles RT, rounded off the top three with a time of 21 mins, seven seconds.

After the race, Gordon said: “I didn’t think I had much of a chance before the start, to be honest. I’ve got heavy legs at the moment and I can feel my form slipping away.

“I managed to push myself that bit harder for Roabie but it wasn’t to be. I was a good friend of Roabie’s and he helped me out a lot over the years.

“I’m sure he would have loved me to win it – but there is always next year.”

Greg Brown, of Dooley’s RT, won the junior event with a personal best of 22 mins, 47 seconds.

Full result:

6 1 55 Barry McGurk Glasgow Couriers 7:39:00 00:21:03 S
7 2 50 Tam Gordon Dooleys RT 7:34:00 00:21:04 V40
8 3 60 David Gibson Dooleys RT 7:44:00 00:21:07 V40
9 4 64 Gavin Shirley Nevis Cycles 7:48:00 00:21:12 S
10 5 35 Alan Thomson Glasgow Couriers 7:19:00 00:21:14 S
11 6 5 Scott Newman Inverclyde Velo 6:49:00 00:21:20 S
12 7 23 Kristoff Aksnes Glasgow Wheelers 7:07:00 00:21:21 S
13 8 45 James Kennedy Glasgow Couriers 7:29:00 00:21:21 S
14 9 40 Graham Cockburn Glasgow Nightingale 7:24:00 00:21:24 V40
15 10 20 David McLellan Fullarton Wheelers 7:04:00 00:21:27 V40
16 11 18 Kenneth Armstrong Ayr Roads 7:02:00 00:21:31 S
17 12 47 Craig Dick Glasgow Wheelers 7:31:00 00:21:33 S
18 13 10 Mat Hennon Inverclyde Velo 6:54:00 00:21:44 S
19 14 29 David Anderson Glasgow Nightingale 7:13:00 00:21:44 V40
20 15 52 Peter Collins Team Icarus 7:36:00 00:21:45 S
21 16 56 Richard Egan East Kilbride RC 7:40:00 00:21:57 S
22 17 30 David Millar Glasgow Couriers 7:14:00 00:22:01 V60
23 18 25 Steve Beech Sandy Wallace Cycles 7:09:00 00:22:03 V60
24 19 43 John McDowal Edinburgh RC 7:27:00 00:22:04 V40
26 20 57 Jon Clarke Glasgow Wheelers 7:41:00 00:22:10 S
27 21 24 Martin Lonie Dooleys RT 7:08:00 00:22:16 S
28 22 46 Gordon Stead Fullarton Wheelers 7:30:00 00:22:17 V40
29 23 33 Gerry McGarrity Inverclyde Velo 7:17:00 00:22:19 S
30 24 51 Bill Aiton East Kilbride Wheelers 7:35:00 00:22:24 V50
31 25 37 James Hall Sandy Wallace Cycles 7:21:00 00:22:25 V40
32 26 49 Paul Friel Unattached 7:33:00 00:22:27 V40
33 27 58 Ramsey Muirhead Johnstone Wheelers 7:42:00 00:22:39 S
34 28 44 Graham Jones Edinburgh RC 7:28:00 00:22:44 V40
35 29 68 Greg Brown Dooleys RT 7:52:00 00:22:47 J

The club hut was an ex-MOD nissen hut situated in a disused U-shaped quarry (Alan is probably one of the few current members to have been at it). It was eventually taken over to make way for Erskine new town.

Alec Craig and one other cycled from Glasgow with a full length replacement flue pipe for the fire, one riding at the front and the other at the rear. Quite a feat of cycle control and just as well there was not so much traffic.

Hawick Cycle Club would like to invite you to ride this event on 22nd August 2010.

Details and entry here:

http://www.cyclosport.org/eventdetails.aspx?id=506&eventid=383

Here is the result of the Glasgow Road Club’s Margaret Dooley Memorial 10 mile TT held on 12 May 2010.

Well done to former GRC hardman Tam Gordon on his short 21 minute ride and 2nd place. And not forgetting our own Iain Lochran who put in a good early season ride – posting a 26.

