Corrections to Kevin Briggs’ and Michael Rowan’s times, and James Carinduff’s surname. Apologies for that – if you see any other mistakes please let us know. Thanks. 21/7/21.
The warm weather and gentle breeze attracted another big turnout to tonight’s 10 mile time trial at Millisle. Peter McLean once again dominated, breaking the course record with an excellent time of 20:35.
Like the Tour de France, behind the dominant winner the next six riders were covered by less than a minute. Second was regular visitor Michael Boyd (unattached), and Alan Patterson (Ards CC) just pipped Barry Mitchell (Ards CC) for third.
Barry laments his 2 second beating at the hands of Alan.
Fastest women was Erin McConnell (Ards CC) who improved by nearly a minute and half from her time in April to record 25:00. Second was Chloe Deyermond (Ards CC), just ahead of recently crowned Ulster Masters champion Gillian Orr (North Down).
| Name | Club | Time | Mcf | HCap | HC Pts | |
| 1 | Peter Mc Lean | Ards CC | 20:35 | 10 | +68 | 3 |
| 2 | Michael David Boyd | Un-Attached Ulster | 22:10 | |||
| 3 | Alan Patterson | Ards CC | 22:22 | 7 | -8 | |
| 4 | Barry Mitchell | Ards CC | 22:24 | 5 | +33 | |
| 5 | Conor Hanna | Ards CC | 22:35 | 3 | +191 | 10 |
| 6 | Luke Joyce | The Bike House CC | 22:39 | |||
| 7 | Richard Topping | The Bike House CC | 22:56 | |||
| 8 | Jonathan Taylor | North Down CC | 24:30 | |||
| 9 | Glen Curry | Ards CC | 24:34 | 2 | +35 | 1 |
| 10 | James Alexander | McConvey Cycles | 24:38 | |||
| 11 | Stephen Turkington | Titanic Quarter CC | 24:47 | |||
| 12 | James Lemon | Ards CC | 24:49 | 1 | -13 | |
| 13 | Enda Marron | Northern CC | 24:52 | |||
| 14 | Richard Hanna | Ards CC | 24:53 | -32 | ||
| 15 | Erin Mc Connell | Ards CC | 25:00 | +87 | 5 | |
| 16 | Kevin Briggs | Ards CC | 25:02 | -65 | ||
| 17 | Mark Watson | Ards CC | 25:03 | -153 | ||
| 18 | Andrew Jess | Ards CC | 25:21 | -75 | ||
| 19= | James Carinduff | Ards CC | 25:22 | +55 | 2 | |
| 19= | Michael Rowan | Northern CC | 25:22 | |||
| 21 | Mark Hodgins | North Down CC | 25:25 | |||
| 22 | Aaron Fegan | Un-Attached Ulster | 25:42 | |||
| 23 | Philip Giles | Ards CC | 25:47 | NPT | ||
| 24 | Chloe Deyermond | Ards CC | 25:57 | +96 | 7 | |
| 25 | William Orr | Ards CC | 26:15 | -3 | ||
| 26 | Brian Wylie | Castlereagh CC | 26:38 | |||
| 27 | Alan Rodgers | Ards CC | 26:44 | -63 | ||
| 28 | Gillian Orr | North Down CC | 26:50 | |||
| 29 | Colin Wilson | Ards CC | 27:33 | -142 | ||
| 30 | Ryan Fegan | North Down CC | 28:26 | |||
| 31 | Alastair Martin | Ards CC | 32:38 | |||
| Ben Healey | Ards CC | DNS | ||||
| Darren Mc Williams | The Bike House CC | DNS | ||||
| Ian Carson | Ards CC | DNS | ||||
| Karl Rockett | Ards CC | DNS | ||||
| Maia Simmons | Canyon Development | DNS | ||||
| Melissa Mc Carter | Un-Attached Ulster | DNS |
In the battle for the McFarlane Cup (worked out on a scratch basis over all club 10 and 25 mile time trials), Peter edged one point ahead of Barry with one event remaining.
McFarlane Cup
| No | Name | 27/4 | 11/5 | 6/7 | 20/7 | 1/8 | Total |
| 1 | Peter McLean | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | ||
| 2 | Barry Mitchell | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 29 | |
| 3 | Marc Allen | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4= | Alan Patterson | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 4= | Andrew Hedley | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 6= | Andrew McCullough | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 6= | Glenn Curry | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 8= | Ben Healey | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 8= | Conor Hanna | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 8= | Kevin Briggs | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 8= | Phil Doyle | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 12= | Andrew Jess | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 12= | James Lemon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Ian Carson | 1 | 1 |
And finally, in the battle for the 10 mile handicap trophy, Barry Mitchell hung on to take the win by just one point from James Carinduff.
10 Mile Handicap Trophy – Final Standings
| No | Name | 27/4 | 11/5 | 20/7 | Total |
| 1 | Barry Mitchell | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| 2 | James Carinduff | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| 3 | Conor Hanna | 10 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Glen Curry | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 5= | Chloe Deyermond | 7 | 7 | ||
| 5= | Dean Bradley | 7 | 7 | ||
| 7= | Erin McConnell | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7= | Ian Carson | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7= | Marc Allen | 5 | 5 | ||
| 10= | Andrew Jess | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10= | Peter McLean | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10= | Steve Core | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13= | Kevin Briggs | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13= | William Orr | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Thanks as always to the time keepers and marshals. And congratulations to all those who represented the club at the Ulster 25 mile Time Trial Championships at the weekend. It was quite a medal haul for Ards – the overall team classification reflects how strong the club is now.
