Dromara CC Club League - Round 11
10 mile time trial - Gall Bog Road
11 June 2009

A pleasant warm evening greeted the many cyclists who had gathered at the crossroads at the end of the Gall Bog Road.  This was the 11th round of Dromara Cycling Club's Thursday night league with almost all the top riders in the league in attendance.  The Gall Bog Road is a difficult circuit to manage in terms of marshalls but fortunately there were enough volunteers from the club as well as the very generous assistance from five riders from West Down Wheelers who worked as one unit to cover one of the busy crossroads.  Thanks guys!

With so many signed on it was decided to have only 30 second time gaps between riders.  This, however, did confuse many of the riders who had got accustomed to the one minute gaps and as such many had missed their time slots.  Peter Bryson had his work cut out for him managing the many riders.  Peter was assisted by John Ruddell (Ards CC) who supported the riders in their start positions.   Half way through the dispatch of the riders the starters got word that young Paul Smyth from the club had fell off his bike just around the corner.  Luckily it was a low speed fall and when members of the club got to him a motorist had already stopped to lend assistance.  He had suffered cuts to his chin and legs.  An ambulance was called, which arrived promptly, and Paul was taken to hospital to be checked out.  We all wish Paul a speedy recovery.  In a separate incident, some of the participants had witnessed a car accident on a bend further up the road.  Fortunately no one was injured.  Towards the end of the evening, when many of the riders had returned to their cars a large flat bed lorry decided to do a u-turn at the crossroads.  Club members were kept busy managing the other vehicles on the road. With all this going on, Martin did not get time to take many photos.

Also, unfortunately in all the confusion a few of the riders' times were lost including those of Chris Magowan, Stewart Moore and Nathan Proctor.  All three riders will be credited with 25 league points.



 Name
 Club
 Time
 Ave.spd
1 David McKnight
 Dromara CC
 00:23:20
 25.7
2
 Darren Weir
 Dromara CC
 00:23:46
 25.2
3
 Gary Gray
 Dromara CC
 00:25:49
 23.2
4
 Ross Galway
 Dromara CC
 00:26:15
 22.9
5
 David Cartmill
 West Down Wheelers
 00:26:17
 22.8
6
 Gary Gibson
 Dromara CC
 00:26:22
 22.8
7
 Mark McKnight
 Dromara CC
 00:26:30
 22.6
8
 Gavin Magowan
 Dromara CC
 00:26:49
 22.4
9
 Brian McGrath
 Dromara CC
 00:26:53
 22.3
10
 Stephen Heasley
 Dromara CC
 00:27:08
 22.1
11
 Damien McDonald
 Dromara CC
 00:27:09
 22.1
12
 Derek Hanna
 Dromara CC
 00:27:11
 22.1
13
 Chris Magowan
 Dromara CC 00:27:16
 22.0
14
 Michael Pyper
 Dromara CC
 00:27:18
 22.0
15
 Matthew Patterson (J)
 Dromara CC
 00:27:41
 21.7
16
 Caroline Patterson
 Dromara CC
 00:28:19
 21.2
17
 Stephen Camley
 Castlereagh CC
 00:28:21
 21.2
18
 Peter Swann
 Dromara CC
 00:28:35
 21.0
19
 Jonathan McBride
 Dromara CC
 00:28:37
 21.0
20
 James Gilpin
 Dromara CC
 00:29:00
 20.7
21
 Therese Smyth
 Dromara CC
 00:29:11
 20.6
22
 Alan McMullan
 Dromara CC
 00:29:39
 20.2
22
 Paul Jess
 Dromara CC
 00:29:39
 20.2
24
 Noel Doyle
 West Down Wheelers
 00:29:45
 20.2
25
 Mark Downey (J)
 Banbridge CC
 00:29:53
 20.1
26
 Davy Robb
 Dromara CC
 00:29:53
 20.1
27
 Kevin McDonald
 Dromara CC
 00:30:24
 19.7
28
 Ryan Mallon (J)
 Dromara CC
 00:30:26
 19.7
29
 Ian Harrison
 Dromara CC
 00:30:46
 19.5
30
 Stephen Younge
 Dromara CC
 00:31:49
 18.9
31
 Ian Proctor
 Dromara CC
 00:31:58
 18.8
32
 Zak Hanna (J)
 Dromara CC
 00:32:12
 18.6
33
 Christopher Weir (J)
 Dromara CC
 00:34:22
 17.5
34
 Connor Mallon (J)
 Dromara CC
 00:35:29
 16.9

