ESCA 2009 Track League 23 June (week 10)

June 23 (week 10)
Name Club Time
Flying lap for new riders
Rachel Henderson Edinburgh RC 21.19
Eliza Yeats Edinburgh Racers 25.41
Morven Risk Edinburgh Racers 26.6

Youth riders 4 lap block handicap
1 Adam Stobbart Edinburgh Racers
2 Sean Hadden Unattached
3 Kate McCullogh Young Edinburgh Racers

C riders 6 lap scratch
1 Angus Gilles Peebles CC
2 Stuart Wallace Edinburgh RC
3 Ben Muir Edinburgh Racers

Felt like a bag of spanners for this one just couldn't get going at all. I blame the terra forming I was doing in my daughters back garden on Sunday. Angus was back with the C's this week and boy he is quick and was dishing out the pain in bucket loads.

A riders 12 lap scratch
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
2 Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC
3 David Martin the bicycleworks.com

B riders 8 lap scratch
1 Callum Watson Unattached
2 Colin Crawford Edinburgh RC
3 Ricardo Parreirinha Scottish Downhill Team

Youth riders 500 m sprint
Heat 1
1 Adam Stobbart Edinburgh Racers 19.82
2 Morven Risk Edinburgh Racers
3 Eliza Yeats Edinburgh Racers
Heat 2
1 Angus Gilles Peebles CC 15.81
2 Sean Hadden Unattached
3 Kate McCullogh Young Edinburgh Racers
Heat 3
1 Kyle Yates Edinburgh Racers 14.94
2 Ben Muir Edinburgh Racers
3 Sean Noon Edinburgh RC

C riders 500 m sprint
Heat 1
1 Kevin Tait Edinburgh RC
2 Euan Ramsay Spokes RT
3 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC

Darn I missed this (getting my stuff together for the next heat) but well done Kev for winning this one. Must admit I thought this would have been right up Ali's street.

Heat 2
1 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
2 Rachel Henderson Edinburgh RC
3 Fiona Walker Walkers Cycling Club

Got told off by the missus when I got home about this one. Apparently what I should have done was let Rachel and Fiona fight it out for a lap n' a half and then jump round em' but as it was after half a lap I went into time trial mode and made sure I had it in the bag to make up for the previous race.

Keirin Heats (selected riders)
Heat 1
1 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
2 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
3 Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC
Heat 2
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
2 Callum Watson Unattached
3 Oliver Del Corto Edinburgh RC
Heat 3
1 Derek Timmins Musselburgh RCC
2 Graham Barclay Team Leslie Bike Shop
3 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC
Youth riders de’il
1 Sean Hadden Unattached
2 Kate McCullogh Young Edinburgh Racers
3 Sean Noon Edinburgh RC

C riders de’il
1 Angus Gilles Peebles CC
2 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
3 Euan Ramsay Spokes RT

Good grief I got second in a Devil again! Although afterwards Euan said he was a bit confused at the time as to how many laps there were to go to the finish and realised to late that there was a reason why Angus and I were speeding up!

A + B riders de’il
1 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
2 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
3 Kyle Yates Edinburgh Racers

Keirin Final
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
2 Derek Timmins Musselburgh RCC
3 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
4 Callum Watson Unattached

C riders 5 K scratch with sprints
1 Angus Gilles Peebles CC
2 Kevin Tait Edinburgh RC
3 Euan Ramsay Spokes RT
Sp 1 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
Sp 2 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
Sp 3 Angus Gilles Peebles CC

I was very pleased with my initial attack on this one. Ali and Rachel were peeling off the front and Kevin was pulling everyone one round at the front. I had hung back and worked my way up behind Rachel came round her at the very top of turn three and attacked using the drop in height to really get the speed up. So much so that on the back straight I somehow managed to lift my back wheel, freaky!

I got Sprint 1 and managed to hang on for Sprint 2 but Angus got me for Sprint 3 by which time was I absolutely done in for the last lap but Kevin did well to get second place while Angus took first.

