2023 awards
Star guest at awards evening
Photo: © Chris Allen
2023 ERC Award Winners
1. Time Trials
1.1. Club TT Championship Cup
(Best 5 results from Tour of the Meldons, Ian McCulloch Memorial, SC 10 TT Championship, CTT Scotland 10 TT Championship, SC 25 TT Championship, CTT Scotland 25 TT Championship, SC 50 TT Championship, SC Olympic TT Championship)
No qualifier
1.2. Club Best All-Rounder Cup/Shield 1934 (Any open 50 & 100 & 12hr)
No qualifier
1.3. Short Distance BAR Mair Memorial Shield (Any open 25, 50, 100)
No qualifier
1.4. Alexander Cup 1926 (Any open 10 & 25)
Sandy Waller
1.5. Fifty Cup 1929 (Any open 50)
Basil Monks
1.6. Ladies' TT Championship Cup 1934
(Best 5 results from Tour of the Meldons, Ian McCulloch Memorial, SC 10 TT Championship, CTT Scotland 10 TT Championship, SC 25 TT Championship, CTT Scotland 25 TT Championship, SC 50 TT Championship, SC Olympic TT Championship)
No qualifier
1.7. Men's Hill Climb Competition Calum Maclean Trophy 2007
Cameron Ritchie
Ladies' Hill Climb Championship Cup
No qualifier
1.8a. Meldons Trophy Jim Wight Memorial Trophy (Open Award)
John Archibald (HUUB Wattshop) - 46:39 (Course shortened to 22.2 miles)
1.8b. ERC Tour of the Meldons Ladies Cup (Open Award)
Jennifer George (HUUB Wattshop) - 55:13
1.9. Murdoch Trophy (Fastest team in Meldons MTT)
GTR - Return To Life p/b Streamline (Chris Smart, Marc Anderson, Ray Wilson; 2:25:35)
1.10. Ian McCulloch 10 Cup (Club Confined TT)
Sandy Waller
1.11. Best Vet Time Trial Performances Cup 1937 (Any open 10, 25 & 50)
Graham Jones
2. Saltire 10 TT Series
2.1. George Pennel Trophy (3 Best Performances) - Sandy Waller (ERC)
2.4. Saltire 10 Points Competition
MacRae Cup Overall winner - Alasdair Easton (ERC)
Adult men - Sandy Waller (ERC), Road bike - no qualifiers
Adult women - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Junior men - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Junior women - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Youth A boy - Alasdair Easton (ERC), Road bike - no qualifiers
Youth A girl - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Youth B boy - Hamish Mayes (ERC), Road bike - no qualifiers
Youth B girl - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Vet 40+ men - Ross Taylor (ERC), Road bike - no qualifiers
Vet 40+ women - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Vet 50+ men - Steve Canney (ERC), Road bike - no qualifiers
Vet 50+ women - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Vet 60+ men - no qualifiers, Road bike - no qualifiers
Vet 60+ women - Liz Ball (Valley Striders Cycling Club), Road bike - no qualifiers
3. Road Racing
3.1. Senior RR Championship Cup 1963 (Most points/placings gained)
Alan Dean
3.2 Ladies' RR Championship Cup (Most points/placings gained)
Kirstin Macdonald
3.3. Vets RR Competition Certificate (Best placings throughout the season)
Men & Women - Juli Rourke
3.4. Junior RR Championship Shield (Most points/placings throughout the season)
No qualifier
3.5 Eastern Promise Lantern (Highest placed ERC rider in Eastern Promise RR)
Not held
3.6 Lothian Flyer Cup (Open Award - Lothian Flyer RR, Stobo)
Not held
3.7 Pippa Handley Trophy (Round 2 of the Scotia Women's Road Race Series)
Beth Maciver (Alba Development Road Team)
3.8 Ben Forsyth Trophy (Winner of U16 boy's circuit race)
Jamie Sweeney (ERC)
4. Off-Road including Mountain Bike, Cyclo-Cross & Gravel
4.1 Best Overall MTB Performance (2010)
Under consultation
4.2 MTB Volunteer Award (2011)
Sean Doak
4.3 Cyclo-Cross Award
Roslynn Newman
5. Triathlon and Other Awards
5.1. First Year Rider's Cup Jocky Allen Cup 1979 (Committee decision)
Clement Li
5.2. Club Volunteer Cup (Committee decision)
Hugh Thomas
5.3. SCU/STA/BCF National Medallists Roll of Achievement Certificates
Notable performances recorded by ERC members
Qualifying results:
• Top 10 in British Championships or league
• Medal in Scottish Championships or Scottish league/series
• British, Scottish, or ESCA record
• East of Scotland champion
• Selection for a Scottish team
• Any other achievement considered worthy of inclusion by the Club committee.
5.4. Duathlon Award Shield
(Best performance at International, National, or Domestic events in that order of precedence in a two-discipline event)
Sasha Bagley - East Fortune Duathlon
5.5. Triathlon Award Shield
(Best performance at International, National, or Domestic events in that order of precedence)
Penny Rother - Two World Championship bronze medals
5.6. Duathlon & Triathlon Handicap - Trophy "Davie's Rock
Sandy Cavanagh - Completed 17 events
5.6. Randonneur Awards (Events and distance award)
Men's Champion Trophy
Ken Russell
Women's Champion
Juli Rourke
5.7. Track Awards
Men's Champion Cup
No qualifiers
Women's Champion Cup
Kirsty Johnson
5.8. Jack Murdoch Cup for strength of character (Committee decision)
Sandra Murdoch
6. Other Schoolboy, Youth & Junior Awards
6.1. Schoolboy/girl Most Meritorious Performance Trophy
Elliot Speedie (Gold in Individual pursuit, as a 1st year U16)
6.2. Schoolperson BAR (best two 10m TTs)
Alasdair Easton 22:27 & 22:21 (26.786 mph)
6.3. Junior BAR (Any open 25 & 50)
No qualifiers
6.4. Youth Boys' Champion - Struan Shaw
6.5. Youth Girls' Champion - Anna Birrell
Youth 'B' Champion Boy - Andrew Levinson
Youth 'B' Champion Girl - Kasey Park
Combined champions (Dirt crit, Road crit & CX)
YoB
2018: Boy - Theo Szadurski, Girl - no qualifier
2017: Boy - James Kemp, Girl - Osezefe Akhidenor
2016: Boy - Eric Watson, Girl - Esmeralda Sirey
2015: Boy - Finn Revell, Girl - Victoria Faraday
2014: Boy - Arran Hooker, Girl - Isla Coutts
2013: Boy - Alex Faraday, Girl - no qualifier
2012: Boy - Niall Gallagher, Girl - Isobel Wood
2011: Boy - Oscar Tanski, Girl - no qualifier
Rider Improvement - Lucy Sweeney
Enthusiasm Awards (sessions attended)
Go-Ride South: Eilidh Adam (29)
Go-Ride North: Owen Williams (28)
MTB+: Zack Szadurski (28)
Youth Triathlon - No qualifier
GB Foundation programme For those ERC riders selected
Anna Birrell (track), Struan Shaw (road), Elliot Speedie (road), Jamie Sweeney (road)