Regency Cars Supports Northern Ireland Road Race Championships

May 16th is a date to put in your diary if you have an interest in cycle racing. North Down Cycling Club is promoting not one but four Northern Ireland Championships, in conjunction with the prestigious North Down Grand Prix.

First off at 10.30 am will be the Northern Ireland Youth Championships for Under 14’s and Under 16’s. The course will be that used three years ago for the same event, and will take in Springwell Road, High Donaghadee Road, Stockbridge Road with the finish line at the top of Orlock. The Under 14’s will cover this course three times and the under 16’s will cover it four times, a distance of approximately 19 and 25 miles respectively.

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CYCLING TRIP ‘ IN THE LAP OF THE GODS’

Dozens of cyclists in North Down Cycling Club have spent the last few days tuned in to every weather bulletin from the Meteorological Office, hoping, believe it or not, for an end to this spell of settled, dry weather. The reason, of course is that the current high pressure system is drawing air from the north and bringing with it the volcanic ash that has brought air travel to a standstill. Not many years ago insurance companies would have refused to offer compensation on the grounds that events such as this were an act of God. We live in more secular times and unless proof emerges that the Romans were right in attributing responsibility to one god in particular, the god of fire, Vulcan, the riders hoping to get away to Majorca this weekend may have to resort to more mundane measures to recoup their losses should the flight ban continue.

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NORTH DOWN TO STAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Once again North Down Cycling Club has been selected to stage the Northern Ireland cycling road race championships. It’s been a few years since the club last staged a championship race but with a swelling membership of well over a hundred and a progressive committee it was decided that the club had more than enough resources to mount a comprehensive programme of races. The races will take place on Sunday May 16th and will incorporate the North Down GP. For the first time the programme will be split into a morning and an afternoon session.

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