Northern Ireland Youth Cycling Championships
Lurgan girl Ciara Mulholland (Clann Eireann-Linen Green) spoiled a Juiced-Orchard clean sweep of Gold medals in last weekend’s Northern Ireland & Ulster Youth championships in Bangor. Promoted by North Down CC and supported by North Down Borough Council, the event saw a large turnout of tomorrow's stars from across the province.
| POSITION | NAME | TIME |
| 1 | Matt McInerney | 01:03:29 |
| 2 | Paul Ferguson | 01:03:58 |
| 3 | Darren McKee | 01:05:27 |
| 4 | John Hunter | 01:05:45 |
| 5 | William Barclay | 01:07:17 |
| 6 | Mark Hodgins | 01:10:51 |
| 7 | Gordon Paul | 01:13:22 |
| 8 | Des McCoy | 01:15:42 |
A glorious sunny night with little wind – perfect conditions.
North Down Cycling Club are again delighted to be associated with the Bangor Cycle Skills event, which focuses on children cycling safely. On Thursday 22nd school children from all the local schools will converge on Valentine’s Playing field to try their hand at a novel event which will test how skilled and safe they are at riding their bicycles. Clearly physical fitness and safety have been given a high profile recently and it is not surprising that the popularity of this event has grown and grown.
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| POSITION | NAME | TIME |
| 1 | Stuart Henry | 1hr 1min 17 secs |
| 2 | Noel Boyce | ST |
| 3 | Ross Blayney | ST |
| 4 | Matt McInerney | ST |
| 5 | Darren McKee | ST |
| 6 | William Barclay | ST |
| 7 | Nathan McLeer | ST |
| 8 | Norman Wilson | ST |
Other bunch finishers were Gareth Boyle, Duane McCreadie, Eammon McNichol (Roe Valley), Sam Craig, James McMaster (Northern), Gordon Paul.
18 entered the race tonight on the Dam Road circuit, including a few welcome visitors. Perfect conditions for the 3 groups – 4 in the limit, 9 in the second and 5 in the scratch each separated by 4 minutes. With Alan Lavert puncturing shortly after the start it looked a bit dodgy for the scratch group making up the deficit and only by the end of the third lap was it clear that all the groups would come together. A bunch sprint resulted with Stuart Henry the clear winner after a long lead out by Ross Blayney, who was pipped for second by Noel Boyce. Unfortunately the assembled masses at the finish could only get the first 4 places, but the post race inquest gave us the first 7
Sun, Sangria and Sean Kelly
North Down Cycling Club’s 2008 trip to Majorca carried on the tradition of previous years by coinciding with a week of almost unbroken spring sunshine. A record attendance of 24 members were based, for the third successive year, at Club de Pollentia, a large, spacious hotel set in several acres of gardens a couple of miles from Alcudia. Ideally located for flat and hilly rides, the hotel’s reputation for excellent food meant that some riders returned with a little extra weight, despite having clocked up a few hundred miles. The annual Mile Eater award this year went to Martin Lyttle who managed to clock up a bottom numbing 600 miles, some of which included the most challenging hills on the island.
| Position | Name | Time | |
| 1 | Stuart Henry & Matt McInerney | 00:24:37 | |
| 2 | John Hunter | 00:26:14 | |
| Darren McKee | 00:26:14 | ||
| 4 | William Barclay & Mark Hodgins | 00:27:04 | |
| 5 | Nathan McLeer | 00:29:56 | |
| 6 | Paul Kirk & Roger Doherty | 00:31:37 | |
Conditions: A strong cold headwind out and tail wind home.