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 »
Irish Record for Rachel Last weekend the Cycling Ireland Track Commission ran a selection event in Dublin to pick a development team to compete in the Meadowbank Grand Prix in Edinburgh next month. The inclement weather did hamper the cyclists in their efforts, but an outstanding ride by North Down Cycling Club’s Rachel Mitchell saw her equal the standard set… Read more »
Gordons Have the Chemistry North Down Cycling Club announced this week that they have linked up with Gordons, the High Street chain of pharmacists. When one hears of a cycling club linking up with a pharmacist, there may naturally be a number of questioning glances. However, in a sport which is as physical as cycling and where crashes are common-place,… Read more »
North Down Cycle Skills Night Over sixty kids descended on Bloomfield Shopping Centre last week’s annual North Down School’s Cycling Skills night. The school children were treated to a free bike ‘MOT’ courtesy of Bikeworks, Balloo, Bangor before attempting a variety of skills devised by club coaches, Noel Boyce and Alistair Irvine.
BANGOR COASTAL CHALLENGE A GREAT SUCCESS Despite the inclement weather on Sunday over 700 cyclists took to the roads for the 8th Coastal Challenge charity cycle event. Organisers North Down Cycling Club was delighted with the turnout and the enthusiasm shown by the willing participants. Among the starters at the Sportsplex in Bangor was a Police Bicycle Unit with Constable… Read more »
Flying Wheels It’s been a good week for North Down cycling with John Hunter and Paul Swenarton recording times of 22.45 and 22.12 respectively in the Ulster Championship, Noel Boyce taking second place in the combined race at Hillsborough, Paul Ferguson 4th in the Emma McMullan Cup, Nathan McLeer winning his first under 16 race and Stuart Henry finishing 2nd… Read more »