MEDAL HAUL FOR NORTH DOWN YOUTH CYCLISTS
Last weekend's Irish National Youth Track championships, held at the Eamonn Ceannt track in Dublin, provided a rich vein of gold, silver and bronze for Ulster's top youth riders. No less than 20 of the 27 medals on offer came north and five of those medals are now proudly on display on the mantelpieces in the homes of North Down's Rachel Mitchell and Stuart Henry. The Under 12 category was dominated by Ulster girls who had a clean sweep of the medals with the outstanding performance coming from Ciara Mulholland of Clann Eirann/ The Linen Green. Ciara won each of her three events, Time Trial, Sprint and Scratch and her clubmate, Laura Casey, picked up two silvers and a bronze.
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27 June 2006
CYCLISTS HEAD FOR THE HILLS
This weekend, North Down CC'c racing and touring cyclists will be testing themselves on some of the country's most picturesque but challenging terrain. The Newry Three Day race, promoted by Newry Wheelers, starts on Friday evening with a fast and furious 40 mile race on the Warrenpoint circuit, racing starting at 7pm. Saturday morning's road stage is a testing 60 miles on the rolling roads around Hilltown, Kilcoo and Rathfriland. With little more than three hours to recover, the riders will pit themselves against the clock on the Warrenpoint dual carriageway in a 5 mile time trial, the first rider due off at 4pm.
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21st June – 1 Kilo TT
| POSITION | NAME | TIME |
| 1 | M Geddis ( 1.58 and 1.13, Espoir silver) | 1.35 |
| G. Swenarton ( 1.55 and 1.15 ) | 1.35 | |
| 3 | C Swenarton ( 1.59 and 1.18, Espoir silver ) | 1.38 |
| 4 | G Paul ( 1.58 and 1.21, Espoir silver ) | 1.39 |
| 5 | C Andrews ( 1.58 and 1.24, Espoir silver ) | 1.41 |
Weather ghastly, torrential showers, gale force winds. Outward run into a gale.
On outward leg fastest was 1.55 ( Gary ), others just dipping below 2 mins., while on return, fastest was Myles in 1.13. Average time difference between runs was 39 seconds.
Thanks to Terry for help in timekeeping.
20 June 2006
BANGOR BIKE WEEK SUCCESS
Last Saturday's Coastal Challenge charity ride around the Ards peninsula, which attracted around 800 riders, was a fitting finale to a week in which cyclists young and old found something to suit them. The Wednesday evening leisure run for recreational cyclists attracted 25 riders who were able to enjoy a welcome touch of summer weather on the 22 mile circuit .
Northern Ireland Hillclimb Championship Tuesday 13 June
| POSITION | NAME | CLUB | CLUB |
| 1 | Peter Hawkins | Usher – Irish Road Club | 2.10 |
| 2 | Adam p-Armstrong | Northern-Dave Kane | 2.14 |
| 3= | Tim Edgar | XMTBCC | 2.17 |
| Glen Kinning | Castlereagh-Mattest | ||
| 5 | Fraser Duncan | Northern-Dave Kane | 2.19 |
| 6= | Peter Wilson (U16) | Maryland Whs | 2.25 |
| Stuart Bennett | Phoenix CC | ||
| 8 | Kriean O`Neill | Classic Walls RT | 2.27 |
| 9 | Paul Wilson | Phoenix CC | 2.29 |
| 10 | Steven Lindsay | Whirline-West Down | 2.31 |
| 11 | Jonny Beers (U16) | XMTBCC | 2.32 |
| 12 | Paul Ferguson | North Down CC | 2.33 |
| 13 | Conor Hanna (U16) | Ards CC | 2.34 |
| 14= | Graham Boyd (J) | XMTBCC | 2.35 |
| Declan McMackin (V) | North Down CC | ||
| 16 | Brian Marshall (V) | North Down CC | 2.36 |
| 17 | Matthew Wilson | Phoenix CC | 2.37 |
| 18= | Paul Swenarton (V) | North Down CC | 2.39 |
| Stuart Henry (U16) | North Down CC | ||
| 20 | Alastair Irvine (V) | North Down CC | 2.40 |
| 21 | Ivan Robinson (V) | Ards CC | 2.41 |
| 22 | Robert Lamont | Phoenix CC | 2.46 |
| 23 | John Carty | Ards CC | 2.52 |
| 24 | Craig Swenarton (U16) | North Down CC | 2.54 |
| 25 | Neil McGimpsey (U16) | XMTBCC | 2.55 |
| 26 | Andrew Hedley (J) | Ards CC | 2.56 |
| 27 | Trudy Brown (L) | Northern-Dave Kane | 3.00 |
| 28 | Jack Wilson (U14) | East Antrim-Audi | 3.02 |
| 29 | William Begley | unatt. | 3.05 |
| 30 | Gareth Boyle (U16) | North Down CC | 3.09 |
| 31 | William Boyd (U14) | XMTBCC | 3.12 |
| 32 | Kathryn Bell (L) | Northern-Dave Kane | 3.15 |
| 33 | Tony Blayney (V) | Old Bleach CC | 3.17 |
| 34 | Jessica Laird (U14) | XMTBCC | 3.18 |
| 35 | Rachel Mitchell (U14) | North Down CC | 3.22 |
| 36 | Ryan Orr (U12) | Old Bleach CC | 5.13 |
Team
1 XMTBCC 7.24
2 Phoenix CC 7.31
3 Northern 7.33
4 North Down 7.51
5 Ards 8.07
13 June 2006
CHAMPIONS CROWNED IN BANGOR BIKE WEEK
Bangor Bike Week, organised by North Down Cycling Club and generously supported by North Down Borough Council, got off to a cracking start on Saturday with the Northern Ireland Youth road race championships. A large entry enjoyed some of the best weather of the summer so far and the standard of the racing matched the occasion. Riders from all over the province signed on at Donaghadee Rugby Club to battle it out for titles at U12, U14 and U16 level. The largest entry, of boys and girls, was in the U12 category and the title went to Ciara Mulholland ( Clann Eirann/Linen Green ) who finished just ahead of Mark Downey (Banbridge) with Ciara's clubmate Laura Casey taking third place.