Big turnout for club 10

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After his great win in the top race at Newry on Sunday, Peter McLean overlooked entering tonight’s club time trial, and hence gave hope to the other 39 entries.

Conditions were a lot more comfortable than the lashing rain of two weeks ago, and most riders were a little faster. Winner was Michael Boyd (unattached, but currently in negotiations with the Club Chairman) with 22:24, who just beat regular visitors Luke Joyce (Bike House) on 22:41 and Kieran McKenna (unattached) on 22:44.

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Fastest Ards rider was Barry Mitchell in a new personal best time of 22:57- good enough to claim a Super Gold in the club medal standards. He now takes the lead in both the 10 mile handicap trophy and the McFarland Cup (all 10s and 25s on scratch). But it was actually James Cairnduff who improved most tonight, and he jumps to second in the handicap standings, with all to play for in the final 10 on 20th July.

Fastest woman was Erin McConnell (Ards CC) with 26:27, claiming  a gold in her first club 10, and clearly well recovered from her win in the women’s race at Bishops Court on Sunday. She was just 25 seconds ahead of regular visitor Gillian Orr (26:52).

No Name Club Time H’Cap HC pts McF Pts
1 Michael Boyd U/A 22:24
2 Luke Joyce Bike House 22:41
3 Kieran McKenna U/A 22:44
4 Barry Mitchell Ards CC 22:57 +18 3  10
5 Andrew Hedley Ards CC 23:37 +2  7
6 Marc Allen Ards CC 23:49 -13  5
7 Kevin Briggs Ards CC 23:57 +8 2  3
8 Jonathan Taylor NDCC 24:18
9 Johnny Webb NDCC 24:27
10 Ben Healey Ards CC 24:41 -21  2
11 Chris Oakley VC Glendale 24:52
12 Ian Carson Ards CC 25:06 +45 5  1
13 Glenn Curry Ards CC 25:09 +51 7
14 Enda Marron Northern 25:10
15 Andrew Jess Ards CC 25:13 -67
16 Peter Doggart Ards CC 25:34 -118
17= Michael Rowan Northern 25:36
17= Richard Hanna Ards CC 25:36 -75
19 Mark Watson Ards CC 25:39 -189
20 James Lemon Ards CC 25:43 -67
21 Dean Bradley Ards CC 25:51 -8
22 Stephen Turkington Titanic 26:05
23 Mark Hodgins NDCC 26:06
24 William Orr Ards CC 26:12 4 1
25 Phil Harris Killinchy 26:14
26 James Cairnduff Ards CC 26:17 +74 10
27 Steve Core Ards CC 26:19 -4
28 Erin McConnell Ards CC 26:27 npt
29 Aaron Fegan U/A 26:32
30 Gillian Orr NDCC 26:52
31 Alan Rodgers Ards CC 27:08 -87
32 Colin Wilson Ards CC 28:06 -175
33 Ryan Fegan NDCC 29:00
34 Alastair Martin Ards CC 33:04
Chloe Deyermond Ards CC DNS
Graeme Brown Ards CC DNS
Phil Doyle Ards CC DNS
Richard Gibson Ards CC DNS
William Larmour Bike House DNS

Here are the standings in the 10 mile handicap trophy.

No Name 27/4 11/5 20/7 Total
1 Barry Mitchell 10 3 13
2 James Cairnduff 10 10
3= Dean Bradley  7 7
3= Glen Curry 7 7
5= Ian Carson 5 5
5= Marc Allen  5  5
7= Andrew Jess  3 3
7= Steve Core  3 3
9= Kevin Briggs 2 2
9= William Orr  1 1 2

And here are the standings in the McFarland Cup.

No Name 27/4 11/5 6/7 20/7 1/8 Total
1 Barry Mitchell 7 10 17
2 Peter McLean 10 10
3= Andrew Hedley 7 7
3= Marc Allen 2 5 7
5 Andrew McCullough 5 5
6= Kevin Briggs 3 3
6= Phil Doyle 3 3
6= Ben Healey 1 2 3
8 Ian Carson 1 1

Thanks as always to the time keepers and the marshals.

And a special congratulations to Karl Rockett on his fantastic 100 mile charity ride for MacMillan Cancer Support. He’s now raised £3418.

It’s a 10k straight in time trial on the Portaferry Road next Tuesday. Don’t forget to enter online by 6pm on Monday 🙂

And finally, it was great to see Jonathan Taylor (North Down CC) and Glen Curry (Ards CC) back competing head to head tonight.

Glen tonight....

Glen tonight….

And here are Glen (top left) and Jonathan (top right) in 1991, when Mike “the bike” McConaghy supplied Scott Mountain Bikes to three riders in the club. The picture doesn’t do justice to the purple shorts, but the bikes were great.