POSITION NAME TIME Standard 1 D McMackin 13:46 2 P Swenarton 14:29 3 L Curran 14:32 4 K Millar 15:06 5 J Hunter 15:19 6 N Wilson 15:26 7 N Boyce 16:30 ( Novice Gold Standard ) 8 O Parkes 16:35 ( Novice Gold Standard ) 9 G Swenarton 16:36 10 P Downie… Read more »
SIMMONS SHOWS EARLY FORM North Down's Tommy Simmons came close last weekend to snatching the club's first win of the season. At the Sean McGreevy Memorial race held on the hilly Dromore circuit, Simmons and Peter McConville (Newry Wheelers ) broke away to take a commanding four minute lead over the rest of the pack but in the uphill finish… Read more »
GAMES CYCLISTS RETURN WITH GOOD FORM A week after contributing to an excellent team performance at the Commonwealth Games, several riders were back in action at last Saturday's big race ,t he Tour of Ards, a 100km circuit of the Ards peninsula organised by Ards CC and supported by Biznet Solutions. A field of around 100 riders rolled out in… Read more »
NORTHERN IRELAND CYCLISTS BEST OF BRITISH As the inquest continues into Northern Ireland's poorest performance in decades at the Commonwealth Games, the cycling team, while winning no medals, can take heart from the fact that in the two major road events, the time trial and the road race, they outperformed riders from the other Home Nations.
CYCLISTS JUST OUTSIDE THE MEDALS It has often been said that the worst finishing position in a major championship is fourth place, the reasoning being that the records will only show the medal winners and, as for the rest, finishing fourth is not much better than finishing twentieth. This is rather an ungracious attitude and , in the case of… Read more »
NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS STARTING TO SHOW FORM After a quiet and unadventurous start to the season, North Down riders are beginning to show a bit of form both on the road and cross country. At last weekend’s Surgenor Cup at Randalstown Paul Ferguson, one of the club’s most consistent riders of recent seasons, took ninth place in a race won… Read more »