The Meadowbank Grand Prix will be held on the 9th and 10th June at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh after the threatened closure of the Meadowbank Velodrome was prevented by a partnership agreement between the City of Edinburgh Council and the officials of East of Scotland Track Promoters Association (ESTPA). …
Scottish Cycling Friday night track sessions at Meadowbank.
This season Richard Lord, Scottish Cycling East of Scotland Development Officer is taking on the co-ordination of the coaching for the youth development sessions, formally run by the Edinburgh Road Club Juniors . The first session will be this Friday (25th May) and will be conducted by Mark Young, British …
ESCA Pursuit Championships postponed
The organiser of the ESCA pursuit championships has confirmed that the event planned for this evening (18 May) has been cancelled due to the rain. A new date will be confirmed as soon as possible.
ESCA Sprint Championships rained off
The organiser of the ESCA sprint championships has confirmed that the event planned for this evening (11 May) has been cancelled due to the rain. A new date will be confirmed as soon as possible.
Meadowbank “Devil Masterclass” Session.
The elimination event,the devil take the hindmost has been a popular track meeting “filler event” for a 100 years. Every track rider has taken part in a devil, on the grass, on the big flat track squeezing in to the safety hedge as well as on the boards. From Bearsden …
Revised dates for ESCA Championship events
Allister Watson, organiser of the ESCA Track Championships, has advised of new dates for ESCA Track Championships following the cancellation of the first event in the series as a result of the unavailability of the velodrome due to council election counts being held at Meadowbank Stadium. The new dates are …
New Junior Women Flying Lap Record
Katie Archibald, Edinburgh Racers, has set a new ESCA and ESCA Allcomers Record for the 250m Flying lap. During Meadowbank Track League on 1 May 2012 Katie recorded a time of 17.94 seconds. The previous record stood since 1995 and was set by Gillean Carroll of Dunedin CC in a …
Season tickets now available
Want to save money on your track events? Want to save the hassle of having cash for track leagues? Want to make entering the major events at Meadowbank easier? Then the 2012 Season Ticket is for you!! Spreading the cost over 8 easy monthly installments an ‘Open’ season tickets is …
Can you help track cycling in Edinburgh?
Following on from ESTPA taking on the management and operation of Meadowbank velodrome, the track surface has been really well maintained by Tosh Scott, but the buildings are in a state of neglect after quite a few years of the velodrome operating on an “essential maintenance basis” In short they …
Meadowbank BC Youth Omnium Series rescued
The velodrome is hosting the former ERC Northern leg of the Youth Omnium series and probably the Dundee event that was due to be held the same week end 12th and 13th of May. The Dundee promoters, John Bremner and Martin Harris are being hero’s and rescuing the event after …