by fraser | May 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Wednesday 21st May was the first in the series of crit races in Golspie. The E/1/2/3/4 race was won by Fraser MacBeath (MFCC) followed by 3 other MFCC riders in the top 5 positions. Susan Guest (MFCC) won the Women’s race and Aiden Bruce (MFCC) took first in the Youth D race. The results of the crit are here. The following Wednesday, 28th May, was the Garve 2up 25TT. Brian Widdison + Kenny Riddle were fastest, leading home 2 other MFCC teams to take all 3 podium positions. The first mixed team was Anne Murray + Gregor Grant (MFCC) and the fastest veteran team was Robert Fowler + Brian Nicholas (MFCC). Another successful night for MFCC, full results...
by fraser | May 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just to clear up some confusion around the exact dates of some events, here are the details: 04 June: Midweek 10TT #1 (Cawdor) 15 June: Women’s Road Race 02 July: Midweek 10TT #2 (Daviot) 06 July: Loch Ness Hilly TT 19-20 July: MFCC Stage Race – more details to follow soon. 06 August: Midweek 10TT #3 (Cawdor) 27 August: Midweek 10TT #4 (Daviot) 21 September: Munlochy...
by fraser | May 12, 2014 | Racing, Results
Angus Claxton won the junior Scottish national 10-mile TT chamiopnship on Sunday, beating his nearest rival by almost 2 minutes! 1 Angus Claxton Moray Firth Cycling Club 22.06 2 Martin Edgar Lomond Roads CC 23.56 3 Stuart Paterson Glasgow Couriers 24.10 The senior event was won by Iain Grant (www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk) in a time of 19:40 There were lots of other fast times as well: Callum Finlayson Moray Firth Cycling Club 21:42 Hector Nicolson Moray Firth Cycling Club 23:36 Eric Davidson Moray Firth Cycling Club...
by fraser | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Raymond Sinclair 10 mile TT was held on Wednesday 7th May with fast times across the board. The top 3 spots all went to MFCC riders (Callum Finlayson 1st, David Smith 2nd, Kenny Riddle 3rd) and there were more great results further down, including Rick Wells setting a new PB to finish in the top 10 and Anne Murray 1st Female. Another great win for Callum who will be representing MFCC at the national 10 mile TT championships this weekend (11th May) along with Laura Nicolson, Angus Claxton, Hector Nicolson and Eric Davidson. Good luck guys! Full results from...
by fraser | May 6, 2014 | Results
The May Day weekend was a busy one for MFCC with races taking place all over the country. As usual, there is a lot of success to write about: First up was race #1 of the Aberdeen Evening Series on Thursday. Predicatbly, Kenny Riddle was in the right place at the right time and got himself in the winning break. In the end, he was beaten into 2nd place by the width of a tyre from Granite City’s Dave Anderson. Brian Widdison also scores a top10 finish from the sprint in the chasing bunch. Full results are here. Over the weekend, Callum Finlayson decided to try out each step of the podium to see which was his favourite with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 3 races of the Forres Weekend. The 2nd place was from the 10 mile TT on Saturday with a time of 22:25, just 24 seconds behind winner Gavin Shirey (Dooleys Cycles). David Smith (MFCC) riding his 2nd TT put in a great time of 23:01 to get 6th place. The 25 mile TT on Sunday morning was the top step for Callum, finishing in 56:28 at an average speed over the 25 miles of 26.5mph! Then went on to finish 3rd in the afternoon’s hilly TT. Anne Murray put in consistently fast times all weekend and was 1st Female across all 3 events. Full results for the 3 forres TTs: 10TT, 25TT, hilly TT MFCC also had a lot of representation in the 1st Loch Ness Etape with lots of great times. From the 1081 finishers, there were 7 MFCC riders in...