4 August 10 Mile TT

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Position Name Time
1 Stuart Henry 22:51.0
2 Robin Millar 23:11.0
3 Ross Blayney 23:19.0
4 Paul Swenarton 23:44.0
5 Nathan McLeer 23:49.0
6 Declan McMackin 23:53.0
7 Matty Blayney 24:18.0
8 Philip Dorman 24:35.0
9 Shane Farren 25:29.0
10 Noel Munnis 25:44.0
11 Mark Hodgins 25:47.0
12 James Stitt 25:59.0
13 Gary Swenarton 26:14.0
14 Peter Nugent 26:35.0
15 Brian Simpson 26:35.0
16 Ian McCurley 26:45.0
17 Gareth Boyle 26:49.0
18 Gary Wilson 26:49.0
19 Johnny Webb 27:16.0
20 Louise Togneri 27:36.0
21 Martin Bishop 28:12.0
22 Gordon Paul 28:44.0
23 Mark Mackie 28:59.0
24 Garth Beattie 29:04.0
25 Kevin McDowell 29:19.0
26 Micky Forbes 29:27.0
27 Michael Stitt 30:25.0
28 Matt Elwood 35:12.0

27 July 2010

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TOP RIDERS AT PORTAFERRY

After the seasonal lull in the local racing scene it was back to hard graft last weekend at the Portaferry three day race organised by Ards Cycling Club. Although the race was a few riders short of a full field there was no disputing the quality of the men who lined up for the first stage last Friday night at Kirkistown. Dublin based Eurocycles fielded several of the men who had dominated the county competition at the FBD Ras back in May. Though based in Dublin the core of the team are Ulster based riders, including Irish international Adam Armstrong ,Connor Murphy, who has won the event twice in recent years, Frazer Duncan and Thomas Martin.

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21 July Kirkistown R3

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Sunny Kirkistown was the place to be tonight. While the Portaferry Road outside was under water,we got a pleasant sunny evening with no rain at all. 60 riders turned up for a great nights racing. The race was won jointly by Liam Curran, James McMaster and Sam Craig who got away with a couple of laps to go.

North Down results were:
Noel Boyce
Gerry Irvine
Paul Ferguson
Ross Blayney
Mike Hamilton
Mark Irvine
Shane Farren
Keith Millsr
Austin McNally
Brian Simpson
Colm McLarnon
Ian Blayney

with a host of others in the remainder of the bunch.
Thanks to Ruth and Kathleen for the help and good to see Russell supporting.

20 July 2010

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NORTH DOWN SET SIGHTS ON PORTAFERRY

There is an old sporting adage that says you can’t keep a good man down. North Down Cycling Club’s Matty Blayney might just turn out to be that man. Early season disappointments were followed by a return to form only for that progress to be halted back in June when a crash at a local club race left the Bangor man with a bad foot injury. Normally, if a rider has two or three weeks off the bike it can take twice as long to regain lost fitness, so when Blayney, along with Richard McCullough and Duane McCreadie, headed last week to north Antrim for the two day race at Ballymoney, no-one could have predicted the outcome.

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07 July 2010

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NORTH DOWN SEEKS FUTURE STARS

Over the past few years North Down Cycling Club has grown to the point where it is now one of the biggest clubs in Ireland. The main growth area has been in recreational or leisure riding but North Down has a well established reputation as a club that has produced its share of top racing riders. Like other clubs and other sports for that matter, it is realised, however, that future success depends on attracting new blood, in particular young riders. The success of British and Irish riders on the international scene ensures the presence of cycling on the sports pages and, more importantly, on our television screens. Viewers disappointed at the tired and uninspiring fare served up by many teams at the football World Cup, need only to have tuned in to the early stages of this year’s Tour de France to have seen non-stop, full-on action in a competition generally regarded as the toughest event in world sport.

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