winter-league – West Highland Wheelers

Final WINTER LEAGUE RACE – GLEN LOY 14/04/24

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024
by douglas.little

Thanks to Mark Clark for organising a great race for the final winter league and thanks to everyone for coming along be it to race, help out, provide a taxi service for kids or cheer folk round the course.

The kids race created a great finish to the league in the under 10s with Harris Thompson taking the win with Alistair Cant close behind throughout in 2nd place. This meant that the overall league title was shared 3 ways between Kai Tresidder, Harris and Alistair, well done boys, great racing throughout the league series this year. In U12s Kaiden Springett took the win and overall u12 league winner. Big well done to 3 year old Inga giving the race a go on her balance bike too.

In the main race Stewart MacMillan (on his ebike) was the only person to manage 9 laps taking victory and winning the ebike category in the league, Liam Moynihan, with 8 laps, was the fastest non ebike and 2nd place overall, the win placing him 1st in the series. Lily Cant held her dad Robbie off throughout the race to finish 8th overall and 1st female, taking the league series title. Robbie held on for 9th place which was enough to give him joint 3rd in the series with James Shirley (4th overall today and 2nd non ebike) (Ben Miller was 5th overall today/ 3rd non ebike and placed 2nd in the league series) Isla Cant took 2nd female… great to see junior girls racing in the main race and and Katy Maclennan took 3rd female giving her 2nd place in the series overall.

Results

1 Stewart MacMillan 9 00:44:40 1st e bike
2 Liam Moynihan 8 00:40:53 1st male
3 Lance Marshall 8 00:41:48 2nd e bike
4 James Shirley 8 00:43:23 2nd male
5 Doug Little 8 00:44:45 3rd e bike
6 Ben Miller 7 00:44:28 3rd male
7 Ben Thompson 7 00:45:30 4th male
8 Lily Cant 6 00:40:07 1st female (junior)
9 Robbie Cant 6 00:40:19 5th male
10 Gregor Muir 6 00:43:04 6th male
11 Isla Cant 6 0:43:19 2nd female (junior)
12 Damien Forster 6 00:44:22 7th male
13 Zeemon Erhardt6 0:46:27 8th male
14 Nix Forster 6 00:47:40 3rd female
15 Katy Maclennan 5 0:41:41 4th female
16 Andy Rogers 5 0:41:02 9th male
17 Henry Cairns 5 0:42:24 10th male
18 Fiona Thompson 5 0:43:27 5th female
19 Bronagh Wishart5 0:46:42 6th female
20 Gill Barnes 5 00:47:26 7th female
21 Marian Austin 4 00:42:14 8th female

Winter League

Winter league round 6- Strontian 24/03/24

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024
by douglas.little

WINTER LEAGUE: STRONTIAN RESULTS

A big thanks to the Bungey family for putting on such a great race at Strontian. Some great weather and fantastic racing from everyone.

YOUTH RESULTS

A hard fought battle all the way to the line for 2nd and 3rd places.

13.53 Kai

14.53 Harris

15.00 Alistair

17.35 Kaiden

ADULT RESULTS

I hope these are all correct. Do contact me with any errors (I think there is one in there) and I’ll correct them.

Some close racing that saw lap positions change quite frequently and a few sprint finishes that changed final positions.

