PODIUM PLACES FOR NORTH DOWN YOUTH CYCLISTS Over the past two seasons North Down Cycling Club's youth riders have been consistently in the medals at provincial and national championships and the trend continued last weekend at the Northern Ireland Open time trial championships, hosted by the NICF at a windy Dunsilly course. Top honours went to Rachel Mitchell who won… Read more »
CYCLISTS CRANK UP THE ACTION May is traditionally a busy month for North Down cyclists. Weekly open races are supplemented by a series of cyclosportive events each weekend, while midweek slots are taken up with the club's own domestic programme of time trials and road races. Add to this the regular Thursday night run for leisure cyclists and you have… Read more »
TESTING TIMES FOR NORTH DOWN CYCLISTSWith most of North Down's road men enjoying a short period of recovery after the Tour of the North, club training in Majorca, time trialling and the Tour of the Glens cyclosportive have been the focus of riders' attentions over the past ten days. The club's first 10 mile time trial of the season gave the… Read more »
TOUR OF THE NORTH COMES TO TOWN The cycling enthusiasts of North Down CC have had plenty to keep them busy in the past week. The club's very active touring section had its first outing but the main event was, of course, the P&O Irish Sea Tour of the North, Northern Ireland's premier stage race. Blessed with dry weather for… Read more »
SIMMONS SHOWS EARLY FORM North Down's Tommy Simmons came close last weekend to snatching the club's first win of the season. At the Sean McGreevy Memorial race held on the hilly Dromore circuit, Simmons and Peter McConville (Newry Wheelers ) broke away to take a commanding four minute lead over the rest of the pack but in the uphill finish… Read more »
GAMES CYCLISTS RETURN WITH GOOD FORM A week after contributing to an excellent team performance at the Commonwealth Games, several riders were back in action at last Saturday's big race ,t he Tour of Ards, a 100km circuit of the Ards peninsula organised by Ards CC and supported by Biznet Solutions. A field of around 100 riders rolled out in… Read more »