THE END IS NIGH FOR CYCLISTS Early September, traditionally, marks the end of the cycling season, at least as far as road racing is concerned. North Down Cycling Club's final events of the calendar were last week's 5 mile club time trial and Saturday's open race run off at a new circuit around Ballygowan, Raffrey and Balloo.
POSITION NAME TIME 1 P Swenarton (1.10 & 1.23) 1.16 2 B Marshall (1.19 & 1.29) 1.24 3 C Swenarton (1.19 &1.31) 1.25 4 G Swenarton (1.22 & 1.33) 1.27 5 R Moreland (1.23 & 1.33) 1.28 E Blayney (1.22 & 1.34) 1.28 7 M Coyle (1.22 & 1.37) 1.29 8 C Andrews (1.28 & 1.34) 1.31 9 M… Read more »
Wednesday night's 24 mile club road race was the third and last in the club calendar for this season and, like the previous two, it was blessed by decent weather. The race was split into two groups with the first group getting a six minute start over the scratch group. The first group, as in previous races, contained a mixture… Read more »
IRISH AND ULSTER MEDALS FOR NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS As has frequently been the case over the last two seasons, North Down's most successful cyclists have emerged from the club's youth riders. Last weekend, at the Irish Youth championships in Laois, North Down's Stuart Henry and Rachel Mitchell maintained their excellent record of success in major championships. In Saturday's time trial… Read more »
POSITION NAME TIME Standard 1 P Swenarton 25.52 2 N Wilson 28.21 3 G Swenarton 29.14 4 O Parkes 29.28 5 G Jordan 30.29 6 G Paul 30.38 7 E Blayney 30.47 8 M Hodgins 31.50 9 C Andrews 32.18 10 M Geddis 32.18 11 C Swenarton 32.46 … Read more »
POSITION NAME TIME 1 P Swenarton 1.10 and 1.24 1.17 2 P Ferguson 1.15 and 1.26 1.20 3 E Blayney 1.20 and 1.32 Espoir gold 1.26 O Parkes 1.19 and 1.34 Espoir gold 1.26 5 C Swenarton 1.19 and 1.36 Espoir gold 1.27 G Swenarton 1.22 and 1.33 1.27 7 C Andrews 1.22 and 1.34 Espoir gold 1.28… Read more »