Dromara CC - Club League 2008

Dromara CC
Club League
Round 15
16 mile Individual Time Trial - Hillsborough -> Ballynahinch

17 July 2008

Tonight we had Round 15 of Dromara CC's club league and the second of the 16 mile time trials. In reverse of the last 16 mile TT, the event started just outside Hillsborough at the upmarket housing development, Governor's Gate and headed the 8 miles towards Ballynahinch. The turnout was again 14 riders (as per the last 16 mile TT) but out of these there were only 7 who have completed both events. The weather was dry with little wind, this after wet conditions for most of the day. More were expected tonight after the great turnout last week (28) in miserable conditions. It was commented that "it must be too dry for the rest of them boys!". The event did not start well for Alan Reid who managed to cut his thumb while setting up his bike and needed some first aid attention before managing to set off. Also with a spot of misfortune was Paul 'the machine' Smyth who had mechanical trouble on the way back and lost quite a bit of time. Derek Hanna has continued to improve and gained maximum points after time handicaps were applied. This despite the disappointment of getting beaten by Dennis McMullan by only one second on the actual finishing times. A big thank you to all the marshalls who showed up for the event (more than was necessary to safely run the event). It is great to see such support in the club! Thank you all.

Tonights times

Name	Club	Time	Ave. Speed	Time for 10 *
David McKnight	Dromara CC	00:37:10	25.8	00:23:14
Ronnie Smyth	Dromara CC	00:38:02	25.2	00:23:46
Noel Gibson	Dromara CC	00:39:19	24.4	00:24:34
Neill Currie	Dromara CC	00:41:58	22.9	00:26:14
Brian McGrath	Dromara CC	00:42:08	22.8	00:26:20
Peter Bryson	Dromara CC	00:42:09	22.8	00:26:21
Dennis McMullan	Dromara CC	00:44:28	21.6	00:27:48
Derek Hanna	Dromara CC	00:44:29	21.6	00:27:48
Davy Robb	Dromara CC	00:45:32	21.1	00:28:27
Alan McMullan	Dromara CC	00:45:47	21.0	00:28:37
Paul Smyth	Dromara CC	00:47:48	20.1	00:29:53
Kieran Thomas	Unattached	00:50:50	18.9	00:31:46
Alan Reid	Dromara CC	00:52:05	18.4	00:32:33
Anne Maguire	Dromara CC	00:53:02	18.1	00:33:09

* = Time for 10 miles based on speed

The table below shows a new adjusted times with handicaps based on the rider's 10 mile handicap.
Well done to Derek Hanna for getting maximum points this round (40).

Name	Time for 10	Handicap	New time
Derek Hanna	00:27:48	00:10:20	00:17:28
Davy Robb	00:28:27	00:10:27	00:18:01
Noel Gibson	00:24:34	00:06:18	00:18:16
Brian McGrath	00:26:20	00:08:00	00:18:20
Alan McMullan	00:28:37	00:09:59	00:18:38
Peter Bryson	00:26:21	00:07:33	00:18:48
Ronnie Smyth	00:23:46	00:04:51	00:18:55
David McKnight	00:23:14	00:04:04	00:19:10
Anne Maguire	00:33:09	00:13:52	00:19:17
Dennis McMullan	00:27:48	00:08:19	00:19:28
Neill Currie	00:26:14	00:06:09	00:20:05
Alan Reid	00:32:33	00:12:00	00:20:33
Paul Smyth	00:29:53	00:06:42	00:23:10

Timekeepers: Nigel Sudlow and Darren Weir
Marshalls: Ross Galway, Jim McMaster, Paul Green, Gavin Magowan and Judith Robinson.
Photography: Martin Grimley (with assistance from Neill Currie)

On the way out