Entry for Tour of Strangford on 12th Sept. now open

admin   August 21, 2021   Comments Off on Entry for Tour of Strangford on 12th Sept. now open

This year’s Tour of Strangford Charity sportive will be on Sunday 12th September. There will be a choice of two route – either 50 or 80 miles – with a shared lunch stop in Portaferry. There is a new start/finish location – Londonderry Park, on the Portaferry Road in Newtownards. Our nominated charity this year is Bangor and North Down… Read more »

Competitive race at Ballygowan

admin   August 17, 2021   Comments Off on Competitive race at Ballygowan

Twenty six riders entered tonight’s final club road race over four laps of the tough Ballygowan circuit, and they were greeted with a light breeze and intermittent rain showers. Scratch had made it through to the front in the first three races of the season, so the handicappers decided to be a little bit more generous tonight – four minutes between… Read more »

Marcus Christie breaks record at CoC

admin   August 15, 2021   Comments Off on Marcus Christie breaks record at CoC
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Marcus Christie (PerformanceSBR) put in a superb performance at the Champion of Champions 25 mile time trial this morning, breaking the course and event record. His time of 49:25 trimmed four seconds off George Peden’s record set last year, which in turn was 7 seconds faster than Chris Boardman’s record that had stood for 27 years. The weather forecast hadn’t looked promising, which was… Read more »