The Stow Hill Climb Course Record has fallen after 42 years!!
Of all the Gala CC course records, surely the 1980 Stow Hill Climb record of 3:28 by Alan Kennedy was the purest and the hardest to beat.
Just human and bike vs gravity. No advantage from expensive aero gear.
Two thirds of a mile of perhaps the most painful uphill experience available in the Borders
Many of us have tasted our lungs and collapsed on the verge, light-headed, after the finish, but none has beaten Alan’s amazing record – a handful have come very close in recent years, notably our Joe – but tonight it finally happened!
Massive congratulations to Jack Moore, knocking a second off the record, coming in with an amazing 3:27 ride, absolutely fantastic!
Joe was an excruciatingly close second place only 5 seconds adrift and some strong times were posted behind these two mountain goats!
What a competition just below this – look at Duncan/Neil/Arran’s times, one second apart – brilliant!
Well done all nine of you riding and thanks as always to the timekeeper and marshals!
| 03:27 | Jack Moore |
| 03:32 | Joe Agnew |
| 04:03 | Duncan MacLeod |
| 04:14 | Arran Gannicott |
| 04:04 | Neil Shepherd |
| 04:27 | Jeremy Weston |
| 04:31 | Andrew Howett |
| 06:27 | Russell Carson |
| 06:33 | Martin Neil Smith |
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