Thanks to all the riders and helper at the Couriers Renfrewshire Road Race yesterday. Below are the race results:

1 Craig McCulloch
2 Gary Davidson East Kilbride Road Club
3 Cedric Sachet Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
4 Ian McDermott Glasgow Green Cycle Club
5 James Tree www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk
6 David Dalziel Glasgow Nightingale CC
7 Ben Norris www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk
8 Daniel Curran Spokes Racing Team
9 George Roberts Icarus Racing
10 Jonathan Gamwell Glasgow University Cycling Club
11 Michael Burke Glasgow Ivy CC
12 Ross Thomson Dunfermline CC
13 Joshua Higgins RC Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
14 Alan Maxwell Pedal Power RT
15 Steven Currie Glasgow Ivy CC
16 Alastair Fowler Glasgow Nightingale CC
17 Ross Cunningham Glasgow Road Club
18 Robert Jenkins Perth United Cycling Club
19 Fraser Macdougall Glasgow Cycle Team
20 James Cooper Glasgow Nightingale CC
21 Brian Traynor East Kilbride Road Club
22 David McGill Glasgow Green Cycle Club
23 Alan McLean Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
24 Lee Campbell Glasgow Nightingale CC
25 Rod Leach Dunfermline CC
26 Chris Stewart www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk
27 Richard Harris Deeside Thistle CC
28 Ronnie Burns VC Glasgow South
29 Franco McSherry Pedal Power RT
30 Christopher Watters VC Glasgow South
31 Marc Kelly Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
32 Scott Johnston
33 Dave Smeaton Glasgow Nightingale CC
34 Kevin Duffy Glasgow Glenmarnock Wheelers
35 Chris Watson Glasgow Nightingale CC
36 David Blockley RT 23
37 Martin Lindsay Ayr Roads Cycling Club
38 James Armstrong Glasgow Ivy CC
39 Lester Grant Auchencrow Thistle
40 Stuart McGibbon VC Glasgow South
41 Paul McDonald Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
42 William Turner GJS Cruise Racing
43 Douglas McArthur Glasgow Glenmarnock Wheelers
44 Gary Ballantyne Pedal Power RT
45 Matthew Stephen Fife Cycling 2000
46 Sandy Wilson Deeside Thistle CC

Our road race this year will take place on Saturday 3rd of June and will leave from the Howwood Village Hall. You can enter the race using the link below:

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/160221/Renfrewshire-Road-Race

During 2016 we're excited to be putting on two race events; a 50 mile road race as part of the Scottish Cycling West Road Race Series on the 30th July and a CTT 10 mile time trial on the 11th June.

The road race will take place on an undulating course in Renfrewshire that will likely bring a select group to the finish and the time trial will take place on the fast Westferry course.

Links are given below for online entry and further info about each event.

Renfrewshire Road Race - https://www.facebook.com/events/1543354879311632/

Westferry 10 TT - http://cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/event/21899

Sunday saw the club  promote their second National Championship of the season with the National 50 held over the Eglinton course. Conditions resulted in an avalanche of fast times  including Courier Scott Newman who sliced over 3 minutes of his previous best with 1:56:31 and Dave Millar who recorded a stunning time of 1:55:08.

Scott Newman 

With defending champion Iain Grant puncturing early in the race  it was Sandy Wallace Cycles' Silas Goldsworthy  who  proved 'worthy of the gold' with an amazing 1:43:48- just 45 seconds short of Graeme Obree's long standing Scottish Record.

Sandy Wallace cycles Alan Thomson took  Silver  with 1:47:09 but without doubt the crowds favourite medalist of the day was  Dooleys RT Tam Gordon who had a terrific ride with 1:50:31 to take Bronze.

For the mens team medal Sandy Wallace Cycles called upon the services of veteran campaigner Steeve Beech to make third man along with Thomson and Goldsworthy.

In the ladies race it was an unprecidented dead heat for the Gold medal position with Dooleys RTs Lynsey Curran pulling back 17 seconds in the final 5 miles on Scottish record holder Andrea Pogson to leave both girls recording a time of 2:02:45. Toni McIntosh of Ayr Roads CC took Silver.

A Scottish Record did eventually tumble on the day as the Ayr Roads CC ladies team of Toni McIntosh and Lynn Wardrop bettered the previous  record held by Edinburgh RC by over 5 minutes.

The Couriers promoted the Scottish National 10TT Championship this Sunday, the first of two Nationals they will host this season.

