William Orr receives his award from club secretary Stephen Beattie
The club’s End of Year Bash was held at Romas on Saturday evening. It was a great chance to meet up with everyone in a relaxed environment, present some prizes and do some dancing! Many thanks to Liz, Stephen and team for organising a very enjoyable evening.
Deidre Murray shared the Club Support trophy with Bernard McCloskey (not present)
Some of the main prizes from the club race programme were presented on the night. Here’s the full list of trophy winners.
Trophies 2022
| 5 Mile T.T. Handicap | Marc Allen |
| 10 Mile T.T. Handicap | Marc Allen |
| 25 Mile T.T. Handicap | Kevin Briggs (only 1 25 was run) |
| Road Race Handicap | Marc Allen |
| Circuit Time Trials | Not run. |
| Magreechan Cup | Andrew Hedley |
| Hill Climb Trophy | Stuart Millar |
| Bradshaw’s Brae | Stuart Millar |
| Henderson Cup – Senior B.A.R. | Marc Allen |
| Schoolboy B.A.R. | None |
| Vets’ B.A.R. | Michael Rowan |
| Club Support | Deidre Murray and Bernard McCloskey |
| McFarlane Cup | Marc Allen |
| Henderson Shield (fastest 25) | Stuart Millar |
| Killarn Cup – 10k Handicap | Marc Allen |
| Millennium Cup | tbc |
| Billy Boal Memorial | Marc Allen
(first Ards CC rider in the final Carrowdore road race of the season) |
| Best 10k | Andrew Hedley |
Stuart Millar with one of his 5 awards
The club runs a medal scheme based on club time trials at 5, 10 and 25 miles – here’s the full list of this year’s winners. (See here for more details on the club trophies and the medal scheme. Note – you can only win a medal once at each distance.)
Medals 2022
| Type | Name | Distance | Time |
| Super Gold | Andrew Hedley | 10 miles | 22:38 |
| Super Gold | Marc Allen | 10 miles | 22:42 |
| Super Gold | Stuart Millar | 25 miles | 55:49 |
| Gold | Andrew Hedley | 5 miles | 11:54 |
| Gold | Kevin Briggs | 25 miles | 59:58 |
| Gold | Stuart Millar | 10 miles | 23:08 |
| Silver | Aaron Fegan | 10 miles | 25:51 |
| Silver | Anthony Day | 10 miles | 25:30 |
| Silver | Joseph Giles | 10 miles | 25:40 |
| Silver | Pawel Cybulski | 10 miles | 25:41 |
| Silver | Simon Ridings | 10 miles | 25:22 |
| Silver | William Orr | 10 miles | 25:56 |
| Bronze | Joseph Giles | 5 miles | 13:36 |
| Bronze | Pawel Cybulski | 5 miles | 13:46 |
| Bronze | Kieran McNamara | 10 miles | 26:16 |
Sean Hardon presented John Hunter with a special prize in recognition of his unstinting help in marshalling (and he’s not even a member yet!)
And a reminder. In addition to our regular club runs, we have three big events left this year.
- The club Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 30th November at 7pm in Londonderry Park, Newtownards . This is your chance to discuss how the club is run and our plans for next year. All club members will have received details via email.
- The Christmas Charity fry run – date to be confirmed.
- The Christmas 10 mile time trial, 25th December 10am, on the Portaferry Road. A classic..
Look out for more details shortly.
What could you win next year??