Dig In At The Dock Cyclocross

Post date: 09-Jan-2013 13:00:33

Three Perth United riders ventured down to Bo’ness for the hotly anticipated Dig In At the Dock cyclocross race hosted by Dave Hamill and John McComisky of Pedal Power.

In a change to the usual series race format there was just one race for all categories and no under 12 races. That didn’t put off the spectators who turned out in huge numbers and with a tented village of stalls from various bike shops plus catering from Wild Rover Food there was a real buzz of excitement.

To hype up the crowd there was the usual over the top live commentary from Jammie and the Sambatastic drumming band provided the soundtrack to the race. To add extra crowd pleasing action the organisers installed the only-just-bunny-hop-able hurdles right in the middle of the tented village, which had the crowd baying for blood. They were not disappointed. Even during a practice lap Anne managed to provoke a loud ‘’ooohhhh” from crowd following a perfect face plant after a failed bunny hop attempt, she was not alone as many others suffered the same fate (note to Mark Champion, we need to work on this in training)!

Seeding was ‘interesting’ with 120 riders all mixed together for one start but by some miracle, or should that be skill, all the Perth riders made a great start with Ally getting into the top 10 early on. As the race progressed, the tough muddy conditions and cobbles provided a truly epic test of fitness and cyclocross skills.

Ally taking the hurldes with style

Anne on one of the many tough twisty sections

Eileen Roe comes a cropper on the hurldes, but still went on to win

Gordon being spurred on by drummers in the background. I'm loving my new red bar tape

Ally on the now legendary "Franco's Berm"

Dig in Anne!