Jamie Clarke wins ICL

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Going into tonight’s final round of the Inter Club League, Keith Hooks (North Down CC) was the only rider who still had a mathematical chance of catching Jamie Clarke (North Down CC) in the overall ICL standings (where each rider’s best 5 results from the six rounds counted). But that chance was snuffed out when Jamie got the better of Keith in the final sprint. Jamie took a clear win overall, from Ian Carson (Ards CC) in second with Keith ending up third overall.

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Ards CC secretary Stephen Beattie presents the 2025 ICL trophy to Jamie Clarke. (The sign behind hints at what direction the trophy will hopefully be heading again in 2026!)

The race itself had lots of other interesting subplots. The handicappers allowed 4 minutes between the front group and a strong looking scratch bunch of 11 riders. After the first lap of five, the front group were working well and scratch had only reduced the gap by 25 seconds.

On the second lap, Ryan and Paul Kane (both Northern CC) decided the front group weren’t working well enough, and were 15 seconds clear by the end of the lap. A lap later the gap was 25 seconds, and with one lap to go it had stretched to 55 seconds.

Scratch still weren’t making much inroads, so on the third lap James Alexander (McConvey Cycles) broke clear to try and bridge over to the front alone. He’d gained 30 seconds by the end of the lap and was a tantalising 1:20 off the main front group with a lap to go.

On the final lap, Ryan dropped his dad to take a solo victory, building on his promising 4th place last week. Paul hung on to take second place, with Aaron Fegan (North Down CC) leading in the remains of the front group. James had managed to catch this group, and fought his way through to take second in the sprint (fourth overall). Nearly 3 minutes after Ryan finished, Jamie won the sprint from the remnants of the scratch group, and did enough to with the overall league.

Here’s the full result for tonight’s race

Name Club Time ICL Pts
1 Ryan Kane Northern CC
2 Paul Kane Northern CC @30s
3 Aaron Fegan North Down CC @57s 30
4 James Alexander McConvey Cycles st
5 James McMaster Unattached st
6 Ben Healey Ards CC st 29
7 Dean Bradley Ards CC st 28
8 Tom Henry North Down CC st 27
9 Adrian Moore North Down CC st 26
10 Will Greig North Down CC st 25
11 Jemma Speers North Down CC st 24
12 Owen Bryne North Down CC st 23
13 Johnny Irvine Crossgar CC st
14 Jamie Clarke North Down CC @2:48 22
15 Keith Hooks North Down CC @2:49 21
16 Andrew Hedley AHC Racing st
17 Jonathan Taylor North Down CC st 20
18 Graeme Cross Northern CC st
19 William Larmour Ards CC st 19
20 Ian Carson Ards CC st 18
21 Andy Allen Ards CC @3:36 17
22 Mark Hodgins North Down CC @13:20 16
Kevin Briggs Ards CC DNF 10
Alex Bell North Down CC DNF 10
Stephen Green North Down CC DNF 10
Simon Ridings Ards CC DNF 10
Paul Kirk North Down CC DNF 10

And here’s the final standings in the Inter Club League 2025

Name Club 29-Apr 28-May 02-Jul 29-Jul 05-Aug 13-Aug Total
1 Jamie Clarke North Down CC 25 30 28 27 27 22 137
2 Ian Carson Ards CC 28 26 27 25 25 18 131
3 Keith Hooks North Down CC 27 21 30 26 26 21 130
4 Ben Healey Ards CC 23 25 20 29 29 126
5= Aaron Fegan North Down CC 21 23 16 30 30 120
5= William Larmour Ards CC 24 28 26 22 20 19 120
7 Alex Bell North Down CC 22 29 24 28 10 10 113
8 Glen Curry North Down CC 29 25 29 18 101
9 Jonathan Taylor North Down CC 19 27 21 10 20 97
10 Dean Bradley Ards CC 16 21 10 21 28 96
11 Adrian Moore North Down CC 17 19 10 23 26 95
12 Owen Byrne North Down CC 13 22 17 15 16 23 93
13 Kevin Briggs Ards CC 18 22 14 17 10 81
14 Mark Hodgins North Down CC 17 16 13 15 16 77
15 Will Greig North Down CC 23 28 25 76
16 Kirk Sloan North Down CC 20 24 29 73
17 Gareth Mc Bride North Down CC 26 23 19 68
18 Jemma Speers North Down CC 20 19 24 63
19 Andrew Allen Ards CC 19 22 17 58
20 Stephen Green North Down CC 10 11 13 12 10 56
21 Richard Mc Keown North Down CC 12 16 24 52
22 Simon Ridings Ards CC 24 10 10 44
23 Richard Hanna Ards CC 10 15 14 39
24 Paul Kirk North Down CC 10 18 10 38
25= Tom Henry North Down CC 11 27 38
25= Robert McGarry North Down CC 14 20 34
27 Roman Sarvas Ards CC 15 18 33
28= Barry Mitchell Ards CC 30 30
28= Kieran McKenna Ards CC 30 30
30 Gillian Orr Ards CC 10 15 25
31= Simon Reardon North Down CC 10 13 23
31= William Orr Ards CC 11 12 23
33 Yeston Smith North Down CC 12 10 22
34 Colin Wilson Ards CC 10 11 21
35 Michael Mulvenna North Down CC 18 18
36 Daniel McManus Ards CC 17 17
37 Michael Rowan Ards CC 14 14
38= Gordon Mc Ewen Ards CC 10 10
38= Jack Logan North Down CC 10 10

Thanks to our friends in North Down CC for putting on a great race tonight. And as always, if you spot any mistakes or omissions in the results let us know.

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