12 August Ballyregan Hill Climb

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An exceptional turnout – of sailors, plus a few cyclists, for the hill climb. A fleet of 18 took on the climb up Ballyregan's 1.4 mile climb on a bright still evening. Nearly everyone went faster than they thought they would but only Nathan McLeer broke 6 minutes, winning in 5:58. Here are the full results:

POSITION NAME TIME
1 Nathan McLeer 05:58
2 William Barclay 06:03
3 Richard McCullough 06:15
4 Martyn Lyttle 06:30
5 Philip Dorman 06:45
6 Gary Davidson 06:48
7 Mark Hodgins 07:10
8 Andy Young 07:43
9 Matt McGovern 07:48
10 Colm McLarnon 07:52
11 Paul Kirk 07:54
12 Ross Blayney 07:56
13 Russell McGovern 08:12
14 Micky Forbes 08:30
15 Ronnie Harris 08:35
16 John Simms 09:37
  Johnny Webb 09:37
18 Todd Clements 10:36

11 August 2009

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Kirkistown
A record field of 60 riders took part in the final Kirkistown race of the season. Once again the weather was kind, with sunny but breezy conditions. A large group of club riders set off a lap up on the other two groups, but without proper organisation the group fragmented quite early on and was closed down by the chasing groups before half distance. The more experienced riders in the handicapped groups stayed and worked together eventually combining and leaving most of the club riders behind. Their pace averaged 26mph for the 50 minute race
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5 August 2009 Kirkistown RR

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POSITION NAME
1 Martin Irvine Curran
2 Paul Ferguson NDCC 1st NDCC
3 Neil McKenna East Antrim
4 Deccy McMackin NDCC 2nd NDCC
5 Paul Robinson Ards
6 Ronnie Smith Dromara
7 Alan Lavery Curran
8 Matty Blayney NDCC 3rd NDCC
9 Michael Hamilton NDCC 4th NDCC
10 Noel Boyce NDCC 5th NDCC
11 Gary Davidson NDCC 6th NDCC
12 John Hunter NDCC 7th NDCC
13 Martin Lyttle NDCC 8th NDCC
14 Ian Blayney NDCC 9th NDCC

4 August 2009

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Northern Ireland Road Race Championships

It was a  cold damp morning that heralded the start of August for the North Down road racers. However it was also the day of the Northern Ireland road race championships so there was work to be done.

Myself – William Barclay, Paul Ferguson, Noel "skipper" Boyce, Richard McCullough and Matthew Blayney took our places in our home from home – the club bus and made the short trip to Kilroot.

Conspicuous by his absence was club president/team masseur/driver/team manager, Harry Adams. We felt he'd earned a day off after his heroic efforts to keep us organised during the Portaferry 3 day so we granted him a day's holiday from this thankless task. (Just the one!)

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29 July 10M TT

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POSITION NAME TIME
1 Noel Munnis 00:24:37
2 Ian Ingles 00:25:02
3 William Brown 00:25:38
4 Roger Doherty 00:25:41
5 Mark Coyle 00:26:11
6 Gary Swenarton 00:26:22
7 Micky Forbes 00:26:49
8 Gordon Paul 00:27:14
9 Austin McNally 00:28:09
10 Andy Young 00:28:15
11 Garth Maxwell 00:28:39
12 Johnny Webb 00:29:51
13 Stephen Morgan 00:30:18
14 Garth Beattie 00:30:41
15 Linda Marshall 00:31:09

15 hardy souls braved the weather for tonights 10. They braved a deluge to get to the start and it was touch and go whether the weather would win. However, foolishness prevailed and the event went on. Conditions for the run were actually very good and no rain fell until the finish.

28 July 2009

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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 is a great honour for Nathan and an opportunity for him to rub shoulders with the star of the future.

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