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The Edinburgh to Glasgow Road Relay

The Edinburgh to Glasgow Road relay was first run on the 26th April 1930. The race immediately became the premier club road race of the year consisting of 8 stages from Edinburgh to Glasgow following mainly the A8. It was last run on the 24th November 2002. After that a decision was taken to stop the race due to increasing traffic problems.

In the 1930s the race was run in April and when it was revived after the War in 1949 the first race was held in April and a second one in November where it remained for the rest of its time.

The 1937 Programme was inherited by Hugh Barrow from Andy Forbes and shows that a 4th place medal was presented as well as the first three and a most meritorious medal. This 4th place medal was discontinued in 1967.

In 2003 there was one last attempt to continue the relay race on a route from Edinburgh to Falkirk but that had many of the same problems and was discontinued. The programme is can be found here and the results are given here.

An interesting commentary on the Edinburgh to Glasgow races can be found at Brian McAusland's site with as he calls is a miscellany of facts about the race.

In 2018 Alex Jackson started to trace the existing race reports & videos. They can be found on this page.

Results

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2000 2001 2002              
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
                 Apr49 Nov49
1930 1931 No Race Aug 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1930a 1931a   Apr 1933a            

Results Summary

Team Table

Team Analysis

Programmes

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1999-2000
2002-3
            
1996-7
1980-1
1982-3
1983-4
1984-5
1987-8
1976-7
1977-8
1930
1931
No Race
1933
1935

Reports

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2000 2001 2002              
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955|CW 1956|CW 1957|CW 1958 1959
                 Apr49 Nov49
1930 1931 No Race Apr 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
      Aug 1933            

Videos

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2000 2001 2002              
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
                 Apr49 Nov49
1930 1931 No Race 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

 

What is missing?

London to Brighton Relay

1962-3
1963-4
1964-5
1965-6
1966-7
1967-8
1968-9
1947-8
1948-9
1929-30
1930-1
1931-2
1932-3
1933-4
1934-5
1935-6
1936-7
1937-8
1938-9