NORTHERN IRELAND CYCLISTS BEST OF BRITISH As the inquest continues into Northern Ireland's poorest performance in decades at the Commonwealth Games, the cycling team, while winning no medals, can take heart from the fact that in the two major road events, the time trial and the road race, they outperformed riders from the other Home Nations.
CYCLISTS JUST OUTSIDE THE MEDALS It has often been said that the worst finishing position in a major championship is fourth place, the reasoning being that the records will only show the medal winners and, as for the rest, finishing fourth is not much better than finishing twentieth. This is rather an ungracious attitude and , in the case of… Read more »
NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS STARTING TO SHOW FORM After a quiet and unadventurous start to the season, North Down riders are beginning to show a bit of form both on the road and cross country. At last weekend’s Surgenor Cup at Randalstown Paul Ferguson, one of the club’s most consistent riders of recent seasons, took ninth place in a race won… Read more »
NORTH DOWN RIDERS ACTIVE ON TWO FRONTS Mention the word March and you could be excused for assuming that we have, at last, reached springtime. However, North Down’s cyclists have learned that the calendar is an unreliable guide to the actual conditions they are likely to face on the roads. Last weekend was the second of the new racing season… Read more »
CYCLISTS GEAR UP FOR NEW SEASON The biting, cold wind and flurries of snow this week can only mean one thing ; the start of the cycle racing season has arrived. Photographs of last weekend’s John Haldane Memorial road race at Hilltown showed the riders dressed more for a polar expedition than a bike race but at least the weather… Read more »
Training and Nutrition Talk Wed. March 8th at 7.30 Darren McWilliams Will be giving a talk on training and nutrition in the Club Rooms all welcome.