Solid performances at National Championships On Sunday 20th a contingent of North Downs off road riders made the trip to Killruddery Estate in Bray Co Wicklow to contest the Irish National Mountain Bike Championships. These included Paul Ferguson and William Barclay competing in the ‘Masters’ category, Matty Blaney in the ‘Experts,’ Sam Craig in the ‘Vets’ and Chris Cameron in… Read more »
Giant Step For Stuart Young North Down cyclist Stuart Henry has been offered a fantastic opportunity this summer to taste the big time of continental racing. Thanks to the efforts of Belgian national Dany Blondeel, who now lives in Newtownards, Stuart has been signed up by the junior squad of the Lotto Racing Team to race for them in July… Read more »
Road Race League Heats Up (Despite The Weather) Last Wednesday night a field of 17 riders including some top end visitors contested the road race on the Springwell / Stockbridge road circuit. The 9 member limit group was given 1 minute per lap on the 8 scratch riders in the 5 lap race. The quality of this group, including… Read more »
Road Race on the Springwell / Stockbridge road circuit 1 Fraser Duncan 1:13:202 Mark Kane st3 Neil McKenna @1:254 James McMaster st5 William Barclay st6 Nathan McLeer @1:297 Noel Boyce @3:568 Darren McKee @4:169 Mark Hodgins @4:28 Last night a field of 17 riders including some top end visitors conrested the road race on the Springwell… Read more »
Superb Swenarton Last week top North Down Cycling Club time trialist, Paul Swenarton, once again demonstrated why he is one of the best in the country in the ‘race of truth’, when he recorded a superb 1hour 59 seconds for a 25 mile time trial on the Portaferry Road. This was a quite excellent time in far from ideal conditions… Read more »
POSITION NAME TIME 1 Paul Swenarton 01:00:59 2 John Hunter 01:03:53 3 Mark Hodgins 01:11:12 4 Craig Swenarton 01:12:22