Ireland Call-up for Henry

After his solid performance in the Tour of the North at Easter Regent House schoolboy, Stuart Henry has got his second call-up for the Ireland Junior team for the Manx Junior Tour, which will take place over the May Bank holiday. This is one of the toughest races in the UK calendar, but it is a great opportunity for Henry to rub shoulders with the best young riders on the mainland and Europe.

Henry, who spent last week in Switzerland with the junior squad, has been in sparkling form on the domestic scene this season. Currently he is ranked number one in the Irish junior rankings, but the three day race in the Isle of Man will prove to be a huge challenge.

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Tremendous Tour of the North

The P&O Irish Sea Tour of the North cycle race, which graced the roads of North Down last weekend, has been heralded as one of the best races in years. On Friday night the race started with a prologue time trial up Stormont hill and was won in a new record time of 1minute 57 seconds by Dubliner Paul Healion. This may not seem impressive but when one considers this represented a speed of over 30 mph the reality of the achievement is underlined. It should be noted that Healion’s time was almost matched by Ards man, Matryn Irvine whose time was only tenths of a second slower than his Irish pursuit partner’s time.

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