Cromarty Firth Cycling Club hosted the Raymond Sinclair Memorial 10tt on Wed 16/5/10. 48 riders took to the course on the A9 on a cold and wet night . The fastest rider on the night was Peter Ettles of Sandy Wallace Cycles in a time of 21.31mins  followed by Peter Fenwick of Shetland Wheelers in a time of 22.36min and Callum Finlayson in third in a time of  22.38mins.
  The Raymond Sinclair Memorial trophy which is awarded to the fastest rider on a handicap time was won by Penny Phillips of Moray Firth CC who did a time of 25.27min giving her a handicap time of 19.37min.
   Other prizewinners on the night were.
1st Scratch Peter Ettles    SWCC   21.31min
2nd Scratch Peter Fenwick   Shetland Wheelers   22.36min
1st Lady   Laura Nicholson   MFCC   25.06min
2nd Lady  Anne Murray   MFCC    25.25min
1st Vet Std  Peter Robertson   Forres CC   25.11min   +7.19
2nd Vet Std Gregor Grant   MFCC   22.56min  +5.29
1st Junior   Iain Paton   Ben Wyvis CC    23.24min
1st Handicap  Penny Phillips   MFCC   25.27min  Handicap time 19.37

CFCC had three riders competing their times were
Mike Gordon    25.00min
David Stuart     25.29min
Eric Soane        30.36min

CFCC would like to thank all the officials who helped the event run smoothly on the night especially Ken Ross who came out to oversee the signing on.
Also a big thanks to Carol Sinclair for doing the teas which helped warm everyone up after a cold race and June Henderson for helping serve the teas.  

Three CFCC riders made a trip to Pitlochry on Sunday to take part in the Etape Caledonia an 81mile sportive held on closed roads . Rides times for the event.

Darren Shearer    4h 27min

Jason Innes       4h 41min

Rob Shaw      4h 46min

Strong crosswinds made riding tricky for the five riders out for the CFCC midweek 10tt on tuesday night. It was a hard push in both directions. Riders times were

David Stuart    25.44min

Rob Shaw        27.52min

Eric Soane       28.07min

Alan Cook        28.39min

Ian Henderson   31.17min

On Saturday 12/5/12 Alan Cook headed to Sheildaig to take part in the Bealach Beag sportive organised by Hands On Events. In windy conditions Alan managed to complete the course in a time of 3hrs 50mins . Alan said the hills had been a wee bit harded than expected especially the belach na ba itself.

Mike Gordon was the only CFCC rider to take part in the Angie Macdonald Memorial 25tt on Saturday 12/5/12. Against a strong headwind on the outward leg to the turn at Ardullie mike managed to finish in a time of 1.04.59 to finish 6th overall. 

A change in the wind direction this week meant the riders got a helping hand from a good tailwind out to the turn at the Cullrosie roundabout , Once round the turn though it was a fight into the wind all the way back to the finish . Despite this everyone managed to improve on previous times for this year. Riders times were

                           David Stuart 24.46min

                           Jason Innes 27.36min

                           Eric Sloane 28.01min

Mike Gordon was the only CFCC rider to travel to Forres at the weekend to take part in the Edinvale Hilly TT on Sunday. Mike managed to get round the hilly course in a time of 52.04min to finish 12^th overall.

The sun made an appearance this week for the CFCC midweek 10tt but with a stiff breeze coming from the north it was still abit chilly and the riders had to push into a headwind on the way out to the turn at Cullrosie roundabout. Riders Times were :

Jason Innes    28.18min
Rob Shaw      28.23min
Eric Sloane    29.39min
Debbie Macdonald   31.47min

Next weeks 10tt will start at 7pm

THE RAYMOND

SINCLAIR MEMORIAL

10TT

WED 16th MAY

Race HQ. Milton Bowling Club

Entries to

Alan Cook

Craobhan Ard

Lamington

Invergordon

IV18 0PE

It was a cold,wet and windy night this Tuesday for the CFCC midweek 10tt. Only three riders braved the cold to take part. Heading off from the start riders were faced with a strong headwind out to the turn with a shower of hailstones for good measure , round the turn and the hail turned to rain and the riders got a tailwind for most of the return leg. Riders times were :

David Stuart 26.12min

Alan Cook 30.25min

Eric Sloane 30.53min

Mike Gordon and David Stuart made the short trip to Culloden on Sunday 22^nd April to compete in the Culloden 10tt promoted by Moray Firth CC . Mike was first off and managed to cover the course in a time of 26.09min with David off later finishing in a time of 26.56min.

The event was won by Peter Ettles of Sandy Wallace cycles in a time of 22.23min,Callum Finlayson of Forres CC came second in a time of 23.33min with David Brandie of Moray Firth CC in third with a time of 23.39min.

