Ben Forsyth C-R-Y Youth Race Day

24 March 2024

Photo: © Dai Williams

The 2024 version of the race was held in bright sunshine, which was sandwiched between two terribly windy, and wet days.

ERC's Elliot Speedie lifted the trophy, giving the promoting club the third consecutive win after Jamie Sweeney's double.

Ben Ben Forsyth Cup winner
2024 Ben Forsyth Cup winner Elliot Speedie, with Keith Forsyth


The event also raised funds for C-R-Y heart screening, please donate here https://www.justgiving.com/page/ben-forsyth-2024a.

YA Open


Pos No. Name Club
1 22 Elliot Speedie Edinburgh RC
2 1 Oliver Bain Deeside Thistle CC
3 13 Colin Johnston Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
4 2 Zach Barbour SteppingStanes Youth Cycling Club
5 8 Brodie Duncan West Lothian Clarion CC
6 15 Innes Long Deeside Thistle CC
7 3 Alex Box
8 5 Fraser Corfield Glasgow Riderz
9 18 Lee McQueen Falkirk Bicycle Club
10 11 Xander Graham SCOTT Pioneer DJ
11 17 Hamish Mayes Edinburgh RC
12 21 Ewan Sexton West Lothian Clarion CC
13 7 Arran Drackford Falkirk Junior Bike Club
14 12 Raphael Jacquemet-Ross West Lothian Clarion CC
15 24 Cailean Vorster West Lothian Clarion CC
16 20 Seth Overton Edinburgh RC
DNF 10 Rurik Gowland Deeside Thistle CC
DNF 23 Eric Till Discovery Junior Cycling Club
DNF 9 Fraser Gemmell West Lothian Clarion CC
DNF 19 Murdo Morrison
YB Open


Pos No. Name Club
1 37 Andrew Levinson Edinburgh RC
2 44 Josh Stewart SteppingStanes Youth Cycling Club
3 42 Micah Myles Edinburgh RC
4 43 Henry Sharp Kelso Wheelers
5 41 Gregor McNaught Glasgow Riderz
6 35 Tymek Chmielowski Edinburgh RC
7 38 Thomas MacLeod Stirling Bike Club
8 34 Callum Atkinson Discovery Junior Cycling Club
9 36 Nicholas Cutler East Kilbride Road Club
10 45 Cillian Sweeney Discovery Junior Cycling Club
11 39 Ethan McCallum
YA Female


Pos No. Name Club
1 33 Melanie Rowe Deeside Thistle CC
2 28 Eve Fairbairn Discovery Junior Cycling Club
3 30 Ava Luce Deeside Thistle CC
4 26 Emma Campbell Deeside Thistle CC
5 32 Kasey Park Edinburgh RC
6 31 Eva Murphy Deeside Thistle CC
7 27 Abigail Chaplin Discovery Junior Cycling Club
8 29 Eilish Gaffney Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
DNS 25 Tess Byrne West Lothian Clarion CC
YB Female


Pos No. Name Club
1 51 Zara Main Deeside Thistle CC
2 48 Millie Boothman Glasgow Riderz
3 46 Izzy Barbour SteppingStanes Youth Cycling Club
4 54 Lucy Sweeney Edinburgh RC
5 53 Freyja Shackley Glasgow Riderz
6 52 Rebecca Marsh Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
7 50 Aarna Dhokia West Lothian Clarion CC
8 49 Eilidh Boyle Royal Albert CC
9 47 Ishbel Bennett Stirling Bike Club
Youth C (U12)






