Here's a wee cheeky race report from yesterday.
Was through at the Meadowbank Velodrome yesterday racing in the Youth's 500m TT and Sprint. With some dangerous looking weather the Youths were up first in the 500m:
Jonathan Mitchell Johnstone Wheelers CC 38.32
Robbie Spence Discovery JCC 38.70
Angus Gillies Peebles CC 39.39
So i took the scottish title in the 500m
Johnny Cosh was also riding the Men's Sprint and he qualified for the Sprint competition, with a time of 13.01, but going out in the first round having faced the top qualifier Bruce Croall. So a bit unlucky for him for this year.
It was great to see Kayleigh Brogan back on the track racing for the City of Edinburgh though!
I was then up in the sprint qualifying 1st with a time of 12.98 and being over 7 tenths of a second faster than the other youths. I progressed through the quarter finals against Emily Fyfe pretty easily, with the main aim of saving energy for the semis.
I was up against 4th seed Robbie Spence in the semis and took the 1st heat after he fell asleep and i jumped underneath him, getting a good gap and winning by a sizeable margin. In the second heat i then took the front and attacked with a lap and a half to go getting a good enough gap on him and winning on the line
This meant i was up against Gus Gillies in the final who qualified 3rd. In the first heat i attacked with a lap to go, pipping him on the line. Being one ride away from another Scottish title i let Gus take the front and then when he attacked we raced shoulder to shoulder round the entire lap with me just winning by a wheels length on the line
So that ended an eventful day with me taking 2 Scottish titles in the bag
Although I find myself for a second year in a row, asking for more representatives from the Wheelers and Jets to be racing at this event. It is a great event with Scottish medals in the offering and a bit disappointing in the fact that only one other Wheeler entered the event. Especially since the big showing at the Wosca, why should it be any different for the Scottish?
Cheers Jonathan