Watson and Patterson crowned Scottish 10-Mile Champions
Dougie Watson (GTR-Return to Life) and Joanna Patterson (The Independent Pedaler-Nopinz) turned in impressive performances on their way to victory in the Scottish National 10-Mile Championship, promoted by Glasgow Nightingale CC in Renfrewshire on Sunday morning.
Watson’s time of 19-57 was the only one under the 20-minute mark, giving him victory in the men’s event by 25 seconds from Ryan Bunyan (Torvelo Racing), while Watson’s team-mate at GTR, Sandy Taylor was third with 20-29.
Patterson’s time of 21-23 gave her the win by almost two minutes from Alexandra Hayden of Vanelli-Project GO, while third quickest female was Beth MacRae (Ayr Roads CC) with 23-29.
“I’ve done a low 19-minute time on that course before, but I’ve changed my position since then so I didn’t really have anything to compare today’s ride to,” said Watson afterwards. “I’ve only done one ten-miler this season so far, so it felt hard because I haven’t acclimatised myself yet!
“I thought it was going to be a faster day initially, it felt fast up to the turn. But it was really grippy on the way home. It stayed dry for me, but some of the early starters had some drizzle and there was some spray from overnight rain.
“I’m riding the Merlin Cycles Classic Series on a road bike next weekend, then I’m looking at doing some longer events, like the Scottish 50 and 100 Championships.”
And Patterson’s win came despite mis-threading her chain and suffering a loss of power – but at least it stayed on and she did enough to win the women’s title.
“I threaded my chain wrongly and there was nobody to check it,” she admitted. “I only realised once I’d set off that the power was down, but thankfully it didn’t break totally or cut through.
“Last year I was about a minute quicker on the same course from a similar power output, but thankfully it was still good enough for the win. This is a local course for me so I know it really well.
“I’ve been doing a lot of training for 50s and 100s, nothing specific for shorter distances, so I’m pleased with this win.
“Later in the year I’m looking at getting a good time at the National 100, perhaps a 3-40, and I’ll probably do the National 50 too. I also want to have a go at the RRA 100 record and get under 3-20, which will be a real challenge.”
In other categories, the tandem pairing of Gavin and James Shirley (Studio Velo) went close to a Scottish record time of 19-51, 29 seconds quicker than second-placed Warren Crombie and Alasdair Watt (MRCC).
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Results:
Pos Name Team m/f time
1 Douglas Watson GTR - Return To Life p/b Streamline M 19:57
2 Ryan Bunyan Torvelo Racing M 20:22
3 Sandy Taylor GTR - Return To Life p/b Streamline M 20:29
4 Marc Anderson GTR - Return To Life p/b Streamline M 20:42
5 Robbie Mitchell Auchencrow Thistle CC M 20:48
6 Alastair McNicol Dooleys M 20:50
7 Chris Petrie AWCC M 21:00
8 Andrew Scott MRCC M 21:05
9 Luke Maguire Torvelo Racing M 21:12
10 Corey Whiteford The Cycling Academy M 21:12
11 Silas Goldsworthy Ryan's Bike Surgery - Thomson Homes M 21:14
12 Jason Roberts Vanelli-Project GO M 21:14
13 Angus Wilson TAAA M 21:16
14 Jesse Dawson Vanelli-Project GO M 21:21
15 Graham Smith Vanelli-Project GO M 21:21
16 Joanna Patterson The Independent Pedaler - Nopinz F 21:23
