Scottish Madison Championships
Dan Cutler and Sam Barbour riding in the colours of Cycling Sheffield claimed the Scottish national madison title on Sunday evening.
The race started in chaotic with Brodie Duncan and Fraser Gemmell taking the opening sprint. Three successive sprint wins for Barbour and Cutler would build their lead.
However, it would not be long before the slightly more senior team of Alex Ball and Liam Scott Douglas, riding in Edinburgh Bike Fitting kit, would enter contention. Two victories in sprints four and five would leave them close on the Cutler/Barbour coattails.
A crash from Ball would lead to a suspension in proceedings for track maintenance. He would remain relatively unharmed, coming back into the racing.
Lap gains from Ball/Scott Douglas, Cutler/Barbour and the ineligible duo of McKeegan/Sevastopulo would seal up the top three positions – with the Edinburgh Bike Fitting team winning the final sprint but not doing enough to draw level with the leaders in the Cycling Sheffield kit.
The battle for bronze was fraught with Ahron Dick and Jamie Sweeney (Beeston CC) winning out on countback as a product of their four points in the final sprint – dethroning Duncan and Gemmell from the medal positions.
British Kilometre Championships
Female
Ellie Stone (Glasgow Track RC) set a new Scottish record with a 1.06.750 on her way to take the British title at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The Scottish sprinter launched her effort with an opening lap of 19.6 seconds and managed to carry that momentum through the final three tours of the Glasgow track to take the British title.
Rhian Edmunds (Wales Racing Academy) would be the only rider within a second of Stone – her 1:07.400 was enough for silver, with Georgette Rand (Veloclub Lincoln) taking the bronze medal with a 1:07.861.
Open
Archie Gill (GB Cycling Team) set the early pace with an excellent time of 1:01.574 – with his opening lap of 18.4 seconds.
With three riders remaining Fife’s Ross Birrell produced a special ride of 1:01.552 to take the lead and guarantee himself at least a medal – and gain an all-important Glasgow 2026 Team Scotland Commonwealth Games standard.
Niall Monks’ 1:01.597 was enough to claim the third spot on the podium, provisionally, and the standard for the summer’s games.
Harvey McNaughton was the last man out and his strong ride wasn’t enough to dislodge the podium spots and confirmed Birrell’s first ever national title.
Lloyds National Track Series
Female
Sunday’s Sprint qualifying opened with Ellie Stone producing another strong showing – a 10.8. The Aviemore rider started how she looked to carry on, making her way to the final in straight rides.
It would be an all-Glasgow Track Racing Club final as Maddie Silcock rode excellently in her semi-final against Kathryn Hinton to win two rides to nil. The second race saw the Scottish rider show tactical nous after she came from behind; dropping down the track with just over a lap to go to make the final.
Stone would take a two-nil victory over her teammate in the final, while in the bronze final Hinton would best Isobelle Bartholomew (Beeston CC).
Open
Anthony Young qualified fastest at his home round of the series with a 10.003 in the flying 200, and that would set the tone of the open sprint competition. The Scottish rider breezed to the final in straight rides before defeating Jonah Jenkins in the final
The all-Welsh semi-final went to the best of three rides between Ioan Hepburn and Jonah Jenkins. With Jenkins progressing through. Fellow Welsh teammate Harvey McNaughton won the bronze final to take third.
Joe Collett (Wales Racing Academy) claimed the victory in the B sprint beating Connor Williams-Thorpe. Glasgow Track RC’s Callum McNicol had qualified fastest and would later claim third place on the podium. Oscar Parker made it another win for the host club with victory in the C competition.