An exceptional turnout – of sailors, plus a few cyclists, for the hill climb. A fleet of 18 took on the climb up Ballyregan's 1.4 mile climb on a bright still evening. Nearly everyone went faster than they thought they would but only Nathan McLeer broke 6 minutes, winning in 5:58. Here are the full results: POSITION NAME TIME 1… Read more »
KirkistownA record field of 60 riders took part in the final Kirkistown race of the season. Once again the weather was kind, with sunny but breezy conditions. A large group of club riders set off a lap up on the other two groups, but without proper organisation the group fragmented quite early on and was closed down by the chasing… Read more »
POSITION NAME 1 Martin Irvine Curran 2 Paul Ferguson NDCC 1st NDCC 3 Neil McKenna East Antrim 4 Deccy McMackin NDCC 2nd NDCC 5 Paul Robinson Ards 6 Ronnie Smith Dromara 7 Alan Lavery Curran 8 Matty Blayney NDCC 3rd NDCC 9 Michael Hamilton NDCC 4th NDCC 10 Noel Boyce NDCC 5th NDCC 11 Gary Davidson NDCC 6th NDCC 12… Read more »
Northern Ireland Road Race Championships It was a cold damp morning that heralded the start of August for the North Down road racers. However it was also the day of the Northern Ireland road race championships so there was work to be done. Myself – William Barclay, Paul Ferguson, Noel "skipper" Boyce, Richard McCullough and Matthew Blayney took our places in our home… Read more »
POSITION NAME TIME 1 Noel Munnis 00:24:37 2 Ian Ingles 00:25:02 3 William Brown 00:25:38 4 Roger Doherty 00:25:41 5 Mark Coyle 00:26:11 6 Gary Swenarton 00:26:22 7 Micky Forbes 00:26:49 8 Gordon Paul 00:27:14 9 Austin McNally 00:28:09 10 Andy Young 00:28:15 11 Garth Maxwell 00:28:39 12 Johnny Webb 00:29:51 13 Stephen Morgan 00:30:18 14 Garth Beattie 00:30:41 15… Read more »
Nathan selected for UK School Games For the first time ever, cycling will be part of the UK School Games this year and Saint Columbanus pupil, Nathan McLeer has been selected as part of the Northern Ireland cycling team. The event will take place in September on Cardiff’s indoor velodrome, where the British team prepared for the Beijing Olympics. This… Read more »