7 – 1.03.50 Ben Miller 1-1-1-1-1-1-1

7 – 1.06.09 Doug Little (eBike) 4-4-2-2-2-2-2

7 – 1.06.31 Alastair Maclennan 2-3-3-4-3-3-3

7 – 1.06.59 Ben Thompson 3-2-2-3-4-4-4

6 – 1.01.36 Alexander Pervan 5-5-5-5-5-5

6 – 1.01.45 Aaron 6-6-6-6-6-6

6 – 1.03.01 Gregor Muir 7-7-7-7-7-7

6 – 1.05.54 Lily Cant 9-9-10-10-10-10

6 – 1.06.03 Nathan Marsh 8-8-8-8-8-9

6 – 1.06.10 Zeeman Ealand 11-11-9-9-9-8

6 – 1.08.01 Robbie Cant 10-10-11-11-11-11

6 – 1.12.34 Katie Maclennan 12-12-12-12-12-12

5 – 1.02.46 Ivan Doherty 13-13-13-13-13

5 – 1.05.54 Ava Marsh 14-14-14-14-14

5 – 1.07.59 Isla Cant 15-15-15-15-15

5 – 1.08.00 Charlotte Cant 17-16-17-16-16

5 – 1.09.35 Gill Barnes 16-17-16-17-17

3 – 53.14 Laura McConnachie 19-18-18

2 – 37.41 Cohen McConnachie 18-19

Thanks also to Jacqui, Doug, Mairi, Laura and Cameron for marshalling/lap counting/course marking/hot drinks/etc.

The next race is the final one of this year’s Winter League and will be held at Mark Clark’s croft in Glen Loy on Sunday the 14th of April. It will be followed by a BBQ and the prizegiving.

Winter League

Winter league round 5 – wolftrax 03/02/24

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
by douglas.little

Well done to everyone who came to todays winter league at wolftrax,

5 kids battled it out in the kids race with a climb to the top of the orange then up the new blue climb and down the blue descent to finish, finishing in the following order:- Kai Tresidder (1st U10), Alistair Cant (2nd U10) Harris Thompson (3rd U10), Kaiden Springett (1st U12) and Kai McBride (4th U10)

Next up the main race had 3 big climbs taking in the upper red, lower red and new blue. It was great to see Alastair Maclennan back out racing again, coming in a very respectable 8th on his 1st ride out on the mountain bike for a few months.

Fantastic racing from the juniors with Aaron Tresidder not letting his crash stop him from coming in in 5th place, thanks to Aileen Marsh and Donald Paterson for checking him over and cleaning up the cuts at the finish. In the females it was junior rider Lily Cant who took the win.

See attached spreadsheet for full results

A huge thanks to Jacqui Parfitt for doing the timing and providing much needed refreshments at the end. Thanks to Lance Marshall and Doug Little for all their organisation and course marking, to James Shirley for bringing more freebies along, to Steve Bradley and Lindsay Carruthers for some great photos and Wolf Trax, Laggan, Scotland for letting us run the race and opening up the toilets for us.

Next race is Strontian on 25th March

SPREADSHEET

wolftrax 2024.xlsx

Winter League

Winter league round 4 – achaderry estate roybridge 11/02/24

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
by douglas.little

A great turnout for Sunday’s Winter League race at Achaderry Estate, Roy Bridge. A testing XC course with plenty of lung busting climbs, bottomless bog and mud – all with the reward of some lovely handcrafted descent. Only 3 riders managed to complete 4 laps in the allotted time – AJ, Liam and James. Despite running out of battery on his last lap AJ came home first. There was a great battle behind him between Liam and James, with James finally managing to pull away on the last 2 laps. Once again, a special mention has to go to Aaron Tressider for being the 1^st junior and 6^th overall. 8 youngsters also took part in a junior race with Kai Tressider coming home with the fastest time. Well done to Archie and Innes MacDonald for completing the course despite having turned up expecting to compete in an Athletic Club winter league race! Many thanks to Leon for hosting the event and providing such great facilities and to Ruari for organising (and building!) the course. A huge thanks also to James for handing out so much free gear. The next race is at Wolftrax on the 3^rd of March.

			Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap3	Lap4	Total
1st	AJ MacDonald	1^st e-bike	18.38	18.00	17.52	19.04	1:13:34
2^nd	James Shirley	1^st Male	19.00	19.34	19.40	19.55	1:18:11
3^rd	Liam Moynihan	2^nd Male	19.01	19.34	19.58	20.57	1:19:30
4^th	Stewart MacMillan	2^nd e-bike	20.37	20.15	21.45		1:02:37
5^th	Ruari Watt	3^rd Male	21.25	22.36	25.15		1:09:14
6^th	Aaron Tressider	1^st Junior	22.53	23.37	25.17		1:11:52
7^th	James Tedham		24.07	24.31	25.25		1:14:03
8^th	Sorley Swabey		22.55	26.31	26.38		1:16:04
9^th	Alexander Pervan	2^nd junior	23.49	26.01	29.22		1:19:12
10^th	Katie Maclennan	1^st Lady	28.38	30.11	35.10		1:33.59
11^th	Lance Marshall	3^rd e-bike	24.50	24.10	45.30		1:34.30
12^th	Lily Cant	2^nd Lady +2^nd Junior	28.10	30.28	36.53		1:35:41
13^th	Robbie Cant		28.12	30.27	36.53		1:35:42
14^th	Nathan Marsh		29.05	31.21			1:00:26
15^th	Gregor Muir		29.34	32.39			1:02:13
16^th	Isla Cant	3^rd Lady +3^rd junior	31.25	34.06			1:05:31
17^th	Finn Watt		34.58	34.15			1:09:13
18^th	Cameron Bungey		34.26	34.52			1:09:18
19^th	Gill Barnes		34.28	36.37			1:11:05
20^th	Mathew Daly		36.21	34.50			1:11:11
21^st	Andy Rogers		35.07	37.33			1:12:40
22^nd	Ava Marsh		35.34	38.56			1:14:30
23^rd	Jess Acheson		40.55	42.50			1:23:45
24^th	Marian Austin		42.20	45.41			1:28:01
	ALTERNATE COURSE!
1st	Scott Rodger		25.15	23.35	28.31		1:17:21

Junior Race

Under 9’s

1^st -Kai Tressider 9:09

2^nd -Alistair Cant 10:30

3^rd – Harris Thompson 10:51

4^th -Archie Rodger 11.17

12’s and under

1^st – Calum Watt 10:27

2^nd equal – Lia Marsh and Archie MacDonald 10.49

4^th -Innes MacDonald 18:18

Winter League

Winter League 23/24 rOUND 3 sUTHERLAND’S gROVE 14/01/24

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024
by douglas.little

Many thanks to North Argyll Cycling Club for organising round 3 of the Winter League at Sutherland’s Grove on 14th January 2024. A lovely crisp winter’s day, with occasional slidey episodes and an apparent defiance of the laws of nature in that there appeared to be more uphill than downhill! The next race is on Sunday the 11th of February at Achaderry Estate, Roy Bridge

Results

Male

1st – Matiss Robertson 52:25

2nd– Michael Bossard 54:43

3rd – Ewan Dowd 57:10

Female

1st – Lily Cant – 01:14:45

2nd– Katie Maclennan 01:17:00

3rd – Isla Cant – 01:26:05

E-Bike

1st – AJ MacDonald 44:30

2nd– Stuart Macmillan 50:20

3rd – Doug Little 53:45

All reactions:

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Winter League

Winter lEAGUE 23/24 rOUND 2 – nEVIS RANGE

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024
by douglas.little

A very well done to the 3 kids who braved the weather for todays kids race, only a second seperated Harris Thomson, 1st in 10 mins 26secs and Kaiden Springett 2nd in 10 minutes and 27 secs. Thea Thomson was 1st female in 13 minutes and 2 seconds.

The main race was a challenge to beat the weather coming in! Well done to all 20 competitors, full results in attached spreadsheet.

Liam Moynihan took overall non ebiker and held of Stewart MacMillan for 5 laps with the ebike finally managing to edge into the lead by 20 secs on the 6th and final lap, joining Stewart and Liam on 6 laps were James Shirley (3rd overall, 2nd male non ebike), and Doug Little (4th, 2nd ebike).

Lance Marshall took 5th (3rd ebike) in 5 laps followed by James Tedham (3rd male non ebike) Ben Miller, Gavin Shirley, Oli Warlow and Gavin Maclean.

Mark Clark was first to finish overall managing 4 laps in just over the 45 minute cut off time (8th male non ebiker) closely followed by 1st U18 Alexander Pervan, Katie Maclennan (1st female), Euan Fundingsland, Jessica Acheson and Andy Rogers all also managed 4 laps with Gill Barnes, Geraldine Springett, Marian Austin and Jenny Beattie completing 3 laps each.

