On Sunday 19^th August ,34 riders took to the A9 to contest the Iain Longbotham Memorial 25tt. On a warm sunny morning conditions were good and the top ten riders all managed to go under the hour. The fastest rider and winner of the Iain Longbotham Mem. Trophy was Jim Cusick of Glasgow Couriers in a time of 54:08mins followed by James Millar (Moray Firth CC) in 2^nd in a time of 55:34min and Tom Broadbent (Elgin CC) in 3^rd in a time of 56:39min. Other prize winners on the day were,

1^st Jim Cusick    Glasgow Couriers    54.08min

2^nd James Millar     MFCC                 55.34min

3^rd Tom Broadbent   Elgin CC           56.39min

1^st Lady    Penny Philips    MFCC       1.03.45

1^st Vet std   Roger Sewell   RRCC     +10.12

1^st Handicap    Donald Thomson    RRCC   

1^st Firefighter    Kevin Lackie   MFRT    59.20min

Cromarty Firth CC had three riders competing with Mike Gordon coming out fastest on the day and Alan Cook managing to knock almost 2 minutes off his pb. The riders times were,

Mike Gordon    1.03.09

Alan Cook        1.09.29    

Eric Soane       1.14.31

Cromarty Firth CC would like to thank the Longbotham family for all their help on the day and Ken Ross for handing out the prizes and also the officials Brian Pirie and Hamish Irvine