A + B riders 15 k scratch
1 Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC
2 Graham Barclay Team Leslie Bike Shop
3 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
4 Oliver Del Corto Edinburgh RC

ESCA 2009 Track League 16 June (week 9)

June 16 (week 9)
Name Club Time
A + B riders 20 lap block handicap
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC 6.30.83
2 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
3 David Martin the bicycleworks.com

C riders 10 lap scratch
1 Stuart Wallace Edinburgh RC 3.36.97
2 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC
3 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC

I blew it in this one due to being over confident that I had it in the bag and blooming well eased up on the last lap to let Ali and Stuart come past me. Won't be making that mistake again always push to the line.

Youth riders 4 lap block handicap
1 Adam Stobbart Edinburgh Racers 1.08.11
2 Sean Noon Edinburgh RC
3 Flora Gilles Peebles CC
Sprinters Ladder (selected riders)
Heat 1
1 Greg Brown Glasgow Nightingale 13.39
2 Ricardo Parreirinha Scottish Downhill Team
3
Heat 2
1 Alastair Taylor Musselburgh RCC 14.29
2 Oliver Del Corto Edinburgh RC
3
Heat 3
1 David Martin the bicycleworks.com 14.83
2 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
3
Heat 4
1 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC 12.56
2 Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC

Consolation de’il for non finalists + non-keirin riders (not youths) (2 heats if required)
Heat 1
1 Callum Watson Unattached
2 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
3 Louise Haston Unattached

I had forgotten about this one. Usually I sit on the front and tow folks round and come third but somehow I came second in this. Was there a sprint at the end, who knows?

Youth riders 500 m handicap
Heat 1
1 Flora Gilles Peebles CC 31.48
2 Ruairi Mair Unattached
3

Morgan Trophy motor paced
Heat 1
1 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC 5.56.36
2 Alastair Taylor Musselburgh RCC
3 Kyle Yates Edinburgh Racers
Heat 2
1 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
2 Bruce Croall City of Edinburgh RC
3 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC

Women 500 m sprint
1 Alison Chisholm Edinburgh RC
2 Daisy Sherwood City of Edinburgh RC
3

Ali was being a foxy thing on this one and and gave Diasy something to think about by keeping behind Daisy and leaving it to the last moment to come past Daisy in a beautifully timed sprint.

A + B riders 15 lap points
1 Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC
2 Colin Crawford Edinburgh RC
3 Callum Watson Unattached

Youth riders de’il
1 Ruairi Mair Unattached
2 Sean Hadden Unattached
3 Sean Noon Edinburgh RC

Roo despite promising Mr David Hoy that as Roo had forgotten his number he wouldn't get placed in any races that night. He went and won this one and so Mr Hoy took great delight in teasing him over the PA "that he had broken his promise"

C riders 8 lap block handicap
1 Ben Muir Edinburgh Racers 2.53.17
2 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
3 Emma Baird Unattached

I had a cracking time in this one although my colleagues Ali and (oops I've forgotten his name) will tell you a different story! As Neil mentioned previously organising C riders to work together to chase down another group is like herding cats but I think we did manage not to badly to start with but as the laps progressed and Ali's legs gave out and we started to catch tail enders from the group a head we started to lose it mostly my fault for kicking through to hard when Ali peeled off and so it was every man for himself.

