19 August Club Road Race Springwell Rd

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Despite heavy rain we had 20 riders and 11 marshalls at the race tonight. A front group of 3 including Ian Blayney were given a 3 minute handicap over scratch. However, 30 seconds after they started the armada arrived – 10 of our sailing members, having been directed by Richard McCullough to the wrong starting point. He should know better – idiot! So they were waved on through into the race and scratch held for a further 2 minutes before getting underway. By the end of the first lap scratch had passed the fleet and made up 2.5 minutes on the 3 limit riders who continued to hold a 45 second lead at the end of the second lap.They were eventually caught at Hightrees. A2-up sprint saw Kieran McKenna of East Antrim edge out Richard McCluuough for the win. Full results:

POSITION NAME
1 Kieran McKenna East Antrim
2 Richard McCullough 1st NDCC
3 Jack Wilson East Antrim
4 Paul Ferguson 2nd NDCC
5 Liam Curran Curran
6 Nathan McLeer 3rd NDCC
7 Ian Ingles Ards CC
8 Matty Blayney 4th NDCC
9 Ian Blayney 5th NDCC
10 Lindsay Gamble Ards CC
11 John Hunter 6th NDCC
12 Ross Blayney NDCC
13 Warren Polly NDCC
14 Mickey Forbes NDCC
15 Reggie Harris NDCC
16 Colm McLarnon NDCC
17 Garth Beattie NDCC

Thanks to the 11 marshalls who were completely soaked by the end. The road race league is now complete, with Richard McCullough and Matty Blayney tieing on 28 points. Richard edges it on most wins.

19 August 2009

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North Down GP

This weekend will see the cream of Ulster cyclists in action on the Donaghadee – Bangor Coast road when the North Down Grand Prix takes place on Sunday. With backing form North Down Borough Council and local firm Aquatech, a full field is expexcted to compete for the generous £700 prize fund.

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12 August Ballyregan Hill Climb

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An exceptional turnout – of sailors, plus a few cyclists, for the hill climb. A fleet of 18 took on the climb up Ballyregan's 1.4 mile climb on a bright still evening. Nearly everyone went faster than they thought they would but only Nathan McLeer broke 6 minutes, winning in 5:58. Here are the full results:

POSITION NAME TIME
1 Nathan McLeer 05:58
2 William Barclay 06:03
3 Richard McCullough 06:15
4 Martyn Lyttle 06:30
5 Philip Dorman 06:45
6 Gary Davidson 06:48
7 Mark Hodgins 07:10
8 Andy Young 07:43
9 Matt McGovern 07:48
10 Colm McLarnon 07:52
11 Paul Kirk 07:54
12 Ross Blayney 07:56
13 Russell McGovern 08:12
14 Micky Forbes 08:30
15 Ronnie Harris 08:35
16 John Simms 09:37
  Johnny Webb 09:37
18 Todd Clements 10:36

11 August 2009

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Kirkistown
A record field of 60 riders took part in the final Kirkistown race of the season. Once again the weather was kind, with sunny but breezy conditions. A large group of club riders set off a lap up on the other two groups, but without proper organisation the group fragmented quite early on and was closed down by the chasing groups before half distance. The more experienced riders in the handicapped groups stayed and worked together eventually combining and leaving most of the club riders behind. Their pace averaged 26mph for the 50 minute race
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5 August 2009 Kirkistown RR

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POSITION NAME
1 Martin Irvine Curran
2 Paul Ferguson NDCC 1st NDCC
3 Neil McKenna East Antrim
4 Deccy McMackin NDCC 2nd NDCC
5 Paul Robinson Ards
6 Ronnie Smith Dromara
7 Alan Lavery Curran
8 Matty Blayney NDCC 3rd NDCC
9 Michael Hamilton NDCC 4th NDCC
10 Noel Boyce NDCC 5th NDCC
11 Gary Davidson NDCC 6th NDCC
12 John Hunter NDCC 7th NDCC
13 Martin Lyttle NDCC 8th NDCC
14 Ian Blayney NDCC 9th NDCC

4 August 2009

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Northern Ireland Road Race Championships

It was a  cold damp morning that heralded the start of August for the North Down road racers. However it was also the day of the Northern Ireland road race championships so there was work to be done.

Myself – William Barclay, Paul Ferguson, Noel "skipper" Boyce, Richard McCullough and Matthew Blayney took our places in our home from home – the club bus and made the short trip to Kilroot.

Conspicuous by his absence was club president/team masseur/driver/team manager, Harry Adams. We felt he'd earned a day off after his heroic efforts to keep us organised during the Portaferry 3 day so we granted him a day's holiday from this thankless task. (Just the one!)

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