Photos thanks to Donnie Mackay MFCC

Alan Cook made the trip down to the Glencoe ski resort on Saturday 21^st april to take part in the Buachaille Beag sportive being held by No Fuss Events. Alan opted for the 85m run which left Glencoe ski resort and headed down along the shore of Loch Linnhe to Connel then along the old military road section of the A85 past Loch Awe and then back onto the A82 back to the ski resort to finish. This was the longest run Alan had attempted on the bike so far and he commented on having sore legs and derrière but he had enjoyed the whole sportive experience.

No rain this week but the temperature stayed low making it a cold night for the midweek 10tt this week. Despite this five CFCC riders turned up to compete this week with Alan Cook only just missing out on a pb and we are only two 10tt's into the season. Riders times were :

David Stuart 25.58min

Alan Cook 27.52min

Rob Shaw 28.18min

Sam Shaw 28.18min

Debbie Macdonald 29.37min

Next weeks 10tt on 24/4/12 will be a 6:30pm start

The CFCC club 10tt's started again this week with four riders facing cold and wet conditions on the A9 course. The wind was affecting the riders in different places in both directions making it a hard night both ways. Times were : 

David Stuart     25.47min

Jason Innes      28.30min

Alan Cook        28.43min

Eric Sloane       32.21min

Next weeks 10tt will start at 6:30pm again. 

FORRES RACE WEEKEND
5th and 6th May 2012
Event 1
Bill and Chrissie Stuart 10mile TT,   14:00 5-May-2012 (NS31)
Bill Stuart Trophy to winner, Chrissie Stuart to 1st North Vet on St

Event 2
25 mile TT,  08:00 6-May-2012(NS3 revised)

Event 3
Edinvale 17 mile Hilly, 6-May-2012, 14:00
Lachie Dunbar Trophy to weekend overall winner
The Hilly is a counting event in the NoSCA Special Series

Organiser:
Alan White
41 Highfield
Forres
IV36 1FN
Tel: 01309 674698

alan.white.245@btinternet.com

£11 PER EVENT OR £25 FOR THE THREE

 

CROMARTY FIRTH CYCLING CLUB

CLUB 10TT'S

Starting

Tues. 10th April

 First Rider off 6:30pm

10tt's start at the Delny Muir road end or meet at the layby on the northbound side of the A9 past the start area. 

These events will be club confined again due to insurance issues but new riders are allowed to ride two events to try them with a veiw to joining the club.

David Stuart travelled to Fort William on Sat 17th mar. to take part in the No Fuss Events Wee Triathalon. This was Davids first attempt at a triathalon and consisted of a 400m swim,10mile MTB  ride and a 3mile run.
The swim was held in heats in the pool with David in heat 5 finishing his swim in a time of 8.14mins. Then the entrants were given a race number in order of their swim times and set of on the bike leg at the relevant time gaps. Setting of at number 31 on the bike leg David made good progress through the field and by the time he came back into transition he was up to 16th place albeit with several riders coming in just behind him.

A poor transition ( you would think by 41 years old I could get my shoes off and trainers on easily ) saw most of the people who followed him into the change pass me and out onto the run. The run was going fine until the first uphill section where David's legs tried to give up, pushing on David  eventually managed to finish in 36th place out of 67 .

CFCC held their annual prizegiving dinner on Saturday 10th March. The venue this year was the Royal Hotel in Tain who provided an excellent meal after which club chairman Eric Soane presented the prizes in the hotel boardroom.  

CFCC riders David Stuart and Ian Henderson took the first steps towards becoming Regional Commissaires on Saturday 10th March . The duo attended the SCU assistant commissaire course which was held in Inverness. The day long course consisted of learning rules of road racing and doing race simulations and scenarios and looking at technical rules . The next steps in their training means they have to assist commissaries at a number of events and be assessed before becoming full Regional Commissaires. 

Cromarty Firth Cycling Club

Events 2012 

16/05/12 Raymond Sinclair Memorial 10tt

24/06/12 David Bruce Memorial 50tt

19/08/12 Iain Longbotham Memorial 25tt

David and Alan were joined by Roger Sewell of  Rrcc on Sunday for the CFCC club run. Leaving Alness the trio headed north along the shore road past Invergordon through Barbraville and onto Kildary. Heading out of Kildary the riders decided to keep to the A9 to avoid any ice on the side roads and carried on past Tain and down to the Dornoch bridge where they went round the roundabout and back up towards Tain. A quick stop for a coffee in the co-op and then the riders got a bit of a tailwind back along the A9 to Kildary and then in along the shore road again past Invergordon and back to Alness to finish. Total distance 37 miles.