Kenny S on the Braveheart forum provided the following link to some very good photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keijoteras/sets/72157623930729271/

Tam Gordon in 2nd place

Here is a preliminary start sheet for wednesday’s race. First man is off 19.01. George Cowan is still taking entries (tel: 07724 768035) and the start sheet will be updated as entries come in:

1 Start Time No. Category Name Club Time
2 7 .01 1 S Scott Robertson Glasgow Road Club
3 0.02 2
4 0.03 3 V40 Bruno Gallagher Glasgow Wheelers
5 0.04 4 S Richard Reade Dales Cycles RT
6 0.05 5 V50 Bill Aiton East Kilbride R.C.
7 0.06 6 V50 Iain Loughran Glasgow Road Club
8 0.07 7 S Jonathan Cosh Johnstone Wheelers
9 0.08 8 V40 James Ryland Fullarton Wheelers
10 0.09 9
11 0.10 10 L Jessica Wilson-Young Edinburgh R.C.
12 0.11 11
13 0.12 12 V40 Gordon Stead Fullarton Wheelers
14 0.13 13 V40 Jim Middleton V.C. Glasgow South
15 0.14 14 LV Jane Stevenson Edinburgh R. C.
16 0.15 15 V40 Alan Brown Dooleys
17 0.16 16 S Greg Balden Johnstone Wheelers
18 0.17 17 LV Sarah Gleave Sandy Wallace Cycles
19 0.18 18 V40 James Becket Inverclyde Velo
20 0.19 19 V60 Bob Taylor Glasgow Wheelers
21 0.20 20 V40 Gordon Graham Fullarton Wheelers
22 0.21 21
23 0.22 22 V40 Jamie Kennedy Glasgow Couriers
24 0.23 23 V40 James Hendrie V.C. Glasgow South
25 0.24 24 V60 William McMillan Dales Cycles RT
26 0.25 25 V40 Stuart McGregor
27 0.26 26 S John Mcgrory Glasgow United
28 0.27 27 V50 George McCarter Inverclyde Velo
29 0.28 28 V60 Eric Eason Glasgow Wheelers
30 0.29 29
31 0.30 30 V40 Tam Gordon Dooleys Race Team
32 0.31 31
33 7.32 32 L Vicky Begg Johnstone Wheelers
34 0.33 33 V40 Iain McMullen Dooleys
35 0.34 34 Richard Egan East Kilbride R.C.
36 0.35 35 S Scott Newman Inverclyde Velo
37 0.36 36 V40 Geoff Smith Glasgow Couriers
38 0.37 37 V40 Brian Nicol Ayr Roads
39 0.38 38 S Terence McMahon Glasgow Ivy
40 0.39 39
41 0.40 40 V40 Graeme Cockburn Glasgow Nightingale
42 0.41 41
43 0.42 42 V50 Mike Ferguson Johnstone Wheelers
44 0.43 43 V50 Derek Robinson ?
45 0.44 44
46 0.45 45 V40 David Mclellan Fullarton Wheelers
47 0.46 46
48 0.47 47 V50 Jim Smith Glasgow Nightingale
49 0.48 48 S Peter Smith Glasgow Wheelers
50 0.49 49
51 0.50 50 S Iain Grant Dooleys
52 0.51 51
53 0.52 52 S Gerry McGarrity Inverclyde Velo
54 0.53 53 V40 Paul Friel Unattached
55 0.54 54
56 0.55 55 V40 Sean Gray Dooleys Race Team
57 0.56 56
58 0.57 57 S Chris Smart GB Fire Service
59 0.58 58 V40 David Anderson Glasgow Nightingale
60 0.59 59
61 8.00 60 V40 Jim Cusick Glasgow Couriers

Sadly GRC’s Theresa McHugh passed away on Tuesday 30th March 2010 after a courageous battle with illness.

The funeral will be held on Wed 7th April.

Service at 9-30am in St.Dominic’s 21 Kirriemuir Rd.

Burial in Cadder Cemetry off Kirkintilloch Rd (across from B&Q).