moray firth cycling club

Munlochy 2up Time Trial, 21st September

by | Sep 10, 2014 | Club Activities, Racing

The Munlochy 2up is our last race of the summer and take place on Sunday 21st of September. Start 9.00am HQ: Munlochy Village Hall Entry: via British Cycling (closing date 14th Sep) Course Details (1) Start: – Entrance to Clouttie Well Car Park, ( marked as Point “A” on the map – approximately 0.9 miles from the Village Hall). (2) Proceed West on A832 to junction with unclassified road approx. 200m before Tore roundabout and turn left. (Point “B” on map). (3) Proceed along unclassified road for 2.5 miles to junction with B9161 turn Left. (Point “C” on map). (4) Proceed along B9161 through Munlochy to junction with A832 and turn Left to complete a full circuit (Point “D” on the map). Finish: – After two laps are completed , continue on the same route and the finish line is on the B9161, approximately 0.5miles before the A832 junction (Point “E” on the map – just prior to the Munlochy Animal Aid) Past Results 2013 – Peter Ettles & Peter Ettles (Sandy Wallace Cycles) 00:50:36:000.  Full results 2012 – James Millar & Kenny Riddle (MFCC) 00:49:14:000.  Full...

Womens Road Race Report

by | Jun 15, 2014 | Racing, Results

The wee village of Munlochy on the Black Isle saw one of the biggest fields for a women’s race in Scotland this year. The field was made up of experienced riders and some first timers, from juniors to vet category – it was a beautiful thing. 40 riders took to the start line, just outside the hall and you could feel the buzz building. The peleton stayed together for a lap of this rolly course and it was at the beginning of the second lap, climbing up through Munlochy, that splits began to form. This lap saw the first Queen of the Mountains hill prime, taken by one of the race favourites, Gabriella Nordin of Pedal Power. There was an unfortunate touch of wheels and a couple of riders came down just before the QOM, thankfully Sarah Barry (Glasgow Wheelers) is doing okay. The bunch stayed together at about 20 riders with a few digs coming up through Munlochy, as expected. The 4th lap saw the second QOM prime and this time it was another race favourite in Edinburgh RC’s Peigi Series with Gabriella second. This gave them a tie! Evgenia Ilyinskaya of Edinburgh RC saw her chance when everyone eased off after the prime and made a strong attack. Deeside Thistle and Moray Firth CC quickly sent riders to the front to chase her down. She held off for some time but the long downhill back to Munlochy gave the chasing bunch the advantage and she was reeled in just before the climb started again. A few more attacks came but nothing stuck and the bunch, now 17...

Angus is National Champion

by | 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...