BRIAN MARSHALL The members of North Down Cycling Club were deeply saddened this week by the tragic death of one of its hardest working, inspirational and pivotal members, Brian Marshall. This active fifty-one year old was enjoying a cycle on Monday evening when he was involved in an accident with a vehicle on the Killaughy Road near Donaghadee. Brian was… Read more »
Busy Time for Local Cyclists This week sees the start of an exceptionally busy period for local cyclists. Tonight (Thursday) sees the ever popular cycling skills event for local school children. North Down Cycling Club prides itself on being a community based club serving the local community and nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the Schools Cycle Skills event.
Reflections on the Tour of Ireland 2007 Hamilton Topping, a good friend of our touring secretary, Terry Nicoletti, recently took part in the inaugural Tour of Ireland cycle and we are indebted to him for sharing some of his reflections of that event with us. According to Hamilton as it was a new event no-one really knew what to expect… Read more »
N.D.C.C Road race league (4 Events) POSITION POINTS GARETH BOYLE 1ST 27 NOEL BOYCE 2ND 20 WILLIAM BARCLAY 3RD 18 CRAIG SWENARTON 4TH 13 NEIL MCKENNA 5TH 10 MARTYN LYTTLE 6TH 9 STUART HENRY 7TH 8 PAUL SWENARTON 8TH= 6 BRIAN MARSHALL 8TH= 6 OWEN PARKES 10TH 3
POSITION NAME TIMES S1 & S2 TOTAL 1. P Swenarton 10.23 – 2.02 12.25 2. S Henry 10.42 – 2.01 12.43 3. J Hunter 11.13 – 2.14 13.27 4. M Hodgins 11.30 – 2.11 13.41 5. C Swenarton 11.37 – 2.06 13.43 6. O Parkes 11.47 – 2.03 13.50 7. G Swenarton 13.42 – 2.14 13.56 8. D McCreadie 11.51… Read more »
Mitchell and Swenarton Win Silver A few weeks ago it was predicted in this column that North Down’s Cycling Club’s Craig Swenarton could look forward to a great year in the saddle. Craig only came into the sport last year and he achieved immediate success on the track. He put in together a great training regime over the winter with… Read more »