Photo Credit : Andrew Leinster The sand dunes of Irvine are calling, as with less than six months to go until the start of the 2024/25 cyclocross season, the SCX Series has been unveiled. After listening to feedback from the cyclocross community, the Scottish Cyclocross Association (SCX) present an exciting series calendar, a mix of old and new venues, with a good geographical and date spread. As was the case in 2023, Kinneil CX will get the season underway, the fast woodland venue just outside Falkirk well known to produce some close fought racing. Scheduled for Sunday 22nd September, there ..read more

The AGM was held on Sunday 10th March using Zoom. There was a lot of information shared with the meeting including the feedback from the recent survey. The conversation was flowing and the meeting ran on past its scheduled time to allow everyone to have their say. We recorded the meeting in full and this together with copies of the slides used can be found on the AGM 2024 page. The new committee now have the job of absorbing all the feedback and doing it all again for next season! #crossiscoming ..read more

If you haven't done so already please remember to sign up to attend the SCX AGM. It's taking place this week, 7pm on Sunday 10th March to be precise, and it's on Zoom so you don't need to travel anywhere. We're going to get through the formal AGM stuff quickly and then spend the majority of the meeting dealing with the really important stuff: 2023 Season review Volunteering Race Calendar Organiser Presentation Under 12's racing Social Media There will be loads of chance to be involved in discussion and help shape the future of CX in Scotland. So come along and have your say! To ..read more

Strathallan Castle Cyclocross (CX) returns for a second edition on Sunday 3rd March 2024.  Last year Norman and Kirsty Ellis, took their first venture into cycling event organising. With a lot of support from friends, colleagues and local businesses they pulled off a successful event where over 200 participants took to the fields at Strathallan Castle to race laps through mud, grass and dirt. There was racing for all abilities and age groups, the youngest rider was 5 and the oldest was 73. People travelled from all over the country to participate from the far north of Scotland and the No ..read more

The Scottish Cyclocross Association invites anyone with an interest in the Scottish Cyclocross scene to join our virtual Annual General Meeting on Sunday 10th March 2024 at 7pm (via Zoom - sign up at Eventbrite here). As in recent years, we will be holding the AGM on Zoom to allow more riders to attend. We will be discussing how the past season went, what worked and what didn’t, so this is your chance to help shape next season. The AGM is open to anyone with an interest in Cyclocross in Scotland. If you would like to propose an item for discussion at the AGM please email it to the current sec ..read more

Don’t miss out, get your entries in NOW! We’ve got some brilliant races fast approaching and we are worried that you might miss out. So don’t delay and get your entries in today. CDCX, Castle Douglas – Sunday 19th November. Guaranteed a fantastic course, hopefully with some epic mud! Closing date is Tuesday 14th November at 23:55. SCX Series 2023: Round 5 (CDCX) Events - British Cycling Scottish National Cyclo-cross championships – Sunday 26th November. We’re heading back to Knockburn Loch, Aberdeenshire, the venue of several brilliant races over the years. Closing date is Sunday 12th Novembe ..read more

As the Scottish CX series for 2023 rapidly approaches, with Round 1 at Kinneil Estate on 17th September, we provide further details on some essential elements for your race day. Race Day Timetables Throughout the series, we aim to create a relatively standardised race day timetable. This means that all Scottish CX series races offer the same categories (matching those set by British Cycling / Scottish Cycling) and for Youth races and above, these will be in the same order. Note though, that some races do have specific requirements which mean that race start times may be adjusted slightly and ..read more

The Venue for the 2023 SCX Series opener has been confirmed as Kinneil Estate. The venue made its debut in the series last year and provided a fantastic days racing. We look forward to seeing you there to start the series with a bang! #crossiscoming ..read more

John McComisky updates on the latest addition to the Scottish CX calendar. Greener Kirkcaldy’s first-ever Community Cyclocross race, at Dunnikier Park on Sunday 6th August, is shaping up to be a great event. Tickets are on sale now for the race and we’re making the finishing touches to an exciting 2.5 km course. The course winds and swoops around a predominantly short grass, heathland and gravel parcours. There are plenty of switchbacks and adverse camber. There’s also a fair bit of climbing, which will challenge raw novices and seasoned cross aficionados alike. The event is limited to 100 com ..read more

As this year’s season draws to a close, thoughts have already turned to next year and we’ve been talking to the organisers of the Super Quaich about how we can make next season even better! What do you think about the race calendar? What do you think about the Super Quaich format? Now is the chance to share your thoughts. Please take 5 minutes to fill in this survey. The survey will close at 9pm on Saturday 11th March and results will be shared at the AGM where the discussion will continue - please do attend - you can sign-up here! And as reminder - the window for nomintations for the SCX Com ..read more