Mike Ferguson, Ramsay Muirhead, Andy Dickson, Greg Balden, Kenny Christie, Ian Cowden, Ben Peacock and Barrie McCutcheon led the Johnstone Wheelers to a well deserved victory in the inaugural  Georgetown cup.

Riding on their home turf the team recorded a time of 2:15:29 to beat host club Glasgow Couriers by just 8 seconds with Lomond Roads CC taking bronze.

GOLD - Johnstone Wheelers 2:15:29

SILVER- Glasgow Couriers 2:15:37

BRONZE- Lomond Roads 2:18:48

4th- Inverclyde Velo 2:20:16

5th- Ivy CC 2:21:00

6th- VC Glasgow South 2:24:33

Pie- Walkers CC 2:33:27

Despite the torential rain there were still a few brave enough to have a crack at Shug Jamieson's long standing course record of 14:48. Jim Cusick was first up and posted a highly respectable 15:22 but even before Tam Gordon (15:32) or Chris Smart (14:58) could roll up to the start line it was the Johnstone Wheelers new secret weapon- Ben Peacock- who smashed the record with an unbelievable time of 14:35. A brilliant performance by Ben in his first ever season and a landmark new record for the first ever Georgetown Cup! What could be better?

 Glasgow Couriers look on laughing as Ben accepts a bottle of Napoleon brandy for breaking the course record- if that doesn't slow him down for next year nothing will!

Lomond Roads CC team led by Gordon Dick, Dave Barclay, Stuart Whitelaw,Scott McLellan, Paul Gareze, Nick Tryon, Brian Cameron and Tom McDonald took Bronze with a time of 2:18:48

 Easily the best turned out team! - the Ivy forego their usual meticulous pre-race warm-up routine in favour of a group photo opportunity. Now thats what I call style!

I just hope they dont try and poach Franco off us!

 VC Glasgow  South got more than their fair share of the wet conditions.

 Walkers CC took the Georgetown Pie award in good spirit!

 Inverclyde Velo - Alex Hunter's team will be back next year for revenge.

It took me ages to stick those raisins on.

 Made from finest Georgetown rhubarb- (probably)- the Georgetown Pie is fast becoming the most coveted award in Scottish Cycling.

all photographs courtesy of Paul Hornby- thanks Paul!

 FULL RESULT

1 Glasgow Couriers Ian Loughran 20:44

2 Glasgow Couriers Ron Difelice 19:53

3 Glasgow Couriers Paul Friel 16:45

4 Glasgow Couriers Franco Bianchini 16:39

5 Glasgow Couriers Jim Cusick * 15:22

6 Glasgow Couriers Scott Hawkins 16:49

7 Glasgow Couriers Andy McGhee 17:03

8 Glasgow Couriers Richie Provan 17:25

9 Glasgow Couriers Matt Evans 16:52

10 Glasgow Couriers Robert Wilson DNS

11 Glasgow Couriers Keira Pride DNS

12 Glasgow Couriers Garry Dunn 18:42

13 Glasgow Ivy CC James Beveridge DNS

14 Glasgow Ivy CC Willie Laithwaite 18:20

15 Glasgow Ivy CC Ian Quinn 17:24

16 Glasgow Ivy CC Paul McLafferty 17:34

17 Glasgow Ivy CC Edd Shackley 18:05

18 Glasgow Ivy CC Aidan Quinn 17:07

19 Glasgow Ivy CC Terence McMahon 17:22

20 Glasgow Ivy CC Kenny Clark 17:22

21 Glasgow Ivy CC Paul Hornby 18:37

22 Glasgow Ivy CC Jack Savage 19:03

23 Glasgow Ivy CC Ian Duncan 17:46

24 Glasgow Ivy CC Alex Smith 20:39

25 Inverclyde Velo Gavin Haddock 17:48

26 Inverclyde Velo George McCarter 17:28

27 Inverclyde Velo Tom May DNS

28 Inverclyde Velo Patricia Baird 17:53

29 Inverclyde Velo Davie Irvine 18:45

30 Inverclyde Velo Matt Hennon 16:27

31 Inverclyde Velo Gerry McGarrity 16:20

32 Inverclyde Velo Allan Walker 17:54

33 Inverclyde Velo Alan Holmes 17:41

34 Johnstone Wheelers Mike Ferguson 17:42

35 Johnstone Wheelers Ramsay Muirhead 16:04

36 Johnstone Wheelers Andy d1ckson 17:32

37 Johnstone Wheelers Greg Balden 18:14

38 Johnstone Wheelers Kenny Christie 16:51

39 Johnstone Wheelers Ian Cowden 17:28

40 Johnstone Wheelers Ben Peacock 14:35

41 Johnstone Wheelers Ian McGinty 18:41

42 Johnstone Wheelers James MacDonald DNF

43 Johnstone Wheelers Mark O'Neill 18:45

44 Johnstone Wheelers Barrie McCutcheon 17:02

45 Lomond Roads Gordon dick 16:12

46 Lomond Roads Richard Burchmore 19:09

47 Lomond Roads Dave Barclay 18:03

48 Lomond Roads John Gibson 19:15

49 Lomond Roads Steve Jolly 19:55

50 Lomond Roads Stuart Whitelaw 17:19

51 Lomond Roads Tommy Skeith DNS

52 Lomond Roads Scott McLellan 18:55

53 Lomond Roads Paul Gareze 17:04

54 Lomond Roads Nick Tryon 16:25

55 Lomond Roads Brian Cameron 18:26

56 Lomond Roads Tom McDonald 17:24

58 VC Glasgow South Paul Crichton 18:12

59 VC Glasgow South Fred Connor 18:23

60 VC Glasgow South Gary Wallace 18:20

61 VC Glasgow South Steve MacLuskie 17:09

62 VC Glasgow South Alan Jardine 18:55

63 VC Glasgow South Kenneth Morrice 17:51

64 VC Glasgow South Ronnie Burns 17:51

65 VC Glasgow South Stuart Scott 19:06

66 VC Glasgow South Frazer McDougall 18:25

67 VC Glasgow South Graham Kerr 18:53

68 VC Glasgow South William Craig 19:45

69 VC Glasgow South Richard Reade 17:39

70 Walkers Cycling Club Calum Ridout 18:20

71 Walkers Cycling Club Harvey Millar 18:33

72 Walkers Cycling Club Thomas Gibbon DNS

73 Walkers Cycling Club Sheila Forsythe 20:02

74 Walkers Cycling Club Catherine Logan 19:00

75 Walkers Cycling Club Russell Mowat 19:33

76 Walkers Cycling Club Laura McFarlane 19:51

77 Walkers Cycling Club Scott Russell 19:58

78 Walkers Cycling Club David Baird 18:39

79 Walkers Cycling Club Michaela Baird 22:41

80 Walkers Cycling Club David Belding 19:33

81 Unattached Stuart Duncan 20:09

82 Dooleys RT Tam Gordon* TBC-15:33(ish)

83 Glasgow Wheelers Jon Clarke DNS

84 Glasgow Wheelers Graeme Cockburn DNS

85 Glasgow Wheelers Elaine Lowden DNS

86 Glasgow Wheelers Allan McLean DNS

87 Glasgow Wheelers Isobel Fletcher DNS

89 Glasgow Couriers Chris Smart 14:56