Well done Christopher Weir for getting maximum points.  Christopher's time handicap was based on Round 6 when he did the 10 mile time trial in 37 minutes and 58 seconds and therefore tonight he managed to complete the same distance in 3 minutes and 36 seconds less time.  Kevin's time was based on round 7 when he did the 10 miles in 32:46 and therefore he was 2 minutes and 22 seconds quicker this evening.  Young Connor was 2 minutes 10 seconds then his previous 10 mile time trial at round 7.

Name
 Time
 Handicap
New time
Christopher Weir (J)
 00:34:22
 00:17:58
 00:16:24
Kevin McDonald
 00:30:24
 00:12:46
 00:17:38
Connor Mallon (J)
 00:35:29
 00:17:39
 00:17:50
Zak Hanna (J)
 00:32:12
 00:14:17
 00:17:56
Damien McDonald
 00:27:09
 00:08:59
 00:18:10
Alan McMullan
 00:29:39
 00:11:22
 00:18:17
Michael Pyper
 00:27:18
 00:08:54
 00:18:24
Brian McGrath
 00:26:53
 00:08:29
 00:18:24
Therese Smyth
 00:29:11
 00:10:41
 00:18:30
James Gilpin
 00:29:00
 00:10:26
 00:18:34
Caroline Patterson
 00:28:19
 00:09:42
 00:18:37
Davy Robb
 00:29:53
 00:11:10
 00:18:43
Stephen Heasley
 00:27:08
 00:08:15
 00:18:53
Gary Gray
 00:25:49
 00:06:49
 00:19:00
David McKnight
 00:23:20
 00:04:19
 00:19:01
Chris Magowan
 00:27:16
 00:08:13
 00:19:03
Matthew Patterson (J)
 00:27:41
 00:08:32
 00:19:09
Ryan Mallon (J)
 00:30:26
 00:11:17
 00:19:09
Gary Gibson
 00:26:22
 00:06:47
 00:19:35
Darren Weir
 00:23:46
 00:04:03
 00:19:43
Peter Swann
 00:28:35
 00:08:41
 00:19:54
Gavin Magowan
 00:26:49
 00:06:51
 00:19:58
Ross Galway
 00:26:15
 00:06:17
 00:19:59
Mark McKnight
 00:26:30
 00:06:22
 00:20:08
Derek Hanna
 00:27:11
 00:07:01
 00:20:10
Jonathan McBride
 00:28:37
 00:08:23
 00:20:14
Paul Jess
 00:29:39
 00:09:13
 00:20:26
Ian Harrison
 00:30:46
 00:10:00#
 00:20:46
Stephen Younge
 00:31:49
 00:11:00#
 00:20:49
Ian Proctor
 00:31:58
 00:11:00#
 00:20:58
* Handicaps based on the average 10 mile time trial time minus 20 minutes.  For those with an asterisk, the handicaps were taken from 2008.  For those with a #, their handicaps were worked out by using the 10 mile equivalent time tonight and taking off roughly 20 minutes.

Timekeeper(s): Peter Bryson, John Ruddell
Marhalls: Nigel Sudlow, Alistair Gray, Tony Mallon, Noel Gibson, Johnny McMullan, Ronnie Smyth, Maeve Cahill, Neill Currie, Clive Adamson (WDW), James Adair (WDW), Mervyn Cantley (WDW), Paul Wilkinson (WDW), John Kernahan (WDW), Stephen Wallace
Photography: Bob Patterson
Report: Martin Grimley

The only photo Martin took


Photos by Bob

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Brian
Kevin

Therese and Jonathan
David Cartmill


Caroline

Ross
Ian

Gary
Peter and Stewart

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