At the front there were two left but as I got close to them they split apart leaving Ben Muir at the front and me chasing him with 3/4 of lap to go. Someone shouted at me to stay on his wheel which I did and I tried to come round him on the final bend and with an all out sprint to the line Ben held me off by what looked to me like a tyres width (which in the case of my tubs is 19mm). I even managed to shake hands with Ben coming out of the banking and not fall off. I must be starting to get the hang of this track marlarky

A + B riders 40 lap scratch
1 Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC 10.29.87
2 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
3 Derek Smith City of Edinburgh RC
4 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC

ESCA 2009 Track League 9 June (week 8)

Name Club Time
Flying Lap for new riders
Sam Mathews Edinburgh Racers 18.74
Cameron Balfour Peebles CC 19.68
Stuart Balfour Peebles CC 20.55

A riders 15 lap scratch
1 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC 4.59.48
2 Ross Crook Edinburgh RC
3 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Youth riders 4 lap block handicap
1 Sean Noon Edinburgh RC 1.26.15
2 Stuart Balfour Peebles CC

3 Flora Gilles Peebles CC
B + C riders 12 lap block handicap
1 Angus Gilles Peebles CC
2 Allan Clark Sandy Wallace Cycles
3 Sam Mathews Edinburgh Racers

Youth riders de’il
1 Cameron Balfour Peebles CC
2 Stuart Balfour Peebles CC
3 Hannah Ferguson Glentress Riders

Course des prime – 1 point to winner of each sprint lap
C riders 6 laps
Lap 2 Ben Muir Edinburgh Racers
Lap 4 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
Lap 6 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC 2.09.18

Nice and short with a sprint every second lap I just hammered it for the last four laps and cleaned up! As a result I went into Ali's Book of Crimes Against Ali

B riders 12 laps
Lap 2 Tom Arnstein Carnegie Cyclones
Lap 4 Angus Gilles Peebles CC
Lap 6 Derek Timmins Musselburgh RCC
Lap 8 Allan Clark Sandy Wallace Cycles
Lap 10 Callum Watson Unattached
Lap 12 Stuart McClusky VC Glasgow South 4.14.64

Youth riders 4 laps
Lap 2 Cameron Balfour Peebles CC
Lap 4 Cameron Balfour Peebles CC 1.32.40

A riders 16 laps
Lap 2 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Lap 4 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Lap 6 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Lap 8 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Lap 10 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Lap 12 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
Lap 14 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
Lap 16 David Martin the bicycleworks.com 5.23.59

Youth riders 500 m handicap Heat 1
1 Rosie Yeats Edinburgh Racers 38.96
2 Stuart Balfour Peebles CC
3 Cameron Balfour Peebles CC

Youth riders 500 m handicap Heat 2
1 Ruairi Mair Unattached 34.75
2 Sean Noon Edinburgh RC
3 Hannah Ferguson Glentress Riders

A, B + C riders Italian pursuit (chosen teams)
Winning team Callum Watson Unattached 1.55.87
Euan Ramsay Spokes RT
Sandy Wallace Sandy Wallace Cycles
David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Graeme Steen City of Edinburgh RC
Stuart Wallace Edinburgh RC
Tom Arnstein Carnegie Cyclones

A, B + C riders Italian pursuit (chosen teams)
Winning team Neil Laing Edinburgh RC 2.15.43
Kevin Tait Edinburgh RC
Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC
Stuart McClusky VC Glasgow South
Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
Ross Crook Edinburgh RC

C riders 3 k scratch with sprints
1 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC
2 Neil Laing Edinburgh RC
3 Stuart Wallace Edinburgh RC
Sp 1 Neil Laing Edinburgh RC
Sp 2 Graeme Mair Edinburgh RC

Ye gods I won a race, better watch they may kick me up to the bad boys in the B's. I kept quiet for the first sprint and then gave it lots of welly for the last half getting Sprint 2 and First Place on the line.

B riders 8 k scratch with sprints
1 Stuart McClusky VC Glasgow South
2 Derek Timmins Musselburgh RCC
3 Allan Clark Sandy Wallace Cycles
Sp 1 Ben McCullogh Young City of Edinburgh RC
Sp 2 Stuart McClusky VC Glasgow South
Sp 3 Stuart McClusky VC Glasgow South

A riders 10 k scratch with sprints
1 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
2 Andy Laing Musselburgh RCC
3 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
4 Nick Yeats Musselburgh RCC
Sp 1 Nicky Hall City of Edinburgh RC
Sp 2 David Martin the bicycleworks.com
Sp 3 David Martin the bicycleworks.com

Audaxspotting...

