The club’s End of Year Bash was held at Le Winters on Saturday evening. It was a great chance to meet up with everyone in a relaxed environment, present some prizes, and enjoy the Chairman’s quiz!
The stylish and well organised table plan set the tone for the evening.
Many thanks to Liz, Darren, Stephen and their team for organising a very enjoyable evening.
The chairman didn’t make a speech. He’s just warming up the mic in this photo..
The food was excellent. Alex Porter suggested taking some photos…
Some of the main prizes from the club race programme were presented on the night (although Peter McLean had to self isolate at short notice, and he won about half the trophies…). Here’s the list of trophy winners.
Trophies 2021
| 5 Mile T.T. Handicap | Dean Bradley |
| 10 Mile T.T. Handicap | Barry Mitchell |
| 25 Mile T.T. Handicap | Peter McLean |
| Road Race Handicap | Peter McLean |
| Circuit Time Trials | Not run. |
| Magreechan Cup | Peter McLean |
| Hill Climb Trophy | Stuart Millar |
| Bradshaw’s Brae | Stuart Millar |
| Henderson Cup – Senior B.A.R. | Peter McLean |
| Schoolboy B.A.R. | No qualifiers |
| Vets’ B.A.R. | Andrew Jess |
| Club Support | To the rider who shows most enthusiasm, determination and club spirit – to be confirmed by the committee |
| McFarlane Cup | Peter McLean |
| Henderson Shield | Peter McLean |
| Killarn Cup – 10k Handicap | Andrew Hedley and Peter McLean |
| Millennium Cup | Most promising underage rider – to be confirmed by the committee |
| Billy Boal Memorial | Peter McLean (first Ards CC rider in the final Carrowdore road race of the season) |
| Best 10k | Andrew Hedley |
Andrew Hedley had the fastest 10k, and shared the 10k handicap with Peter.
The club runs a medal scheme based on club time trials at 5, 10 and 25 miles. See here for more details on the club trophies and the medal scheme. (Note – you can only win a medal once at each distance, and we did award medals for last year’s time trials). The table below lists the 2021 medal winners, including a record breaking 10 Super Golds. Well done everyone!
Medals 2021
| Type | Name | Distance | Time |
| Super Gold | Alan Patterson | 5 miles | 10:50 |
| Super Gold | Peter McLean | 5 miles | 10:32 |
| Super Gold | Stuart Millar | 5 miles | 11:29 |
| Super Gold | Barry Mitchell | 10 miles | 22:24 |
| Super Gold | Chloe Deyermond | 10 miles | 25:57 |
| Super Gold | Conor Hanna | 10 miles | 22:35 |
| Super Gold | Erin McConnell | 10 miles | 25:00 |
| Super Gold | Alan Patterson | 25 miles | 55:00 |
| Super Gold | Barry Mitchell | 25 miles | 57:12 |
| Super Gold | Peter McLean | 25 miles | 53:17 |
| Gold | Kevin Briggs | 10 miles | 23:57 |
| Gold | Marc Allen | 25 miles | 59:44 |
| Silver | Chloe Deyermond | 5 miles | 13:36 |
| Silver | Philip Giles | 5 miles | 12:41 |
| Silver | Andrew McCullough | 10 miles | 24:18 |
| Silver | Dean Bradley | 10 miles | 25:43 |
| Silver | Glen Curry | 10 miles | 24:34 |
| Silver | James Carinduff | 10 miles | 25:22 |
| Silver | Karl Rockett | 10 miles | 27:09 |
| Silver | Phil Doyle | 10 miles | 24:17 |
| Silver | Philip Giles | 10 miles | 25:47 |
| Silver | Glen Curry | 25 miles | 1:02:27 |
| Bronze | Anthony Day | 5 miles | 13:18 |
| Bronze | Anthony Day | 10 miles | 26:15 |
Stuart Millar won the Bradshaw’s Brae shield and the hill climb trophy (for Scrabo). Can you spot a pattern..?
Finally, everyone who rides a 5, 10, 25 or 10k time trial gets a certificate. Here’s the list.
(If you see any mistakes in any of these tables, let us know and we’ll get it fixed).
Certificates 2021
| Name | Year best 5 | Year Best 10 | Year best 25 | Year best 10k |
| Alan Patterson | 00:10:50 | 00:22:22 | 00:55:00 | |
| Alan Rodgers | 00:13:13 | 00:26:44 | 00:15:16 | |
| Andrew Hedley | 00:23:37 | 00:12:51 | ||
| Andrew Jess | 00:12:22 | 00:25:13 | 01:03:54 | 00:15:02 |
| Andrew McCullough | 00:24:18 | 00:14:36 | ||
| Anthony Day | 00:13:18 | 00:26:15 | ||
| Barry Mitchell | 00:11:14 | 00:22:24 | 00:57:12 | 00:12:58 |
| Ben Healey | 00:24:41 | 00:14:40 | ||
| Chloe Deyermond | 00:13:36 | 00:25:57 | 00:16:13 | |
| Colin Wilson | 00:13:48 | 00:27:33 | 00:15:22 | |
| Conor Hanna | 00:22:35 | 00:13:53 | ||
| Dean Bradley | 00:12:39 | 00:25:43 | ||
| Erin McConnell | 00:25:00 | |||
| Glen Curry | 00:24:34 | 01:02:27 | 00:14:02 | |
| Ian Carson | 00:25:06 | |||
| Ivan Robinson | 00:13:30 | |||
| James Carinduff | 00:25:22 | 00:15:37 | ||
| James Lemon | 00:24:49 | 01:03:58 | 00:14:04 | |
| Karl Rockett | 00:27:09 | |||
| Kevin Briggs | 00:12:01 | 00:23:57 | 01:01:38 | |
| Marc Allen | 00:11:50 | 00:23:49 | 00:59:44 | 00:14:37 |
| Mark Watson | 00:12:32 | 00:25:03 | 00:15:36 | |
| Peter Doggart | 00:25:34 | |||
| Peter McLean | 00:10:32 | 00:20:35 | 00:53:17 | 00:12:59 |
| Phil Doyle | 00:24:17 | |||
| Philip Giles | 00:12:41 | 00:25:47 | 00:14:46 | |
| Richard Hanna | 00:24:53 | 00:14:23 | ||
| Steve Core | 00:13:48 | 00:26:19 | 00:15:57 | |
| Stuart Millar | 00:11:29 | |||
| William Orr | 00:13:30 | 00:26:12 | 00:14:49 |
Andrew Jess won the Vet’s Best All Rounder. Apologies for the blurriness – the Belgian chocolate profiteroles must have been more potent than I thought.
And a reminder. In addition to our regular club runs, we have two big events left this year.
- The club Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 24th November in Le Winters. This is your chance to discuss how the club is run and our plans for next year.
- The Christmas 10 mile time trial, 25th December 10am, on the Portaferry Road. A classic..
Look out for more details shortly.