It’s been another busy week for the North Down athletes but being Bangor’s largest club means that we can cover most cycling events throughout the country. Action kicked off on Wednesday evening with the popular Ards CC Crit round the Newtownards Street circuit. High speed action ensured with North Down putting riders competing in every event. Notably the club entered a high number of junior riders. Well done to all – you’re the stars of tomorrow.
Ards Crit
Our own John Hunter took a break from his road season recently to make a return to his usual discipline of time trialing. John has been setting some fine times on the club Time Trail series so it’s good to see him taking the fight to the best in Ulster. It was the third and final Spires Trilogy TT and took place on the Toome course. There was a good turnout of 31 cyclists on what was a very windy night. The very strong Easterly tail wind on the outward leg saw some very fast times to the half way turn. It was a very different story on the way back with a real slog and difficulties getting even close to 20mph in sections. David McCann was the outright winner setting a very fast time for the conditions of 20:55 in what was a good training night for his Olympics later in the year. John himself managed an excellent eighth place. A result he will rightfully be very proud of.
10 TT Results 13-06-2012
With the generous support from James Orr Engineering North Down entered a strong team for the Donegal Ras. This race is not for the faint hearted with three very difficult stages plus a hilly time trial. It’s a race that attracts big numbers too so if the team were to make any impact on the race at all they would have their work cut out for them.