Final (Open)
Combined TT
SS Crit
Pos Name Club Points
Time Pts Pts Pts
1 Cobey Stewart SteppingStanes Youth CC 106
1:38.58 40 26 40
2 Alexander Mullen West Lothian Clarion CC 105
1:38.98 39 27 39
3 Angus Dowens West Lothian Clarion CC 100
1:39.68 38 25 37
4 Alasdair Ogg Johnstone Wheelers CC 99
1:45.79 37 24 38
5 Matthew Moran Ythan CC 93
1:47.49 36 21 36
6 Ethan Kidd
91
1:48.11 35 21 35
7 Dara Levinson Edinburgh RC 86
1:49.78 34 18 34
8 Alan Marshall Royal Albert CC 83
1:54.82 28 23 32
9 Calum Campbell Deeside Thistle CC 79
1:50.58 33 15 31
10 Jacob Lindsay Royal Albert CC 77
1:55.57 26 18 33
11 Cody McPeake Falkirk Junior Bike Club 74
1:51.38 30 15 29
12 Alex Faraday Edinburgh RC 74
1:51.34 31 15 28
13 Evan Howson
72
1:51.27 32 15 25
14 Freddie Ball Deeside Thistle CC 72
1:55.01 27 15 30
15 Espen Hull-Bailey Ythan CC 71
1:52.85 29 18 24
16 Finn Power
65
1:56.23 23 15 27
17 JJ Park Edinburgh RC 63
1:55.82 25 15 23
18 Murray Rae Ythan CC 62
1:59.66 21 22 19
19 Jack Tapia Royal Albert CC 61
2:00.18 20 15 26
20 Charlie McCann Royal Albert CC 59
1:58.43 22 15 22
21 Sam Murray Falkirk Junior Bike Club 59
1:55.88 24 15 20
22 Fergus Treger Discovery Junior CC 53
2:04.08 17 15 21
23 Lukas Soffert
50
2:03.43 18 15 17
24 Joshua Hanlon
49
2:07.37 16 15 18
25 Rhys Scott Deeside Thistle CC 49
2:00.44 19 15 15
26 Fletcher Oliphant
46
2:08.29 15 15 16
DNS Josh Sharp






* Tie break settled using crit result





Youth C (U12)






Final (Female)

Combined TT
SS Crit
Pos Name Club Points
Time Pts Pts Pts
1 Eilidh Scally Johnstone Wheelers CC 90
1:44.89 40 11 39
2 Boo Williams Royal Albert CC 89
1:45.10 39 10 40
3 Isabella Smith Ythan CC 84
1:59.65 37 9 38
4 Abbie Boyle Royal Albert CC 82
1:58.06 38 7 37
5 Lilly Wright Falkirk Junior Bike Club 80
2:00.37 36 8 36
6 Rose Martin Falkirk Junior Bike Club 75
2:05.68 35 6 34
7 Caitlin Birch Royal Albert CC 71
2:09.48 34 4 33
8 Cara Drackford Falkirk Junior Bike Club 69
2:14.63 32 2 35
9 Emma Macnamara Deeside Thistle CC 69
2:09.61 33 5 31
10 Alesha Cooper Johnstone Wheelers CC 65
2:23.71 30 3 32
11 Isobel Wood Edinburgh RC 64
2:15.03 31 3 30
* Tie break settled using crit result





Youth D (U10)






Final (Open)
Combined TT
SS Crit
Pos No. Name Club Points
Time Pts Pts Pts
*1 16 Rhuari Toole Johnstone Wheelers CC 94
01:51 40 14 40
2 10 Euan McDonald Stirling Bike Club 94
01:53 39 16 39
3 15 Mitch Stewart SteppingStanes Youth CC 88
01:55 37 13 38
4 12 Magnus Ogg Johnstone Wheelers CC 81
02:07 33 11 37
6 6 Arran Hooker Edinburgh RC 79
02:10 31 13 35
5 13 Zach Paterson Royal Albert CC 78
02:01 36 6 36
7 1 Keir Campbell Stirling Bike Club 77
02:05 35 8 34
8 5 Finlay Good Royal Albert CC 76
02:05 34 9 33
9 2 Callum Dinwoodie Edinburgh RC 69
02:07 32 5 32
10 3 Lucas Edwards Royal Albert CC 69
02:24 29 10 30
11 7 Joseph Keba
61
02:38 27 3 31
12 8 Arran Lannigan Royal Albert CC 61
02:28 28 4 29
13 11 Hamish Morton Royal Albert CC 56
02:39 26 2 28
14 9 Teo Luszkiewicz-Kirsz Edinburgh RC 53
01:55 38 15 0
15 4 Finlay Elder
37
02:21 30 7 0
DNS
Daniel Rice






