Glasgow Green Cycle Club – CTT Scottish District 25 mile TT
Championships
Sunday May 19th 2019
Westferry Course
GGCC are proud to have delivered another top class event and
the feedback during and after the event has been and continues to be nothing
but positive and it’s all down to the riders who delivered some spectacular times
and each and every helper, marshall and valued GGCC member who gave up their
time to deliver this event.
After a very early start to get the course marked, checked
and driven, sign on was set up, ready and open for business at 7.30 and we
started to get a trickle of riders in to get signed on.
Numbers were busily pinned on while the food and kitchen
were made ready for the hungry riders and helpers that would want fed and
watered throughout the morning.
After a slightly shaky start where we realised we had marked
the old course we had to quickly get back out on course to amend the start and
finish markers and make sure as many people as possible were told of the change
that had already signed on…..a slight mad panic but no harm done and Linda and
Geoff from CTT were happy with communication and they made their way out to time
the riders.
Over the course of the morning times were sent in and marked
up and we, along with riders, started to congregate around the finish time
board and waited with bated breath to see who had done what and where they
stood against their peers.
The weather was kind and great conditions with an overcast
but dry sky, dry roads and a workable temperature for an hour of solid
suffering!
The last riders went off at 10.30 so by 11.30 we were in
full results mode and not even an IT meltdown (laptop got swore at many, many
times) could stop us from delivering the results!
The full results can be found here –
https://www.facebook.com/CTTScotlandDistrict/posts/2345335585743525?__tn__=K-R
GGCC would like to thank all 104 solo riders and the 1
tandem we had for entering, supporting and giving it their all and
congratulations go to all the category winners across Espoir, junior, V40, V50,
V60 and V70, and tandem who set a new course record of 55:24 and of course our
overall winners.
The new Scottish District Champions are Douglas Watson of
GTR with a time of 49:43 (the only sub 50 of the day), and Victoria
Smith of AeroCoach with a time of 55:23
Prizes on the day included the championship trophy for the overall
winners (which we will get engraved asap and get to you), event prints, prize medals,
prize money AND caps, tea towels, protein milks and of course GGCC branded
bidons! Now where else do you get a prize haul like that!! 😊
GGCC are very proud to host this event but it goes without saying
that it just wouldn’t happen without the help and support of some worthy
mentions and I make no apologies for calling them out by name as without the
following folk……there would be no event from GGCC
·
Police Scotland, Transerv and Bishopton
Community Centre
·
CTT – Sally who helped with the admin and Geoff
and Linda and the team for timing duties on the day
·
Mike Bishop for official photographs
·
Winning Awards for the medals
·
Keiron Redmond Graphic Design for help with the event
brochure
·
Breakaway Artist Prints for help with the exclusive
event prints
·
Grahams Dairy (Steve and Pamela Hutton)
The 2 biggest thanks go first to Tunnocks and especially Boyd
himself and Fergus who helped us with what I think you will agree was a fantastic
spread of delicious food. We had a donation and collection for Tunnocks and we
raised £150 which will go to Boyd’s chosen charity The RNLI and he is extremely
grateful when our Honorary President John Brown went to see him today.
Secondly thanks has to go to our main supporter Torvelo Bike
Repair and Doog Carruthers! Doog in the midst of setting up his new company Torvelo,
helped arrange and run this event, and was also the main sponsor of the women’s
trophy! Huge kudos for helping take this on and he didn’t set a bad time on the
day too! Chapeau
Lastly it’s a HUGE and MASSIVE call out to the following
people who helped each and every rider on the day and helped GGCC over and
beyond the call of duty and you don’t know how much it means! I’m sure all the
riders welcomed their shouts and the event as a whole welcomed the support so
stand up, take a bow and give yourselves a pat on the back for making this event
what it was!
Rae Brown (THE best kitchen and food provider you will ever
meet!), John Brown (our Honorary President and chief sign putter outer), Nicola
Dobinson, Chris Ditchfield, Zosia Martin, David Fitzpatrick, Mark Gallagher,
Paul Keoghan (RACC), Alex Michnowicz, Natalie Wheatley, Richard Hogg, Jim
Mortimer, Michael Gaddis, Christine Catterson, Derek Brown, Paul Mullan, Stuart
Fleming, Kenny Blair, Graeme Bodel, Andy Jack, Eric Fulton, Steve Hutton and
Pamela Hutton, Corrin Halliday, Iain Martin, Iain Williamson, Saif Mulla, Karen
Hood and Darren Jackson, Nic Bone
Now…….over n out…….until the next one 😉