RGCX
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Can you believe it?! 2019 sees us return to the Colosseum of Cross for the FIFTH edition of ROUKEN GLEN CYCLOCROSS (RGCX)! Albannach are honoured to once again host the close of the Super Quaich Series at Rouken Glen Park, Sunday the 20th of January 2019.
For the FANS
Just to clarify, it is absolutely FREE to come along and spectate at RGCX. Cyclocross races live on energy and spectacle, so we would really encourage the local community to come along on the day and ring a cowbell, bang a drum, in fact get the whole family involved and bring anything to make as much noise as possible.
For the RACERS
This is your race pack, get comfy and soak up the information.
HOW DO I GET TO RGCX?
The race is at ROUKEN GLEN PARK, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire G46 7UG (post code to the main car park at RGCX).
by CAR
Stick “G46 7UG” into the navigator and follow the machine. Full address is:
Rouken Glen Park, Rouken Glen Rd, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, G46 7UG
There are two free car parks in Rouken Glen Park; the main one at the garden centre and a second one at the east lodge (veterinary surgery).
For the Main Car Park – From junction 3 off the M77 head east along Nitshill Rd (A727), straight over the round about and then your first right will take you to the garden centre car park. It is signposted “Rouken Glen Park Main Entrance”. Post Code – G46 7UG
Failing that, continue east along Nitshill Rd (A727) for 500m take another right into the east lodge car park signposted “Rouken Glen Park East Lodge”. Post Code – G46 7JZ
Failing that, there is also free on-street parking along Davieland Road which runs along the eastern edge of the park. Please take extra care if you choose to park on Davieland Road. Post Code – G46 7LL
by TRAIN
RGCX has it’s very own train station, Whitecraigs which has trains travelling into Glasgow Central. Trains typically take 20 minutes to get to Whitecraigs from Glasgow Central.
HOW DO I SIGN ON?
Once you’ve arrived at RGP please make signing on to receive your timing chip and race number your priority. Everything after that will fall gloriously into place. There will be magenta (pink) arrows guiding you to the RGCX arena from all directions. Can I ask kindly that the A racers wait until 10.30 to go to sign on to allow the B racers to sign on first. The sign on will be in the race arena just near the waterfall in the south of the park. It will be under a gazebo.
The timings for the day are as follows :
| Activity | Time | |
| Sign on opens | 09.30 | |
| Course opens for practise | 10.00 | (Open to A & B racers for 45 mins) |
| Sign on to B race closes | 10.30 | (1 hr for B race sign on.) |
| Course closes for practise | 10.45 | (B racers to now assemble at start line) |
| B Race Start | 11.00 | |
| B Race Ends | 11.50 | (50 mins race + 1 lap) |
| Last B Rider Expected | 12.00 | |
| Course opens for practise | 12.00 | (Open to A racers for an additional 45 mins) |
| Sign on to A race closes | 12.30 | (2 hrs for A race sign on) |
| Course closes for practise | 12.45 | |
| A Race Starts | 13.00 | |
| A Race Ends | 13.50 | (50 mins race + 1 lap) |
| Last A Rider Expected | 14.00 | |
| Prize giving for A & B race | 14.15 |
Please make the most of the open course for practice and respect other competitors by leaving the course once it is closed. Announcements will be made to confirm when the course is open and closed.
WHAT RACE AM I IN?
As the final round of the Super Quaich we have reviewed your performance this season to allocate you to a race. The full rider allocation listing is shown at the bottom of this post.
WHERE IS THE START?
In an attempt to get a good spread of the field at the start and to mitigate bunching at the first turn we’ve an uphill ‘tarmac’ start chute. Think Spa-Francorchamps, just a bit less glamorous. This will be the only time you come all the way up this hill.
Getting there is easy. From the sign on area you will notice a gravel track heading west, away from the waterfall. Head along that; it takes you along to the golf course. Continue along the track and it will disappear down the hill quite quickly. If you are lost and confused ask a marshal (anyone wearing a pink hi-vis vest).