* Tie break settled using crit result





Youth D (U10)






Final (Female)
Combined TT
SS Crit
Pos No. Name Club Points
Time Pts Pts Pts
1 24 Isla Sim Johnstone Wheelers CC 88
01:59 40 9 39
2 26 Aila Till Discovery Junior CC 86
02:02 38 10 38
3 21 Zoe Martin Royal Albert CC 83
02:02 37 6 40
4 18 Lucy Dixon Falkirk Junior Bike Club 83
02:02 39 7 37
5 25 Gemma Tattersall Falkirk Junior Bike Club 79
02:06 36 8 35
6 20 Amy Marshall Royal Albert CC 73
02:09 35 5 33
7 17 Flora Addis Stirling Bike Club 71
02:13 34 3 34
8 23 Isla Patterson
71
02:15 33 2 36
9 22 Imogen McCallum
68
02:21 32 4 32
10 19 Iona Macpherson Johnstone Wheelers CC 63
02:21 31 1 31
* Tie break settled using crit result





Youth E (U8)






Overall (Open)
Combined TT
SS Crit
Pos No. Name Club Points
Time Pts Pts Pts
1 28 Theo Begg Royal Albert CC 97
02:04 40 19 38
2 38 Corey Mill
94
02:11 38 17 39
3 37 Cameron Lynch
93
02:25 37 19 37
3= 32 Ben Durkin Discovery Junior CC 88
02:09 39 9 40
5 35 Neal Kemp Edinburgh RC 88
02:27 35 17 36
6 36 Lewis King Falkirk Junior Bike Club 81
02:26 36 11 34
7 41 Olly Richardson
81
02:33 34 15 32
9 27 Archie Addis Stirling Bike Club 79
02:35 33 15 31
8 42 Matthew Rogers
79
02:41 31 13 35
10 29 Harrison Bremner Deeside Thistle CC 73
02:36 32 11 30
11 45 Luke Turner Johnstone Wheelers CC 71
03:08 29 9 33
12 44 Finn Shields
69
03:01 30 10 29
13 33 Archie Elder
68
03:09 27 13 28
14 40 Grayson Reilly
60
03:09 28 7 25
15 30 Noah Campbell Almeida
58
03:31 24 7 27
16 31 Matteo Clark
57
03:14 26 5 26
17 39 Izaak Oliphant
52
03:18 25 3 24
18 34 Harris Gibson Osprey
51
04:09 23 5 23
19 43 Oscar Shields
23


1 22
3= Ben missed out on the street sprint finals, having won his heat, so was awarded 3=.
* Tie break settled using crit result
Youth E (U8)






Overall (Open)
Combined TT
SS Crit
Pos No. Name
Points
Time Pts Pts Pts
1 54 Esmeralda Sirey Edinburgh RC 89
02:22 40 9 40
2 50 Jessica McDonald Stirling Bike Club 86
02:38 39 8 39
3 48 Darcey Good Royal Albert CC 83
02:44 38 7 38
4 52 Emilia Reilly
78
03:00 36 5 37
5 46 Roslyn Birch Royal Albert CC 78
02:54 37 6 35
6 53 Ellie Sim
73
04:46 33 4 36
7 49 Lucy Macnamara Deeside Thistle CC 72
03:41 35 3 34
8 51 Eden Power
69
04:26 34 2 33
DNS 47 Isla Faichen Royal Albert CC