Safe Cycling for Kids With road safety being at the fore front of every parent’s agenda, the Bangor Cycle Skills event organised by North Down Cycling Club, is a must for all young road users. This event focuses on children cycling safely and will take place this year at Bloomfield Shopping Centre on the evening of Thursday 25th June. School… Read more »
Up for the Challenge? Bangor’s Coastal Challenge is only three weeks away and local cyclists are putting the finishing touches to their training for this charity leisure cycle. This 100Km event, which is regarded as one of the premier charity cycles in the province, is as usual attracting visitors from not only the local area, but across the British Isles.
Red Hot McKenna In last Saturday’s Red Hand Trophy event, North Down Cycling Club’s Neil McKenna showed that he is amongst the elite of Northern Ireland’s cycling. For Neil, who was upgraded to Senior 1 status at the end of last year, it has been a frustrating season due mainly to a catalogue of mechanical mishaps and injuries. However, in… Read more »
Bokhara Links with Cycling Club For the fourth consecutive year the North Down Cycling Club will be supported by Bangor’s Bokhara Restaurant, which is situated in Kings Street. The announcement was made by the Bokhara’s proprietor Jahirul Huqe at a recent function in the restaurant. Afterwards, the Bangor restaurateur expressed his pleasure at being once again associated with local cycling…. Read more »
McCullough’s 1st Win It was fitting that Richard McCullough, grandson of a founder member of North Down Cycling Club Eric Dunne, won the first club race ever to have used the Kirkiston circuit. Richard, an acknowledged expert on the waves, demonstrated that he is just as good on two wheels as he is using the power of the wind. Like… Read more »
Henry Wins in Drogheda In his second sortee south of the border this year North Down’s Stuart Henry made it two in a row with a convincing win in the Coombes Connor Classic race in Drogheda. From the first lap of the four lap race Henry was on the offensive getting away in several breaks, only to be pulled back… Read more »