There’s a slight opening at the bottom where it starts to level out. You will be corralled and ushered into a fenced off muster area downhill of the start grid. You may notice the start lines painted on the ground – DO NOT SIT ON THE START LINE. Everyone must wait in the muster area to be gridded. Please wait there until you are called up to the start line. Please make your way there 15mins before the start of the race. Marshals will be on hand with big on-theme buckets to take jackets, hats, gloves, zip-offs etc. which you can collect at the sign on tent post race at your convenience.
WHAT IS THE COURSE LIKE?
Grassy, gravelly, muddy, rooty, hilly, rad, SIIIKK, repeat. Maybe even snowy…have a look at the COURSE MAP below.
I’M PRO AF, WHERE DO I PUT MY SPARE BIKES?
The pits are marked on the map on COURSE MAP below.
WHERE ARE THE TOILETS?
There are public toilets at the back (Davieland Road-side) of the Boathouse Café situated on the eastern side of the boating lake. Ask a marshal if in doubt.
WHERE CAN I GET SOMETHING TO EAT?
This year we will have an onsite food van serving hot & cold drinks and CHIPS.
COURSE MAP
WHAT HAPPENS IF I WIN?
YOU GET PRIZES! Cash prizes (topped up with some Albannach goods) will be given for the top 3 male and female riders in both the A and B races. The prize giving will take place for both the A & B races straight after the A race.
CAN MY FANS COME TOO?
Yes of course, please bring as many fans, friends, personal photographers, past lovers, colleagues as you like. Please encourage them to bring instruments of all ilk to make a racket and encourage you and your fellow racers.
ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS ALLOWED?
Yes of course, please bring encourage all you photographer pals to come along. Cyclocross is definitely the best form of cyclesport for photographers, loads of weird and wonderful stuff goes down and you see riders again and again throughout the race.
If you are happy for RGCX to use your photos to promote future editions of the race please feel free to add them to the RGCX Flickr Group
WHAT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?
If there’s anything I’ve not covered please get in touch with Jim Cameron –
jim@albannach.cc (before the race)
07711220191 (on the day of the race)
If you’re heavy into the social medias make sure you drop in #RGCX for anything relating to the event.
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RIDER-RACE ALLOCATION
A RACE LISTING
Top 20 to be gridded as follows:
| Rider | Team |
| Gary MacDonald | Nevis Cycles RT |
| John MacKenzie | SR Albannach |
| Harry McGarvie | Ayr Burners |
| Cameron Mason | Endura – Pedal Power |
| Niall Shannon | SR Albannach |
| Gary McCrae | LBS / BB |
| Douglas Sharp | Kinross CC |
| George Roberts | Icarus Racing |
| Stephen Crawford | Dunfermline CC |
| Dave Duggan | |
| Rab Wardell | |
| Chris Hinds | Rapha CC |
| Neil Henderson | SR Albannach |
| Richard McDonald | BioRacer ProjectGo |
| Michael Nally | Dunfermline CC |
| Fraser Tait | Ayr Roads CC |
| Ross Wood | Ronde CC |
| Douglas Cameron | |
| Craig Hardie | www.hardie-bikes.com |
| Isla Short |
The remainder of the A race will hustle up behind the top 20 and are as follows:
| Rider | Team |
| Ally Anderson | Fusion Triathlon Club |
| Paul Anderson | Spokes RT |
| Steven Anderson | Glasgow Nightingale CC |