In what was always going to be a 'thriller by the paper mill'er"   Ian Grant of Dooleys RT took the Gold medal ahead of team mate Arthur Doyle with defending Champion Ben Peacock taking Bronze.

Iain Grant - 19:40

It was a damp but fast morning as  low pressure conditions settled over the Irvine course but no one could have predicted the medalists all doing 30mph+ rides and 94% of the mens field averaging 25mph+

In the Ladies event Gold went to Lucy Coldwell of Velosport with Lynsey Curran (Dooleys RT) in second and Anda Jay Burgess (Rock and Road) taking bronze.

The Couriers were out in full force

Scott Newman

The road team made a good start to the season in Sundays WOSCA series opener in South Lanarkshire.

Well done lads!

Lewis Duff

The inaugural Monkeyhouse Spring Classic APR saw some hotly contested action over two laps of the famous Monkeyhouse road race circuit.  With the three groups coming together  after one lap it was always going to be a fight between the big guns for the placings.  Richie Provan took the sprint from  Andy Prenelle and road race champion Lewis Duff.

1 Richie Provan  1:29:00

2 Andy Prenelle st

3 Lewis Duff st

4 Scott Newman @10sec

5 John Craig @ 21sec

6 Matty Evans st

7 Stephen Melanay @ 2:58

 8 Gary Dunn  @ 5:34

9 Hyland Hamilton @ 7:40

10 Stuarty Paterson st

11 Kev Stevens @ 11:32

12 Ian Loughran @ 12:27

Fraser Paterson- 1st over one lap in 49 min

Frazer Grant DNF

Alisatair Crichton DNF

Geoff Smith  DNF

Y/Jun/V60 winner Fraser Paterson

shoe plate failure

- page 3 in the book of excuses

Andy pips Lewis for 2nd place

John  and Matt

A great turnout and fantastic weather for this years drum up!

A fine body of men - Ardentinny Climb

In this years  National Championship TTT4 over an extended version of the new Irvine 25 course (28.7miles)  it was Paisley Velo who took the honours over Sandy Wallace and Dooleys RT.  In order to salvage the championship, which had struggled to find a promoter,  a joint effort from Ayr Roads, Fullarton Wheelers, Walkers CC and Glasgow Couriers managed to pull off a great event on the day. Many thanks to Kenny Armstrong for putting it all togetther and to everyone who helped out.

Albert McLellan, Willie Stephen, Geoff Smith, Jim Gilmour

SCOTTISH CYCLING - NATIONAL TEAM TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP - MENS RESULTS

Paisley Velo Race Team 00:55:28 1 1st

Sandy Wallace Cycles 00:55:49 2 2nd

www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk 00:56:01 3 3rd

Glasgow Whls 00:57:55 4 4th

Thebicycleworks.com 01:00:12 5 5th

Ayr Roads Cycling Club 01:00:40 6 6th

Fullarton Wheelers 01:01:46 7

Glasgow Whls 01:01:55 8

Lomond Roads CC 01:02:21 9

www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk 01:02:29 10

Edinburgh RC 01:02:41 11

Musselburgh RCC 01:02:59 12

Paisley Velo Race Team 01:03:32 13 Composite team

Ayr Roads Cycling Club 01:03:37 14

Glasgow Ivy CC 01:04:47 15

Edinburgh RC 01:05:52 16

Edinburgh RC 01:06:36 17

Glasgow Couriers 01:07:35 18

Fullarton Wheelers 01:08:12 19

Fullarton Wheelers 01:12:50 20

Dooleys RT B 10:00:00 21

Deeside Thistle CC 10:00:00 21

Lewis Duff continued his great for this season by taking 7th place in the Ivy 'Auld Yins' Vets Road Race on Sunday.  Desite efforts to close down the gap an early breakaway of 5 stayed away with Lewis getting up to take 2nd in the bunch gallop. 

The Duffman

1 Gary McCrae Team Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique

2 Richard Garrett Velo Club Edinburgh

3 Franco Porco Team Leslie Bike Shop/Bikers Boutique

4 Graham Mercer Icarus Racing

5 Jason Roberts Glasgow Whls

6 Andrew Bruce Kinross CC

7 Lewis Duff Glasgow Couriers

8 John Gartland GJS Cruise Racing

9 Scott Johnston Icarus Racing

10 Ewan Minty Berwick Wheelers CC

11 Malcolm Paterson Glasgow Nightingale CC