Thanks to Vince Mackintosh for planning a great course and to Doug, Andy, Marian and Jacqui for stepping in to set up the course and do timing after Storm Gerrits trail of destruction meant Vince had to pull out to help with the Invergarry clear up .

Thanks also to Eileen Ross for providing delicious hot soup and christmas cake for the finish. Not the nicest weather to collect donations in after the race(!) but we did manage to raise £63 for charity, thanks to everyone who donated

1st-Stewart MacMillan 1st m ebike 6 laps – 49mins 50 secs
2nd -Liam Moynihan 1st m 6 laps 50mins 10 secs
3rd-James Shirley 2nd m 6 laps 51mins 04 secs
4th -Doug Little 2nd m ebike 6 laps 52 mins 09 secs
5th -Lance Marshall 3rd m ebike 5 laps 45mins 20 secs
6th -James Tedham 3rd m 5 laps 51mins 37 secs
7th -Ben Miller 4th m 5 laps 52 mins 10 secs
8th -Gavin Shirley 5th m 5 laps 52 mins 44 secs
9th -Oli Warlow 6th m 5 laps 52 mins 53secs
10th -Gavin Maclean 7th m 5 laps 54 mins 23secs
11th -Mark Clark 8th m 4 laps 45 mins 09 secs
12th -Alexander Pervan 1st male junior 4 laps 47mins 27 secs
13th -Katie Maclennan 1st f 4laps 51mins 27 secs
14th -Euan Fundigsland 9th m 4 laps 51mins 42 secs
15th -Jessica Acheson 2nd f 4 laps 59mins 10 secs
16th -Andy Rogers 10th m 4 laps 60 mins 30 secs
17th -Gill Barnes 3rd f 3 laps 45mins 33secs
18th -Geraldine Springett 4th f 3 laps 45mins 42 secs
19th -Marian Austin 5th f 3 laps 47mins 04 secs
Jenny Beattie 6th f 3 laps 47mins 40 secs

Time Trials

Christmas handicap 17/12/23

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
by douglas.little

Fair to say that things were a little bit wet and windy for this year’s Xmas Handicap! However, despite the amber weather warning, 19 riders braved the conditions. Congratulations to Liam on taking the win! Special mention has to go to Gregor and Cory for toughing it out on the tandem despite being somewhat hungover! Congratulations also to Foss for winning the Civic Community Award for helping Marian out with her puncture and to Doug/Eileen for winning the best decorated Xmas bike ( Elf and Safety may however have something to say about the Christmas tree helmet decoration coming loose and blocking Doug’s line of vision on the singletrack descent!).

Many thanks to Andy for organising the event, to Marian for helping with course marking and to Jacqui and Dave for organising the much needed refreshments. The next race is Vince’s Winter League Memorial race at Nevis Range on Saturday the 30th of December.

XMAS HANDICAP 2023
Finish Time True Time
1 John Anderson (E-bike) 32:10:00 1 Liam Moynihan 27:17:00
2 Liam Moynihan 45:17:00 2 James Shirley 28:30:00
3 James Tedham 45:27:00 3 James Tedham 31:27:00
4 Gregor & Cory Muir 45:56:00 4 Leon Sims (E-bike) 32:00:00
5 Oli Warlaw 46:05:00 5 Oli Warlaw 32:05:00
6 James Shirley 46:30:00 6 John Anderson (E-bike) 32:10:00
7 Ailsa Pooleman 47:16:00 7 Ben Miller 34:04:00
8 Robbie Cant 48:24:00 8 Robbie Cant 34:24:00
9 Ben Miller 49:04:00 9 Fos (E-bike & repairman) 34:50:00
10 Ian Pooleman 49:05:00 10 Ian Pooleman 36:05:00
11 Gill Barnes 49:09:00 11 Ailsa Pooleman 40:16:00
12 Jess Acheson 50:34:00 12 Gregor & Cory Muir 40:56:00
13 Leon Sims (E-bike) 52:00:00 13 Jess Acheson 41:34:00
14 Fos (E-bike) 54:50:00 14 Gill Barnes 45:09:00
15 Marian Austin 56:27:00 15 Marian Austin (puncture) 55:27:00
16 Donald P & Sophie 60:47:00 16 Donald P & Sophie 58:47:00
17 Doug Little 63:30:00 17 Doug Little (puncture) 60:30:0

Winter League

WINTER LEAGUE 23/24 – rOUND 1- dUROR 03/12/23

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023
by douglas.little

Winter League Round 1 – Results.