| John Archibald | Haddington CC |
| John Paul Baxter | Ayr Burners |
| Robert Bloor | Edinburgh RC |
| Graham Brown | Sitrling BC |
| Brenda Callander | |
| Chris Cameron | Kinning Cycles |
| Lee Campbell | Glasgow Nightingale CC |
| Lorne Campbell | SR Albannach |
| Graham Coubrough | SR Albannach |
| Stevie Couper | Glasgow United CC |
| Duncan Crawford | Dunfermline CC |
| Laura Cunningham | |
| Gary Currie | Ayr Burners |
| Jim Davies | |
| Brian Dempster | Belhaven Bikes |
| Jonathan Dennis | Kibosh |
| Craig Donagher | Fechan Flyers |
| Morgan Donnelly | |
| Douglas Dorrington | Lomond Roads CC |
| Ian Dunlop | Velo Club Moulin |
| James Edwards | Ayr Burners |
| Roddy Fawbert | |
| Laura Fidao | Ronde CC |
| Jim foulis | Dundee Wheelers |
| James Fraser-Moodie | Pedal Power RT |
| George Freeman | West Lothian Clarion |
| Keith Froude | Edinburgh RC |
| Chris Fuller | Lenzie Velo |
| Douglas Glen | Montvelo CC |
| Sean Gordon | |
| Tam Gordon | |
| Helen Gorman | Sitrling BC |
| Cameron Gray | Royal Albert CC |
| Keir Greatorex | Edinburgh RC |
| Richard Greenwood | Ronde Works Racing |
| Jonathan Herbert | VC Glasgow South |
| Joshua Higgins | RCCK |
| David Hordon | West Lothian Clarion |
| Julian Howell | Kelso Wheelers |
| Andy Inglis | Montvelo CC |
| Andrew Isherwood | Peebles CC |
| Owen Jeffries | SR Albannach |
| Ross Johnstone | Happy Trails Cross Collective |
| Steven Jones | |
| Simon Kenny | West Lothian Clarion |
| Glenn Kinning | Kinning Cycles |
| Alicia Lawson | Velo Club Moulin |
| David Lindsay | Pedal Power RT |
| Alastair Little | Perth United CC |
| Stephen MacDonald | |
| Gordon MacKenzie | Velo Club Moulin |
| Kerry MacPhee | BikeLove-Genesis |
| Craig MacWilliam | RCCK |
| Eoghan Maguire | SR Albannach |
| Zara Mair | Ronde Works Racing |
| Brian McCutcheon | Walkers CC |
| Gavin McDougall | |
| Richard McGhee | Glasgow Nightingale CC |
| Paul McInally | Pedal Power RT |
| Raymond McLellan | |
| Karly Millar | Rapha CC |
| James Moore | Peebles CC |
| Louis Moorehead | Ronde CC |
| Adeline Moreau | Good Vibes Only |
| Roslynn Newman | Female Riders RT |
| Chris Nicholson | Hoddom velo |
| Jaime Nicholson | Hoddom velo |
| Tom Nicholson | Hoddom velo |
| David Ogden | |
| Malcolm Paterson | Glasgow Nightingale CC |
| Gemma Penman | Glasgow CT |
| Mark Penman | RCCK |
| Franco Porco | |
| Lewis Rattray | SR Albannach |
| David Ritchie | Glasgow Green CC |
| Steven Robertson | Icarus Racing |
| Matthias Schwannauer | Edinburgh RC |
| Colin Sergeant | Law Wheelers CC |
| Edd Shackley | |
| Colin Shearer | Velo Club Moulin |
| Mark Shilton | |
| Douglas Small | Kelso Wheelers |
| Matthew Smith | Velo Club Moulin |
| Scott Smith | Biggar CC |
| Murray Swanson | Pedal Power RT |
| Garry Templeman | Velobants.CC |
| Brian Thomson | Biggar CC |
| Jeremy Toy | Dundee Wheelers |
| Mike Warbeck | Fechan Flyers |
| Graeme Warren | Velo Club Moulin |
| Chris Watson | Glasgow Nightingale CC |
| Jonte Willins | Peebles CC |
| Steve Wyatt | Ronde CC |
| Callum Wyllie | Rapha CC |
| Roddy Yarr | Glasgow Nightingale CC |
| Brian Yates | Carrick CC |
| Bill Young | Pedal Power RT |
B RACE LISTING
| Rider | Team |
| Stuart Allan | |
| David Anderson | RCCK |
| Ian Anderson | Walkers CC |
| John Anderson | Glasgow RC |
| Pamela Ball | Hoddom Velo |
| Chris Barr | SR Albannach |
| Sarah Barry | |
| Joanne Baxter | Ayr Burners |
