MEDAL HAUL FOR NORTH DOWN YOUTH CYCLISTS
Last weekend's Irish National Youth Track championships, held at the  Eamonn Ceannt track in Dublin, provided a rich vein of gold, silver and bronze for Ulster's top youth riders. No less than 20 of the 27 medals on offer came north and five of those medals are now proudly on display on the mantelpieces in the homes of North Down's Rachel Mitchell and Stuart Henry. The Under 12 category was dominated by Ulster girls who had a clean sweep of the medals with the outstanding performance coming from Ciara Mulholland of Clann Eirann/ The Linen Green. Ciara won each of her three events, Time Trial, Sprint and Scratch and her clubmate, Laura Casey, picked up two silvers and a bronze.
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CYCLISTS HEAD FOR THE HILLS
This weekend, North Down CC'c racing and touring cyclists will be testing themselves on some of the country's most picturesque but challenging terrain.  The Newry Three Day race, promoted by Newry Wheelers, starts on Friday evening with a fast and furious 40 mile race on the Warrenpoint circuit, racing starting at 7pm.  Saturday morning's road stage is a testing 60 miles on the rolling roads around Hilltown, Kilcoo and Rathfriland.  With little more than three hours to recover, the riders will pit themselves against the clock on the Warrenpoint dual carriageway in a 5 mile time trial, the first rider due off at 4pm.
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