Duror Forest – 3rd of December 2023.

A huge thanks to Ben Miller and his family for putting on such a well organised race. It was great to back to Doror after a 10 year gap!

27 riders lined up for the opening round in -4°C and blue skies. Well done to everyone for making it round the course. A few special mentions below.

It wouldn’t be a Winter League race without A J charging round the course on his E-Bike. Today he had an impressive ride, completing the course in just over 36 minutes! Stewart and Leon were not far behind, taking 2nd and 3rd e-bikes of the day.

Matiss won the coveted price of first to the single track by holding off Gary and Liam. Matiss bowed out of the race shortly after to prevent any injury as he has just signed for a French road cycling team. Well done Matiss!

Gary and Liam showed their impressive technical skills to gap the rest of the field further, eventually Gary came out on top with a minute in the bank.

Gary’s first Winter League was in Duror so it was great to have him back after a superb decade of racing bikes since!

Consistent as ever Mike bagged a solid 3rd place and 1st in the NACC series.

Another impressive ride from Lily Cant, who took 1st female and 1st junior female rider coming home just over the hour mark.

2nd female was Katie who swapped the gondola for her hardtail, despite her dislike of climbing Katie had a great ride crossing the line less than 2 minutes behind Lily.

Isla Cant also had a great ride, taking 3rd female and 2nd junior female.

Ride of the day goes to Aaron after winning the junior male category and surprising many of the adults with his pace on the climbs at just 12 years old. One to keep an eye on for the future. Well done Aaron

Alexander was 2nd junior male and wins most stylish finish with a big manual across the finish line. Great skills

It was great to see Jacqui racing this round as Jacqui is usually on the other side of the tapes, timing and making sure we are all having a good time.

Big thanks to Rebecca and Jeanette for time keeping and my dad Nigel for all his efforts in getting the course ready for us to race, we all appreciate your efforts.

Next race for the Wheelers is the Xmas handicap on the 17th of December.

Winter League

Final winter league race – Nevis rANGE 02/04/23

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
by douglas.little

Many thanks to Steve Bradley for organising a great finale to this year’s Winter League. It was great to see such a good turnout for the race and as ever there was some fierce racing on show. James Shirley sabotaged Liam’s rear wheel to the win in the main race, Lily won the ladies and Foss won the e bikes. Many thanks to Bridget for doing the timing, Sue for doing the cooking, Kenny for donating such delicious burgers from Letterfinlay Foods, and Marian and Lyn for bringing along amazing tray bakes. Roll on next year!

Main Race Results;

Junior Race Results;

Under 12 boys – 1st Joseph, 2nd Archie

Under 10 boys – 1st Fraser, 2nd Kaiden

Under 10 girls – 1st Charley.

Under 8 boys – 1st Alastair, 2nd Archie, 3rd Kai, 4th Jack.

Under 6 girls – 1st Bella.

Winter League

Winter league round 7 – wolftrax 19/03/23

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023
by douglas.little

Great racing at wolftrax today for the winter league from both young and old! Many thanks to Lance, Stewart and Doug for organising and to Jacqui and Claire for doing the timekeeping. To celebrate Mother’s Day the ladies race included an additional loop up to the top of the Orange, aka the Gill Barnes special . The next and final race of this year’s Winter League will be at Nevis Range on Sunday the 2nd of April. Steve Bradley is organising this race and it will be an XC loop this year rather than an enduro – you have been warned! This race will be followed by a BBQ and the prizegiving.