| Anna Beck | SR Albannach |
| Lewis Beck | |
| Andrew Bell | Here Come The Belgians |
| Frazer Bell | |
| Peter Bentley | Orkney CC |
| Andrew Bothwell | Edinburgh RC |
| Lindsay Branston | RCCK |
| Keith Breckenridge | |
| Joseph Brennan | |
| James Brewer | Glasgow Riderz |
| Robert Brewer | Glasgow Riderz |
| Andy Brewster | West Lothian Clarion |
| Nigel Brooks | Sitrling BC |
| Rae Captieux | SR Albannach |
| Nigel Carrick | Berwick Wheelers |
| Seonaidh Charity | Ronde CC |
| Gordon Christie | Arria Wheelers |
| Ian Churcher | |
| Alan Clark | Glasgow Green CC |
| Robert Clements | Law Wheelers CC |
| Neil Clyde | Haddington CC |
| Adam Cochrane | |
| Ian Cockburn | |
| Ellen Copeland | |
| Niall Copeland | |
| Brian Corr | Mukyriderz |
| Jamie Corr | |
| Timothy Crone | Welland Valley Cycling Club |
| Allan Crosbie | Haddington CC |
| Paul Dailly | Montvelo CC |
| Bill Davies | Law Wheelers CC |
| Jane Davies | Beacon Wheelers |
| Paul Davies | Ronde Works Racing |
| Katherine Dempster | |
| Lorna Denny | Sitrling BC |
| Gordon Dickson | |
| Lucy Donnelly | |
| Peter Dorrington | |
| Malcolm Dunlop | Velo Club Edinburgh |
| Eric Easton | Haddington CC |
| Lynda Fenton | |
| Deborah Ferns | |
| Isobel Filor | |
| Aileen Fisher | Ayr Roads CC |
| Dean Forrest | LCC |
| Paul Freeman | West Lothian Clarion |
| Sandy Gibbons | RCCK |
| Darren Gilchrist | Livingston CC |
| Alan Gilkison | |
| Graham Gillies | |
| Stephen Hill | |
| Dave Hogg | Sitrling BC |
| Bryan Hutton | Two Wheel Army |
| Mark Keegan | Biggar CC |
| Marion Kennedy | Pentland Triathletes |
| Alison Kerr | |
| Sam Kerr | |
| Alan Laurie | Hoddom Velo |
| Douglas Leslie | Ronde CC |
| Sharon Lindsay | Walkers CC |
| Andy Low | Ronde CC |
| John Lumley | Walkers CC |
| Steve MacLuskie | VC Glasgow South |
| Ewan MacNeilage | Ronde CC |
| Andrew Martin | Sitrling BC |
| James Martin | Glenmarnock Wheelers |
| Stephen Martin | |
| Alex McAllister | Ayr Roads CC |
| Barry McCleery | Ronde Works Racing |
| John McCracken | Loudoun RC |
| Alan McCrear | |
| Craig McCulloch | |
| Alex McDonald | Livingston CC |
| David McFarlane | |
| Lindsay McGarvie | Ayr Burners |
| David McGill | RCCK |
| Mark McGivern | Glasgow United CC |
| Scott McKendrick | Fullarton Wheelers |
| Andrew McLeod | Paisley Velo |
| Thomas McNeish | Royal Albert CC |
| Colin McNiven | |
| Russell Mowat | Walkers CC |
| Kier Murray | Peebles CC |
| Julie Nelson | RCCK |
| Andrew Nicell | |
| Howard Perkins | |
| Davie Robb | Walkers CC |
| Gavin Robertson | |
| Maddy Robinson | Velo Club Moulin |
| Paul Robinson | Loudoun RC |
| Anthony Robson | Ride It Like You Stole It |
| German Rodriguez | Edinburgh RC |
| Alistair Ross | Hoddom Velo |
| Gordon Scott | West Lothian Clarion |
| Rachel Shannon | SR Albannach |
| Chris Shields | Walkers CC |
| David Shields | Royal Albert CC |
| Robert Silverwood | |
| Lorna Sloan | |
| Nicola Smith | RCCK |
| Willie Stephen | Velo Club Moulin |
| Madelyn Swanson | Pedal Power RT |
| Janet Tait | |
| Chris Thompson | West Lothian Clarion |
| Campbell Thomson | |
| Aurelien Thouard | Paisley Velo |
| Bryan Tobyn | |
| Chris White | SVTTA |
| Stuart Whitelaw | Fruin RC |
| Graham Wilson | Royal Albert CC |
| Vicki Woodburn | Montvelo CC |
| James Wright | SR Albannach |
| Graeme Young | Arria Wheelers |
| Grant Young | Ayr Roads CC |
