Position Forename Surname 1K TT 1K TT 1 Duane McCreadie 01:22.0 25 2 Ross Blayney 01:22.5 20 3 Warren Polly 01:23.5 16 4 Richard McCullough 01:24.0 13 5 Ian Ingles 01:28.0 Ards 6 Ian Blayney 01:29.5 11 6 Andy Young 01:29.5 11 8 Cliff Blayney 01:30.5 9 8 Mark Hodgins 01:30.5 9 10 Paul Kirk 01:31.0 7 11 Roger Doherty… Read more »
TOUR TAKES ITS TOLL This year’s Tour of the North cycle race, held over the Easter weekend, turned out to be one of the closest fought in years, with the outcome only decided at the end of Monday’s final stage in Ballymena. Young Irish rider Philip Lavery, riding for a Cycling Ulster team, held off the challenge of the very… Read more »
STIFF TEST FOR NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS With the cycle racing season barely a month old the racing cyclists of North Down Cycling Club will face their first major challenge of the current campaign when they line up this Friday evening for the prologue time trial of the 2010 Tour of the North. Over the last few years this Easter stage… Read more »
McCREADIE SPRINTS FOR NORTH DOWN’S SECOND WIN The roads west of the Bann are proving to be a happy hunting ground for North Down Cycling Club’s racing team. Two weeks ago at Coalisland Rachel Mitchell took her first road win and Mark Irvine claimed second place in the B race. Last Saturday’s race, promoted by East Tyrone on a rolling… Read more »
NORTH DOWN’S NEW STARS SHINE The current cycling race season is only three weeks old but already North Down Cycling Club has two new names to add to its roster of successful riders following the P J Logan Cup races at Coalisland last Sunday. The encouraging aspect of these performances is that both riders, Rachel Mitchell and Mark Irvine are… Read more »
McCREADIE PICK OF THE BUNCH The second weekend of the 2010 racing season was centred on the Newry Wheelers’ promotion, the John Haldane Memorial which, because of road works, was moved away from the normal hilly circuit around Kilcoo to the dual carriageway between Newry and Warrenpoint. This turned out to be a mixed blessing for the six North Down… Read more »