TESTING TIMES FOR NORTH DOWN CYCLISTSWith most of North Down's road men enjoying a short period of recovery after the Tour of the North, club training in Majorca, time trialling and the Tour of the Glens cyclosportive have been the focus of riders' attentions over the past ten days. The club's first 10 mile time trial of the season gave the… Read more »
POSITION NAME TIME Standard 1 D McMackin 23:55 2 L Curran 2533 3 P Downie 27:59 ( Novice gold standard ) -subject to dope test. 4 G Swenarton 28:06 5 E Blayney 28:51 ( Novice silver standard ) 6 M Geddis 29:03 ( Novice silver standard ) 7 N Boyce 29:11 ( Novice silver standard ) 8… Read more »
TOUR OF THE NORTH COMES TO TOWN The cycling enthusiasts of North Down CC have had plenty to keep them busy in the past week. The club's very active touring section had its first outing but the main event was, of course, the P&O Irish Sea Tour of the North, Northern Ireland's premier stage race. Blessed with dry weather for… Read more »
POSITION NAME TIME Standard 1 D McMackin 13:46 2 P Swenarton 14:29 3 L Curran 14:32 4 K Millar 15:06 5 J Hunter 15:19 6 N Wilson 15:26 7 N Boyce 16:30 ( Novice Gold Standard ) 8 O Parkes 16:35 ( Novice Gold Standard ) 9 G Swenarton 16:36 10 P Downie… Read more »
SIMMONS SHOWS EARLY FORM North Down's Tommy Simmons came close last weekend to snatching the club's first win of the season. At the Sean McGreevy Memorial race held on the hilly Dromore circuit, Simmons and Peter McConville (Newry Wheelers ) broke away to take a commanding four minute lead over the rest of the pack but in the uphill finish… Read more »
GAMES CYCLISTS RETURN WITH GOOD FORM A week after contributing to an excellent team performance at the Commonwealth Games, several riders were back in action at last Saturday's big race ,t he Tour of Ards, a 100km circuit of the Ards peninsula organised by Ards CC and supported by Biznet Solutions. A field of around 100 riders rolled out in… Read more »