STIFF TEST FOR NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS With the cycle racing season barely a month old the racing cyclists of North Down Cycling Club will face their first major challenge of the current campaign when they line up this Friday evening for the prologue time trial of the 2010 Tour of the North. Over the last few years this Easter stage… Read more »
McCREADIE SPRINTS FOR NORTH DOWN’S SECOND WIN The roads west of the Bann are proving to be a happy hunting ground for North Down Cycling Club’s racing team. Two weeks ago at Coalisland Rachel Mitchell took her first road win and Mark Irvine claimed second place in the B race. Last Saturday’s race, promoted by East Tyrone on a rolling… Read more »
NORTH DOWN’S NEW STARS SHINE The current cycling race season is only three weeks old but already North Down Cycling Club has two new names to add to its roster of successful riders following the P J Logan Cup races at Coalisland last Sunday. The encouraging aspect of these performances is that both riders, Rachel Mitchell and Mark Irvine are… Read more »
McCREADIE PICK OF THE BUNCH The second weekend of the 2010 racing season was centred on the Newry Wheelers’ promotion, the John Haldane Memorial which, because of road works, was moved away from the normal hilly circuit around Kilcoo to the dual carriageway between Newry and Warrenpoint. This turned out to be a mixed blessing for the six North Down… Read more »
STEADY START FOR NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS A few days ago the Meteorological Office announced that Northern Ireland had just experienced the coldest winter since 1963. Last weekend saw the first road races of the new season, Annaclone on Saturday and Nutt’s Corner on Sunday and the dry but bitterly cold weather was a reminder that the short-sleeved jerseys might remain… Read more »
CYCLISTS FRUSTRATED BY WEATHER Last week’s optimism about the demise of icy weather has proved to be premature. The final pre-season reliability trial, scheduled for last Sunday by Phoenix CC in Belfast, had to be cancelled when riders awoke to find a layer of snow covering the landscape. The prospects for the coming weekend don’t appear to be much better…. Read more »