Club News: Edinburgh Road Club Youth Squad 2025

In their centenary year, Edinburgh Road Club (Scotland) is proud to launch their new youth squad for 2025

Club News: Edinburgh Road Club Youth Squad 2025

In our centenary year, Edinburgh Road Club is proud to launch our new youth squad for 2025.

The ERC Goodson Race Team is a core part of the club’s objective to provide competitive, recreational, and social activities for younger riders in connection with cycling, and is run by volunteers with the aim of developing Scottish riders between the ages of 12 and 16 to reach their potential at Scottish and British levels, and prepare them for junior racing and beyond.

Last year saw the team win 10 Scottish Championship titles on the road and track at Youth A (Under 16) and Youth B (Under 14) level, as well as several races at British level, and 3 riders selected to represent Scotland at the School Games. In addition, for the second year in a row, one of the team’s riders was selected for the British Cycling Men’s Endurance Olympic Development Squad.

The team’s headline sponsor is once again Goodson Associates, who are now in their 7th year of support for the team. With offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, the civil and structural engineering consulting firm provides design services to the construction industry and has built a reputation for delivering a first-class service for all commissions, regardless of scale. The team is also delighted to welcome back sponsor SCI Print. Owned by Ian McArthur and Craig Smillie, the company are suppliers of print, election materials, poll cards, postal votes, ballot papers, canvass forms and direct mail to local authorities throughout England & Scotland. OTE Sport, known for their award-winning sports nutrition products, are on-board for a second year to ensure our riders are properly fuelled for their races. The team’s top quality and distinctive red race kit is again provided by Endura, who were founded and based in Scotland.

RIDERS
This year’s team comprises 12 riders across the Youth A and Youth B categories – 5 girls and 7 boys – who will be representing the club racing track, road, time trials and hill climbs in the Scottish and British Series.

Youth A (Under 16)

Kasey Park moves into her final year with the team on the back of a strong 2024. As a first year Youth A, Kasey represented Scotland in the School Games last year where her team took bronze in the Team Pursuit. She was also on the podium in the Scottish Circuit Championships as well as picking up 5 Scottish Track Championship medals.

Joining Kasey in the Youth As are Izzy Barbour and Lucy Sweeney, who both move up after successful seasons in Youth B last year. Izzy also won 5 Scottish Track Championship medals in 2024 and qualified for the finals of the British Youth Omnium. Lucy took podiums in both the Scottish Circuit Championships and Circuit Series last year, and also qualified for the finals of the British Youth Omnium.

In the Open category, Hamish Mayes enters his final year with the team having won the Scottish National Youth Hill Climb Championship in 2024 as a first year Youth A. Second year Duncan Hind joined the team in late 2024, new to racing, and with a winter of training under his belt we look forward to seeing what he achieves this year.

Hamish and Duncan are joined in the Youth As this year by Andrew Levinson, Micah Myles and Tymek Chmielowksi, who all raced for the team last year in Youth B with much success. Andrew won the Scottish Youth B Circuit Championship and Circuit Series last year, as well as four Scottish Track titles and finished 5th in the British Circuit Series.

Micah won two silver medals at the Scottish Track Championships as well as finishing 6th in the British Omnium Final, and ended off the year by setting a new Scottish Youth B Flying 200m TT national record. Tymek also competes as a triathlete as well as just on the bike, and took 4th in the Tristar 3 (U14) Open category at the 2024 Scottish Triathlon Championships.

Youth B (Under 14)

Sarah McCormac and Aarna Dhokia return for their second seasons with the team, looking to build on their solid performances as first year Youth Bs in 2024. We’re excited to also have 2 new members of the team in the Youth B category: Danny Farrell and James Park.

Both boys have moved up to the Race Team this year having attended the club’s Go Ride sessions and represented Edinburgh RC in the lower age categories, and we are looking forward to watching them develop over the next 4 years. Team Manager James Park said: “We’re excited to launch the ERC Goodson Race Team for 2025 and would like to thank all of our sponsors who help keep the team running with their continued support.

“As in previous seasons, we have a great mix of experienced riders who’ve been with the team for a few years and have won Scottish titles and British races, as well as new some younger riders that want to develop as racers. “Most importantly, we want our riders to enjoy their cycling through a mix of coaching, team rides and team socials.”

You can follow the team on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/goodsonraceteam