17 James Cusick Dooleys M 21:25
18 Rhys Edwards ERC M 21:25
19 Lewis Hutchison Vanelli-Project GO M 21:29
20 Cameron Adam Spokes Race Team M 21:33
21 Andrew Gallacher SVTTA M 21:34
22 Stewart Burke GTR - Return To Life p/b Streamline M 21:34
23 Paul Davis MRCC M 21:39
24 Rob Graham FWCC M 21:39
25 Craig Duncan TAAA M 21:48
26 Paul Symington Inverclyde M 21:49
27 Paul McGonigle Inverclyde M 21:53
28 Tony Scott Loudon M 22:01
29 Ben Dixon RNRMCA M 22:04
30 Graeme Jardine Bute M 22:12
31 Alasdair MacMillan MRCC M 22:27
32 Daniel Blair Ivy M 22:30
33 Neil Shepherd Gala CC M 22:30
34 Steve MacLuskie VCGS M 22:30
35 Joe Hands BPC Race Team M 22:31
36 Allan Duncan FWCC M 22:33
37 Marc Preece Dunfermline M 22:35
38 David Lewendon MRCC M 22:41
39 Steven Purdie GGCC M 22:52
40 Andrew Smith VCGS M 22:54
41 Stephen Spellacy Dumfries M 22:56
42 Andrew McMenemy Inverclyde M 23:05
43 Jimmy Storrar Velocity M 23:06
44 Chris Hunter Ivy M 23:07
45 Greig Logan Fruin M 23:16
46 Alexandra Hayden Vanelli-Project GO F 23:21
47 Neil Daly Dunfermline M 23:23
48 Ian Elliot Hawick M 23:23
49 Ryan Glasgow Gales M 23:23
50 Chris Oneill Gales M 23:24
51 Alan Manson SVTTA M 23:26
52 Beth MacRae Ayr F 23:29
53 Thomas McNulty SVTTA M 23:36
54 John McCrory GUCC M 23:38
55 Stuart MacCallum TAAA M 23:39
56 Bill Groves EH Star Cycling M 23:45
57 Brian Nicol Vitesse M 23:47
58 Lucy Ritchie Vanelli-Project GO F 23:49
59 Brian McGhee RCCK M 23:53
60 James Hall Rock and Road Cycles M 24:00
61 Jim Petrie DWCC M 24:02
62 Robert Marshall TAAA M 24:02
63 Kevin Duffy Glenmarnock Wheelers M 24:04
64 Graham Jones ERC M 24:04
65 Kevin Lackie RT23 M 24:05
66 Mark Stirling PaisleyV M 24:07
67 Joanne Clark Royal Albert Cycling Club F 24:09
68 Alastair Pell Gales M 24:14
69 David McCormack PaisleyV M 24:14
70 Donald Kennedy FusionTri M 24:15
71 Charlotte Stevens Ayr F 24:20
72 Jim Barr VCGS M 24:24
73 Brian Morrell Dumfries M 24:39
74 Benjamin Heaney GlasgowUni M 24:40
75 Hayley McEwan Vanelli-Project GO F 24:56
76 Wilf Turner Aria M 25:00
77 Carole Dick SBC F 25:09
78 Andrew Stevenson Gales M 25:10
79 Brendan McCabe AWCC M 25:12
80 Valerie Martin Dooleys F 25:16
81 Sean Gray Dooleys M 25:18
82 Paul Stevens Ayr Burners Cycling M 25:19
83 Martin Shields FWCC M 25:24
84 Paul Roche RCCK M 25:36
85 Steven Horne Airdrie M 25:47
86 John Gemmell Ayr M 25:54
87 Neil Mitchell RCCK M 25:54
88 Steve Donaldson FWCC M 25:55
89 Jon Fairclough Kelso Wheelers Cycling Club M 26:13
90 Lindsay Foster ATC M 27:14
91 Robert Holmes Kinross CC M 27:37
92 Molly Doyle GlasgowUni F 27:37
93 Andrew Wilson SCCC M 27:39
94 Calum Oates GlasgowTri M 27:40
95 George Skinner Royal Albert Cycling Club M 28:32
96 Gavin Laffoley FifeCent M 28:48
97 Sally McLintock Glenmarnock Wheelers F 29:19
98 Isobel Fletcher VCGS F 29:48
99 Steven Currie Ivy M 30:51
100 Jennifer Nicol Vitesse F 31:19
Danny Thomson PaisleyV M DNS
Matt Howitt Johnstone M DNS
Andrew Taylor PaisleyV M DNS
Gordon Young Inverclyde M DNS
Calum MacDonald Ayr M DNS
Dugald McCallum PaisleyV M DNS
William Brierley SCCC M DNS
James Muir Gales M DNS
Eric Davidson Moray Firth CC M DNS
Gordon Johnston Terminator M DNS
John Greig Johnston SBC M DNS
Sean Quinn Law M DNS
Iain MacLeod Kelpie Racing M DNS
Ben Kenneally Cambridge CC M DNS
Kate Richardson GlasgowTri F DNS
Emma Rogerson Glenmarnock Wheelers F DNS
Elizabeth Wisdish GWCC F DNS