Quote from: rogerzilla on May 18, 2009, 08:16:34 pm

Choose life. Choose audaxing. Choose mudguards. Choose Brooks. Choose a fucking big saddlebag, choose a map trap, choose route sheets, choose XR, RB, S/O and dynamos. Choose rain, wind, sleet and snow. Choose the only type of bike that never gets stolen. Choose Sudocrem. Choose a lucky hat and a gilet that went out of fashion in the 1980s. Choose flapjacks in a range of fucking flavours. Choose a 600 and wonder what the fuck you're doing up a Welsh mountain in the dark. Choose sitting in a village hall trying not to make eye contact with your mind-numbing, spirit crushing fellow riders, drinking orange juice out of a Tetrapak. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, babbling about the 50/50 rule in some urine-soaked bus shelter, nothing more than an embarrassment to the fucking sportives they spawned to replace you.

Choose your future. Choose audaxing.

Edinburgh Nocturne 2009

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Originally uploaded by Larry_Hickmott

Ruratees riding the Edinburgh Nocturne

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Originally uploaded by Larry_Hickmott

Ruratees again


An excellent evenings cycle racing particularly as we were situated at the Bow Bar (with some excellent ales) and had a relatively clear bit of railing to lean as the racing went by.

We took great delight in cheering on fellow club mates but particularly winding up Ruratees as he is a fellow hasher and would expect dogs abuse from us not encouragement. Despite our haranguing Ruratees came third by the way. The winner of the folding bike race had a monster chain ring on and obviously the ability to turn it round.

ESCA 2009 Track League 9 June

A cold night was the 2nd of June and for whatever reason myself and Neil were not going at all well. I didn't manage to get placed in any of the races. Youngest son at least managed a first in a 500 metre Handicapped heat plus a third place in a Devil. I even failed to control the Devil by sitting on the front like I usually do instead I managed two or three laps towing everyone round but was swallowed up and boxed in with no where to go.

The evening of the 9th of June felt much more like a summers evening and my results were much better as a result or was it due to the fact that a couple of last weeks C riders had got promoted up to the B's leaving me a better chance, me thinks it was the latter.

What was a bigger shock was that I won two sprints for the first time ever in a 12 lapper with sprints at 4, 8 and final lap. I won the 8th and last laps. I also think I won one of the Sprints in 6 lap Course de Prime but will have to wait till they post the results to confirm that one as it was blooming close and as usual the commentator's comments were blown in away in the wind. I was on flipping cloud 9 afterwards I may be developing a sprint after all.

ESCA 2009 Track League 26 May

A rather excellent night for the Fuzzyies,

I managed a second, third and a fourth places while Roo got a second and a very impressive first place!

In the four lap handicap race for the yoofs Roo was at the very back of the field with two other lads. Initially Sam Hadden was quicker away and Roo left a gap but he kept working riding solo and catching each group in front of him and pushing on to catch the next group so that on the final banking into the home straight with a very determined look on his face it came down to a four man sprint which he won! From the amount of speed he had coming out of the banking after the finish it looked like they wouldn't have seen him coming plus he managed to throw the bike at the line to do it in proper style.

One incident that got a good laugh was in the Sprint heats one of the A Riders can't remember who but on the final banking he came storming past his opponent and as he did so he called out "Choo Choo"!

A good nights racing and it was almost warm! For a proper write up and to see the words "power house" used out of context read this....

More Track this Sunday with a Yoof Omnium then Tuesday Track League plus ESCA championships on Thursday night.

Meeting up for a jar or two on Saturday night which should be a hoot with this . Only problem is Roo will be along so we will have to find a pub with a beer garden, could be tricky in the Grassmarket since Dweebe is after some proper beer. Problems problems...