29 July 10M TT

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POSITION NAME TIME
1 Noel Munnis 00:24:37
2 Ian Ingles 00:25:02
3 William Brown 00:25:38
4 Roger Doherty 00:25:41
5 Mark Coyle 00:26:11
6 Gary Swenarton 00:26:22
7 Micky Forbes 00:26:49
8 Gordon Paul 00:27:14
9 Austin McNally 00:28:09
10 Andy Young 00:28:15
11 Garth Maxwell 00:28:39
12 Johnny Webb 00:29:51
13 Stephen Morgan 00:30:18
14 Garth Beattie 00:30:41
15 Linda Marshall 00:31:09

15 hardy souls braved the weather for tonights 10. They braved a deluge to get to the start and it was touch and go whether the weather would win. However, foolishness prevailed and the event went on. Conditions for the run were actually very good and no rain fell until the finish.

28 July 2009

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Nathan selected for UK School Games

For the first time ever, cycling will be part of the UK School Games this year and Saint Columbanus pupil, Nathan McLeer has been selected as part of the Northern Ireland cycling team. The event will take place in September on Cardiff’s indoor velodrome, where the British team prepared for the Beijing Olympics. This is a great honour for Nathan and an opportunity for him to rub shoulders with the star of the future.

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22 July 25 Mile TT

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POSITION NAME TIME
1 John Hunter 01:01:00
2 Norman Wilson 01:04:11
3 Noel Munnis 01:10:57
4 Gary Swenarton 01:11:28
5 Mark Coyle 01:13:37
6 Gordon Paul 01:13:58
7 David Montgomery 01:16:12
8 Raymond Nelson 01:17:38
9 Paul Brown 01:18:07
10 Stephen Morgan 01:22:39
11 John Simms 01:22:43

Conditions windy, a few showers.

21 July 2009

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Irish Record for Rachel

Last weekend the Cycling Ireland Track Commission ran a selection event in Dublin to pick a development team to compete in the Meadowbank Grand Prix in Edinburgh next month. The inclement weather did hamper the cyclists in their efforts, but an outstanding ride by North Down Cycling Club’s Rachel Mitchell saw her equal the standard set by Cycling Ireland for the 200m, recording the fastest time of the day with 14.60 sec, to put her name in the record books as the first holder of the Junior National Women’s Record.

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7 July 2009

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 Gordons Have the Chemistry

North Down Cycling Club announced this week that they have linked up with Gordons, the High Street chain of pharmacists. When one hears of a cycling club linking up with a pharmacist, there may naturally be a number of questioning glances.

However, in a sport which is as physical as cycling and where crashes are common-place, there is a real need for first aid equipment in the form of plasters, dressings, bandages, sprays and creams. Mr Neil Gordon stated that he was very pleased to assist the club in this way and wished all its members every success in the future. Certainly, the North Down club is appreciative of the support of Gordons, but hopes that this is one item of support that it will rarely use.

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