Author Archives: North Down CC

2011 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships: While our road racers have been lashing round municipal parks in the mud and rain our very own Paul Swenarton has been basking in the glory of World Championship Competition. Representing both club and country at the world famous Manchester velodrome. The velodrome has a reputation for speed. By 30 March 2008, more… Read more »

Club AGM: Mon 11th Oct. was the club AGM which was held in a packed club house. It was good see such strong support for the club and it was literally standing room only. A new Committee was elected with most of the existing Committee being retained in post. Four new members were elected to bring the Committee to a… Read more »

The Basics: It’s been noted that on club rides some riders have been sailing a bit close to the wind with respect to their attire. It is appreciated that the club has grown exponentially in recent years and not all the members have spent most of their life chasing two wheeled excellence. We must respect that many of you have… Read more »

2012 – the Year of the Comeback? Back in 2008 the cycling world was rocked with the revelation that Lance Armstrong was to come out of retirement at the age of 37 to attempt an eight Tour de France title. What Lance hadn’t counted on however was that during his sabbatical the new breed of Tour specialists were coming into… Read more »

The Killermeter: Wed night was the last event of the season for the North Down “athletes” and it was closed with a bang. The 1 kilometre test of man’s ability to ignore intense pain and dizziness with total disregard for tactics, endurance or any sense of self preservation. An event so savage that it has been dropped by the Olympic… Read more »